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INTRODUCTION At last the srory is toldl strange, rnysrical ancl instructive, this story is one of.the oldest traditions of our OrCer in France. It is the story told at the [rerides of lhe homes of lhe old.st mystics of Flance aud ole which never fails to leveal the rnincls and lives of the provincials of Franc. in lhe days when mysticism
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[2,1909?'" The aecount of my journey to France, as published in the Nlay" 1916' issue o* the lrnerican Rosoe Crucis, was replere with incidente and experienees which have interested many of our members; but that account did not explain in detail the other persona! experienees whiclr constituted rny further schooling in the mysteries of our Order and which are only vaguely lrinted at in varioue writinga in our former publication" I have never felt at liberty" however, lo recouRt these sacred and more or lcss secret experiences in a public magazine and have felt that most of them should be
told in a more personal and heart-toJreart manner" The opportunity is now offered for cu"h private communicalion between rny Brother* and Sisiers an<J myself, and I have inaugurated ihe slory-lelling by o$ering this tale of $e Village of the Devil iu rhis issue of CROMAAT" I ray this is a story; but ir trurh it is a mixture of fact,ficlion and tradition, Of the traditional parts much also may be fact' It may be of interest to kncw how thc story same [o rne' On my way uorth from Toulouse io Paris I ttopped at variout cities rphere lhere were Rosaecrucians or Rosaccrucian Temples, rhrines or relics" I was guided in this journey through the Rosaeerucian land of mysticism by lvlasiers snd Brothcrs of the Order who &now where tbe slrangest sights and most weird experiences are to hc found, Fiaally 1 reached Montpetlier again, allcr pas:ing through lrlirncs and olhcr loealirie* described in rlris rtory. ln Montpellier I ure! rsme of the oldert (aail
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retired) ol{cers of o*r order in f:rance ;rnd iin a very ord buirrling where onse our convocarions, surrounr-red by rnany ro:rics and in the midst of inrensir vibralions, I sat arrd listerred tu t.rre story whi,rir I have augrneriierr f,:, pulrrirairirr,

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experiencing the s{range influerrces whi.h poxibly no othi:t American huu *nu, experienced and which even the rru*t d*i*.orinud [ourisis of tr]ratice hidve nor eu..reded irr locating.
In_ additicn to the personal experience, whicfi verilied the greatcr part o[ tha story, I spent several rJays searching rhrougl: the .rr. Roo...r,r"iun m,.hives for hislorical and rr:corded eviclence of the fa.ts and rtraniitionar slalements nrado in ronnec{ion with thc existence of the Villase" 1-he story as Inorv tell it contains ail the vcrihcatr,rn'vhich were 1:ossihre ro ohtain' I have wrirten the story in tle form of a personaily conducred tour ro thc village, not in the way in which I personally ,"a.hed th* place, bur in tLe rnanner by lvhich oiir Brothers and Sistcrs may reach it. In fu.t, *h.n Uurr,

' B*t I was not satisfied rvith rhe rrearing of the storv*- nor sho*rd my reerJer b*. I mklrJ the p.rivilege of visiring *e Village c,f nhe l)evil. aud tLere, in perron,

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1{ is generallg eoneeiled thal Eurape possesses fie mosf interesting tnafiumetils of fiistory, Americsns especially rnafte Eurcpe theit ul.iimate-goal when planning a grlnuilte sigftf+eeing trip, and few indeeil sre lhere sf wealth ar even moderate medns wha do nol harbt an inttale love f or the beauties of France. England, Spcin. /traly" Switzcrland and CermanY. ' [t .cannal be said lhol flris love f or Europe is inspired by the f act lhat anly in Eurape can t,e find the eat-wwrl$" so Io spedlc, of thc birth af the huntan race" While admitting thal abrasd De see the nnonumenlal evidences of lhe beginning of civilization, D,e are fa{ceil ta ailmit" or al leasd gzue rledence ta thc tlrcory, lhat the eailiest rnaterial evidence" of irrrman exislence wpon ihis ecrlfi is lo be f out.d in lhe caves or cliff-

ex;isltnce' There lias been no arempt to vei! its location or withord a singre facil relaling io rny journey there, AII that rhe st,rrent c$ [he story wirl require ,, *i* Jrlain the prc..ise crrrir,:nmrnr oI rhc \/illage rvill he a map of Sour!."rn Frrr,.n, and on lhe larger maps, such as those issnetl by the French guvernment, lora t, i* found in all large A.merican lih:aries) .n* *i[ frnd the ,f ntrn,i*Ui.*"o*O, uor* "irl"u Montpelliere.e ard tha other villages mentioned. An<l" even ,h* "r**oo "n o*f France one nlay see in tle south of the eounlry the mountain ,urg" nrr.lrurl fevennes r4ounta'ins and the River ifarn, rn thar section wlert the d* ;;;, thrc'ugh lhe cevcnnes are the BIac[ Mountarns--.the canyons to which the Devil. is one question r,vhich will probably be askec{ by many rcaders unlers , T1.* -i X anticipate ir. "\t1hy h.r: not shown sorne pictures of th* V;llug"f"i 1:-u cannot shcw rhenr hecause I did not niake any, I rvas warnetr not to att'ernpt t* make any pict,res of the vilrage;rnd aecordingry { diti not [aLe my me on thir trip, Pictures have always b"*n furtidd.n and trusr "r*"r"'*i,r, I *tu, norl Ull aver be iaken of this place; for lhose who woulcr iee the sightr der"ribed he.*iro journey to the plaee *nd perscnalry view must the sighrs. The Virtage of the Devir is more than a placc whith can be picturccll iit is tnly a conrjition of mind and soul travel tu visit the Viltage

of Rcsaecrucian tourists $rorn ,A.rnerica ,*u.h l.ru*.* in lg!9 on their "u. wf tu and eventualiy Es1pr, I hope to personally conduet the parry to the Villaqeo lttl*:. nf the l)evil in just the manner described in this story. My will nore wrth what cletail and exactness I hare given ifue io.atrors . .readers *f the Village *nd of all the poinrs necessary in reaching ;, *i ,pur*"lJrg'^i*,

af the eailg maunil-builders D,fione peculiar conslrucciue nrorft is slill lo he found along thr- Ofiio Riuer in the Unitcd S{ates,' ond
dn,ellings

of

on*

rnus[

well; whieh cannot be pictured. And now let rne guida rny readers to France orr a personally conducred tour,, sit cornfortably in an easy wLere alt is quiet and journ"i with me arrow -chair great ,paces tu a mysric tand, leaving Le}'ind you the modernisnr of todav and the consciousness o{ yrur physiral preseuc* while n:enrally y., pr.j""r-';r;;..;;; relf to the {and wc love so dearly. lVe are indebtcd to rhe Ma*ter cf D"ho il.oclgr. No. l, ,q.. fuI. 0. R. C,. in ['hiladelphia, Fa., flor the hc. rtiful frc,tisfri:,:e .:iL:hlrrq ,f nf," Cf.rr."* D:;;;,,,; iin Montpellier, [-rrr: Arlrnon.
as (t

while we r.ccept the scienlisls" clsims lhat lhese prehistorie edific*s anlr"' date Ell ftnown recards af men, De ffiay or maJi not accepl t/re lfieory lhal the Ahb vulley was the original"'Carden a{ Eden." The charm af Europe. however, daes not exisl alloget&cr in ifs magnificenl ruins ani, inspiring hisloricai remdin$,' &ut in lfie morc $ubtle msgnelism of its poetic romance and the m9slicism o! its tradilians. /n Jlris respecl France is Iftc mosd popular, and, rightly" tfie mos{ inferesling. fls history from lhe days of lfte Gauls througft the 9th,?th, lAth and up to lhe l5th centurg is one eonlin{rous rdle of rnyslery. rofiance, valor, sacrifi.ce and qchieiemenl. Its lil.erature of {ficse dcys *1ft" 5orgr of lhe troubadours in lheir romance tangue, and {he nronftish lalin fiislorical docurnenls*alifte revel in lhe deLightful irrcidents so dedr lo lhe lover af French &istory anil French mgsft'cism'

in

of lhe Counts" Dulaes, Lords and Kings, lhe imposing crusdde$, the ramantic strruggles f ar the hands af the beautif ul fieiressesu ani! the rcgal wars against religion, lfie suppre,s$;on of vice cnd ,fre loss of prapcrty and title_.all lhese vie in their impressil,eness anil emalianal' seltrings. These were lhe ilays af pleasure" lave and n)sr, anil France rnore lhan cny other eounltp, was the slage upan which the lrul} greod rccnes of, life have been so wanderfullp *nd fatallp partraped.
the chsleaux

The Caurls of Love, lhe Flower Fetes, lhe va{;aus royal ceremonies

;&or.

lh,:.n".7!1a;.1 ,Jfie frcvrc/?#ran is,,prclrrJ p/ frisor o/ its. fiistory- and 'r,f ;t, r&or,runrJ, ,,f htrtoriort.on"*.r*" "?,*l:{r}'; u;,hir,\ n.r.anp lie h {o;.!arn rui* and equally oi ,nrny lrrr. A*.n "il i*uior;i, ofi,ri'hui/l,,by c comrnission ol' lrienrisrs, archilects cnd &istoricuns, n,jlclr ll Llrlt|enlly to p,restr'vc. {.ar f uture gutcralions of ftisiory-lcuing i \q,ba1 tdu'fols, lhe most anaicnl und listoricul of the nany charcaux. i;uaAi, i

Shoukl one t:,,ntl,:t.

cxcrrr'me tke City Walls built in tAe l4lli cr:ntury 6y lfie Popcs, lJrcr pisfl lfie Calhedral buiil in I t t/.r eerlury (plainlg s&ouirrg n,ftsre i{ llas been rebuilt and rem.od.eled) ar,"d lftcn, desri'ing ta reaeh our de,c{ina{ion

cs ryuic/i/3,

crrsltcs,

- /t is apparenr ra evtn rlrc mosr casuol loarist of southern the provincial

narir,e"r eonsidsr rhese monuntcnts

/orfs,

D,d//s, r/urc/res

orrt rrirtir'.i,rir.rl

Franee thar

sssels. T.hey bring ro their villas a conrinuous parls af the world, who by their extendeil ursils, pc/r"oniz e their hstels, fleslcuronls, stores, road-hauses, garages and lacal meuns of rr.,nspofraIion. T'he natiye finds in lhe lourist an incentivc ta lpe.p thoriushiy
pasl.ed

of fiistory ou pu.rrr*l "fram lrnrn o/ toirisrs al!.

