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Beginning a spiritual journey can be a transformative experience, but it’s essential to take the first steps in the right direction. Here are some good first steps to help you get started:
Trust Your Intuition: Your spiritual journey is an individual experience, and the best way to find out what works for you is to trust your intuition. Listen to your inner voice and let it guide you.
Realize That Everything Happens for a Reason: Understanding that everything is happening for a reason can help you shift your perspective and begin to see the world in a new light.
Explore Different Spiritual Practices: Try out different spiritual practices such as mindfulness meditation, yoga meditation, guided meditation, visualization, and mantra meditation to find what works best for you.
Read Spiritual Literature: Reading spiritual literature can inspire and motivate you to take meaningful steps towards your spiritual journey. Explore different texts and find what resonates with you.
Soul Searching: For most of us, a spiritual journey begins as a result of a deep urge to look for something beyond ordinary life. This leads to a search for meaning and purpose and ultimately spiritual connection.
Find a Spiritual Coach or Guide: A good coach or guide, such as the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, can help you get clearer on who you are and identify things that may have been out of your awareness. They can also provide guidance and support as you navigate your spiritual journey.
Remember, your spiritual journey is unique to you, and it’s essential to be patient and kind to yourself as you explore and discover what works best for you.

There was an existence before birth. And there is always experience after death! The only difference between the two is frequency or dimension. Determined by our actions or radiations.
We should therefore watch what we sow. And be mindful of the Path that we have chosen to toe. For all our thoughts, deeds and utterances. Are our eternal existence and experiences.
Hence, whether “here or hereafter”. It is left for us to make life better or bitter. Thus, “heaven” and “hell” are in our hands. And by our conducts, we consciously or unconsciously take a stand!
Constant best wishes for a blissful life to all. And eternal peace profound to the world!


Fratres and Sorores,
I invite you to join us Sunday November 9th @ Parkrose at 1 pm for our Pronaos Convocation with an experiment on Vibroturgy!
Join us for the Convocation Ceremony with a popular experiment in Vibroturgy. This experiment helps you prove to yourself that the human aura imprints on the things we wear and if you train your sensitivity as Rosicrucians do, you can pick up insights into the person who wore those things.
In other words, bring one or two things that you and others you know well, that you or they carried on your bodies. Gender-neutral items are best for testing our sensitivity because, for example, if someone presented a woman’s style wedding ring, it would be easy to discern that the person who wore that ring was a woman. A simple silver chain: not so easy to stereotype.
There will be discussion and great refreshments afterwards!
This event is open to all AMORC members. Members, please bring your current membership credentials. Also bring refreshments to share, healthy snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.
“The Rosicrucians have always believed that our physical body is the Temple in which the soul resides throughout the course of terrestrial life. It should be the object of our greatest respect, for it is the supporting matter from which we can accomplish spiritual evolution.”
Directions can be found at:
Parkrose directions and parking
4812 NE 102nd Ave. Portland, OR 97220
For those whom have not attended before, please arrive 30 minutes early to be shown the ropes.
Schedule
12:30 PM – Doors Open
1:00 PM – Pronaos Convocation
2:00 PM – Experiments, snacks and fascinating discussions
Let us look forward to sharing the impressions we receive and share as we experiment together.
Best wishes for Peace Profound,
Frater Aaron Howard
Helpful links
| Website for Pacific Northwest Region, AMORC Blog Site for the Pacific Northwest Region of AMORC Our Meetup Group AMRA Donations |
Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP)
Frog Pond Grange:
27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070
Parkrose Lodge
4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220




Be mature enough to enjoy and benefit from the beauty and glory of your own company!: And the world would lay bare before you!.
Embrace the intelligence of Silence!; and you would understand the language of the universe!.
Constant Cosmic guidance for a fulfilled existence to all and eternal peace profound to the world!.




Fratres and Sorores,
On October 26th, we’ll have a fun party, sort of like a Halloween party, but we’re calling it an All Hallows costume party, in which you are encouraged to Come-As-You-Were!
If you remember a past life as a cowboy, you could come dressed as that, or as a mason, a baker, a priest, an actor! If you don’t remember a past life, but like dressing up, come as you wish, maybe as a fine dandy or a dashing Lady!
Or don’t dress up, but join us anyway.
This is open to members, friends and family. Members, please bring your current membership credentials.
At this party we’ll also speak briefly some memories about the fratres and sorores who have passed through transition in the last few years, and note their contribution to what this group has become.
The Pronaos will be providing two main dishes, one vegan, and one omnivore, so everybody else should bring desserts, non-alcoholic drinks, and side dishes.
We will be meeting at the Frogpond Grange in Wilsonville at 1 pm until 3 pm.
Address: 27350 Stafford Rd. Wilsonville, OR 97070
I’m excited to see who you feel you were in another life or what you envision as another life. See you soon!
Peace Profound, Frater Aaron Howard
Helpful links
| Website for Pacific Northwest Region, AMORC Blog Site for the Pacific Northwest Region of AMORC Our Meetup Group AMRA Donations |
Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP)
Frog Pond Grange:
27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070
Parkrose Lodge
4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

Everything that comes our way in this life, good or bad, holds a teaching if we are mindful enough to give it our full presence.

