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Author: Oregon AMORC
We are a local group for Oregon and SW Washington Rosicrucian Order, AMORC members. We have occasional Zoom meetings on fascinating topics (some are for members only, sorry!) but otherwise we welcome you to attend! If you have questions about topics of our interest, post them in the comments.
It is at this Ceremony that we are all reminded of our duties to be agents of Peace in the world, and we are given the meditational technique to spread Peace world wide.
After this ceremony, which lasts about 1/2 hour, we’ll picnic in the park. You bring your lawn blankets, picnic baskets, (portable table if you have one) hamburgers, hot dogs, side dishes, and favorite drinks (but no alcoholic beverages!). Plus one thing to share with everyone!
(We hope you’ll use your regular dishes and dishware, cups and the like, to reduce trash going to the landfill.)
Please also bring your yard games, board games, musical instruments, kites, and card games!
Why would anyone come to the Peace Ceremony?
Because it’s where we join with Fratres and Sorores throughout the region and jointly set Peace into motion world wide.
I remember after last year’s ceremony and the after-picnic I got to share a new passion and exercise toy with a friend and Frater who drove for hours to join us. The musician of the crystal bowls joined as well in playing.
Our group was taking photos and video and sharing their delight as we shared ours .
It was a small sampling of what it looks like to just be and enjoy each other as we played and ate together.
No one planned what to bring to cook. We just brought things, and it worked great. Let’s do that again!
I look forward to seeing you all for a day of fun in the sun.
The Sound Healing workshop held on May 3-4, 2025 was a wonderful experience at the Buddhist Temple in Portland. The first day was led by Soros Courtney Sappington and was on the physical properties of sound and some Vowell intonations. The second day was led by Frater Chaz along with Frater Vincent and they used various types of bowls and drums to produce music and healing sounds.
And we also came across from an article in the British Rosicrucian Beacon magazine on the very same topic of sound healing from 20 years ago.
Sunday June 8th Whittaker Ponds 11AM Nature Walk and Meditation
The Nature Walk and meditation at Whittaker Ponds, on Sunday June the 8th, at 11 am is open to all AMORC members, their family, and close friends of the Rosicrucian Order.
Members, please bring your current membership credentials.
Basics to bring: a hat, water, wear sturdy shoes and sunscreen/bug spray. Very nice to have and bring are a pair of binoculars, a bird i.d. book, or you can download the Merlin app onto your phone and it will help you identify birds by both sound and appearance.
Anjala will have a banner so you can recognize her, so we’ll meet up near the parking lot at 10:45 a.m. We will bird and animal watch and walk for about 45 minutes, then stop in the trees near the water for a guided meditation.
Bring a rug scrap, camp chair, or something you can put on the ground. The trail is paved and accessible 3/4 of the way around the Ponds for people who use walkers, but then it becomes dirt with tree roots. This is suitable for older (9 or older) children. You’re likely to see beavers, nutria, kingfishers, ducks, geese, herons, egrets, frogs, turtles, fish, bald eagles, swallows, and surprise bird and animal visitors to the ponds. Here’s a photo of the entry, coming from the south driving north on 47th:
At that event, we’ll refine our understanding of the vital skill of Concentration with a short discourse and experiment on the skill.
Are you like me, and have you aspired to have the calm, cool, concentrated sureness of a Jedi Master? Well, one of the first things any aspirant to mental powers must perfect, is CONCENTRATION.
It is a building block that leads a practiced Rosicrucian to the ability to perform Mental Creation.
Bonus tip, you’ll also be reminded how to energize water, which Grand Lodge claims is why some of its retired employees are almost centenarians!
(I don’t know about you, but I know I am excited for the reminder around magnetizing water. I look forward to the discussion that emerges around the topic in sharing your experiences and expectations.)
Afterwards, bring healthy drinks and refreshments to share with each other for a social time and discussion.
Schedule
1:30 PM – Doors Open
2:00 PM – Doors Close for Atrium Convocation
3:00 PM – Refreshments
Best wishes for Peace Profound to you all, Frater Aaron ‘Lightbringer’ Howard
Friends and members visited Vietnamese Chau Nam-Quang Buddhist temple. This temple complex has been in the works since 1996, and the community has built a symbolic garden around Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment, Teaching and Death. The extensive grounds have four comfy meditation gazebos, a mausoleum, a library, a practice hall, a lunch hall, and many other buildings. What you see in these photos are a few of the people who attended the tour, standing in front of the statue group representing the birth of the Buddha. Elsewhere on the grounds, the community is using huge logs, cut into disks, as pathways between gardens in a side yard about two acres in size. Buddhist community host Master Kevin took us into the library and gifted many of us with books his Master had written explaining the sutras, in both Vietnamese and English. In English, Master Kevin informed us that one of the most important lessons the Buddha imparted was to NOT believe anything he said until we did the practice he (the Buddha) recommended, and proved for ourselves that he was right. That is So Much like the Rosicrucian teachings that say, read the monographs, do the exercises and meditations, but do NOT believe anything we teach until you prove it for your self.
