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[Péladan, Joséphin] · 1893

Now, the arcane secret knowledge of the visionary will be realized: "attractions are proportional to destinies."
The Rose † Cross flourishes at the threshold of the Temple: the swords of will sparkle among the incense; the holy dove can descend upon the Grail which already glows red.
Hosanna, Rose † Cross! Hosanna, Templars! Hosanna, Knights!
Be beautiful, be strong, be subtle.
The Holy Spirit is about to be born; the Holy Spirit is born.
To works, to virtues, to prayers! with this cry: For the ideal! and original Latin: "CARO VERBUM FACTUM EST" THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH.
: To the Rose through the Cross, to the Cross through the Rose, in it, in them, I shall rise again, adorned with gems. original Latin: "Ad Rosam per Crucem, ad Crucem per Rosam, in ea, in eis, gemmatus resurgam."
: Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to the glory of your name alone. Amen. original Latin: "Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nominis tui gloriæ soli. Amen." The motto of the Knights Templar.
Given in Paris, under the triple seal of the Grail, the Beauséant the black and white banner of the Templars and the Cruciferous Rose cross-bearing rose, on the feast of all saints in the year of Redemption 1892.
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I. : The lay order of THE ROSE † CROSS OF THE TEMPLE AND THE GRAIL is a brotherhood of intellectual Charity, dedicated to the fulfillment of works of mercy according to the HOLY SPIRIT, whose Glory it strives to increase and whose Reign it strives to prepare.
II. : Animically, IT referring to the Order
Gives hunger and thirst for the IDEAL to those who have only instinct and interest for guides: and this is the orientation of others toward the light.
Hospitalizes wandering and undecided hearts, comforts them and reveals their path to them: and this is the discernment of vocations.
Clothes with beauty and possibility imperfect or weary aspirations: and this is a correction of specialties.
Visits those who are sick of will and cures them of the vertigo of passivity: and this is a cure for moral anemia.
Consoles the prisoners of material necessity and procures for them the cerebral life: and this is a mental charity.
Redeems the captives of prejudice and frees them from opinion, country, and race: and this is an abstract fulfillment of others.
Buries the august dead in pious commemora-