Newsletter of the Ontario Region of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC

Dear Members of the Ontario Region of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, 

Dear Visitors, 

Welcome to our Regional Newsletter for RC 3377.  We trust you find this information valuable in your spiritual journey. You may contact our Affiliated Bodies by sending a message to ontario@amorc.rosicrucian.org and we will forward the information to them. 

You are invited to visit our other pages on this website with information on all our Affiliated Bodies, information on the free Rosicrucian apps, AMORC Resources, and the public online webinars as well as Toronto Heptad, TMO. 

All our Affiliated Bodies maintain Meetup pages with announcements both for members and non-members. If you are not in a location close to an AB, you may wish to consider joining one of these by clicking on the links: Toronto; Ottawa; London; and Hamilton. 

In this newsletter you will find the list of Temple Degree Initiations offered at Toronto Lodge, messages from our current Affiliated Body Masters reflecting on their theme of the year, planned special events, and meeting locations, etc. We thank our officers and committee members for their dedicated service to our ABs and the Order. 

Our Grand Lodge Officers: 

Grand Councilor: Comfort Kyei-Boateng

Regional Monitor Toronto: Helen Miller

Regional Monitor Ottawa (Trillium): Brian Neal

Regional Monitor Hamilton and London (Cosmos): Lester Hedgcock

Toronto Lodge 

Theme for the year: Entering the Silence

Master’s Message: 

In RCUI Discourse 9, it states that it is indispensable to keep the mind still when meditating. It is said that nature abhors a vacuum, so it follows that it is impossible to not think or to think of nothing. The idea behind meditation is to focus the mind on a problem or subject we wish to understand on a profound level; then we make ourselves receptive to receiving Cosmic inspiration on the issue. Regardless of what is happening in our lives, we should be able to go into the silence by entertaining constructive positive thoughts, reading inspirational books, or by walking in nature allowing ourselves to be infused by nature’s beauty.

Hopefully, through meditation we can “Enter the Silence.” I heard a priest describe meditation as a plane on a runway; the pilot goes down the runway building speed as the plane moves down the runway. When the plane reaches the right speed, the pilot pulls back on the control and the plane lifts into the air. Meditation is the plane going down the runway, contemplation is when the plane lifts off the ground into the air. 

All things are created in the spiritual realm before they are manifested in the physical, and by that, I mean that we as Rosicrucians know, understand, and use these principles of manifestation, so let us use them to create growth in membership and a more harmonious environment during all our activities. 

Fratres and Sorores, through “Entering the Silence” we can perhaps learn to master our thoughts, words, and actions, and from this point of view we can perhaps consider that our Mastery of Life is connected to our Mastery of Silence.

With all best wishes for Peace Profound, 

Inskip M

Master

Toronto Lodge meeting location and mailing address: 831 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON, M4K 2P9

• Toronto Lodge holds Mystical Lodge Convocations the first  Sunday of the month at 12:00 noon and the first and third Thursdays at 8:00 pm.  Members must be in the Atrium section of their studies to attend.

• Teleconferences and discussions are held at 8:00 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays via Zoom. The link is sent out the  Tuesday prior.

• Toronto Heptad TMO meets the second  Sunday of each month.  For further information please contact the TMO Heptad Master at  mrobinson247@gmail.com  

• Temple degree initiations are held the third Sunday of the month.  The schedule for 3377 follows below

Cosmos Pronaos

Theme for the year: Being of Service

Master’s Message:

What does it mean to be of service to others?  Many examples come to mind, including the simple acts of kindness, such as shoveling a neighbour’s driveway.  We can also be of service when meditating; according to Liber 777, raising our thoughts to the level of the Celestial Sanctum offers a great service to humanity.  As stated by Gandhi, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”.

Recognizing our own short-comings can lead to self-improvement, which is ultimately of service to others as well.  But even being of service requires vigilance, as we may have ulterior motives for serving others, including our own self-aggrandizement. Jiddu Krishnamurti put it well when he said “Love can only exist when the self is not”.  He indicates that to be effective in anything we do, there must be love in our heart and no concern with our own fulfillment.  

May we explore this theme of Being of Service throughout the year.

Lynn M

Master

Cosmos Pronaos meeting location: Nilestown Masonic Temple, 2451 Hamilton Road East, Thames Centre, London, ON N0L 1G3

Mailing Address: Cosmos Pronaos, AMORC, P.O. Box 25051, Station BRC, London, ON  N6C 6A8

In person meetings, including Mystical Convocations are held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month, except:  

June 23 for Peace Day Ceremony (instead of June 16). This event will be followed by a “strawberry social”

September 22 for Memorial (Pyramid) Ceremony (instead of September 15). 

§   Date to be determined: Indoor Labyrinth Walk

§   Date to be determined: Mystical Day

Cosmos Administrative officers: 

Master:  Lynn M

Archivist:  Jacqueline D

Guardian:  Bernice P

Trillium Pronaos 

Congratulations to Trillium Pronaos on the occasion of their 70th Anniversary. The Affiliated Body was inaugurated in 1954 with an announcement made in the Ottawa Citizen (newspaper) on March 17th 1954.

