DISTRICT fA eS, COMMISSIONERS Monthly Bulletin ROSICRUCIAN ORDER CAMORC) SUPREME TEMPLE—ROSICRUCIAN PARK, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. August 22, 1956 Special Communication for District Commissioners Respected Comissioner: ‘There are a number of interesting points concerning which we wish to give you instructions at this time. First, regarding the Lemuria film: A number of District Commis- sioners have written asking that we send them literature describing the Lemuria film so that they can describe it to theater managers. Now we have no euch literature, because this Lemuria film is not like the commercial releases which the theaters receive and which have a lot of advertising matter concerning them, and billboards, and so forth. This is a privately produced film, and since it was not made for profit or for commercial uses, no money was spent in getting up elaborate circular matter. You can briefly explain 1t to ‘them as ‘ollow It 1s a film depicting the existence of the lost continent that wos once in the center of the Pacific Ocean. ‘The first scenes of the film show pictures taken 1n other foreign countries of the same type Lemuria, showing the class of people and the type of homes and buildings.’ Then 1t shows scenes of earthquakes_and tidal waves and storms of the type and kind that caused the continent of Lemuria to sink, and it shows actual living persons being drowned in great storms and tidal waves and earthquakes. These scenes are not made from small model settings but were taken actually in sections of the world during such terrific catastrophes. Then it shows how volcanoes and the lava destroyed cities, and finally of the sinking of the continent beneath the water and how some people escaped on rafts, small boats, logs of wood and otherwise, and how they swam or floated to the shores of Norther America and escaped to live along the Pacific Coast of Cali~ fornia and continued their existence there. It is the firet and only film of its kind that has ever been made. The next important point is in regard to duo-membership, or the double membership for man and wife. A great many of our District Com- missioners say that they are often asked about this, and would like some definite information. We are enclosing herewith a little pamphletPage that describes this duo-membership. Please read it carefully and be familiar with what it 1s. You will note that the two persons study from the same monographs and read the same magazine each month, and therefore pay a reduced amount of money as dues, paying only $2.50 instead of $4.00, but each one holds a membership card and has all the rights and privileges of personal instruction, the answering of letters, and guidance and welfare help, etc. By eliminating the cost of one set of monographs each week and the monthly magazine, we are passing that saving on to the members in duo-membership. You will find many husbands and wives who will want to Join together who would not want to Join separately. The next thing to which we wish to call your attention is the enclosed folder dealing with the subject of recognition of the Order. Please note what.is said on the first page of this pamphlet and then read carefully the fine things that are said in some of the largest encyclopedias of America. Such recognition as this in these wonderful encyclopedias proves that AMORC must be exactly what it claims to be. You will note that Mr. Clymer's organization and the other organiza- tions that claim to be "Rosicrucian" are not mentioned in these encyclopedias. And the newspaper clippings on the outside of the book show how the newspapers all over America are always glad to say something about the Rosicrucians, and always in the most dignified manner. By having one of these recognition books handy, you can show anyone, whoever argues with you that AMORC is not the real organiza- tion or that they never heard of it, that the organization is well- known. Later on this year one of these recognition books will be sent to every member in the Order. Hold fast to your copy. Some District Commissioners write to us and say that they would like to know whether persons whom they have interviewed and interested in our Order have become members or not. There is only one way by which we can give this information, and that is to have you, as a District Commissioner, send us, at any time,a list of the names and addresses of the persons whom you have interviewed and we will check up this list and let you know how many of them have become members. You do not have to do this unless you want to know about the success of your work, 1t.is.gquite a little task to search our records for the maMes and addresses of these persons and check them, but we will be very glad to do so if this information will be helpful to you at any time. But without such a list sent to us, or to the Department of Extension, it cannot be checked. The work of the organization is going to grow very rapidly this coming year. The importance of the voting that took place at the Convention this past July will not be realized by our members until later on this fall and winter. But it was one of the most important Conventions we have ever held and the voting will have an important bearing upon our future propaganda. We have reached a position now where about one-half of the new members that come into the organization each year are brought in through the personal solicitation of active members. The other half of the new ones come in through our advertising and indirect propaganda. Year by year the number of members coming in through the personal re-Page commendation of our members is increasing, and of course this will continue to increase year after year. The two big things that will help our propaganda more than anything else this coming year are the results of the voting at the last Convention, which absolutely "killea" all of the malicious attacks of the few enemies and their campaign by letters all over the country; and secondly, the fact that so many of the encyclopedias and reference books in the libraries throughout the world now say very fine things about AMORG, whereas they used to have nothing in them at all because the Rosicrucians used to operate so secretly that they did not allow the encyclopedias to have any exact information. And, of course, as the organization grows in strength the more we will be able to do for our members. Month after month and year after year in the past three or four years we have added new features to.our lessons, monographs and-activities, and we will continue this until the ANORG system of instruction will be the finest and most com plete in the world. It really is that right now, but we want to do More and give more, and we will do this according to the increasing strength of the organization. Remember, we do not measure our strength by Just numbers of members but by the quality of the membership. That is why there is a constant weeding out, and each year sees the simply curiosity seekers and casilly interested ones drop by the wayside. All of them are helped a little, but since they are not sincere enough they cannot be greatly helped. This leaves the residue of the membership, composed of really sincere and serious students, who are doing their utmost to make their lives better and to help others to do so. Your cooperation, therefore, as a District Commissioner 1s great- ly appreciated, and if there are any additional helps we can give you from time to time, do not hesitate to send for them. With all good wishes for Peace Profound, we are Sincerely and fraternally, ROSICRUCIAN ORDER (AMORC) Dept. of Extension CAP:DD P.S. Your certificate of appointment as a District Commissioner is enclosed herewith, and we hope that you will preserve this because it will be an honor to show this very often in the future years.