TABELLARIUS DE

NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE

MASONIC SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA

IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS

CHIEF ADEPT, Dr. Donald B. Street, IX', K:.G:.C:. 112 Golfers Lane, Nashville, NC 27865-1628 Phone 252 459-0045 Email: drdstreet@aol.com

CELEBRANT, Dr. William B. Brunk, IX', K:.G:.C:. 8504 Bournemouth Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615-2006 Phone 919 848-8588, Email brunk@nc.rr.com

SECRETARY, J. Luigi Ammons, VIII' 3701 Buffaloe Road, Raleigh, NC 27604-4208 Office Preferred 919 834-8873, Email jlammons@mindspring.com

EDITOR, Gerald W. Ringler 121 Greencrest Circle,Jacksonville, NC 28540-3014 Phone 910 455-0742, Email gring2@earthlink.net

-------------TABELLARIUS DE No. 1 of Volume 1 January 2005 --------------

Chief Adept Comments.

Greetings Fraters, I send the best of the season to each of you and your house. The NCMSRICF is off to new adventures. Thanks to the tireless work of Frater Gerald Ringler we are building a website and a newsletter. We hope these will provide greater access to information and speed of communication within the College. Anyone wishing to contribute anything, letters, monographs, lectures, observations, or general information please forward it to Frater Gerald.

As far as we can determine, we are the first College in the US to have a website and newsletter separate from regular notices and scholarly publications. We are targeting a quarterly schedule, and should matters require, more frequently. As cost is always an issue, we are soliciting as many e-mail addresses as possible.

I am very excited about this new addition to our College’s pursuit of excellence. Let us all pull together to make our newsletter these best it can be. Our editor’s comments will explain the name of our document and further content ideas.

To each Frater of our great organization I send the best for the holiday season and the coming New Year.

Yours ITMC. Don

FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of the "TABELLARIUS DE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE MASONIC SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS."

Each future issue of our "TABELLARIUS DE" will present to you information about our North Carolina College, MSRICF, its history, past doings, future events, introductions about our officers, present members, and future inducted members, along with news of their elevations to the higher degrees. I have also planned to include items of interest about the MSRICF and a variety of papers produced by our members and Guest Lectures. My desire is to have the members of the "NORTH CAROLINA COLLGE MASONIC SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS." send me emails and correspondence with the comment, "When will the next Issue hit the street." Gerald.

Ladies Night, Friday, January 7, 2005

Details of our 2005 Ladies night will be included in the Secretary’s Notice of Meetings attached. Daniel Hogue has planned a program which will be long remembered.

OUR COLLEGE SEAL

By Right Worthy Fratre.J. Ray. SHUTE, IX⁰

Reproduced in the heading of this newsletter is a seal which the writer designed for the use of the college and which is, I believe, the first college seal ever to be employed in the United Stat¹es of America.

The double circle surrounding the seal may be said to represent eternity; without beginning or end, usually symbolized as a serpent holding its tail in its mouth. The abbreviations within the circle are those of the Latin for North Carolina College, Rosicrucian Society in the United States.

The central cross is alternately the hermetic cross, representing the union of the physical and spiritual, and the apocalyptic version of the Heavenly Jerusalem, descending foursquare from Above; it also represents, with its four equal arms, the fourfold duty of a Freemason: to God, country, neighbor and self.

The alchemical monument, composed of square, circle, triangle and crescent, symbolize earth, water, fire and air -- the prime elements of the Great Work.

In the left and right arms of the cross are represented two pillars; Boaz and Jachin, light and darkness, life and death, etc. The form of the columns likewise suggests the psychic egg contained in the cosmic womb, symbolizing the evolution of body and soul.

The letters located in the arms of the cross are the letters of the mysterious tetrad — Tarot, Rota, Taro, Tora — referred to as the Tarot Wheel and having varied symbolic applications.

The rose within the triangle at the apex of each arm of the cross immediately symbolizes the Rose of Sharon crushed against the Tree of Golgotha and reminds us of the dew of the rose which changes the cross of black into the Rosy Cross so dear to our society.

Between the arms of the cross we behold the four living creatures of Ezekiel, usually understood to typify, respectively, St. Matthew, the Man; St. John, the Eagle; St. Mark, the Lion; and St. Luke, the Ox. However, in the Kabbalah, tinder the Sephiroth, the angelic order of holy living creatures are represented by the Bull, Lion, Eagle, and Man, likewise corresponding to Taurus, Leo, Scopio and Aquarius.

In the left upper quarter of the seal appears the sun, typifying the warmth of life, while in the upper right quarter the moon may be said to represent the chill of death. Again the sun and moon may symbolize, in Egyptian solar mythology, Osiris and his sister-wife Isis. Masonic interpretation informs us that as the sun rules the day and the moon governs the night, so should the Worshipful Master endeavor to rule and govern the lodge with equal regularity. The seven stars within the cradle of the moon represent the seven spirits kneeling before the Throne, likewise they symbolize the seven liberal arts and sciences kneeling before the Divine Author in humility.

In the lower left quarter the sacred Tetragrammaton reminds us of the primum mobile of creation and the Quest of Freemasonry. In the lower right quarter the Alpha and Omega remind us, of the Logos of St. John, the Word Immaculate, the first and last — beginning and end — of that which was, is, or will be.

MSRICF WEB PAGE

The URL for the college web page is http://home.earthlink.net/~msricf-nc/

The web page can also be found on the High Council web page under colleges on line.