The man wearing the yellow and green top is being reverent in the courtyard that has statue deities rejoicing at Buddha’s enlightenment. Behind him is another member who is contemplating something different. The woman with long thin braids is looking over at the statue of Kwan Yin, who represents compassion, healing and the essence of female energy. The man in the meeting hall with red carpeting is examining the decorations on the huge bell that a person may ring, after composing a prayer in their mind as to what negativity they want removed from their life. The sound of the bell, whose name is “Meditation”, is supposed to fragment and break up the negativity for you. This hall also has huge drums that will be beaten in a ceremony in May to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday. Look on the Temple website: https://namquangtemple.org and for most of their events, the public is welcome. The man and woman posing for photos in the entry for the meditation hall. This Temple is the location of next month’s Sound Healing Workshop, for member’s only. (For more information on that, see https://sites.google.com/amorc.rosicrucian.org/rosicruciansinoregon/ and look for events on May 3rd and 4th.) The last photo is of the sculpture representing the Death of the Buddha. I took this close-up first, because there is a stripe of darker marble under the Buddha’s chin that goes down the length of its clothed body and I wondered why the sculptors chose to leave in this Yin to the glittering white marble Yang. Also, there was a very small flower, blown from a nearby tree, in the palm of the Buddha sculpture’s hand.
Convocation and Experiment on Vibroturgy @ Frogpond 2pm
April 27th – Sunday- Experiment in Vibroturgy at Wilsonville @ 2PM
What is vibroturgy you may ask? Have you ever picked up something that belonged to someone else and got an impression as to who that person is?
Well, that’s what Rosicrucians call vibroturgy.
“Broadly speaking, vibroturgy is an ability that consists of harmonizing oneself with the “memory’ of a place or an object.”
Every time we’ve done this experiment in the past, members have had impressions of the people behind the objects that are wayyyyy beyond chance guesses.
The Order has many many lessons to help you develop your intuition, and encourages you to practice your intuition often, so you gain confidence in it. This is one more way you can tap the information that is in the vibrations around you. This experiment explains scientifically, EXACTLY, how vibroturgy works and why you need to have been continuously developing your psychic centers.
Please bring some piece of jewelry that is not gender specific that belongs to you or a loved one, and that is worn often.
By this, we mean, no ring that is obviously for a woman, or a man. It could be a small chain, a simple neutral ring that either a guy or a gal could have worn, a watch, or a lapel pin. The Master will choose from the jewelry offered and use them in the experiment.
First time members please arrive by 1:30 so we can show you around and things you need to know for the ritual.
For those that may have missed it, we wanted to share the success of the experience with you from last year:
“At today’s vibroturgy experiment, every person who participated as the one who sensed vibrations from their individual item, and was surprised to find how accurate their impressions were. One held a bracelet, and sensed images of moss, trees and a bridge. The former owner (now deceased) of that bracelet, loved taking photos of moss and trees. One held a necklace, and sensed water, waves and wind. The former owner (now deceased) was a windsurfer. This exercise benefits from being repeated, and accordingly, we’ll schedule it again.”
Schedule 1:30 PM – Doors Open 2:00 PM – Doors Close for Convocation (members only) 3:00 PM – Refreshments
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.
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 youshould 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
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
Bring your mystically-inclined friends and join us on April 12th, 2 pm, at Frogpond for our Atrium Convocation.
While Pronaos can be translated as “the entry to the Temple” an Atrium can be translated as “the entry to the Pronaos”. In the Rosicrucian world, the groups have different names according to the number of people who regularly attend the meetings there. First, there are Discussion Groups, with three or more attendees, discussions, but not convocations.
Convocations can be translated as “coming together to work together” only, in our case, the work is done on both the physical & mystical planes. “They are based on a traditional ritual and have the purpose of setting into motion positive energies for humanity, while allowing the members in attendance to benefit from those energies as well.”
After the convocation we will have a discussion on Rosicrucian Healing.
Atrium Groups have at least 7 regularly attending members, Pronaoi have 13 regularly attending members, Chapters, 20 and Lodges 30.
As well as bringing friends, bring a refreshment or two to share!
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