AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIAN BERNARD,
VENERATED IMPERATOR OF AMORC-The Cult of H. Spencer lewis
Although I have some valuable contacts, I am always looking for more information about the contemporary culture of AMORC. My current contacts tell me that many members now refuse to accept positions as officers.
In my last blog, I chronicled that the increasingly busy schedule of lodges is forcing the need to recruit more free manpower.
It used to be widely disseminated that AMORC had only one monthly meeting and that lasted only an hour. Is that myth still being propagated? Now, lodges have meetings throughout the week from Monday to Sunday with a so-called mystical weekend every month.
Nowadays, all Roscicrucian members are "encouraged" (is “coerced” a better word?) in multiple ways to participate in Lodges meeting. Faithful members will have events that can total from 20 to 30 hours. My contacts report also that recurring requests for the building fund, reminders regarding membership fees and AMRA and to additionally help for the lodges with special events are creating financial fatigue for many members. AMRA is the fund that enables members to give back to the Cosmic 10% of the financial blessings they have received, a fund administered by the parent organization itself. The idea is that since the “tithing” by members should be unselfish, why not give it to AMORC to administrate, which is, of course, as an organization, at the pinnacle of unselfishness(is AMORC and his CEO Christian Bernard really unselfish??).
Members are lectured again and again on the Importance of sharing their cosmic blessing with their lodges. The frustration members told me is that "AMORC is what is really keeping them from receiving any cosmic blessing." If you haven’t checked out my book, The Prisoner of San Jose, do so immediately- especially if you are curious as to what it is to be homeless in New York and Miami with all these cosmic blessings showering all over you. To me, it looks like AMORC is having major economic issues.
It used to be widely disseminated that AMORC had only one monthly meeting and that lasted only an hour. Is that myth still being propagated? Now, lodges have meetings throughout the week from Monday to Sunday with a so-called mystical weekend every month.
Nowadays, all Roscicrucian members are "encouraged" (is “coerced” a better word?) in multiple ways to participate in Lodges meeting. Faithful members will have events that can total from 20 to 30 hours. My contacts report also that recurring requests for the building fund, reminders regarding membership fees and AMRA and to additionally help for the lodges with special events are creating financial fatigue for many members. AMRA is the fund that enables members to give back to the Cosmic 10% of the financial blessings they have received, a fund administered by the parent organization itself. The idea is that since the “tithing” by members should be unselfish, why not give it to AMORC to administrate, which is, of course, as an organization, at the pinnacle of unselfishness(is AMORC and his CEO Christian Bernard really unselfish??).
Members are lectured again and again on the Importance of sharing their cosmic blessing with their lodges. The frustration members told me is that "AMORC is what is really keeping them from receiving any cosmic blessing." If you haven’t checked out my book, The Prisoner of San Jose, do so immediately- especially if you are curious as to what it is to be homeless in New York and Miami with all these cosmic blessings showering all over you. To me, it looks like AMORC is having major economic issues.
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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/
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