The Rosicrucian Forum 1939, by Rosicrucian Editors
Hitler's Family: In the
Shadow of the Dictator, directed by Oliver Halmburger, Thomas
Staehler
Be Here Now, by Ram Dass
Gods
& Beasts -- The Nazis & the Occult, by Dusty Sklar
The Mind and God of Adolf Hitler, by Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, by Wikipedia
Alfred Rosenberg,
by Wikipedia
Hitler's Clairvoyant, by Stephen Lemons
If it were not a serious implication,
the news article and statement, first appearing in the New York
Mirror last month, and then later in other of the Hearst newspapers,
declaring that Hitler was supported morally by the Rosicrucians,
would be amusing. The article, which was purported to be cabled from
Paris, stated in part: “That Adolph Hitler is a member of the Mystic
Order called the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, and that he is
inspirationally directed by some of its leaders is a charge made by
Edouard Saby, French writer, in a book now in preparation.”
Naturally the article concluded with a brief reference to AMORC
[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis], which the newspaper, from the
article’s wording, appears to have obtained from some standard
dictionary or encyclopedia.
When the cable was received, it was
to be expected that the first thing a tabloid newspaper would do
would be to seek some connection between such a cabled statement and
some local Organization in this country or part of the world, for
that would cause the article to have more local reader interest.
Since numerous encyclopedias and dictionaries refer to AMORC and its
history, it was easy for them to locate data about AMORC, and such
data was included in the article. In fact, the body of the article,
especially the references made to AMORC, are not damaging, because
they merely consist of a quotation of partial historical facts – the
damage, if any, was in the implication of the headline – that is,
that the Rosicrucians in Germany inspired Hitler in his plans.
There are several interesting things
in connection with this article that should not be overlooked –
first, what was the foundation for such a story as this? The
newspaper itself admits it is “a charge made by Edouard Saby, French
writer, in a book now in preparation.” It is hardly to be expected
that French authors, particularly at this time, would write anything
favorable of Herr Hitler, and that they would write sensationally
about him whether what they said was true or not. Second, Hitler at
the moment, as we all know, is news and any book dealing with him or
his affairs is assured a fairly successful tale. This book,
according to the tabloid newspaper account, isn’t even published
yet, for they say it is “now in preparation.” This indicates that
from an advertising and publicity point of view the French publisher
of the book sought some sensational advance sale publicity by
attracting attention to the book and the author at this
psychological time. The tabloid newspaper of New York, in turn
seeking a sensational article that would be timely, and knowing
interest on the one hand in Hitler and the well-established and
known existence of the Rosicrucians on the other hand, likewise
sought to capitalize on the incident by exploiting the report
without an iota of foundation.
As an officer of the Rosicrucian
Order, I, in the course of one of my journeys to Europe in 1932,
visited the former Grand Master of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood in
Berlin, as I did other Rosicrucian officers in other countries. I
can say with definiteness that then and now the authentic
Rosicrucian movement in Germany is disorganized and not functioning.
Two conditions contribute to this inactivity – first, the political
difficulties existing then in Germany, which have intensified since
that time; and, second, the economic inability of the members to
hold the Rosicrucian Brotherhood together as an Organization in
Germany. However, the Rosicrucian Brotherhood or Order, when it was
an active movement in Germany years ago, held to the same
traditional tenets that the AMORC does all over the world. One of
the prime tenets is the brotherhood of man, irrespective of race and
creed or nationality. It is quite apparent, therefore, that no
Rosicrucian jurisdiction in Germany, or elsewhere, could sponsor or
inspire any man to military measures or to further war, regardless
of the nature of the war. To encourage war would be diametrically
opposed to Rosicrucian teachings and idealism, and this cabled news
article to the New York Mirror is in fact a slur upon the noble and
splendid work formerly accomplished by the Rosicrucians as an
organization in Germany. There are undoubtedly thousands of
former active Rosicrucians in Germany. What they do as individuals
when the Order, as we know, is officially dormant, cannot reflect
upon the attitude of Rosicrucianism.
Whether Herr Hitler ever was a member
of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood in Germany, it is impossible now to
learn. Whether he has read Rosicrucian books or literature, as
millions of persons throughout the world have, there is no way of
learning. One thing we here reiterate – nothing in Rosicrucianism he
would read would inspire him to militarism.
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XVIII. KNIGHT ROSE CROIX. [Prince Rose Croix.]
Man
fell, seduced by the Evil Spirits most remote from the Great
King of Light; those of the fourth world of spirits, Asiah,
whose chief was Belial. They wage incessant war against the
pure Intelligences of the other worlds, who, like the
Amshaspands. Izeds, and Ferouers of the Persians are the
tutelary guardians of man.
