Dearest Fraters and Sorores, 

Mark your calendars and get ready for a immersive event as we gather at Chua Nam Quang Temple in Portland for the  “Fundamentals of Sound Healing” workshop. If you attended last year, you’ll be excited to know there is so much more in store for you this year with additional instructors and content!

When:  May 3-4  9-5 on Saturday, 2-6 on Sunday (early arrival for lunch Sunday at 12:00 noon).  Optional Vegan Lunch each day has be arranged. The cost of the meal is $10 on Saturday and it is complimentary on Sunday.

Lunch attendees must provide the organizers a head count by April 25th.  Respond to Oregon@amorc.rosicrucian.org.

Where: Chua Nam Quang Temple 

 [3337 NE 148th Ave, Portland, OR 97230]

Who is invited:  Members only

Cost:  AMRA:  “As you receive, so you shall give”.  (No one turned away for inability to pay.) 

Schedule of Events for the “Fundamentals of Sound Healing” Workshop

Note: These healing methods work in support of any other care you are receiving and you should always continue to follow the instructions from your physicians. 

Agenda:

Day 1- Instructor Sr. Courtney Sappington

9:00-10:30 PM Lecture One- The Physics of Sound Healing

 Q&A/Discourse

 10 minute break

10:30-12:00 PM Lecture Two- The Fundamentals of Vibrational Healing

 Q&A/Discourse

12:00-12:45 PM Lunch

12:45-2:00 PM Centering Meditation

 Experiments in Vibrational Healing

10 minute break to integrate

 Q&A/Discourse

2:10-3:30 PM Lecture Three- Rosicrucian Sound Healing Techniques

 Q&A/Discourse

 10 minute break

3:30-5:00 PM   Member-approved Vowel Sounds presentation

 Q&A/Discourse

 Closing Meditation and Energy Healing Circle

 Cleanup

Sunday Day 2

Instructors Fr. (James) Chaz Chavez  and Fr. Vincent Rondeau

12:00-1:00 PM Optional vegetarian Temple Lunch, RSVP required

1:00 – 2:00 PM Open meditation & Rosicrucian vowel intoning

2:00 – 2:50 PM  Sharing the Rosicrucian connections between ancient instruments from around the world like giant, real gold singing bowls, sacred geometry chimes, gongs, Mayan ceremonial animal whistles, tuning forks & more. Showing how the same sounds and sacred geometry are shown in our Rosicrucian teachings. Personal experiences with the sound healing instruments as we guide the group in doing self sound healing and balancing our energy. Frs. Chaz and Vincent will guide people through self activations with the singing bowls, gongs, tuning forks, and Mayan animal whistles for unlocking internal transformations and preparing for group activation.

10 minute break

3:00 – 3:50 PM We will explain the science and mysticism behind using Sound to increase and support the vitamins and minerals in the body as well as sharing the health benefits of vitamins D3, A  & E. Then we will perform a 20-minute vibrational sound experience to help increase and balance these vitamins in our body.  

10 minute break

4:00 – 5:00 PM The grand rising of the musical We will be using sacred information from the AMORC books to perform a very special sound healing concert. Performed by Frs. Chaz  and Vincent.  Highlighting the strengthening elements of Magnesium,  Copper, and  Oxygen.  Creating a musical score developed from the Cosmic keyboard.  Participants will enjoy learning about the healing compounds and the elements and can also sit back and enjoy a healing concert to infuse these elements and structures into their bodies.  

Participants can sit on a chair for this sound journey or, we Recommend bringing something to create a cozy spot on the floor like a yoga mat and a couple of blankets and a pillow, or a sleeping mat pad or camping mat. The more comfortable you will be, the deeper the sound will go.

10 minute break 

5:10 – 6:00 PM Questions  & sharing.  Clean up.

We look forward to your attendance!

Fraternally yours, Frater Aaron ‘Lightbringer’ Howard

Helpful links

Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP)

Frog Pond Grange:

27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070

Parkrose Lodge

4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220

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Announced by Former Grand Councilor Jean Donohue.

Join Us for a Special Visit to Nam Quang Temple – April 13th @2:00 PM

Dear Fraters and Sorores, bring your family and friends,

We are pleased to invite you to a special tour of Chua Nam Quang Temple in Portland, Oregon, on April 13th at 2:00 PM. 

