‘How does AMORC explain the Seth Materials?’
I keep seeing those search those search terms on my blog’s statistics. I searched Google on that question and found nothing except for a PDF written by a guy who said the Rosicrucian Order uses mind control to control its members.
[image error]I have been a Rosicrucian for a half a century. The mind control assertion is bunk. As for the Seth Materials–one of a number of books channeled by Jane Roberts–I have found a lot of value in them. What I don’t see is the rationale for the question about an AMORC (Ancient and Mystic Order of the Rosy Cross) response to them.
Rosicrucian traditions are very old, going back to the mystery schools of years gone by. They focus on so-called Western Mysticism and do not touch on the various psychic/new age fads that have come and gone over the years. I have found the teachings of the Rosicrucian Order to be of value in spite of the fact some people say they are out of sync with advances in mystic, big picture knowledge and others accuse it of being a cult.
[image error]My primary criticism of mystic/metaphysical approaches to the world is that each one sets out its philosophy as though the others don’t exist. There are many pathways to transcendent knowledge. They’re all going to the same knowledge, yet with different terms, meditation practices, and points of view. I think the seeker on the path would be greatly helped if each approach explained–in a positive way–how its methods were in sync or out sync with other approaches.
So yes, I wish the Order would comment on other approaches rather than pretending they don’t exist. I feel the same way about Transcendental Meditation, the Silva Method, the multiple approaches to the material covered in “The Secret,” and other the mystery schools that approach the big picture in multiple ways.
The Seth Materials are off the beaten track (so to speak) in that rather than being a mystic’s approach to the cosmos, purport to describe that cosmos in a way that science has yet to prove or disprove. The “science” of the Seth Materials is way beyond anything mainstream science–much less a mystical order–can possibly responsibly comment upon.
For those of you who have not read Jane Roberts’ series of books that channel the discarnate entity called Seth, I cannot possibly summarize them here other than to say they include the concepts that we create our own reality and that the universe is tied together in (possibly) quantum ways well beyond our ability to integrate into today’s scientific theories.
Personally, I have found value in both approaches and think that each of us can combine the truths we gain from each approach into an integrated whole. What I take away from all of this is that our thoughts are things and that our reality is created by what we think. I don’t try to convince anyone of this because the whole idea runs counter to the notion that we are about as powerful as corks floating on a stormy sea. I don’t agree with that, but proof that it’s an incorrect way to view the nature of reality and the universe depends more on what one believes than on accepted science and facts.
I feel comfortable with what I believe but am equally comfortable with the fact that others think my beliefs are crazy. One day we may discover tie-ins between mysticism and science. Until then, it’s rather a non sequitur to ask what AMORC thinks of the Seth Materials.
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