When
the strife between these and the good angels shall have
continued the appointed time, and these Spirits enveloped in
darkness shall long and in vain have endeavored to absorb
the Divine light and life, then will the Eternal Himself
come to correct them. He will deliver them from the gross
envelopes of matter that hold them captive, will re-animate
and strengthen the ray of light or spiritual nature which
they have preserved, and re-establish throughout the
Universe that primitive Harmony which was its bliss.
Masonry also has her mission to perform. With her
traditions reaching back to the earliest times, and her symbols dating
further back than even the monumental history of Egypt extends, she
invites all men of all religions to enlist under her banners and to war
against evil, ignorance, and wrong. You are now her knight, and to her
service your sword is consecrated. May you prove a worthy soldier in a
worthy cause!
--
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry, by Albert Pike
***
The Ah-hi (Dhyan-Chohans) are the collective hosts of
spiritual beings — the Angelic Hosts of Christianity, the Elohim and
“Messengers” of the Jews — who are the vehicle for the manifestation of
the divine or universal thought and will. They are the Intelligent
Forces that give to and enact in Nature her “laws,” while themselves
acting according to laws imposed upon them in a similar manner by still
higher Powers; but they are not “the personifications” of the powers of
Nature, as erroneously thought. This hierarchy of spiritual Beings,
through which the Universal Mind comes into action, is like an army — a
“Host,” truly — by means of which the fighting power of a nation
manifests itself, and which is composed of army corps, divisions,
brigades, regiments, and so forth, each with its separate individuality
or life, and its limited freedom of action and limited responsibilities;
each contained in a larger individuality, to which its own interests are
subservient, and each containing lesser individualities in itself.
The Secret
Doctrine -- The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy, by
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky |
One of AMORC’s official
representatives in New York City, in a conversation with one of the
reportorial staff of this New York City tabloid, learned that the
fundamental basis for the tale that Hitler is or was a Rosicrucian,
or was influenced by Rosicrucianism, is the fact that Hitler is a
firm believer and follower of astrology. If it is true that Hitler
is a devotee of astrology, just how, we may ask, does that make him
a Rosicrucian? The Rosicrucian teachings have never included as an
essential part of their curriculum the study of astrology, nor does
the Rosicrucian Order of this jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction
declare astrology to be an absolute science.
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XVIII. KNIGHT ROSE CROIX. [Prince Rose Croix.]
The Phœnician Cosmogony, like all others in Asia, was the
Word of God, written in astral characters, by the planetary Divinities,
and communicated by the Demi-gods, as a profound mystery, to the
brighter intelligences of Humanity, to be propagated by them among men.
Their doctrines resembled the Ancient Sabeism, and being the faith of
Hiram the King and his namesake the Artist, are of interest to all
Masons. With them, the First Principle was half material, half
spiritual, a dark air, animated and impregnated by the spirit; and a
disordered chaos, covered with thick darkness. From this came the WORD,
and thence creation and generation; and thence a race of men, children
of light, who adored Heaven and its Stars as the Supreme Being; and
whose different gods were but incarnations of the Sun, the Moon, the
Stars, and the Ether. Chrysor was the great igneous power of Nature, and
Baal and Malakarth representations of the Sun and Moon, the latter word,
in Hebrew, meaning Queen.
--
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry, by Albert Pike
We must admit the truth of horoscopy whether we will or
not. For, as observed by one of the modern adepts of Astrology, “Now
that photography has revealed to us the chemical influence of the
Sidereal system, by fixing on the sensitized plate of the apparatus
milliards of stars and planets that had hitherto baffled the efforts of
the most powerful telescopes to discover them, it becomes easier to
understand how our solar system can, at the birth of a child, influence
his brain — virgin of any impression — in a definite manner and
according to the presence on the zenith of such or another zodiacal
constellation.”
The Secret
Doctrine -- The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy, by
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky |
It is true that a number of small
publishing concerns, styling themselves Rosicrucians, here and
abroad base all of their work upon astrology, but they have no
connection with the International AMORC. Furthermore, there are
actually hundreds of booklets and pamphlets and dozens of schools
teaching many different versions of astrology, and these undoubtedly
have a great many followers in all lands, but certainly it would be
absurd to claim that any who read such literature or who are
followers of such schools are Rosicrucians. This is not said to
condemn astrology, for those who desire it have the privilege, as
individuals, to pursue it, but the fact that they do so does not in
any way make of them Rosicrucians.
A representative of one of the large
news services, after investigating this Hitler story and finding it
without any foundation, after interviewing an AMORC officer in the
East, discarded the tale as worthless propaganda. Three or four
newspapers comprising the Heart chain did, however, publish it.
There is one thing though that such
news tales do indicate – they point to a negative compliment of the
extent of AMORC. Certainly no newspaper story in this country would
have related Hitler to any organization were not known in some way
to its readers, for it would not have made a sensational news story.