This beautiful Buddhist temple, nestled in a 3.5-acre garden sanctuary, is a place of tranquility and connection with nature. We will have the opportunity to experience the transformative space that has been lovingly cultivated over the past four years, from a bare landscape to its current log covered paths and lush edible vegetation.  

What to Expect:

• A Guided Tour: After the temple’s Sunday service, we’ll be guided through the grounds, exploring the 4 Holy Places, four spaces thoughtfully designed to represent significant Buddhist sites. The garden, rich with diverse flora and a growing network of mycelium beneath the mulch, also features rare mushrooms and abundant birdlife, which are cherished daily by the caretaker, Lynn.
• Beautiful Pagodas & Rest Areas: We will have time to pause at one of three pagodas on the property, where we can relax on hammocks or chairs and take in the peaceful surroundings.

• Location: Chua Nam-Quang Temple, 3337 NE 148th Ave, Portland, OR 97230
• Images: Visit a gallery of the temple on Yelp photos here
• Duration: The tour will last approximately 1 hour
• Dress Code: We will ask that you remove your shoes when entering the temple itself.
• Photos: Feel free to take photos during the tour, but please be respectful of the sacredness of the space.
• Early attendees: We have been invited to enjoy a vegetarian lunch cooked by Lynn the caretaker. Master Kevin Pham has invited all of our members to join after their service which commences at 12:00 noon (lunch begins). I have had the opportunity to enjoy several lunches after service and throughout the week. You won’t be disappointed! With seating indoors as well as outdoor options, you can find yourself at a table within or outdoors at a hand crafted log table. Enjoy the craftsmanship of the members. 
• After the Tour: We’ll conclude our visit by enjoying a meal at your choice of the local food trucks nearby for those that did not join the lunch at the temple. You can choose from a variety of cuisines to suit your taste. Some suggestions are listed below. The food trucks are within a very short drive from the temple down Sandy Blvd.

Accessible Restrooms are available on-site.

Although there is no entrance fee, the temple graciously accepts donations.

Accessibility Notes:

The walking paths are made from logs, providing solid footing but are not completely level. While elderly visitors regularly navigate these paths, please use caution if you have any mobility challenges. 

For more information about the temple, visit their website: Nam Quang Temple

Agenda for the Visit

 1. 12:00 PM noon: Early arrival (optional lunch)

• Vegetarian lunch in the temple with the masters and members 

1. 2:00 PM: Arrival and Welcome
   • Meet at the temple entrance beneath the large Buddha Statue
   • Brief introduction to Chua Nam Quang Temple and its history
2. 2:10 PM: Guided Tour of the Garden Sanctuary
   • Exploration of the 4 Holy Places and exposure to the Noble Eightfold Path teaching via strategically place plaques at each of the 4 Holy Places displays
   • Insights into the collaboration with the city and volunteer efforts in garden maintenance
   • Overview of the mycelium network and unique mushrooms (you might see some rare species)
3. 2:40 PM: Rest and Reflection at Pagodas
   • Time to sit, relax, and reflect in the pagodas on the property
4. 2:50 PM: Return to the Temple for a Q&A (if applicable)
   • Optional conversation with the garden master or temple elder (if available)
5. 3:00 PM: Wrap-Up and Departure
   • End of formal tour
   • Group meal at local food trucks (optional, at your discretion)

1. El Yucateco Food Cart

• Address: 11807 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97220
• Description: Specializes in Yucatan-style cuisine, offering dishes like panuchos, tacos, tortas, bowls, burritos, and burgers.
• Hours: Monday to Saturday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM; Sunday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Website: El Yucateco Food Cart

2. Rose City Food Park

• Address: 5235 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97213
• Description: A vibrant food cart pod featuring a variety of local food trucks, offering diverse cuisines in a communal outdoor setting. 
• Atmosphere: Family-friendly, with covered and heated seating options, making it suitable for various weather conditions.
• Website – https://www.rosecityfoodpark.com/

3. Tidal Boar Foods

• Address: 5211 NE 148th Ave, Portland, OR
• Description: Offers sustainable and locally sourced seafood, including oysters and Dory-caught options. 
• Note: Located very close to Chua Nam Quang Temple, making it a convenient choice for our group.
• Website – https://www.tidalboarfoods.com/

