Reading a 1946 Rosicrucian Order monograph someone passed to me, which low-quality paper is fragmenting such that I won’t be passing it on, so may as well record the take-always here

• Secret knowledge passed on that is basically an esoteric way of saying “the kidneys filter the blood, and staying well-hydrated helps”
• A bit that starts similarly about the solar plexus – it’s involved with the sympathetic nervous system! – and then goes on to frame it as something like a chakra where aura light gathers and can be used for magnetic powers
• An “experiment” to prove this with oil and a toothpick I’m not particularly sure proves anything
• The postwar housing crisis! A convention in San Jose was canceled because the hotels were full of returned veterans without homes.
• An appeal for Rose-Croix University (Fine and Mystic Arts! Physical Sciences! Rosicrucian Healing! Alchemy! Previous College Education NOT Neccesary!)

I mean, it’s clear what’s going on here – in an America where most people didn’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