Theme: Creating Inner Harmony

Master’s message:  

Dear Fellow Mystics,

I am both honoured and humbled to have been asked to be the Trillium Pronaos Master

for Rosicrucian Year 3377. When I joined AMORC only a few years ago, I was content with home study and meditation. Being an introvert by nature (not shy, it just means my energy is most easily directed inward in reflection where I seek stimulation in my inner environment as opposed to being an extrovert where my energy would be directed more to outward action where I would be most comfortable seeking stimulation), this came easily. However, a small voice inside (we must always listen to that voice!) urged me to visit a Trillium Pronaos Convocation, and then to return again and again. What I discovered was that the ritual, as has  been said in our teachings, is the main instrument of our mystical path. During the ritual, our community silently, almost without realizing it, enters into harmony, forming a unity. The energy, the vibrations in the temple greatly enhanced whatever benefit I had been experiencing in my home sanctum. I am forever grateful that I listened to that inner voice. And forever grateful to now be part of the Trillium community of mystics, a kind, respectful, thoughtful group in which I now feel very much at home. 

Creating Inner Harmony is the theme I have chosen for the year. A true mystics’ every act is in the interests of harmony. Their love is freely given and they serve for the love of service. As a presenter in one of our Zoom sessions said: “without inner harmony, there can be no Peace Profound”. To be in harmony in all aspects of our lives, we must begin with developing our own inner harmony. As we create inner harmony, the more we are able to be in harmony on all planes, both mundane and spiritual. 

Peace Profound, 

Soror Susan H

Master

Trillium Pronaos meeting location (closed in July): L.O.L Hall, 41 Rosemount Ave, Ottawa, ON

Mailing address: Trillium Pronaos AMORC, P.O. Box 35001, RPO Westgate, Ottawa Ontario K1Z 1A2

Mystical Convocations are held on the first Tuesdays and third Saturdays of each month. Currently Neophyte Degree Forums are held on the third Saturdays after Convocation, four times during the year.

Mystical Convocations are held on the first Tuesdays and third Saturdays of each month. Currently Neophyte Degree Forums are four times during the year. 

Special upcoming Events

§   Mystical Weekend on September 21-22 beginning with a Convocation during which the discourse will be delivered by Grand Councillor who will be on her official visit. Also, Soror Ingrid Young will lead a workshop. The Memorial Ceremony will be held at the Remic Rapids - details to follow. 

§   The Festival of Light on Saturday December 21st, the day of the Winter Solstice, will be held at 41 Rosemount Ave, followed by a potluck lunch or at a restaurant nearby - planning in progress.

Other news: Last November, a group of Trillium members went to the Domain of Lachute for a weekend retreat. Everyone appreciated this opportunity and most likely we will go again in 2024.

Trillium Admin Team

Master/Group Leader: Sr. Susan

Guardian: Sr. Claire

Archivist/Secretary: Fr. Jerome

Hamilton Pronaos

Theme for the year: The Source of All Wisdom 

Master’s Message: 

Throughout this year and evermore, may we proceed thusly. Let us be neither dogmatic nor sectarian in our views even as our views pertain to our beloved Order. Mystics are walking question marks; we seek answers everywhere - most notably within ourselves, but also outwardly through all worthy sources. Let us seek to elevate ourselves above the mundane, for the mundane World is that from which the Mystic individuates. One cannot individuate and perfect while retaining any attachment to the mundane; nor can one individuate while adhering to dogma, sectarianism, or belief of any sort. 

Let us consider politics maturely, realistically, and even critically, for the Mystics of the past did not shy away from chastising corruption and philosophizing on the constructs that keep humanity subservient. 

Remember that the American Founding Fathers, for example, were revolutionary leaders - activists comprised of Rosicrucians and Freemasons who fought to free humanity. They did not sit idly and watch events unfold while holding political biases based on the popular views of the day. Nor did they seek to consort and conform with the profane.

Rosicrucians are those who are born to seek knowledge, justice, and understanding of the Divine laws with which we desire to attune. We are born with a sense of gnosis which compels us to seek the greater light. We do not enter into the bonds of the Order out of mere curiosity. 

Remember that in this material plane of Malkuth - literally the plane of “bad behaviour” - there can be no unity. The number 1 cannot be multiplied and the square root of 2 is not 1. Here, all is reflection; all is duality. It is only on the higher planes, through our minds and spirits revealing to us our love of truth, that we find Unity. The love of truth must always be the impetus behind our quest for Unity. This is the beginning of Wisdom and the beginning of the individual. 

I urge you all to search within to determine what spark initiated your departure from the mundane to embark on this journey. Where are you currently on this journey and where are you going?

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Braden S, FRC

Hamilton Pronaos meeting location: Unity Hall, 64 Wellington St N, Hamilton, ON, 

Mailing Address: Hamilton Pronaos, AMORC, P.O. Box 57273 Jackson Stn, 2 King St W, Hamilton, ON, L8P 4X1

Save the Date!

Hamilton Pronaos will be hosting a special event with guest speaker Frater Hugh McCague on July 20th, 2024.

The event will be held at McMaster University, Michael deGroote Centre for Learning,

1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario.

All day parking on a Saturday at McMaster University is $8 per vehicle. 

Details will continue to be put on this web page as they are worked out. 

§   Hamilton Pronaos members meet in person for Mystical Convocation at 3 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month, except for January (Winter break),  March (we meet on the Spring Equinox date) and December (we meet on the Winter Solstice date).  

§   Additionally, in person, we meet on the fourth Sunday in June and on the day of the Autumn Equinox in September both at a beautiful outdoor location. 

§   We also meet on the fourth Sundays online for members only discussions at 5.30 p.m. This is in service to members who cannot come out to an AB in person. Contact us at ontario@amorc.rosicrucian.org with your membership ID to get more details. 

§   Open Meetings with Mystical Exercise and Discussion are held at 1 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month and will continue until November 2024. 

Administrative Officers: 

Master: Braden S

Archivist: Cristina L

Guardian: Tyler H