af the hind buill imposing front, its mighty und war-lihe alrpearence) slrooing plainly nwny evidences af slruggle and strif e, da n<tt lcsd ane to thinft tho,t within its rpalls and lowers arc a peaeeful earfi:enl and several houses containirrg ucry paor families"
menl

<i.s possibtre, we talie sn ornnibus ond cross tke rwer lo L'illcneut,e,-!es-,4t'ignon lo uisil tfie Fort St. This b,:autifut n"tonu-

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y's id- not slrtnge, lhen, that rn Soatfiern Franr"e, in dfie midst af mlrere jourrsrs travel the mosr, where arrisrs wande, y*irly piur,orilg- the rruny beofts wa noty have on lhe,"Chalaaux of Fiun"u1,"o*d

gone and tfie fiislory af those being preserved" ff* i, ,{n*y, */ir* ro lhe..apytartunitg lo acl as a guide-at a smalL ec_urrS f"ir*lp*rf f eliglrt in being ub/e to poinl aul n?ar?], nety ,nrJ ,nrrrp*.I-i *;;;;;;.

to

existing ruins, the

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.It is necesscry fo spenr/ one a,l-rale day in lt'irrcs in arder lo bscom* acquaint.ed with tke many ant"iquities of speeicl interes! lo tfie mystic" lhis city to be a tyxtical, pro$perous prolinciol lou:n of [Ve

. se,:lions

the "Monumcnts af France," und wlrcre i&e nadryes orl" ur"r,*.6;ng neu polrrls of a.llurbrg irttcrest to rhe tourist, tltcre showld have *"iri"i"

city- of myslerg fias trreen wrchraniclei, jrs {rue Aislor3r unlo,l.d. snd its Seauly unpictured, Befgre c{Iempling !,o tulp, rny reader upon d personallg conducted taur la this wonder of uonde's, ir is rucll that tr desc.ribe ,nnr* of rhe fristorrc feclures of the su-rroundhrg aities in order rhar. onc iiu ^oi ryore-11ju1n/ll cantprehenil tfte signifconce of !.he Ilistorg ano! lc1;nd of
d/iis"

unftnawnlhe ourer wnrld until 1883, one o! tlrc most marvelou*, -la u.cird and rnpslcrious cirics ir rhe whote worldr And, stranrtcn sri// i* the far:t that until the p.resent tisre, in #re slory the aulhLor nur'pr..r.rfr,

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trru& frorn which lfic uarious railroad tinu radiate an,l rhe trip to sour/reffl Franee sg nigftt by leaving at abowt 73A P. M. and go &y ruay af Eiian and Lgri w AvignoniwJlere n,e rrusl- elrcnge aars. Wc arrive &ere eorlg in the morniig, ani! afler a brealglast wa find trlrac lftere are several nrou's in whici we e&n (:onveniently yi*n, d,Ile mpnumenXs of lhis eitg" Avignon is a eity af 4l ,000 inhabitants,'the cultitol of th" d"parr.. menl of Vaueluse. 1l is situaled on the lef l banh of c},e Rlhone and tn the baeftground rises an immense rocft upon which we sea , df,e aneient Pr:,Laee oJ d}le Popes, where fram 1305 lo l37V seycn sueresslue popes

abcd 7A,A0A in'lwbitants, beautifully lacatcd at ifte Ssul&ein extrernity af hills which jain lhe Cerennes (the Itoclry Mountains of Franee). Bef are rrs is sprecd a beautiful baulcvard p&ose lrces a.rnply sh*de us as bse retreal from lhe ftol sun. Bef are. visiting the many sigfrds are , inquire rcgarding the histary af the city and' learn thal in B" C. l2l tiis cit-u was called NEMAUSUS 6y l/re /{ornsns und that it was ilrc capif;;rl af the Valcae Arecomici. It became anc of t/re princrpo{ rolonirs of lhe Cauls who laaft parlicular delight in embeltrishing it. and in erecting mtny of the beautif uI building.s a,nd manumenls trle are aborrl to see. During the l}th and tlth centuries this citS Das lfie propcrl3r o! and ruled by tfte Counls of Toulouse, from Cuilla:ame in 800 l" .O" , to the lang line of Raymunds ending in 1222.e Until 1744, durins llie wars of religion, il suffered much because three-faurtlts o/ ils population l-wd embraeed flrotestanlism and. il r's Jodag sn imqorlanl ,own in lhis respccl. It was also lhe seol o/ muefi slrifc during the llth centurg when the trlayntunds Vl and VII werc being prasecuteil and excammwit:aled far ptermitting heretics cnd nryslics in lhcir donrafns, dfld claryuherc n,e find eviilences a! war, rebellion antl def eat, ' J)as^rri6 up the msin b.oulevartl (Feucheret) f ram lhe Cure" ps see be.f are us, lacing the Esplanarle, lhe Arena, ar Amphithealre, Il was h*till.'during lhe lsl or Znd eenluriex and is typical sf the Romcn . archileclwre. /t is in lhe f arm of an eitripse, 145 yards iongi' I I I uide and 7A f eet high. Its exterior is in &elter conditian lhan lhose of Rorne . becaus.e of the Commission's consfanf res.loralion anil becausc here, on *The. geneelagy and ftislory of #rese ft,rynrunds Das sel for& in en article in tlre try'overn&er, 1917, issu*: of tlre Ameriean R$Slfi CRUC/S,

f*d

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rndn} sundcrls r&rcug&our r},e ds ,Iidn.$ cs 24,00CI specrutors see "1cir"" ryticcd sp,:nisir Bull-fr&ts; rfic cir3r heing'inder socialisi golernmentl lhe maney thus derived f rom a 1:[easure- w.lrich' thc provin;"f ,riir-,

w.here

buildings. /t is t/ris building, nhase perpettdicurar "ia nortro,itoi-ti*r are slrangely curved, lficI rucs imitated when lhe Notrc Dame was builr in Ps,s" The Maison carree nsw conrains ancienl French coins and
somc sculplures.

f:et wide and 4a hifi" vv;11, 30 w'rusually bcauriful corinrhian Tke date a{ its huilding is un,'gnoon, ir being ci"dited to ttn "nt,rnr" i"rtoa ,t luguslus and ths Antoinbres; and founiati.ons discoperrd' rroe*rly slro:u- lficl il uos probobly localed in the cenlrt: af other impo,lar$

LIfe turn and f allcw t|re beautiful baticvard VICTOR Ht"fGO, we find an o{)en sqttare" anil {acing TIIE, T'tt\Afng ," ** tlrc ancien! and strange lvl,AlSON CARIIEE. It k one oi it* finesl and best preserved Roman tcmples in existence, 16 feet lo"g, 4a

CHAPTER TWO
T'hc whole Soulhern part of France Dds s{ one lime part o{ the Rorrcn Empire, and Caesar in his "Commentariesl' descri-6es lhese regicns as CA{JL. lts }ristorg from then until its possession 6y ihe I;ranfts, the Norntans and the English is exceedingly inleresting" $ut ftcs no p/ace hare except to introduce inlo this slory one of tlrc characler.s lreretaf are unlpown as cssociaicd in any way with rhe Village af thrc'
Dcuil.
mostlg

by the variaus Counts sad Lords of ils provinces" A lfing ar', lhat time was nominal as far as fiis in/luenca aver lJrcse spu{/rern
was

During lhe first few cenluries sf ter Chtist, France aras gouerned'

mrcny miles by

LA y*"i wol"r U eily in summer when.water is uery scarce and. hatte"their orig:k i* the Roman batlu beyond. rfiis gcr.den anrl its canars n,ere ori{inattp of Roman conslrucrian bur n,ere greatly beautified and enrar{ed b,p
cfrrs

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Wy

cantinue a f ea blocfts f urtlrcr and, there we enler th* FONTAINE, with itrs strange cansls pfiicfi

IARDII,{

SENECLIAUSEES

concerned'
of the

as Talcsa, r:es cluays the centre of external strife and warfare; far', if.s possession meanl not only powerful rulership of vast lanils and' wealLhll towns and praducts, but such rulership gave influence tai
*orrqui., and rule over other adioining counties and irnns. IIrrs, fiej zeal to become Count or Lord of Taulouse Das sfiou,n by everyl, European natian, and af ter Pepin the S/iorl ceased lo exercise suchi rrl"rrhip, Chailemagne, lhe great ruler af France and Cermany, und.r-,
tooft

Toulouse and its counly

same name, ftnown

lo tlie Romcnsr

King

Lauis

in

lhe

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of the garden is tlre ancient Temple of Diana, a . b.eauliful sight and sti/i slrrruing rn its ruins the rooms af"Diann and lhe rsre coruings. elose 6y are t!rc old Roman baths for **n ,nd women; the lormer being a slagnonl pool now" enclosed by fiigl! msrble walls; and n)e are warned no! to upproacft jrre sreps t"oiing"ta lhe tao c'l.osely f ar 'uno one has evet learned the depti of the f,ao!, -waler and all wko havc fallcn into ii nerrer returned",, says lfie ple'asing guidc. IIre nromen's 6cIfis, so olten ref eaeil la in rimanc"r" ori! ou allen piclureil Jn porrrings cnd erclring.l are really magnificenl and are below the s,reej level under a privare lsalft and enclise'd &g roa,s of
llre side

Al

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ceniury"

to

methailtt course, *o, tct" select the ,f,"rnd Ciunt. This" those who had believed that warf ate cneJ pcssession of the land gavei i governing autlrcrilg. Tlte man chosen by Charlemagne wss Cuillaume. /n tl,es" do-u'i lhere uere no family oriurno*r, oid th;, Cuillaume, Iifre mcny otirers,l n:as given a secotzd name because of some peculiarity, oid thui w, findl,

of

* n"*

him called Cuillaume Cortnez (from

ly'c n,as a
son

AU CORI NEZ).

