SALON OF THE ROSE † CROSS | SECOND AESTHETIC DEED

X. — To the Art Workers

In accordance with the tradition of the Rosicrucian architects, the Order will welcome the worker who has acted as an artist in metalwork, furniture, or even ornamental design. His work must satisfy our aesthetic rules; for greater clarity, we consider Giovanni da Udine and Polidoro da Caravaggio as the masters of noble ornament. The worker shall write to the secretariat of the Order, and one of us will go to judge the work and its potential exhibition.

XI. — Jury — Fees

There is neither a jury nor an entry fee.

XII. — Visiting the Works

The Order proceeds by invitation first toward the artist; then toward the works themselves, which the Sar will go to see at the studio in the month preceding the Salon.

XIII. — Forms

Although the Order claims only to decide on the ideality of a work, it will nevertheless reject—even if the subject is mystical—any work where the proportions of the human body, the laws of perspective, or technical rules are insolently violated.

The Order strives to convert to Beauty and bring back to the Ideal those artists in possession of good technie technical skill. It does not flatter itself that it will create new talents immediately. Therefore, anyone who produces a work conforming to the program of the R † C will be accepted, even if their previous work was different and realistic; the Order judges only what is presented to it and not the artist's past. Any artist presented by one of the founding members is thus free to request a visit from the Sar to his studio in the month before the Salon. Even an artist without any sponsor may send his work one week before the opening.

XIV. — Foreigners

For the Order of the Rose † Cross, the word "foreigner" has no meaning. This Salon possesses an international character to the highest degree. In the capitals and principal cities of France, the Order has consuls charged with identifying and sending photographs and dimensions of works. However, unless special assurance has been given, the Grand Master is not bound by consular acts.

XV. — Paris

Two months before the Salon, the founding and invited artists must send to the Grand Master a notice containing their name and address, the subject and dimensions of the work, and a drawing for the illustrated catalog.

XVI. — Preference

In principle, the Order prefers statuettes over statues and easel paintings over large canvases; it may deviate from this point, but it gives warning of its partiality.

XVII. — Women

Following magical law, no work by a woman will ever be exhibited or performed by the Order.

XVIII. — Loss or Damage

The Rose † Cross warns that the works appearing in the Salon are not insured. In case of loss or damage, the Order declines all financial responsibility.

There will be an honorary inauguration before the public opening, offered to ambassadors and persons whom the Order wishes to honor.

XIX — Date

The second Salon of the Rose † Cross will take place in March and April 1893. For the location and the dates for shipping and opening—until the day the Order has its own moustier cloistered residence or headquarters in Paris—inquire by letter to the secretariat, 2 rue de Commaille, and consult The Rose † Cross, the quarterly organ of the Order.

Finally, to defend ourselves against unworthy enemies and to show that we render to the Church what is the Church's and to Art what is Art's, and that our Catholicism will never harm our religion of Beauty, here is our remonstrance to Cardinal Goossens.

ACTS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE ROSE CROSS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

original: "Acta Rosæ Crucis Templi et Spiritus Sancti"

You prevented Our preaching in Mechelen original: "Malines" out of resentment for the execration legitimately launched against the Congress of that city, which blasphemed the Holy Spirit and slandered Baudelaire, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Verlaine, and Ourself. Today, through this mandate, We address to You a formal remonstrance regarding a double abuse, equally abominable according to the holy canons and before the eternal ideal.