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My Road to Mysticism
by Mark Havenner
I was somewhat acquainted with the Rosicrucian’s before May of 2004.
The group came up in various studies of eclectic fringe history I
participated in. My settlement upon the Rosicrucians was the result of
a very lengthy an arduous journey beginning when I was 16 years old,
deep in the suburbs of Denver Colorado.
In the early 1990s the
world was in a socio-political and spiritual transition. Never before
and never again would I see such great energetic activity. During the
early months of 1993 my entire worldview changed as a series if
inexplicable and insane events occurred. I refer to this time as the
Year of the Sparrows, my first year of freedom from the mundane.
It
should be my duty, one day, to completely regress into that year and
pull out all of the finer points that occurred. This is not the proper
discourse for that, so I will do my best to summarize. I will only
focus upon those events and practices that guided my direction toward
the Rose Cross.
The primary outcome of the Year of the Sparrows
was that I unknowingly became a mystic. The events of that year
permanently shifted my otherwise mundane future into a deep-seeded
desire to learn about how reality works. I became an avid student of
philosophy, history, religion, and sociology. At a young 17 years old I
regularly read history texts that had nothing to do with my schoolwork
and I took in everything I could about the world religions.
The
events that sparked this path were many. I was introduced to not only
the supernatural in the form of ghosts and spirits, but I was also a
participant in paranatural events. For many who’ve seen a ghost, their
religion and philosophy is usually unharmed. One can be Christian and
believe in ghosts. However, when one sees the whole spectrum of things
not human, or even third dimensional, religion fails to explain it. I
was in the presence of deities and creatures that were never a part of
the physical realm. Some creatures could not even be described as the
traditional definition of demons and angels. I played an active part in
a paranatural conflict that began long before human civilization.
It
wasn’t until the late 1990s that I found information on what this
conflict was. What I came to realize was that the cast in the small
conflict were, in fact, only a small representation of the actual
conflict. It was in a coffee shop that I first heard of the Illuminati
and all of my studies and experiences made sense for every day to come.
Most
who discuss the Illuminati and fringe science think they know a basic
picture of how it all works, but unless someone has seen Illuminatus
activity first hand, anything written is far too limited to take
seriously. I read many books on the subject, some written by legitimate
historians looking for historical patterns in human civilization, while
others were written by paranoid freaks who use God and Country as a
shield for their sickness. Like most unorthodox studies, there was a
grain of truth in them all, and those grains piled into huge mounts in
my mind as I was able to apply my own experiences to what these books
said.
It is a mistake to think the Illuminati is an all-powerful
group of old men that manipulate politics to better their situation. In
fact, there is nothing villainous about the Illuminati at all, and
further, the very act of personalizing them as a single organization is
a completely misleading way to discuss them. Most historians and fringe
scientists would be appalled to know that the Illuminati is not a bad
thing.
During my years of study on the Illuminati I uncovered
almost every secret society that ever existed and read about how they,
in one way or another, messed up human civilization or played humans
for pawns. Among these groups mentioned were the Rosicrucians, who have
a notorious history of torture and evil bad-doings in Medeivel Europe.
Of course, many of these stories came from the Catholic Church who had
a vested interest in eliminating not only the Rosicrucians, but the
Freemasons and any other group that may have, in any way, once been
associated with the Knight Templars. So any story I read about any of
these groups I took in stride. Instead of assimilating the information,
I looked for patterns. And patterns were easy to find.
The
course of human civilization, throughout history, has three influences.
Many of the things that happened in history were not influenced at all,
but were the natural progression of society. However, it is clear that
there were times in history where social progress was interrupted,
redirected or completely halted by one of three interests. At the most
basic level these influences can be defined as Western, Eastern, and
Middle-Eastern. That implies that different cultures are involved and
that is simply not true, but it does mean that these influences often
target particular cultures. In traditional mysticism these influences
would be called Black, Yellow, and White schools of magic respectively.
Everything in history can be associated with one of these three
philosophies.
Once I learned the patterns, it was time to learn
the specifics. I began categorizing different societies with different
influences and started coming up with a clear picture of the alleged
Illuminati. I found various casts of characters working in various
capacities to execute various agendas. Although it was clear who was
doing what, it wasn’t so clear as to their motivation and ultimately
who was responsible for parasocial activity in the first place.
One
pattern I discovered was that these influences were often portrayed as
gods in various cultures and these gods have similarities between these
cultures. Without going onto another tangent, I did come to the
conclusion that the gods of the ancient world are the Illuminati today
and further, they aren’t gods. They are traditions. Schools of thought.
Ideaologies. Movements.
As I try to discipline myself more and
access more of my innate memories, my path becomes more and more clear.
There was no doubt in my mind that I had to join the Rosicrucians. I
know who they are and where they came from and it feels like my home.
It could be possible that my prior manifestations were a member of this
order, but whether or not that is true, I believe that at the highest
level the Rosicrucians are intricately involved in saving the human
race from themselves. Those with a higher perspective have gathered
into circles to push humanity into the next stage of evolution before
it’s too late.
I will be there for that.
This work by Mark Havenner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Photo courtesy of gutter at flickr.com
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