Furlher on, oulsidc of the city, Dre see the mysterious Rornan ruins-of sonre unfnoon &uildr"ng, neler dr yer given oio^, excepl tfre0
hLontpelli,er, another ancient citg and one urfriclr frus eansiderable connec{ion pitl, tfie fiistory ol rhc vitlage of the Depi{.

af "Les Trois Piliers"" We now jraslen on to

of Caunt Theodaric and as Coun! of lou/ouse tlrisl Cuillaume had ,,rediale ar irnmediate rule oyer lhe Cownty af Taulousel with its many villas, anil also ovef the important anil ancient cifies of i Beziers, Nimes, Agde, Maguelan, Lodeve snil Uzes. The histarSgi of ihis msn, in the many peculiar French manuscripls, is rernar-l\i nu*."rout lege;ds: chranicles and p-aems of praise, ngtablu;i "tt" irr-;iu ffls1'l,fEs and LE MZINACE DEi

ii'iuannav nt

romsnlie sfory ulric& linfts dfiese ,n,o ciri$ together and whick,-f or the firsI {ime, repesls lhe Legendary secreE of our strange mgslerious goc{.

.But &efore enlering ttrris er'tp pe rnus{ begin lhe strdngts dnd

iirutAUruf" He was c sincerelS religittus man and a lover af1 peace and iustice" In a rare accsunl af his tite we frnd the following incident ofl inlercst lo lhis siorg: "He soughl a place for a manastery where lllose" Ii/ge himsel!,,
i i

!0

cincere in

religious beliefs and desiring quiel and pecee, nrigfit,

,lheii

s.nd. warnen,

/rinr" Ide n,c*!d si{ f*r

by Duftes, [;r;r, .li{e, coistantlg Ccrnds, Viscaunts and princes anil at iiil"ouried ti,n", llrc cenlre of every a$nteivs3le f arm af enterlainnren!. ln additicn to llreir charms, lhey w,:re wealtlry. Consirlerc&le proT.rr:rtg hatl been given la rhenz by their fathcr, *ri,;"r"'ii'"oori"a
c

anil they *"r* f onrnd- t;";;;;;, Jii._"""i:i"t, _n_able, slrange old sl*ne.rirtle buiit upun th, pinnaele of a k*ge ro,:i1 situa!.eil in l&c mounjains lea,Jing to the Village of the De;'il./r*p-11r.;1,s.5 a,

&cur"s, and, sur{cundet! fus {lrese no}/e girJs wculd camlt*se and ,** ,orJu o! lave and *Cm"rs.tian, o&ife t/rey would showcr upon*him tliw"rs i1 *,ony *nlurr" Hrir-,ioo, n;as lht: ori!{i* of thc f umeus Flcn,"r Fetes, ond It was in {/ui n;nnner that , "lbane ond ih-. Crurfs ,f i;;;"" B"rih* irrl _r_i*a"

mr,crir Irtr,r/.,/r' rrtr./ l)r('r(r',rlr',ritiug thct prcdi<:ted s*cond coming

rVn tt,rt,,/,, ll^tl llrett rtrttttrtlitirts frtlrcrc snt'll 1,,))'/n tl'('/r(' silrrtrlcdI

I:tec:anrc /orso'/den

ir

{Ire lo':uliti*:ts
d

IIrc

prouincicll Frcn*:h ll'ffrc

pf Cill'ist

:fl;;. l:,i;;t"',i',','i,it,i'',,,]

Beautitul" yaung

tkey led a.masl enioyallu

frere

7,. v*r 1000.(rur1cn rrris tuas *,!',* rvith it eusl! con(:etuohie ;;-;;'} tr,,rs rrtl.rirll.l, approachhq, bringing '7'h'u'nni' n'cre fcrsa('in-g thcir Jrorrcs' Jir.cir lorn, ,,f srr/r, r sliliort. to lerusaler:t' lhct the Lofifig o'{ ttrc 'iiiii" fri,.,,f . ,,,rJ llt,'ir ructrlllr lo iourncyft"ty precincls; and the ihieving cnd L,ord rriitrlrl frtttl tlu:n't 'li,,ols'ttdvantage of these fears of the ignorant lo secure porucr illr,;,,,,
nird lt,,',rlllt.

r^oltcr'

J"rr;e and prcsperaus terrirary, theie were or.,oy, among trteir adnnirers

cs

Al*o;'ru '"agerl;er, always irtrcxi_catcd nlth prons for overthiotu;r,i-tti^,g, don:s iriJ/r thcir powcr; and always holding themselvcs al!rcr gall.ants of the day, it is titite wond"i that they *-r--*"rriiri*a "tr1:t-yfo)"ri..
-.u.tp

lxta, cxce,pt tltat they were gallant, romantic in their ,";i, **i'";;;; ,,1r;r seenungly sincere love f or the two gbls. f h;y ;;;; ;;, i1 sirffi, &uI "curning as a f.ox, and ditigeit in rheir'orpiring "{rii,t" t"riLrai","

And thus the twa_ sisters eyenlually became engageil to tuo $rof,lcrs, Ms. Jean and picrre De ALmond. tA* ;, irr"i, J rl*_

of <ttrticctute' u'ay -r"il".,.,"f,fitlrrl *ot John ond -P"t"n *""-in somc mgslerious and rcpuls:iue-and-that' unf ortunate ss,;rrr.irrlt,rl t,itlr all lhal u.:ss evil, When il nat in f rrt, ti"i 'nt' Flqfn ES |DU DIABLE'Albane litcrulh, lhe -minds and lrearls of t/ris irltrn had implantei"ii'i indo of their property -,,,i )l.rl,-' , ni'rlr"n'"ttt"i a;'*'*"a thel possession nalural thal they should Ioofr rltr.s !/tc brrtthers' ,rty *'ti'-, ii 'o' 'nlg tt ern with rebufte and disdcin.
r}itlr .sr:orn upon

/rrst n,fip

ll're:se

is a lwo brothers and -two .si-cfers never married "-B;;-il'" t*S*at relat.e lhal it becanuz fairly

;il;;;

ieious c har ac lcr s.

seemed

d,u

. _'."T!: Deyrl's pair"

q?bb",
l"iond,
t:

aas

Ac

ta be the most apt der*:iptirn af loin

a r,omman name for i.hr:m; and ,,Frers -prii

""a
,J ,r'il ,l ,pr"r*r

ci*irnerJ clwteau. At least no positive lgno"wledge is cviilcllc'eil excct situatian, bur from circumsronces now ro ie rcrated, ir

Their lrcme was situated in rhe mountains in trre vicinity or Mirlau; $*d l&ese }trcclg mowtlains seemed to craaft the acrttar" rorntirn rt thrir

Blo'/g to the Cornt:s of lhc Tatn t'hctc' rlr lhclillcge" mounlains" {tro in sorne m3'sl*ricus lhese ;;;;p;-.;'io-i*'"lt onlg in thcil '!ct'a' I;ut in Atbane attd Ecttrrc' disapittinteJ nol hcneef orrh ta live .a lif e sf "r,'"i';]iy' tt i"";ii"in "*lr;ra"ir's.."t.ill" agrced monihl kLter relirui! la a "i, aud" a f uelibacy and teligi"aus "tv dealh o'a"' oi"tt";i frttlwr same linrc pteuious l't his thal ronvenl built by """i"'*nii"" *iu tr"otri {n-- thu o,*rrnLcins sor,e distance ftom
dirccted

rnany c'il 4rraliiics anJ soon "dittu"ion throughout lhe *uni, Ilrcsc two brotlrcrs *rrlr'iti't.Li"rt "f nttentian ol !,le time n.ras o'i-iot'tf"'n"Frlo'no";'attd mwch

their;;;r"J')na-i"i"ri
o"ly
wtath

Bul

this

oCd"d

la lircir

ihat their cl.r,teau or

?"lu: L'illage

of the Devil.

caslle musr ficue been

in

tt-,r

i^*rati"ir'iiliiiiiir

o&loin possersian

certain i/ rs' ,Jror all tfiis land uss awned by trrcsc rwo r4Rclffs, Alh*ne and fierthc, & nilme given lo tlrcm becluse uf thcir ;;;;;t'r;A pr.iri{y euen lhough in conslan! .,ompany t>ith such rrr,pi.irus as these two brothers. And stiil more certain is th," ori ih;i "hr;;;;;, JI"rf {rro lrrotlrers desired to marry A'!.bane snd Berrhc o"ty it,oi ,i"i *iin

I noa' deserleel' tras giuen Theit chatcatt, built upan the t-''-frt: .1': Ihis chaieau pncri'"n{i nt'ux tL,, n *-* brathr:. of ilrese a'{ERGES"* lr;o uirgins' 'Ful"'onl ,becante f <unous o' tl'* IiJh" 1't"i" 'f in' was et ana time a bisfiop af Ladeve'

bearing his

nonre'

,t

;;r;; "S;. -"|-lFE O{" Sf' FULCRAN' BISHOP OF' tlrc ' In il:t *r nF,n,-" f"Jr anil precious 4forth' and in a rarenronfts retired l.oiiif Campaus' ufiere mcn3 at
";';';;";;;i;--eri-1," ri'*"'i"".ui"v
'manuscripl whi,cl' wos di'r'*"*l"d

af

this land,

lean and pierre helil nightly ean. fcrcn*es ri,ilfi &i's Scfanic$alesty; for, did nol many ,r", lh ,&* ,ruaurrcr'ns near LA ROQ{/E STE" I|IARCUERITE, *ia.rylrJ*r", nf l,rilllanl. red? And, were nol llrese conlcrences ond ,ignutu;;il;;;
Rurnors hegan

ta

spread thut

by M' Augug u,hich is noru ;;;;'th* **n"*-"ipls.possessed 'C;; 'and we find the follouing inleresling focls: no., Fr*n'l, ir,|I*';
r"?'he J?ocfr

't

i5t'-cuillenr'du'Desert'in l790;

ile

t;g dire results in war aud pcsti/cnrr:i

t4

fX

Twa Virgins' ,r,g ,on* n*onu"'''ipf of unusrrcl

af

the

intel"esf

lo mgsficr'

l5

n,hi,ir 'i:.

i r: '11 I l'!"' ""\' titl.,,t 'i !. cAl.l"t'l cilnisliii'va'n";t"t i/iorg"') \v{xe: of tire
'"'l'lu.,r',: is r;
srrrrr:s thrrt

ii(irtr.l in * rrcnu'sc{ip{ -rt:1elr'fi'r;' '!l I

{"*ui'l1""' '1e'

i''i'

th,:

frrll"i'rtor-''ifi:-;' -fint';.*

*rut;''1L3

farni.l',t tt{ Il;.<tt"ttyt':ytaux' sii,,. '' I otr orrc sit!e a{

nr.

i t,/ I/ri.s c/radca" 'i't'- ""-'&;r'rr S;ir'l I'r'l'tr'if: l{(l'5 irr''-r'ust' of ril's' l){.|"i } d; :: .r, .:sll('/ tt * ct'lii u'lij OrVfl f'..,1'1 i'r 'efr&c''y ,4Nn [:, , sislcrs of l/re sarnr i";"''i'"ittl.'''"r'' ds d S'4JiV?-"' 'J'o iH;s ffiv'f,o;ofrrru
.

