Rosicrucian order. Crotona fellowship. Outer court manual no. 2. The Rosicrucian fraternity

No one can enter the Colleges of the Order unless he has obtained an interview with the Head or someone appointed by him to interview a student. This rule has only been departed from in one or two unusual cases.

Excluding the Masonic degrees, the Order has nine degrees, each with its own Ritual, and through these Rituals the student realises the powers which are latent within himself. These nine degrees constitute the "Lesser Mysteries," for in them the student becomes acquainted with the vast storehouse of Rosicrucian learning and applied teaching.

Within the Order special Rites are conducted from time to time which give the student some insight into the Mysteries of all religions of the past and present.

The aim of the Order is to bring out the finest qualities in the student and make him a more useful person in the world of men.

He may become an Orator, Healer, Actor, Musician, Artist, Scientist, Philosopher, Priest, etc. Whatever he becomes, he will use his knowledge and gifts for the benefit of mankind.

All these possibilities are open to the student, and in manifesting what he is in possibility he unfolds the higher powers from within himself.

The studies comprise everything, but briefly they may be summed up as: the study of Man and the Universe: Man as the Microcosm the small world, or man as a reflection of the universe and the Universe as the Macrocosm the great world, or the universe itself.

The Teachers in the Order are of all kinds: University Professors, Philosophers, Artists, Actors, Musicians, Rhetoricians, and above all, men and women of great experience in Life's problems and Practical Mysticism and Occultism.

It takes a number of years for the student to pass through the degrees (with the exception of the Masonic), but in any degree the student learns, finds much to occupy his mind, and he seeks to apply the teachings to his own life as well as to the lives of others.

Brotherhood is a fundamental principle of the Order and this principle must be strictly adhered to. Love for all Mankind is a Rosicrucian axiom.

Although the Rosicrucian student studies Comparative Religion, he is fundamentally a Christian Mystic and accepts Christ as his Hierarchy spiritual head or divine ruler.

No fees are charged for Initiation into the Order, every—