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		TABELLARIUS DE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE MASONIC SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS CHIEF ADEPT, Dr. Donald B. Street, IX', K:.G:.C:. 112 Golfers Lane, Nashville, NC 27865-1628 Phone 252 459-0045 Email: drdstreet@aol.com CELEBRANT, Dr. William B. Brunk, IX', K:.G:.C:. 8504 Bournemouth Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615-2006 Phone 919 848-8588, Email brunk@nc.rr.com SECRETARY, J. Luigi Ammons, VIII' 3701 Buffaloe Road, Raleigh, NC 27604-4208 Office Preferred 919 834-8873, Email jlammons@mindspring.com EDITOR, Gerald W. Ringler 121 Greencrest Circle,Jacksonville, NC 28540-3014 Phone 910 455-0742, Email gring2@earthlink.net -------------TABELLARIUS DE No. 1 of Volume 1 January 2005 -------------- Chief Adept Comments. Greetings Fraters, I send the best of the season to each of you and your house. The NCMSRICF is off to new adventures. Thanks to the tireless work of Frater Gerald Ringler we are building a website and a newsletter. We hope these will provide greater access to information and speed of communication within the College. Anyone wishing to contribute anything, letters, monographs, lectures, observations, or general information please forward it to Frater Gerald. As far as we can determine, we are the first College in the US to have a website and newsletter separate from regular notices and scholarly publications. We are targeting a quarterly schedule, and should matters require, more frequently. As cost is always an issue, we are soliciting as many e-mail addresses as possible. I am very excited about this new addition to our College’s pursuit of excellence. Let us all pull together to make our newsletter these best it can be. Our editor’s comments will explain the name of our document and further content ideas. To each Frater of our great organization I send the best for the holiday season and the coming New Year. Yours ITMC. Don FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of the "TABELLARIUS DE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE MASONIC SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS." Each future issue of our "TABELLARIUS DE" will present to you information about our North Carolina College, MSRICF, its history, past doings, future events, introductions about our officers, present members, and future inducted members, along with news of their elevations to the higher degrees. I have also planned to include items of interest about the MSRICF and a variety of papers produced by our members and Guest Lectures. My desire is to have the members of the "NORTH CAROLINA COLLGE MASONIC SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS." send me emails and correspondence with the comment, "When will the next Issue hit the street." Gerald. Ladies Night, Friday, January 7, 2005 Details of our 2005 Ladies night will be included in the Secretary’s Notice of Meetings attached. Daniel Hogue has planned a program which will be long remembered. OUR COLLEGE SEAL By Right Worthy Fratre.J. Ray. SHUTE, IX⁰ Reproduced in the heading of this newsletter is a seal which the writer designed for the use of the college and which is, I believe, the first college seal ever to be employed in the United Stat¹es of America. The double circle surrounding the seal may be said to represent eternity; without beginning or end, usually symbolized as a serpent holding its tail in its mouth. The abbreviations within the circle are those of the Latin for North Carolina College, Rosicrucian Society in the United States. The central cross is alternately the hermetic cross, representing the union of the physical and spiritual, and the apocalyptic version of the Heavenly Jerusalem, descending foursquare from Above; it also represents, with its four equal arms, the fourfold duty of a Freemason: to God, country, neighbor and self. The alchemical monument, composed of square, circle, triangle and crescent, symbolize earth, water, fire and air -- the prime elements of the Great Work. In the left and right arms of the cross are represented two pillars; Boaz and Jachin, light and darkness, life and death, etc. The form of the columns likewise suggests the psychic egg contained in the cosmic womb, symbolizing the evolution of body and soul. The letters located in the arms of the cross are the letters of the mysterious tetrad — Tarot, Rota, Taro, Tora — referred to as the Tarot Wheel and having varied symbolic applications. The rose within the triangle at the apex of each arm of the cross immediately symbolizes the Rose of Sharon crushed against the Tree of Golgotha and reminds us of the dew of the rose which changes the cross of black into the Rosy Cross so dear to our society. Between the arms of the cross we behold the four living creatures of Ezekiel, usually understood to typify, respectively, St. Matthew, the Man; St. John, the Eagle; St. Mark, the Lion; and St. Luke, the Ox. However, in the Kabbalah, tinder the Sephiroth, the angelic order of holy living creatures are represented by the Bull, Lion, Eagle, and Man, likewise corresponding to Taurus, Leo, Scopio and Aquarius. In the left upper quarter of the seal appears the sun, typifying the warmth of life, while in the upper right quarter the moon may be said to represent the chill of death. Again the sun and moon may symbolize, in Egyptian solar mythology, Osiris and his sister-wife Isis. Masonic interpretation informs us that as the sun rules the day and the moon governs the night, so should the Worshipful Master endeavor to rule and govern the lodge with equal regularity. The seven stars within the cradle of the moon represent the seven spirits kneeling before the Throne, likewise they symbolize the seven liberal arts and sciences kneeling before the Divine Author in humility. In the lower left quarter the sacred Tetragrammaton reminds us of the primum mobile of creation and the Quest of Freemasonry. In the lower right quarter the Alpha and Omega remind us, of the Logos of St. John, the Word Immaculate, the first and last — beginning and end — of that which was, is, or will be. MSRICF WEB PAGE The URL for the college web page is http://home.earthlink.net/~msricf-nc/ The web page can also be found on the High Council web page under colleges on line.



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