4';l st''tr fic;;;;;"t;;;;'.u Lt'n'ir*t'- irr rrrrrti il' I *t'i' tu<ts

r'rn u/rr

o ntvun{rr;u' stilX se'" *rt {fic rri:fcr otr

#tt ,Vlarvtis

;I;;;:', ;ri: yrt *:{ ;:;l* ;:;l:.,T:Y:..f',lli,::f ilifi:lll: af lhcir

PrdP(r{Y tl''ilt( li {ftcl Bul irr doirrg r/ris {ficp recliee'C
Conseqr'ren{ly

re{ir# {o {fle sonvon{" dfiey expres'sed ISut betare{hcs': {r:o u{rgins -Iuf ip'*'lrtru L'v ren'iun.ing cll c/oinr 1l':* tltei.r utter disgu'ri

f-'

'*

l'''"'l"p'i"*i oi /fieir ftornu's c*J tll:rcin ut'ukl suffat ,,;';"il,,;";),,lta A*tla*a lo founcl * {rrrg* ci{;u ifi'"--";"'"'l'rJ'
Icr,'ds,
eind lfie ,rl,*r scl,''1..{ as d/i.: sifc
u,Jrc,c <rll ru&o trften

t}u rnanp iit{le uilla"t silunted

f*'r'ti' i"*'"t;ry fivr d"'rti"'s 'tffrleditarrancnn 5':'t' t-*ir"oii,,'''t' *ii:.ili' tfui on rh+ 6nn4:s of MoI/"f,'l:,f::/-"
tlrn

lli''tclt il{.or.,'frrJns nriglf ftolt'frc"' f;r.d:'ctr -{i{i,r" " ificy 'llAftr,'" earel'ul rn,sidcreiion n*c*.ri;r;' ;flh':it. lattd silrt't.tnd'

i*ti"l''

Tftcsc Jrro seclion'r

Itlittti"t'7-tt DIli.lr Iv1-(1 si{t'taled "' ?"iiese fccts are

[fo'vfrgr'/fi{t 'rrud ';il''*J 'lhe ha!'J,n'"ou'rn'rr' M()N7-/']i't 'F'' (t** '']lio";;;;';;;; lll't':{r" nodot'n"rirt'r} 'i'l't "*';tn
af
uerifred btrr stalenrenfs
u'ords

to
i

1:r: fr'urrr*

irl f/flR'
sup'perr"k:r{

Pl/-E's"l?i"j[bnns i" il'* follni'ins

FHC}I DilS
ii,
Jr ,l

D.:.rJ)4 Y16id('a",

"Frorn cll iinru Jftere ftos &ean r: il" cilrr slates ltrrnt (rllo sislrrr foirrrJrd 6u Ific putr'lic orci'iu;5lt'ltt' n'fl'i'"lf;-' ond ti*r o1l1'1r'ltllrd{s*lJrcrr"it* ai htantpcllier' ,,,,--;;til*d -'ri!ity' {'r i{ is pr'"'r.'r' th'r! {/ieu

nr$ll-fomfld*{' trc*litir'n

cdjc,ining, fn*y '-l*.'iii^tit"' pere sislcrs ny g'u;'ly T#;"f';-;.n'

l.,odette,'"

Jo*'' tittze belntted ffiisfrcfr of

m'-r'r; !:a {t'und i'' llrc af lftis 51 {111'o1'' uli':l' "1"''1" arr tfr* 4lJr of is d<'tci; on,:icnl archiucs n{'!"ui/.!t"u'i'*o"a 'nitn C"Irisr ''r'i" Ionuu"' fnr * Kils"' b'cl,ruarv und"r thiiiil;ii-';s il"'lt"ij'ir'ir::t nl: fif/JIJr' Ir,: rn,:ttli<rrts tt'u** ti''o-'ij't'I"'*'j-'-lr' t'n'n't'rror' "rli*]' rr":r(i rcsPotlsil:rlc ful

In

ilr*

tcstatncn'

t,l;.1

.l.lti.R,"b-.,;;,';';;;-'"1["'
tftis uillage'"

.
,

if-, ,r;Ei" of
s.rr,,,rr ;r,i,,
x;ft

t**tr::*1,*,;r,:,"f_,ry1 ,l:ifij,ffil ;*:;J;'/ 'nop h' s'rrn blr vi:itir:q dfte Li(u {,(Ju!' f trorp rv' ll rt't"' pt"f'o tlic riranp lrrstorir:ui sighis'
Il J./,r,li r:.s.{lvC

rftci T'he twrt sislers r{cnranded

eoneffii's'gi'rft

I'e nppi;fn{ed

{o

::,fl_i:ii-,i,_ {lfles

unrl nilirt'J,o'

''"

uii[TJ

- yt" #nuttg'
\i]

t.

ril'

,'r
{

Ffi

,:f si4

tri?4fr

r.re

rlffigqqtilrrtilprdrlf.id{&4ffi

i|i rfffiA?i4htfi h

old villages in the Btafi ![.9u1tr;trn, o,rd ",rp*i;o,g iX, u;tiri* *ir"_ti liucd the ARC?J/E/tS Ol" fHE Dfi:l,li., tars forgatten c*rd one part of Ftance, oncr- lamaus and. htfcmous, 1,,* trrr in ablhrion"

c.r*trlualLy eue\) hame in Blacft Mountains ucs deser{e*/; ond" I000 camc and-t"rre dii nnt rir;t th, *o,ti"o',;;;; Cnd rleslrucfl<rn, lhousands returned to Frou.* irrrr- *" t.lrtr"i_*A,; fr";i; lilc aretu." Il[antltelLier, pit/r ils slrange t,)urra"ry uolti, b"r,o*,r {l;fiI, papula_t3d and by tlx: middlc of the i I th ccntttiy ull ljro,w{rdg;r";- ;i:_

n'lrcn tlrc gear

CHAPTER T[{R,EE

'

nrude of w_hite rocft, T'hc appearance is lilge a ciry in o snoar slorrn, for even the ttees are always ca"scrcd n,irfi rfiis wrrite poa,d,:r etnd ttl!. the buildinlls are claselg blinded nriIft sJruilcrs thus wiitened. fu{hilc the,"efrec-t is pl"eusing, oid rooling in the shade, it requires otw tu h:;ep
'i-t

I"et {r.s noD, cot'ttinue our journey by leavi*g Jhe sfnrii,n at filantpilIicr and walfting up tlte rnain srreel,__.iiU nteCUntOXA. W* ttoticc Llral mcdcrn Alonttrtclliu is a r:irg of abau! 57,0c0 inltrtt:irurltrs, ,:!can and checrful and strangely white. ff,is is due to the nhil.e linte_ stone of the ground which tie{ pulverized. u.pon the rcads a,d sd'eers and_which the high rurnds /gecp conslantly blowirtg over the'bui!.dings

lieht.
T_he

ruell veiled n,hen travelling, especia//g in automrbiler; ,rr.J rn ,&e sun is anyLhing but plecsing to stare rnto the reflectei gtrr* ,y wiit*

fl,{e slreels are sharl and craalpd, nilnaw and. roughly paved. buildmgs a.re generally ,*cry old and if we tttrn into sori* of rhe alleys we"finrl many. historical buildhqs lteing occupied bg indusl.ries of nudern times; f or Montltetlier ls siiJl progressivc and ,ni"r nrught yor
its antiquities.

'on

one side srreetr

or

d.e Aragon, D,irere

enlrance 'loolis

and arclres. Th's buitding, ;n lgOg, while' wirrley rf pr"r"i.t';r"-ir', pisilors, was accupied by a wholesale grccer o, o ,iur"hiur;, i" ,n" of {}c prison roofi$ a coffca-rousring planl Dns irr consranr"oa rnuch to the disgust of the antique nnd history-lovirg pisiicr,"p"roti.rn, ryliiie on lwo ultper f loors theve were old Rcsaecrucifln Lodge rconts which had '-been uscd trom 1843 ro lB59 by a Crcnd l.odg" if Ur"ttr"fi;ri.

b lhc variaus src,ne roams and halls. H/hile rhe ntain builiiniv small from llrc oulsiile, o,, nri tlr"r"i"rA"'rii-riir;G';;i;;; are all connctled piift secrel pdsidges and in ,ronig oi thr*rrrr"t orirl oddly closed rooms one.may still see beautif ully ,iv"rl n,orllrr, doo^

stone chatecu. Its broad entrance, seefi eyefi in madern French bulldings, designed ta allaw pcss.rge for horses cnd. caniages, i, prv*d inside-lfre building with cabble-stones, and to ont: side,, o:r.iy norro* daor leading ia cilcular srone srairs, about threc feet wida. *iid, g;r,

n'/riclr fio;'ne she emerged in stately rabes to the eueen of Aragan irr 1200. lt is interesting, as d iypical experience, to irriri" tlrlu

Donc lb{arie, Ladg of hf ontpellier, lir"d o,rd 'become

alley, unnarrctl, we co.n see trte ord chateau

irr*

old

,i,ft
iiE

At

tlre end

fAc srr:ce/ur!

rg Rue Maguelone is the prucc de ra camedie, adorned FANTAINE DES IRO^/S-CRICES, A*fl ir,
I9

l?76
-on"

LOVE OVfr,IilAAM/NG SIRENCT[], nd rhe nrh.r, SfJlfiNGf Il VANqUl,Sf/fD BY LO{/E. At the end af the parlg is the lartaus CH,A'|EA{J D' EAU, consfrucled in l7 53. Let ws nolu conlinue an aur lourney to Millau, situated cbou! 60 miles di.stant fram L[ontpelliet on tlee left banh- af the tiver Tarn. f'ris eitg a,as cutled AEIv{ILIANUM CASTRLIIz{ by tke Romcns ond
errup,"Jpr.u*nt,
is lodoy a city o! about 16,500 irrhobilsnls.
I-{ere we enter lhe CANCN DU T'AI?.N antl the BIacft Moun' Icins" As the name indicates, {irc Canon of the Tarn is campatable

and which laces the. Tlwctte. At nnctker ltatl af Ifte foa,-n D,'c se.c lhe P.[YRA{J" a fine pra*rc*ade attrl patLl" and *rt #re sides.of the gre*t r,zilings o/ ifie P6YJId){J a,t see fttro sr?ne group-s,-sfrangcly, yet claquentl"g, Icliiirg lfre tole <;f i/1e {n,o sis{ers l,ho lounded ihe ci{3r;

CHAPTEIT I"OUR
In ard.cr propr:rly lo enjay and cppreciate aur visit to the Village of Thc Dcvil, we shoul-d spcnd ol lcasl. lruo do3s l!*rt:" bwt sincc lhe village is uninhabitcil, it is necesscry lo spend. the nights $l MuubrEt, a ]runicl several nriles disJant, which boasts of only a f ew beds and aceon"rnadalions f or bul two or llrcc lourisfs at ona lime, Neverlheless we prepare f or one a*de day by talgtng llrc neccssary prorisions, food being unallainabla at roule, /l is neeessary {o
d.ress comf

orlably, but suitably f or mcuntuin cl)mbing and with as liule

seyeral ntclhads

tuggage os possiblc,

with the eelebrr;ted Canyon af Calarul.a and is as n'onderf ul in beauly, if nol msre wonderful in consltucticn, lhan the fatmet'. /! is tlle'mosd curious of lhe gorges produceil in ihe CAUSSES bg the erosion af llrc streams during llrc glacial epach in the CEVENNES. As we enter the Canon we nolice lhe sheer roclls n'fiich rise to a hetp,ht pf from S00 Io I 100 f eet and that the distance between their
socJion is the,riginal Blaclg Mounlains, formcfiy menliancil" and il is difficult to imagine anything rnare weird and impressiue. Cigantic {amparl$ anil pcrpendicwlar cliffs at arrc time averhang the Riuct Tarn and in olher places thcy retire in ietraces f'orm*d of several strata of the limestone anil as usried in outline as lhey are in those peculiar s.,il dclicate colars which s"..em lo vie tvith ecch olhet in assuming strange marhings; I&e rocfts Jfiermselves are shivered into a thausand diffeienl shapes and thcre appears yellow litnestor,e, blacft schislous rncrl and brawn and pinft dolrite" fn passing through lhe Canon, and especially llu'ough the Blactg Iulauntain seclion" De ntusl lalSe ;irange tvinding courses in arder to follow any semblance of a Fath. ,At times De are upotn some high 'ontl mighiy ridge overlaofting c vdst and Sollonrlcss tatrlcy; at alher limes we seem !o be descending inta thc,er'g bo11'ls of the earth snd cs the wag groos d.lrfter End lhe rnany srncll and uninttiling caverns efe braugli li our natice" we do not remember lhal this place aras clairneil as the domain o/ fiis Salcnic It[aiesty. And, were il nat f or lhe accusianal spring" lhe lew beautifully colared flowers and some vegelation and uirrr] nre 1rlould f eel lhaf pc a'ere possing thraugh tules Verne's uolcanie entrance to lhe c*nler af t!rc earlh end irnn&diately retrace our steps. But we hasten on to the village of Peyreleau, situated an the banlls of the lante, reaching there by way of modern ltaths anil easing aut walft upon the baclp of mules. tlete n,e PYePare far aur inlercsling city of The Devil, iautneg lo lhe strange, nrg"llerious
20

,rrioil,

varies

frorn one-half to three-qttatters of

a mile. Here in

this

transpartarion, ea<:tn lrcuing r'ls at Le Rozicr, the vilLage adiiinirry Peyreleau, rue .may hire a carriagc sealing thrcc f or 15 /rants (g-1) and proceed to Maubcrt, a ritle of !,wo hsurs. Hcre we secure a guitle snd lhe queslion af lransportation ta the Village of The fie,ail is decided accartling la the guide wc selecl. lll. Layinne, the most paltular af tlrc lrao rival" guides poisesses a typical French mule-cart sealiitg from lla to tour pcrsrfts, and his en{fiusiasft'c atgumenls relati:oe te the advanlages af his gwtdance and means af lransp,ttlation arc cotwincingly explained by as many geslurcs os Dords, and it is amusing to see him iwld up /ris Jrands bt howor and derisian when menlion is mnde of, NI" Robert tyJro posscsses a few mules einil o/ro lilgeurise, ffiougJr less slrenurinsly, claiars lris guidance and mule-ride lfte so/esl meanx of
ildyantta.gcs and disadvanlages, &uI
b av crsing

Ther" are

of

l/rc noun/ains"

of firc and a*herc lhe gfrcsll_u antl villainous consrilrafions wcre held" *'rom ilris posilion Dre qdn overlooh lhe city in general and slap. a few tnoments lo eonsider I}e slory of dre discouerg af lhis dty.

we are aLane we accept the mule ride, but'if tkere sre three er four of us we are lernltted lc ride in tha carl" Abaut onc-hrtlf mile dislant we enler tfie &orders of the lt"illsge of the Devil" anil bcforc aclually possing llrawgh i/s slonc CI?"ES wt ascentl lhe mowilaitrs on tha righl, nhere lhere is silunted lhe ancienl CIT, DEL, f orn"red o/ roclgs, and wlrcre, iI is said, lhe Dcvil snd /ris brcthers wha soughl to marry Beilhe and Al.bane, sent farth thcir midnighl signafu

lf

ls /ormerf3p sfelcd, lfiis village wus unlpown ta worldly &isfory or rescsrcrr until the ye-ar 1883, Ifiis n fll nol npperrr strange, Co diose who huvc taften the-journey. tlnril alter its discouery r/rerc ruere nrrn fr,q&lic guides Io shonr IIle uinding uay" cnd die ciljr af Maubert, il i{ moy be ea!!"e"i! a ril3i" ruas lhen wnbarn and there pd,' n{7 iniuccnnert
2t

loi

any lou;'ist, no mc!!.er hors lieen fiis ofe/igftl

in

mountain climb&q, ta

so

pass llvaugh these blaclg rnoilnlo;n$ trilhaut f aad or place tr: res{,

l}u{ in 1883, &f,:ns" 1"" de h{slufosse, o

clrau(ecu is ne*r !,i{enCe, .J5 rniic.s

Jtosaecrucian, tuirose

tian ai its lac$tion anel called. ih* attaniirtn of scicnlisls lo il, The meiter greetlp inlcrestetl [Vlons.8.. A. ilIartel of the Frerich Alp;nu CIuo" pfio in'lntediatelg lisil{r{i ih villctge and drew a plcn of its -STREETS AN D BOU LEV AR"DS, T'heilllage is situeted upan a plateau ane and one-half nri/es sgurure

/islonl,

ntade lhe unnderful e:cplatil-

lcrlila in funlastic creatittn cnd so rr.'eird in eonsfruelive delsil, als llrc intcllitcrtce u'lii,:ii rrus{ ltci'c guided lhe builtling or plarnting af llris slrongc cil3r. And yetl Who can sca t}ral nulure alone, euen ia hcr wildcsl rlrcams and most deludirrg scheme.s, eaet ptoduced llrc arysli/-yirg sigfils lri: nciz,see? We try to be loglcal, reasenable and sanc irr our can,:luiions, &uc we are haunted with the possibility, ges even praba!:iiit-U, tirst sorie diobolie poucr rrss manif esting itself nthen tlis city ivcs &uill. The rcry almtslshere, h''ary with the silence af

rntd

it

nu!:;rt:

what uas helieyed lo exisl h the L/alley of l,he Devil" it does nal ottempl la give the carnplete story of lhe existenee af the tiLlo.ge and af llrc romance connecled. with it.
minar details as

and called the allenf.ian of scienCisls to il.s exislerr ce, I have nntple yoaf that the Yillage of the Devil and its surraunding Valley *f tl,.e Devi{" was lgnawn lo a f ew nryslics and learned ftrcn ilnang years befare lSS3; for I ha,*e iil rr19 prsse.ision a rare recaril of lhe legends cf Aut,ergne rrr ri,&ieir mention is ntede af the suStposed council af the Devi! and his twa brathers as lwrefof ore descril:ed cnd giving afl origindl. s.Igcfc& a/ {hese rJeyils holding ane of their midnight councik; and while this rare recsrd, which was first brought to light" in 1838, gives a f ew
{"octttion

a l*vel plateau af such exleni i.s remarha.ble and, lhere it in the whale af Etrope, xcepl poss;6ly the mueh snrcfler BO/S l)E PAIOLIVE. l,/ow, wh:,le Mans. de h{alfasse made an explanaticn of its
taiaous ragiiln

i;r

**auld seem lhat lhis plateau itself oas especiallg created bg f/ie sulc prrl;lr.r(r of si;ppurt;Ig a villcgc; lor, in such a rnoun-

death and lsden a,ii"h iha pa.llor af solilud*, nrSslery and f orgotten lif e, mo/gcs us a,Irispcr i* reiserence,-reverefice f or whet WAS and whct

MICIIT HA\.E BEEN. No

death meet upon the border-line"

is no pa"ralleL ta

revelry ar mith hete and no heart lhal can halp but f.ee.l that in dhis forso/e en place Cotl and Devil, happL ness and iorron), l*r'e and hatreil, pawet and weaftness antl lite and

Tlrc 5rcurd b,:f cre us is Jer,ctr, srnoolh, and in somc places actuallg preseni;r,g c si,:re srrfc,:e. Ii[e a paucd slreet. On eitlrcr side rise higfi BlJlLDli\i{:5 ccrlcd }y tfie mysderious hand inta lhe sernblance af chaleaus, farls, nrtd coiJeges' Windows, broad and imltasing, doorways, pass{tges iuir) (,ett fiALCONIES are ;Ir ettidence and we cannat help wonderinE *! tl* sit"dns'e sight ol an accasional sioop or Erch at $omc enlranccs cnd al the linelp Proiecting cotnices of lhe highcr
Eui/c'ings.