4. Grant’s Philly Cheese Steaks PDX

• Address: 15350 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland Or 97230
• Description: Authentic Philly flavors with perfectly seasoned steak and melted cheese. Serving Portland over 20 years!
• Note: Many variations of delicious!
• Website – https://www.grantsphillycheesesteakspdx.com/contact

We look forward to sharing this peaceful and inspiring experience with you! Fraternally,
Aaron Howard

Helpful links

Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP)

Frog Pond Grange:

27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070

Parkrose Lodge

4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220

Spring Greetings Fratres and Sorores,

All Rosicrucian members are invited to celebrate the start of the Rosicrucian New Year 3378 at our New Year’s Ritual, a beautiful ancient mystical ceremony performed at the time of the Spring Equinox. The Installation of Officers for the upcoming year will follow.

We look forward to sharing the mystical experience with you on March 20!
Members, please bring your current membership credentials to this meeting.

This Thursday’s Convocation is a member’s-only convocation.

We’ll be meeting at Parkrose Lodge [Link for directions and parking]
Address: 4812 NE 102nd Ave. Portland, OR 97220

Schedule:

1:00 PM – Harmonization Ceremony with GL Council of Solace (members only)
1:15 PM – Meditation period before Convocation
2:00 PM – Convocation and Officer Installation (members only)
2:30 PM – Master briefly outlines plans for the coming year, then leads a discussion in the use of the Cycles of Life book and coin.
3:00 PM – Adjourn

Fraternally Yours,
Frater Aaron Howard

A briefing from our most recent open meeting:

A wonderful event, thanks in great part to Chaz who fortuitously had his large portable speaker to augment the movie projector (note to self, add speaker to our presentation equipment shopping list) and his demonstrations of the whistles (some of which I yearn to hear again), and explanations of the artifacts!

Thanks to Aaron for the delicious macaroni and cheese! And thanks to all who attended and made things better with their questions. And we had two non-members who said they will soon become members.

We hope you’ll enjoy these photos as much as we enjoyed being there. We had 11 members and non-members in attendance where many met for the first time.

Your Master/Servant,Anjala

You can look forward to our next open meeting at Chua Nam-Quang Temple in Portland on April 13th where we tour the beautiful garden and temple grounds of a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in Portland Oregon. Stay tuned for the schedule and address.

Helpful links

Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP)

Frog Pond Grange:

27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070

Parkrose Lodge

4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220

Here was the insightful review of the Mystic Maya movie by our Grand Councilor Bill Hallett–Here is my review:

I think the film “Mystic Maya”  looks great for a Rosicrucian Open/Public Meeting. To me, it is absolutely fascinating. I’m sure our local AB’s would benefit from having it for a public meeting, especially if the discussion is especially focused on the several Rosicrucian aspects shown. I think most Rosicrucian students who view the film would recognize a connection to a number of Rosicrucian principles and teachings. In particular:

 1. Pyramids!

 2. A repeating 7-year cycle for personal growth and initiation (just like what is discussed in Self Mastery and Fate With the Cycles of Life)

3. Sacred geometry of the Square and the Circle (the symbol of Hunab Ku), and associated numerological values (I think this is covered in the fourth degree?)

4. The cross and how it symbolizes cardinal directions, four elements, a universal energy (a postulant lesson). In spite of being kept out of “school”, Hunbatz Men seems very well educated!

5. The portals at Cahal Pech as thresholds for initiation; vowel sounds (and the “om” sound of the universe); symbolism of the East (covered throughout AMORC lessons)

6. Face-angles of different Mayan pyramid designs and the correspondence of these pyramids to the visible planets (though planetary energies do not get much mention until the higher degrees of AMORC)

7. The Holy of Holies as a state of attunement with the universe, and the notions of Worthiness and Knowledge of Self. I have heard the Grand Master say that the Shekinah is actually the sacred space above the altar in a Rosicrucian temple.