We, however, as Rosicrucians do not appreciate such indirect
sinister flattery. Hitler is also declared to be a staunch reader of
mystical literature, though so far as I know no one has ever
mentioned the titles of the books to indicate whether ir really is
mystical literature or not. On the other hand, perhaps he does read
mystical books, and perhaps so do some of the Prime Ministers and
dictators of other countries, but, we repeat, the fact that they do
does not make any of them Rosicrucians, or members of AMORC here or
abroad. -- X
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[Rudolf] Hess became Hitler's secretary and helped him with
Mein Kampf. Hess did more than take dictation and type the
manuscript. As the best educated of Hitler's disciples, he was able to
provide Hitler with useful information, particularly on a new study
which was called geopolitics. He introduced Hitler to the professor (and
ex-general) from whom he had learned about geopolitics, and, in fact,
the professor was a frequent visitor to Landsberg prison. Some people,
indeed, believe that the professor, Karl Haushofer, was Hitler's guiding
brain.
Writing in Current History and Forum
in June 1941, Frederic Sondern, Jr., who had personal
knowledge of the subject, reported:
Dr. Haushofer and his men
dominate Hitler's thinking. That domination began 17 years ago
when the World War general flattered the ex-corporal by paying
him visits in prison. Haushofer saw possibilities in the
hysterical agitator who had launched an unsuccessful beer- hall
revolution. The prison visits became frequent; the distinguished
soldier-scientist fascinated Hitler, then finally made him a
disciple. The ascendancy has grown as Dr. Haushofer again and
again has proved the accuracy of his knowledge and the wisdom of
his advice....
It was Haushofer who taught the
hysterical, planless agitator in a Munich jail to think in terms
of continents and empires. Haushofer virtually dictated the
famous Chapter XVI of Mein Kampf
which outlined the foreign policy Hitler has since followed to
the letter.
Haushofer's Lebensraum
("living space") theory sought to justify Germany's world conquest
by claiming that it was necessary to insure the German people room
to preserve and expand their racial community. He developed an
intelligence-gathering organization which became the envy and model
for all others. He was called everything from "Hitler's idea man" to
"the man who will in the end take the Fuhrer's
place," yet he seems to have kept a very low profile. But there is
apparently much more to Haushofer than the geopolitician.
A love affair with the Orient began
in 1908, when, as a field artillery officer in the Bavarian army, he
was sent to Tokyo to study the Japanese army and to advise it as an
artillery instructor. The assignment changed the course of his life.
He traveled extensively in the Far East, and added the Japanese,
Chinese, and Korean languages to his repertoire of English, French,
and Russian. He could not be accused -- as other leading Nazis were
-- of having a provincial background.
His four-year sojourn in the Far East
also changed the course of German history. Haushofer was able to
make the acquaintance of influential Japanese and to develop a
rapport for the culture which helped account later for the
German-Japanese alliance. When he returned to Germany in 1912, he
had no reason at all to know that the Chinese proverb of which he
was so fond, "He who rides a tiger cannot get off," would one day
have particular relevance for him.
Haushofer was introduced to Oriental
teachings during his stay in the Far East. He had been a devout
student of Schopenhauer, and now he could drink directly from the
source. He became sufficiently conversant in Sanskrit to translate
several Hindu and Buddhist texts, and according to Ravenscroft, he
was "an authority on Oriental mysticism ... concealing the other
side of his nature and activities as a leader of a secret community
of Initiates, and an authority on every aspect of the
'Secret Doctrine. '
[He was] in the esoteric stream of satanism through which he sought
to raise Germany to the pinnacle of world power."
***
His most famous disciple was Rudolf
Hess. He followed Haushofer to the University of Munich and sat at
his feet, ardently drinking in the pseudoscientific political
theories. He was a frequent visitor to the Haushofer home. Mrs.
Haushofer was kind enough to give him English lessons. But the
professor described his pupil with merciless accuracy:
He was one student among others,
not particularly gifted, of slow intellectual grasp and dull in
his work. He was very dependent on emotions and passionately
liked to pursue fantastic ideas. He was only influenced by
arguments of no importance at the very limits of human knowledge
and superstition; he also believed in the influence of the stars
on his personal and political life.... I was always disconcerted
by the expression of his clear eyes, which had something
somnambulistic about it....
Presumably, the professor was able to
effect a change in his student, because he later claimed that it was
only Hess who really understood his theories.
After 1932, when the Nazis
came to power, he was made deputy leader, second in command
under Hitler. He controlled the central political
organization of the Party, supervised and coordinated policy
throughout Germany, and was in charge of at least nineteen
departments of the government. He was not popular with the
other party people. Kurt Ludecke refers to him as a
"notorious" homosexual, and claims he was known as "Fraulein
Anna."
Hess was a man hungry for
faith and ready to place it in pseudosciences like
astrology, homeopathy, and every manner of divination. His
fate was ruled entirely by the stars, by the pronouncements
of soothsayers, by animal magnetism, the swings of
pendulums, and terrestrial radiations. Demons had a terrible
reality for him.
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