to

l4/aliiing ii:rcu{;Jr l/ris maln stree! we come ta what mighl be eallcd for her* we netice c cross slreet, at exactly right angles, and f aced an eittter sitlc &g similrr slruciures. Further an we come lo an

ccrner,

imltosing si;'urJr.re
rhis

unltnawr, T* quate d* h{alf osse in his arigincl report: '"We c*nnul, without having seen it, farm an idea af this callectian of apparent ruins, where, bg the side of racfts rcpresenting gigantic monsters {tre facsirniles of impasing ntanuntents. The wh*Ie entangled mass of slreels" arches, Fossdgles and praiecting carnices, santetimes rnlerseciing one anather at right cngls, as in c lawn laid oul by line, s6ms1jffisg forming a crescent ar square, is a veritable labyrinth of about 500 ccres. lsolated rocl6, in llrc shape of lowers ar plsramids, are n.,ore ,&cn 300 f.eet high and sarne of the SII{EEIS pass between ron:s *! EDIFICES 100 ro ZAA feet high" The a&alc o/ lAis hug" rpore ir abandoned la complete solitude.:' This descriptian presents rhe picture i,, sdd from rhe srd cirailel an its borders. lt'oup trer us riescerrd the recll aad enrer Ifie eiry ifse// by way of the main street, ca.lled the BOULEVARD nUn1rcilve are a! once imptesscd with the f act that na lwnd of rttan ever {aid oul l/ris citg,' f or we csnnat believe rhat rhere cver exisrcd et brsin
,,)

ue., M ons. rte M alf osse tlid not discaver an hitherto unlinon n village, hut, ralher. rediscat,ered. what was publicty and ge.nerally
T heref

the imegbrution ]rr con i.riclure tlrc silent myslerious figures of the lormer inirabi{on{s af this city walfting slooly and deiectedly into its caur! lc plan ltie riiaboliccl worls accrediled to them fn Ifte years 800
l;urlher on ft,,; r:rtfer
rr

piift cn cnofirtrus enltance anil we righ|ly namc HCT{.I- Dt} YI[-LA" ar Citp Hall; snd with littLe stretch af

,o 1000" CIRQUE or circle,

such os ore so arlisticcl/3r

built fu msdcm r,ities. We are lold that tIris circle, one of the smollesf in the city, is celleJ tlrc CIRQUE DES ROQUEI fES and that its longer dianelcr is I 652 f eet, the shorler diameler 654 f er.t and th,e uralls 380 f *et liiEh. As we geze upon t}lis sigfil we allow our rnfnds lo atander ancl tliurlt ai the legend ol lhe Brothets af the Devil wha lived here and tig io piclare the use they may haue maile of this airque" Were llie nta.tg inell and wamen who slrangely disoppeared m their time br*uiitt lii:re ard pul la an ignorninicus death? Were the fires af pesliicnce, p.lagu* *;d suffering hindled here, or were these brathers partlg l',unlan aft*r all snd &ere :r'orshipped c mosler of somr: [imd] The human rnircJ is ficlilc., its paths of recsoning are oddly branthed uiih [,pnrags of etiticing illogical piclures and a,hen antalpned ond aJive uritfi
",A

*'TP'u'
llrc subtle power of saggesrion rre irncgi*e rncng t,,rings,' Iftis nrcy a<:c,u,r for our sudden il1,ersian ta this cirque" far, do ive nal see in tlte inlerior

departing-i*

of tlis erena the lrsnsl:arent anil luminous ftEures of me,n artd D)oinen_on bendcd /grrees l,egging for nzercy and help) *nd cannnl tve h.ear the aganizirq cries of children ond ih" silencing groan of u lif*
gloom
a_gony

innocent blood

o/rile eueryul-tere we sec rl,c d*rlq iri,nrorr':itain of

tlorrar

crt

carved lhe f antastic sigJrts surrounding us, we lurn to the East and pass thraugh o.rLother streer unnamed bur ma{nifi.cent in irs sirucdures. and pdssdges caverad wi;h arches whick derftened the unl6ow, inleriors of the ci'ourts; for.whire one may btaast of having enlered the variaus cavetns af rhe cevertnes, espec;aliy tltase at-Raquefar|, where the famous clreese is *odor" oni -i ,ti* plrl* wlrcre the envircnment may be as gloomg, sti.ll one waurd nev..r *itr*1rt
entra.nr:e t,o ihe

q,ith our recsor' but we sre he!.d fast, ca.pr.ive irt rlie hanci. ui'th* s&n1e unscen and un!;nt,wn ntigli that wieic"d lhe instruirrcnt whick

fills our souls,.ae {rg lo rise above the powcr"lhat grap;rles

ilierior af

id seems;

eons'oruclion

in iron bonds and aur feer refuse the rnental volitian r.? ii?,rpd.r$. Befare us ,,e see the CIRQ{JE D{l LAC, which is similar in

these unlp"tawfi ccurls arrd

w" or" h"id,

R)cter. Naw, hoa,r:ver, as if to add to the farsalicn, farlorn and cheer., Iess cspecl af tlrc scene, rhe_cirque is dry and we cannathel"p feeling ikmt per&ops nalure lrcs refused ta furnish to rhis ungadtg ptace anc-af it-t
masl bounti{ul, sustcriting grfls.

ta the Cirque iust

visitecl, but which a!. one tirne canlaine.d

I!

i ,l

Neal here arc

several

yfd_yfly watft a short distance anil yiew a per{ectlg proporiionul FaRUM" in autline snd conrour similcr ta tl'rose ,frJn'seen on rhlre
conlinenl,

there are so logicallg arrongpd anil ailractively located these ciiilr* s*d squc,'es,' and if furrher circumsr.arilial evidence of tltis possilility nre

we stolt to questian wh<*her nature alone cansrructed tltis village whcre

AMATS or publir: SeUIRES

and again

pul nlrhaps the mo$t Dekd anil suggestive view of alr is th*tt of tht - -BAULEt/ARD MONUMENT, nlrcre are locsted seventeen r$*lirf* or monunte'nts, ranging h height fram lA0 tu 3A0 feet. They sttand
st various

tae stand kere and vlew {fuese slrcnge tnonuments in Lhc tri/cle'ts nate lusl ouiside of its bawedarg line the beauiif ul pincs, llle ttrlrulc,s and holly flourishin'J at the basc af tl'ic maiestir: pines, and, rais" ing or:r clcs see the same blue si7y, lhe same sun" qnd llle same spotrless graults af clouds rri ,tdss avct n'torc cheerlul qnd divine du,ellings. uue nwrr,el at what lkese sirange slrecls may hatre ance becn, what the buiklings may hcve containcd and what lhe inhabitanls o/ Iiris Village of lhe Devil nruy have dcne th,:t Cod snd naiure in evident clngrin,.sorron, untl r<:ltulsion, sh,ruld hcve brought dealh" batcrine.ss, inicmg and discorisolalc gloafii upan only ane seclioa of the warh!. ond this in lfte nridsl of f ertile rcgicns" surrounded by wondrous beauty, Cad'f eating peaple anil prcgresive, aclive and religious nalicns. Passing to lhe South we lecve lhe Village bg one of its main entranccs consisling af cn arch tyltircl of the Romcn PORT and {lanhed on eithu side 6y what rnay be callcd the Village Wall. We stand for a few minules an c slight elevation which afrotds another general vicw of the streets and buildings cnd i, is onLy al. this timre that wie fully realize t'hat cll we have seen, lhe remar!1ablc struclures, lhe CIRQUES, arenss, f uums, amphitheatres, casilcs, obelis,tis, e!,:", were the result af some suange freak of nalure snd that na hurnan hand Dtas ioncerned in the smallest detail af the aonstruclion of the villcge; thal even llrc irrrposing courls, lhe doorurays and aindaws were mad.e bg the action af waler" a,bil rlnd olher elemenls in ogcs gone &3 cnd nhen all this part ol the world ntas unlgnown ta man" Thus I leave you, my reader, on ycur any bacls to htantpellter and lhe land of the living. Your iaurney has been safe and inferesling and we pill rest a while in Montpellier whilc you review the wanders of llre siglrts you havt- seen and I hastcn on to mg tnany olhu dulies" I will rrcet you ugain in l\[ontpellier shortly" and from lhal old cilg n e shull talq a seconil journey to anather slrange cily near bg and there altend a few a! l&c Roscer:rucian rn3rslic convocations su,:lt as are unlgnown to this eountry and equalled trterhaps only in Egyytt in lhe Temples of our Order.

As

trlly and

in in

69

the bgstander. Yet, lilse the lrembling rocl7, legend ,oyo rlrrr ii.r* obclisl6' nscrc erected bg the Devil and &rs tnro brotheis in *"nrroru of the terrible plcgues, Dars, desrfts and crimes planned ond ,rnori*ot""rl
lfiern,
24

memorg af which they were erected. of course, theslc are liftenise mere frealgs of narure, Lifte the_trernbling rocft fu the near racality,"which trembles et,ery midnight vioLenrly rhat one f ears it trrcg f all oid ;niu*
.so

orreil spces between the numeraus casrles and. eadt is iiffercnt shape and, appartntlg, dcsigned lo cxpress symbolicallg tt * iiria"nl

',q.

THE SUFREME MATR.E, EIVIHRITUS RAISED TO TI-IE HICHER R.EALMS

January 2l .l9lB,_ ^, Hrgher Kealms. ,the scul there passed from this rnater;al plane to lile ,9n, of our dearly belo'ed Supre."r:e

high military positions.

"f M";r S;;;";; tJNi;'o;i".r. She was a native of .Ealtimore, "il;;;.""t,"i. jurist. She was seienty-six y.u* oi "i f"tir". I*rine been au eminenr ;"-;il";;;""f the.bevond, and ]eaves-u d*ght*. u*i;; *nr" b.tii"l--*i"*'fr"ra
indirec t descendan t

Emeritus" Mav Bankvstu""v, uao* r",- c.,r nai"ii.-si"*y" Mrs. stacey was_ a direct deecendant of oriver cromweil and

[,tratre

"l-,ii

an

of t]re OrCer and a Legate of the Order f,rn Ameriea. I also state that the sairl .lewels and papers were represented to rne as coming direct frnm [gypl and lirance" and tl-rat they were given to me to be formally handed to that man who should presenB certain papers, documents" jelvels and "'key" in America' Such a person having rnatured and being Brother H. S" Lcwis, tr did the dirty expected of me, fulfiiled nny co,nnrissic,n and with pleasure expre:s the joy at seeing the work so well under lvay in accordance with the xrrophec.y made in India tc me in person" '-The history of the Jewels and papers are" to my knowledge" exactly as stated herein and as deecribed by Mr" Len'is. our Imperator, in the History of the Order as published in the 0fficial Magazine." Mrs. Stacey retired as active lVlatre of the Suprene Grand Lodge after its first year and has since devoted her time to deep study and
[here made an initiate
research"

instruetions were delivered into my hands by tLe R. e" lVlasters of fndia" representing the Supreme Council of ti;e \ff rld, and that I was

and,a,graciuate Ial*yer." She had travelled every.foreign land and his been ----""-* br ;;;;;;;il;;, possibly any other American ou"*un. "rt.rtuin.J mystic.teachings.
research in that
.