8. Chakras (although Rosicrucian lessons don’t call them that, and the RC system differs a little from most chakra systems)

9. The divine feminine

10. The breath of life (a neophyte lesson)

11. Kybalion (hermetic laws) and the law of manifestation (discussed in many AMORC lessons and publications)

12. “Programming” the subconscious mind through repetition by the conscious mind (a second-degree lesson)

13. The concepts of Underworld, Middle World, Upper World in the Mayan Popol Vuh are much like those found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

14. Initiations and trials (again, prevalent throughout AMORC teachings)

15. John McCullum mentions initiations of masonic orders, but it seems that he uses “masonic orders” in the context of “initiatic orders” in general

16. Raising one’s vibrational level to attune with the Cosmos (Liber 777)

17. God as an individual concept. McCullum in fact uses the phrase “god of their heart”

18. Eternal nature of the Soul (a neophyte lesson)

19. (I love the alchemical and hermetic images included at about 57 minutes)

20. Symbolism as a universal language

PS – when I turned on closed captions in Vimeo, I thought it was hilarious that “Master Adept” became “Master of depths”.  Though this is not entirely an incorrect translation!

March 9th, Sunday @ Parkrose 2:00 PM :

Greetings Fraters and Sorores,

As promised, our next open meeting (non-member friends and family welcome) will be March 9th, at Parkrose Lodge.  We will present the Mystical Maya movie, and will have a showing of Mayan ritual and art objects collected by one of our members during his years of going to Mayan rituals in Mexico.  We will discuss those things and their similarities and differences from Rosicrucian symbols.   BRING YOUR FRIENDS and join us to watch the Mystic Maya Movie

Mystic Maya

Journey of Initiation

Science, Sacrament & Sacred Space.

“To the Maya, pyramids are not simply buildings or temples. They are working machines capable of harnessing, generating, and distributing powerful energies for transformation. Sacred spaces are presented and decoded as they were intended to be used: tools and portals of awakening meant to be used for raising the awareness and vibration of humankind.

This feature length film shares rare teachings and transmissions from authentic native lineage holders and documents the beliefs, rites, and mystical practices of the Mayan spiritual cosmology and the reasons for their rites and passages of initiation.

From Mayan to Egyptian and Modern Masonic Modalities. This film explores the purpose, practicality and similarity of many esoteric practices as were commonly taught in ancient mystery schools.”

Bring homemade popcorn to share, or buy caramel corn to share, this will be an afternoon of humor and delight. 

Directions can be found at:

Parkrose directions and parking

4812 NE 102nd Ave. Portland, OR 97220

Schedule

1:30 PM – Doors Open

2:00 PM – Movie time!

Helpful links

Frog Pond Grange:

27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070

Parkrose Lodge

4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220

CONGRATULATIONS SOROR JEAN !!!

February 23rd, Sunday @ Parkrose 2:00 PM : Atrium Convocation followed by a Mental Creation experiment
 Wish you had been there with us!  

The first Atrium Group ritual, open to friends and family, was a great success.  Eighteen people attended, four of them being curious friends and family, and that was missing seven of our regulars!  

Afterwards, the new people and newly attending members were saying what an interesting event it was and how they hoped we did it again.  They had questions about neophyte initiations versus Pronaos and Temple initiations, and so forth.

We performed the Atrium Group ritual, which was new to us all, and practiced the Visualization Experiment. 

That means there’s a slight change in the Convocation, coming up next Sunday, February 23rd, at 2 pm, where we’ll enjoy the Mental Creation Experiment instead of the Visualization Experiment.  

The Mental Creation Experiment builds on what we learned in the Visualization Experiment.  

We’ll be meeting at Parkrose Lodge, [Link for directions] and not at the Grange in Wilsonville, because the Grangers are repairing a roof leak.  

This Sunday’s Convocation is a member’s-only convocation.

Our next open meeting (non-member friends and family welcome) will be March 9th, at Parkrose Lodge.  We will present the Mystical Maya movie, and will have a showing of Mayan ritual and art objects collected by one of our members during his years of going to Mayan rituals in Mexico.  We will discuss those things and their similarities and differences from Rosicrucian symbols.  

Address: 4812 NE 102nd Ave. Portland, OR 97220

Schedule

1:30 PM – Doors Open

2:00 PM – Doors Close for Convocation (members only)

3:00 PM – Refreshments

Liber 777 podcast

Helpful links

Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP)