Relationships: In this video, Imperator Mazzucco explores the classical Greek expression of love, which is a desire for that which we don’t have, and how it reflects in our modern society. Relationships these days are affected by the modern insatiable desire for things we don’t have, especially through online social networks.  It is important for us to interact with others with respect and understanding, despite the modern pull to do otherwise. Doing that is what the ancient philosophers called a “life well-lived.” Life flows through relationships and relationships cannot be mediated through modern technology alone. The Rosicrucian Order is a great option for fostering healthy relationships in life.

April’s Theme is Gratitude. In this month’s message, Imperator Claudio Mazzucco discusses the occasion of AMORC’s 108-year cycle, and how the spirit of being of service has been a consistent theme throughout its history. He also explores his own feelings of gratitude and highlights the importance of relationships to the Order’s members.https://youtu.be/GEN7Q0lc4co So dear fratres and dear sorores, today is a very special occasion. It’s an incredible emotion for me. I can only imagine you behind this screen. I can see only a little light in front of me and then I have to use my imagination trying to see you in front of me, trying to imagine that we are all getting together for this special meeting. I hope fratres and sorores that my message will reach your heart, your mind and will keep us and will strengthen the bones that unite us today. I’m here in the Cultural Center in New York with all Grand Masters here. After my message they will send you their greetings in their own languages. So fratres and sorores I want to express this happiness for this special occasion. The title of my message for today is gratitude. Dear fratres and sorores, An oath taken during one of our rituals reads: Before the uncertainties of mortal and earthly life, and before the certainty of the omnipotent judgment of the God of my heart I promise… This phrase has always accompanied me from the day it was first said to me. The uncertainties of mortal and earthly life. The uncertainties. Things can always go very differently from what we believe and wish, and life teaches us this all the time. Our very phrase “the mastery of life” which has brought so many of us to the Order, from a Rosicrucian perspective and after years of reflection turns out to be something unexpectedly different from what it might suggest. Mastery of life, in this sense, consists in acceptance and obedience to a law that is greater than us, and not in some absolute control of events, simply because that control is not possible. It is a childish dream misleading from reality. Let me share a moment of my life in the Order with you. As I write these words for this message, I am sitting in the office Grand Master Julie Scott prepared for me to use when I am at Rosicrucian Park, in San Jose. This office belonged to Ralph Maxwell Lewis. Before me is a framed picture of Harvey Spencer Lewis. More on the left, there is the famous cello we know from the photo where we see him playing it. And I can’t help but reflect on our history and how we got here. I think of how this history has somehow shaped me through the infinite relationships that make up my and our nature, what we are. Such a reflection seems very appropriate to me on this occasion in which we celebrate the 108 years cicle. To reflect on the past giving meaning to our history is also one of the cornerstones of “knowing yourself”. And when I look at our history what appears to me clearly is our concept of service. I see a willingness to serve others, to share something that gave us the joy of living, that built a meaning for our life. I see a light and tenuous spirit, a kind of living thought or dream that has crossed the centuries, moving on the planet to reach thousands and thousands of people who wanted to understand something more about existence, to transform their presence on this planet into a real journey and not just some aimless wandering. I see people moved by an inner call and who have finally found their spiritual home. This story is a bit the story of all of us gathered here today, I’m sure. The Order introduced me to wonderful people, true teachers in my life, even if they have never presented themselves like this and they probably do not even know how important they have been in others’ lives. Etymologically, to be im-portant means to be carried inside, to be carried in people’s hearts. Look carefully and you will see that being important does not mean being famous: there are a lot of famous people who are not important; and a lot of people unknown to the media who are definitely not famous, but who are very important. For the purpose of this reflection we are naturally encouraged to define for ourselves what a life well lived consists of. And without much effort, we will soon conclude that a life well lived will be one in which we have created and nurtured bonds of affection with the people who have been involved in the time we have spent, in our life. Life for us will have been well lived not because our bank balance is large, or because we have achieved an important social