_ , , Yo,\.r .Stacey rvas a deeo _student gracluate physrcran

of myst.cism.

She was

t:

nearly

While.journeying India her attention was given to the of the $19ugh and these rtrrt"i r,..-irr*'""r..r'"r Hindus

cult:, she-finally visited Ec.rpt c'ucian Mariers. This was Order to America"

field' After

having.trive.l a while

rrri,"a'ru,r, *""" "ra *aiu"...u*"'in contart rvith tl-re R.osaea few years frior to tfr. ;;i;_ ""*i"e

aRd ever cheerful disposition as well as her deep knowled:e of human nature. and the trials of life r n this earth, rrade liet truly a Mothen to all her "children'" of the Lodge. As one of the co-founders of the Order in America her name erer shall be cl:eri:,hed and we know that in another incarnation she will take up the work which she was unable to eornplete at this time.

She was greatly loved

by all who knew her, Her kind

smile

Mrs. Stacev rvas giver by- the .Masters in Egypt a certain rnystical Jewel -of the orier .ni ru"uiit;;;il-;;; which she rvas requested tc, hold until such time as.another ;J i; h;, ;i;il';ffit;;:T:::

Arnerrcan Revolution. coloniar Dames, etc. Itr-as pointei -T1 .ri horvever, that the Order_could ,;i ;;;; tr- a*..I*""u"i*i t" L-r, l9l 5. It was furrher explained tLut *lr.n tt i Ori., a;a ;_ ,h;;;, ;;;ilid come _through the sponsoiship of France.

.^ Amerrca and so expressed rrer desire. pointing ro ^Y.1;: to tLe fact that hlr Amerrcan parents and reratives had been among those wlro e;tablished the first Masonic Lodee in Baltimor" anJ-Ftil"d"l;hl;;;"ffiX; otJ, mernber _of the Eastern St.. Uri ;t_ Xi: 1

Stacey dcired the,privilege_of bringing the Order,s teachings

I

"'Olr;ft;;

,tl

of the

was duly initiated into Order there uni-'ruu, ^our signed by the Supreme Council of the Worid.

rec:gnrtron she had received at the hands

seals^ and tequested her assistance- in"estabjtr,;re "tir"-'o"d.."i; Amerrc.a. Mrs- stacey then returned to India und uft-.r-.ho**"',rr_

of the Master_ i"

E;;; ;i;; ;t;; ;l#';;;;

a, In writing of her part in the-estabrishment of the orcrer in Arnericatvtrs. Stacev has put upon official record in the Archives;i,-[;'S;;;;; Grand l-oclse in'NerlrYorlc the f.ll;;;; r'rir"*.n,,
"tr
furrher state that the said Jewels and
?6

INeoMpLETE
tt

i
l l

il

THE SEAL OF THE UNITE,D STATES

The Creat Seal of the United States is one of peculiar int*l'est" and theref re we feel warranted in giving more details of its design and history than can be allotted to the Seals of the several States. Soon after the declaration of independence, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Je#erson were appointed a committee tc prepare a great seal for the infant republic; and they employed a French trilest Indian, narnecl Du Sirnitiere, not only to furnish designs, but also to sketch suclr elevices as were suggested by ihemselves. In , ne of his designs, the artist displayed on a shielcl the armor:al ensigns of the severa! nations frorn whence Ameriea had been pe pled-embracing those of England, Scotland, trreland, France" Gern:any, and Holland" On one side was placed Liberty with her cap, and on the other was a rifieman in uniform" with his rifle in one hand and a tomahawk in the other--the dress and !'veapons pectrliar to ,Annerica, Franklin proposed. f r the device, IVIoses lifting his wancl, end dividing the Red Sea" and Pharoalr and his hosts overwhekned with the waters. For I nrotto, the words of Cromwell, "'Rebellion to tyrants is
obedienee to

These denoted the countries lronr rvhich America hed been pe::pled. F{e prop,sed to place the shield witliin a. red borr:ler, o' .whicli there shc.uld be thirteen white escutcheons, linked together by a gcld chain" each bearing appropriate initials, in black, o$ the r:onfeder:aie:l States. Supporters, the Coddess cf LiL'erty on the right side, in a corslet of ur*or" in allusion to the then_state of rvar, and holiing the spear and cap in her right hand, whiie her left suppurted the ihieid. ^ On the left the -Csddess o{ Justice, leaning on a iruord in her right hand, and in "[he her let't a balance. crest, t]re eye of Frovidence i' i radiant iriangle" glory shor:ld extend over the shield and l!e_rond the figures. h4.it* yho_sg E Plw'ibws fJnrrm**"lVlany in one." Arot nj tF,e u,hole, "Saal or rI-IE UNn'ED Sr,ETEs oF Ar4EilrcA. fuIDCCLXXVL" For the reverser he proposed the device of Pharcah sitting in an open chariot, a crorvn on his head and a sword in his hand, pas:ing ihrough the divic{ed waters of the Red sea in pursuit of the israelitesl nays fro* a pillar o[ fire i' a cloud, expressive of the l]ivine p'esence ond "o*,rur,nl, hearni,g on Nl.ses, who stands on the ulrore, exiending h;, lr*nd "nd over the sea, causer it to over,iyhelrn Pharoah and his f;lloweis, I\,Iotto: '"lJ.ebellion to tyrants is r:bedience to Gc,d." Jeffersrrn's device was highly appror,e.J by his ccadjutors" ancl the cornnrittee reported on the lOth of Augr-rsl., li7b; but, for some una{_ countable rea$on, their^repcrt rvas neglected, nr.t harirg been ;;en placed on record; and the a$air was ali"wed to slumber ,rt;L ih. jai!, of- March, 1779, when lVlessrs. Loveil, of fulassachusetts, Scoti of V!1sinia, and Houston, of Georgla, were appointed * .;*rntt;; ;"
make anotlrer devicu.

ut State at Washingron. 'J'his cle;igrr consi:red of a shield with six quarterings, pcrti r:ne" coupl twc, in ierclilic p,lrrase" flr* nrcr loid, and an enarleled nose, red arrd white, for England; the second r.r,hite, with a thistle" in its proper colors, for Sc"ctlao.rd; the thi:.ci" green, r,r,ith * hqp of gald, for trrelandl the fourrh biue, with a golden-iily-flo*.r, for. -rance; the lifth gold, with the imperiai blesl: eaile f.r i.rl,rany; anr:l the sixth goid" with the l3elglc cro?,,ned red lion, for Holianr!.

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XOth

of F{ercules; the hero resting cil a elub* Mrtue pointing to her, rugged rnountain on one hand, and persuading him tr: &scend; and Sloth, glancing at her flowery paths o$ Fleasure, wantonly reelining on the ground" displaying the charms, both of her eloquence and person, tr seduce him into vice. Jefferson proposed the Children of Israei in the Wilderne"s" led bv a eloud try day and a p:llar o$ fire hy night; and, on the reverse. t-leneiit and Horsa, the Saxon chiefs, from whom we claim the honor of being descended and whose political principles and forrn of government wL have assumed. FranLlin and Adams then requested Jefferson te eomhine thein ideas in a c{impact description r f the proposed great seal, which he did" and tliat papcr" in his lrandwriting" is now in the offi*e of the Seeretary
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God." Adars prcposed the Choice

"i cap. ft,I"ir,-S;;;;-* "Forever"-and underneattr, h,IDCCLXXVI. " This report -i;;;'r* committed" and again submitted with some siight modificutinn, [rr]rstituting the figure of an trndian with bow orr"*r iri his right Land ^nd lfor.that of a warrior)-just a year afteru,ard: b,t it *-r;;i;;;;i;; and the marter re.led t ntil _April, I 782. 'vhen Flenry Middleton, Elias Bourline a.d Erlwaia n"rt"ic."*.*.* uipoiut.,i u'tUre .o*,,,;ite to prelrare a sea[. They reported c:: the 9Lh of Mav followinr.
[-.iberty, seated in a chair, holding-th_e stafi and

four inches in diaroeter, one side of which ,iould be ""*p"r"a-# u shield with"thirteen diag+nal siripes, aliernate red and o,lr;t*.: Srpproters"a warrior, holding a- sword on orle sic.le, and on the other the "figure of Peace, bearing an olive branch. -fhe crest, a radiaut oo"ut"ti**., of thirteen ;tars. tr\llotto: Bello v,el Fsce-"'For Wu, ., p*u"*,;;-u"a the legend, "Seai of the tr-Inired Srates"" On the ,"r*.r." it.-ngrr-

oI

iV1ay foilorving rhey reporred irr favor

of a seal

;ubstantially ,l.e .a'ne as the cnmmittee

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1779 and X78"0 I U.t" iLl.

not being satisfactory to Congness" on the l3th of june the rvhole matter was referred to Charles 'Ihomson, its secretary. He in turn procured several devices" among whieh was one by \Yilliana Barton, af Philadelphia, consisting of an escutche;,n, with a blue border, spansled with thirteen siars, and divided in thc centre, perpen' dicularly, by a gold bar. On each side of this division" within the blue border, thirteen bars or stnpes, alternate red and white, like thc Arnerican flag adopted on the l4th of June, 1777" Over the gold bar an ey surrounded with a glory, and in the gold bar a Doric cslumn resting on the baee of the escutche:n, having a displayed eagle on its sumrnit. The crest, a helmet of burnished gold" damasked" grated witlr six bars, and surmounted by a red cap of dignity, such as dukes wear" with a black linine" and a coclc armed with gaffs. Supporters, on oRe side the Genius of Arnerica, with loose Auburn tresses, having on her head a radiant crown of gold, encircled with a sky-blue fillet, spangled with silver stars, and clothed in a long, loose, white garrnent, bcrdered with green. From the right shoulder to the left side" a blue scarf with stars, the cinctures being the same as in the border. Around her waist a purple girdle, fringed with gold" and the word VmruE embroidered
rested on the escutcheon, and the other heid the American standard,. on the top of which a white dove was perched. The supporier cn the other side was a ma!! in complete armor; his sword-belt blue, fringed with eold; his helmet encircled with a wreath of laurel" and crested with one white and two blue plumes; his left hand supporting the escutcheon" and his right holdine a lance with a bloody point. Upon an unfurled green banner was a golden harp with silver strings, a brilliant star, and two lily-flowers" with two crossed swords below. The two figures stcod upon a seroll, on which was the

of the eagle" which appears above a golden glory breaking through a clor':I. proper, and the e:cutcheon. surrounding thirtei stars, forming a constellation of white stars on &

Unum.

