This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Essenes.

The US Symposium on Rock Mechanics, held at Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, is the 35th in a continuing series of now biennial meetings organized to support the national and trans-national interests of US scientists, engineers, consultants, students, and technologists interested in rock mechanics and rock engineering. The reviewed papers contained in this volume represent one or more aspects of this interdisciplinary field. This volume contains a total of 133 papers selected from 241 abstra...

This book describes the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. It presents a detailed survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the outer planet satellites, and asteroids. A diverse range of models for the sources of tectonic stresses acting on silicate and icy crusts is outlined, comparing processes acting throughout the Solar Syste...

Mystery surrounds virtually every aspect of the Templar story, from their origins in the aftermath of the First Crusade, through their rise to supreme wealth and power - dominating medieval Europe for nearly two centuries - to their abrupt and dramatic suppression. Ferociously punished for alleged heresy and depravity at the beginning of the 14th century, their story is believed to have ended there, merely an interesting historical footnote. But did they, as many now believe, survive in se...

The Knights Templar – Medieval Cult or Modern Nemesis? -- History of this famous group and the organizations that claim descent from them. Were they really destroyed in the fourteenth century or do they survive and even prosper to this day? Who are their descendants? Are there ties to the Nazis and the Mormon Church? A must-read for anyone interested in conspiracies or the occult.

The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky's magnum opus.

I have already published three books: The book of Illumination, The Essence of Sorcery--Don Pedro says and The Scared Fusion--Don Pedro says. These books were written through the spirit. I live in Santa Rosa, California and lived in Mexico for 14 years. I am a sorcerer.

Explains the origin of astrology, explains the basic principles and provides an illustrated list of the planets, their influences and the alchemical metal associated with them. Discusses transits, what they are and how they are used with quadrants and progressions to calculate horoscopes. Traces the melding of Vedic and Babylonian of astrology by the 3rd century BC Alexandrian Greeks and the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Tirsmegistus. How does astrology influence modern American politics?

The most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages and their sacred treasure.For a certain period in history, the Knights Templar-the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages-secretly guarded the Shroud of Turin. Worshipped in a relentlessly secret manner, and known in its intimate nature by only a handful of the order’s officials, the swathe of fabric was kept in the central treasury of the Knights Templar, who were known for their expe...

I wish particularly to point out in the present volume that I am not giving the meanings of symbols in the vestments in which they are now garbed. I am giving their origin and original meanings.Up to the time of Mu's submersion all symbols retained their original meanings. From the time of Mu's destruction I must pass over about 5,000 or 6,000 years. Those were years when seemingly no history was written except a few scraps in India and Egypt.During this time mankind apparent...

The MysteryWhat is it that brings so many people to this out-of-the-way chapel? Not only is Rosslyn Chapel (or, to give it its official title, the Collegiate Church of St Matthew) a stunning example of late medieval architecture and the stonemason's art, but it contains many clues that it is more than just a place of worship – and even that it was never intended to be simple a Christian church.History of Rosslyn ChapelThe mastermind behind the project was Sir William ...

Roger Bacon was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who was one of the first people to study alchemy. Bacon also studied nature through empirical methods. This edition of Bacons The Mirror of Alchemy includes a table of contents.