position: it will have been well lived when the people we have lived with, say of us that we were important to them; and when we understand that we also owe what we are today to the people we have met in our life, some of them still present, others no longer. I would like to be important to you, and may I tell you that all of you are important to me. If we know how to behave in such a way as to be important to each other, then this will mean that we have not wasted our time, that being together has borne its fruits. We could then say that we have manifested the dream of our fratres and sorores of the past who became important to us because of their service. Here; we are the result of all these encounters, of all the emotions lived together, of all the experiences made together, of all the relationships we have built over the years, with those who are no longer with us, with those

Welcome to the new website of the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis. The purpose for this new website is to bring all of our members closer to the Supreme Grand Lodge and especially to the role of Imperator, in which I currently serve. https://471474369a7f5e08ad7a-b1905103d17e8772ea927bc8fcd33506.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/Mazzucco%20video%20February%202023_v2.mp4 This channel of communication between you and me will be, I believe, a fundamental element of your Rosicrucian Path and of your experience in the Order. Indeed, it will strengthen the bonds of fellowship that unite us in our search and exploration of the higher dimensions of existence. In truth, these connections are not merely symbolic but real. Our perception of reality is a function of our brain structure. It allows us to see the world part by part in a fragmented way. But there are moments of elevation and expansion of consciousness when we can feel the intimate connection there is between us and all of creation. Moments in which it seems as if a veil is lifted and for a short time, we are allowed to perceive a reality totally different from our everyday one. Now to seal this first meeting of ours, let us close our eyes for a few moments and take deep breaths, without stopping. Inhale and exhale slowly. Now focus on my words. There is a branch of science called plant neurobiology. It has shown how a forest actually makes up a living unit. All its components are intimately related to each other. Trees, plants, insects. All of them. There are close physical bonds among the trees in the forest that allow for the exchange of food substances and information. This makes all trees behave as if they were the components of one body, one living being. That is how we are. We are all intimately connected, and we are also connected with the plant and animal world. But we do not perceive it objectively. But now let us ask the Cosmic that for a moment the veil covering our eyes be lifted; that we be allowed to feel the intimate connection there is among all life on the planet. Feel your body. Think about the matter that makes up your body, the atoms that make up your body, and how they have been part of some other substance in the past; maybe a plant, maybe a rock, maybe an animal. For instance, imagine a carbon atom, one of the main components of our physical body. Think of it as a tiny little ball, which will be fine for our visualization. Millions of years ago, it was part of a limestone rock. The latter was then decomposed by the very high temperature of a volcano. And so, our carbon atom was ejected into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. The gas traveled thousands of miles and fell with the rain. It was then absorbed by grass in a field. One day the grass caught fire from a lightning strike. So, our carbon atom resumed its flight through the air again as carbon dioxide. It was then absorbed by a plant through its process of photosynthesis. In that process, carbon dioxide is used to produce plant structures. So, our carbon atom went on to make up the stem of that plant. But behold! a cow ate the plant. The atom then became part of a fat molecule, that then went on to make up milk. Milk that your mother drank while you were in her womb. Eventually, that carbon atom went on to make up one of the neurons in your brain. And you are now using it to listen to this story. There is no separation between us and living nature. There is a continuous exchange of energy and matter among us living beings. Because of that continuous exchange, each individual being is bound to all others by permanent bonds. Sacred bonds that generate the life we celebrate today. Now open your eyes. May the Cosmic grant us more and more awareness of the bonds that unite us, so that the utopia of humanity, and its realization of its connection with nature, will one day become fully manifested.So Mote It Be! Fratres and Sorores, it is my hope to reach you with new video messages on a regular basis. Sometimes I will speak in English, sometimes in French, sometimes in Portuguese, and sometimes in Spanish. We will include transcripts with each video. In that way, I hope to deepen my connection to you and that you will feel it too. Peace Profound! To view this video in other languages please go to Imperator’s Message March 2023.