F*rir the crest, over the head

blue field.

Rererse-A pyramid unfrnished. In the zenith, an eye in a triunsl*, ,.,rrornd"d iu,th a glory, propgr. Over-the -eye,^the. wordsu ,Airnuit Cocplis._"'G"d has favored the undert-a!i18'"- On-the base lf th" pyru*id, are the numeral R:man letters, MDCCLXXVI'; and ,"a"rr"Jttt the motto, Novus Ordo Seclorum--:n'A new Series of Ages" jsnsdr* that a new order of things had- eommenced in the Westerm hemisphere-. Thus, after many- fruitless efforts, for nearly six years". a 'ti".rpl" seal was adopted' and yet remains the arnrs of the u*.y
United
States"

Whv did John Prestwich of England, -suggest the Pyramid. -for America's seal ) That is another story-and therein is the oceultisnm lnd rnysticism,

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inotto, Deo f'svsnls-"1X/ith God's pav61"*i11 allusion to the

eye

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friend of America. and an accomplished antiquarian. It consisted of an escutchcon bearing thirteen perpendicular stripes, white and red" with the chief blue, and spangled with thirteen stars; and, to give it greater consequence, he proposed to plaee it on the breast c f an Ameri* can eagle, dispXayed, without supporters, as ernblematic of self-relianee, trt met with generai approbation, in and out of Congress, and was ,adopted in June, I 782: so it is rnanifest, although the fact is not exten* sivelv known. that we are indebted for our national arms to a titled aristocrat of the country with which we were then at war. Eschoving all heraldic technicalities, it may be thus described in plain English: Thirteen perpendicular pieees, white and red; a blue field; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed, pr.per, holding in his right talon an olive-branch, and in his left a bundle of thirteen amorvs, all proper, and in his beak a seroll, inscribed vvith the motto, E Piuri&{rs
)Z

Providence in the arms. On the crest, in a scroll, was the motto, Virtus sola lnvi"ls-"'\,/irtue alone is Invincible." After vainly striving to perfect a seal which should meet the ap proval of C"ngress, Thomson finally received from John.Adams, then in London, an exeeedingly simple and appropriate device, suggested by Sir John Prestwich, a baronet of the'West of England, who was a warm

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Hor^r i* the sele(li.in of a new vehicle or material tody made hy rhc st,u{? Accordir:g to ri:e scul's s(ate of evolil,on. If we grant thr doclrrne oi " the elolulion of the roul ro Le rrue,'re musr a( cnce a<.lmit [ow* asscciated "Jrtuir, with the process- qf evoluiion. These lalvs are: lhe sorl's evolulion o.*ri throrg!, expericnces, in the material body and out of it, during rts cycie of incarnarions; lhe rndeveloped.soul appears firit in the lowesl form oi mareiiui bodv--the ourely animal bo,J1'; derelopment or evoluiicn of tire sr.ul t,tlres the .oui into 1,;o1,". forms of malerial bodies. culmina{ing in inr arnariors in human b.dies: eactrrnaterial Lody intu rvhich the.s.r,l.'pusresl in r/re proccss oy ctrolution, be a body or vehicle rvhich will serve well ihe requirements of -uri;..;..;;i) its the soul in

Q, A.,

tuch a soul passes ftom the bodies of lhe highen dor&esticaled and-intelligent anrmals lo thc lcast intelligent human hodies-ihose'of peoples living wilCly in uacivilized toun(ries. Fro* thit phase o{ evolulicn the soul evenlually passes rnlo lhe bodies ol humans living in mire civilized lands. Where lhe proiess will en-d, we do moi

worrld test that sotj as it may n"u". hru"' b.;, b.fo.e.. The soul may fee I that it- is, beine tested-though rti* .onr.i",run*ur"'.i tcsl and trial may n-ot come to it unril after soiely triedt th; i( will ..u ,Oh-doj: why am- I testecl thus)" 'rhe- soul may not understand, or it may comprehentJ witlr a divine intuition and, wirh brave efforr and admirable fortirudJ."u,''"i.ir,i. is to tcach me a lesson by which I w:ll profrr"" and thus rh. ,,,ui"'pur;"nily su(cring, -ever learnin_g and ncvcr conrlemuing', will evolve in thut iu.iir.ari*"^r";, could evolve in no other way, - T]rut Divine Mind, that Creat Consciousness, which sees all, .kno*s all and in Ju:r, Kind, Wile and Mighi1,,^sclects the proper body for , ""ul ubout ,. lr..r""^,. There is no other answer ye dgny lh. u.ry fundamentars itr-. ir*'"r -unle_ss
so"ul

farma of_that

needed experiences. , with the above ourline it must te apparent that the materia[ body requrred for the soul's incarnalion at _any lime *u.t .orfoor* to th.: requirm"io'"'rt'i[. soul at that time. lf the soul in one incarnarion has learned *"it;i. r".r""* *a atcned for its errors of expression, according to the law of c-cmpensation it.i --l will enter a .body in its- next incarnarion which will permir irirt .."I ," -lir"- o better exprcssion and erolve higher in its upward unfoldment, such a bodv woulc ha!e.to. be more perfect (physicully) than rhe previous body of rhe soui, and rr tould have to be a body- born in'a far,i11, an,j in an environment *h.." nor only.greater op-port'nities vould be givcn to the soul for expression. bur where certain tests and rrials would come to the soul which it had noi ""p"ri.n,.J b.?oo" or which it required in that particular incarne.tion, Thus a soul q'hich had beer expresring through a heakhy, nrrmal hocly rn a family and environmenr where disease. poverty, teriptarrcn and sin werc unLnl*r may have ils-nc::( ircarnatior ia a hody.boin di;ease,l in a familv or.nn;;;n;;;nt *;. -rh, rcrcdcd with po.;crty, sin, disea:e und ev"ry {orm o{ .r;i. 'fir;, *"riJ'il..;

a, Do human souls ever revert io expression in the bodies of lourer animals? A. Some philosophies have taught thal lhe soul of a human rnay incarnale in the bodv o{'a doe' or other lowJ, animal in its next tncarnalion There ss -rule of the process of evolution, except in lhe eases where no luw for' rhis as a a roul in a human lrody has permitted lhat body to commit sume lerrihle crime which can be expialed ir compensated in no other way ihan by heing -incalnated in a lower animal's body and- re-learning lhe fundamenlal lessons of life. The Iactr'bearing upcn this ur* .o *"agt*" however, that little can be said" Human roulc have Leen contracted which iemernher in this incarnation having been in It is only from the lesl)mony of such hones{ and frank souls as wi!tr speak of such incidents lhan we can learn of ehrs law;
rnd ,..m lo
reme-mber

thc body of a dog or other anirnal for a period as a punishmenl to learn a

lesaon

the lesson.

lnd

the honest and frank who

rrill

speak thusly are

ferr, uafortunateiy,

that nearly every school - of oceultisrn has something to ray regarding the cause of- the Pyramid heing there and I am anxious 'lo Lnow-the irulh" Is lhere any octult explanationl truih n A. We thoroughly appreciaie ynur desire lo knoff ihe truih regarcling lhe the the noihing, ru!y; Thur" Creat Seal. There fia* been much ado aboui nothing, truly; yei tl truth of ,the t of tains malter is interesting and eontains earough of occultisrn lo i/r'arrant a eompleie

with iis Pyramid. Ii

a. I

have read so much

seems

of

late about the Great Seal

of

the United

Statee'

; it

";;r;;;

cxplanation here.

See Article, "Tb,e Seal of the United States"" in this iaeue of eROI'dAA't,

THE NEXT ISSUE

will eontain a
omplete System of Transeendentai Geomaney, as pradtised hy the Veiled Prophets of our ancient Order" and never published before" exeept in
secret Manuscripts. By

the evolution of the learn more of this,

soul. In

rhe Erghth

ind Ninth Degree of ou, "i ior.k-you'*lH

" .4. What is rhe difrerence bel,ween.the animal snul snd rrs (.orrscrousnesr trsd the human soul and ils ccnsciousness?
is the soul which is little evolved and is learning the hr,,t ,1i,"1"., -,:"".; of ,re6ncment. Just..as .the child mincl must learn rhe arphabei u*r.* ',t I.r -n"t"r*";r"".and must learn ro discriminare in the
animal soutr

n, The evolution of the soul, as suggested in rhe ahove

ansq

er.

.l^he

purel,.

it our

fidernbers

will be

able

in" gven the."lorvest,-gra,Je of deve,loped humans, but common r" tH. tl*"r'"i;r*i, who lire wildly. 'I'he domesricared anirnal which has rearned n"a i" ;i";i ;i-'i;"* but writ until it car eat with law and o,rde-r, and has also learned to.h.; ;;r;l atio"n for,.kindnese *hcwn, has a soul which has evolved higtrer i" ;-r-"ylt- IfI""' roul resi<ling in a wilC animal alrvays seehing blcod, revengc and B*y.' C.J_rlfr,,
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in iheir f*ndamrr'al order are: craving for fnod,"".uving i* pr.;-r;r;';;g";ji;; cravirg- for. revenge, crav,ng- for dor-inalion at any t.ost" cravrnq for gratifrcation of lusllul desires,. erc. T'hese are hase an<tr lo*".roiri,lr-'n-o; ?";;

crude and gross things r:f t;r. discriminale in the more reiiaed and criltured, si must th"* *oui t"r.r- ,r.. '"r"i" lessons of Iife. 'I'he {irst lesson for rhe soul to learn is to control the passrons of lilre. Thes".

to make Mysterious Divinations and Predidtions regarding the future, and to aRswer all" quedtions propounded
of a personal and private nature.

rf ia*,

make the next "vill of great vaiue to our lVlemhers of all Degrees.
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