THE CULTURE OF AMORC

AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIAN BERNARD,
VENERATED IMPERATOR OF AMORC-The Cult of H. Spencer lewis

Like any large organization, in fact, like any corporation, AMORC has a specific culture. 
When I was a member of AMORC, I would say that it was largely based on an attempt to drape AMORC proceedings in an aura of mystery and power.

There were weekly meetings that sometimes featured out-of-town speakers who projected themselves as seasoned mystics, adepts who had grown psychically and spiritually and commanded the respect of those who are in attendance.

But is something happening in the new culture of AMORC?  Based on the information I have received from many old friends attending the lodges in the South Florida area, the Rosicrucian order is getting desperate to maintain its fiscal as well as spiritual presence.

Of course, AMORC does not wish to behave like an evangelistic church organization because then it would turn off its members, many of which have repudiated organized religion and the continuous money pitches of the evangelicals.

So they have adapted another approach- to hold prolonged and varied meetings, working their volunteer members as much as 30 to 40 hours a week as they accept greatly expanded tasks as officers of the lodge.  With long hours and no pay, this puts a great strain on these volunteers, whose real responsibilities are caring for their family or going to school or even have the chance to relax a bit after work and enjoy their time off. I know all about this type of strain because as described in The Prisoner of San Jose and AMORC Unmasked, I worked for the Lodge in Miami when I was critically penniless.

It is no wonder my friends depict some of their Rosicrucian brethren as dead men walking.

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The Open Letter to Christian Bernard Venerated Imperator of the Rosicrucians is available in French, Portuguese and English
French                http://www.theprisonerofamorc.com/lettre-a-christian-bernard/
portuguese        http://www.theprisonerofamorc.com/carta-aberta-a-bernard
English              http://www.anopenlettertochristianbernard.com/