Morals and Dogma Study and Opinion

          Greetings and welcome back as we continue with chapter 30 of Morals and Dogma as we study the teachings therein.     We are about 2 chapters away from finishing Morals and Dogma. Those of you who might have been joining me from the start know it has been a long road through personal trials and illnesses that we have been this far in the last 3 years, and I am only touching upon my own life.  I am sure many of you have been through much yourselves.    This time, we will study Pike’s words regarding the beginning of the Rose Croix, or Rose Cross.     We will examine the ancient symbolism of the rose and hopefully, we can bring the meanings of this mystery into our own lives.     Now, LET’S READ PIKE!       "The Successors of the Ancient Adepts Rose-Croix, abandoning by degrees the austere and hierarchial Science of their Ancestors in initiation, became a Mystic Sect, un...

       Greetings Everyone!             It is good to be back after healing from some pretty severe tendinitis in both wrists. The tendinitis started in my right wrist and then after over using my left hand to compensate, my left wrist went haywire, too!       I took some treatments from a physical therapist and took it easy on the keyboard for awhile, and now I am feeling much better and ready to resume this work.       This time we will resume with Pike writing about the concept of idol worship, both real and perceived, and the consequences of such.        Now, after this long delay, LET’S READ PIKE!             [It is absurd to suppose that men of intellect adored a monstrous idol called Baphomet, or recognized Mahomet as an inspired prophet. Their symbolism, invented ages before, to conceal what it was dangerous to avow, was of course mi...