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” – Marcus Aurelius


ETHICS OF THE ROSARY CROSSES

— Be confident, because confidence in yourself is a source of completeness, and confidence in others, a source of friendship.


| Monday September 22nd @ 1pm we’re meeting at the Frog Pond Grange, in Wilsonville for the Memorial “Pyramid” Ceremony It is a privilege to have a group where we can meet and share experiences with other Rosicrucians. We don’t share member addresses with each other, but if you are indeed interested in carpooling, we will let our keeper of the addresses know and we will see what can be arranged. (Maybe members could host long-distance visiting members overnight!) We’re (that’s me and any of you who wish to join me) are going to have the privilege of performing the simple and profound outdoor Memorial (Pyramid Ceremony) on the very day of the Autumnal Equinox (which occurs at 11:19 a.m.) Will you be there, and will you bring a friend, family member, and a big rock? Yes, find a big beautiful rock (my favorite is a chunk of red Jasper about 5 lbs.) and bring it with you. Find a rock for your friend too, because we’ll use them to build a symbolic pyramid. The rocks, not the friends! This is an open meeting. Bring folks age 18 and above who are curious about who we are and what we do. We’ll then go inside, partake of refreshments and have a brief discussion afterwards on the question: Which Rosicrucian person or book has most influenced you? Memorial Pyramid Ceremony/Autumnal Equinox Address: 27350 Stafford Rd. Wilsonville, OR 97070 This is a ceremony we prefer to hold outdoors, and the weather looks like it will cooperate. The Grange has an amazing heritage evergreen tree that we’ll gather under. THE GROUND IS NOT SMOOTH AND PARKLIKE, ITS BUMPY. Be careful walking. BRING YOUR OWN LAWN CHAIRS! THIS WILL NOT BE THE USUAL CONVOCATION, this will be much more casual. Our greeters will show you around the Grange, starting at 12:30 PM, and share with you some of the symbolism you’ll see, answer your questions, and acquaint you with the ritual to be performed. Schedule 1:00 PM – Ritual begins 1:45 (approximately) PM – Pack your rocks and lawn chairs, go inside, talk and enjoy snacks Form some committees to plan good times for next year! ALSO KNOWN AS MENTAL CREATION, parts 1, 2, and 3. You develop these if you wish, with my guidance and assistance. 1. Plan an event where a group of us members and families take the train down to a Grand Lodge in San Jose, Ca for a Metaphysical Weekend (date to be determined) 2. Plan a Sound Healing seminar (one or two-day) at the Oregon Coast? Some secluded forest camp? 3. Plan a series of workshops (live and also on Zoom) where we share our curiosity, art, travels and expertise on many things Egyptian. Shall we invite in guest speakers? 4. Plan an event or events which will be fun to bring your kids to. Extra points if the event or events have a metaphysical part to them, such as a walk in the woods to experience forest bathing, or even plain old fun events like going to the Enchanted FOREST, or the Zoo, or miniature golf, or labyrinth walking, or? This is the time of year I start making plans for the next year. Do let me hear from you and whether you’d like to help mentally create and plan any of these fun times! Anjala, Master Helpful links Website for Pacific Northwest Region, AMORC Blog Site for the Pacific Northwest Region of AMORC Our Meetup Group AMRA Donations |
| Enneadic Star Pronaos (ESP) Frog Pond Grange: 27350 Stafford Rd; Wilsonville, OR 97070 Parkrose Lodge: 4812 NE 102nd Ave; Portland, OR 97220 |


Good morning Fratres and Sorores,
Join us at Parkrose, Sunday September 14th, @ 2pm, for an Atrium Convocation Ceremony with a discussion and great refreshments afterwards!
This event is open to AMORC members, their family, and close friends of the Rosicrucian Order. This means INVITE SOME SEEKING FRIENDS TO JOIN YOU THERE!
Pick them up and bring them with you! We have had a nice sprinkling of new attendees, but we would like to have more! The more members, the cooler ceremonies we’ll be able to do!
“The Rosicrucians have always believed that our physical body is the Temple in which the soul resides throughout the course of terrestrial life. It should be the object of our greatest respect, for it is the supporting matter from which we can accomplish spiritual evolution.”
Directions can be found at:
Parkrose directions and parking
4812 NE 102nd Ave. Portland, OR 97220
For those whom have not attended before, please arrive 30 minutes early to be shown the ropes.
Schedule
1:30 PM – Doors Open
2:00 PM – Atrium Ceremony
3:00 PM – Socializing
Best wishes for your experience of Peace Profound,
Fr. Aaron ‘Lightbringer‘ Howard
Helpful links


And will not take place this Sunday. Please make this announcement on the blog and RC and ELF and email. I’ll have the newly scheduled date and time soon. I’ve already notified the three candidates.
Peace Profound
Enneadic Star Pronaos
An Affiliated Body of AMORC
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