{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Reading a 1946 Rosicrucian Order monograph someone passed to me, which low-quality paper is fragmenting such that I won't be...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/694233169062428672/", "html": "<p>Reading a 1946 Rosicrucian Order monograph someone passed to me, which low-quality paper is fragmenting such that I won&rsquo;t be passing it on, so may as well record the take-always here</p><p><br/></p><ul><li>Secret knowledge passed on that is basically an esoteric way of saying &ldquo;the kidneys filter the blood, and staying well-hydrated helps&rdquo;</li><li>A bit that starts similarly about the solar plexus \u2013 it&rsquo;s involved with the sympathetic nervous system! \u2013 and then goes on to frame it as something like a chakra where aura light gathers and can be used for magnetic powers</li><li>An &ldquo;experiment&rdquo; to prove this with oil and a toothpick I&rsquo;m not particularly sure proves anything</li><li>The postwar housing crisis! A convention in San Jose was canceled because the hotels were full of returned veterans without homes.</li><li>An appeal for Rose-Croix University (Fine and Mystic Arts! Physical Sciences! Rosicrucian Healing! Alchemy! Previous College Education NOT Neccesary!)</li></ul><p>I mean, it&rsquo;s clear what&rsquo;s going on here \u2013 in an America where most people didn&rsquo;t graduate high school, the Rosicrucian Order is posing as a venue for self-improvement and education to make you an elite, using a combination of woo and enthusiasm with just enough actual grounding that an internet modern can tell is patchy but might be indistinguishable from real learning to its contemporary audience</p>"}