THE ROSICRUCIAN DIGEST (JOURNAL)

 

The Rosicrucian Digest magazine is the fourth public AMORC magazine created by its founder Harvey Spencer Lewis, succeeding his previous magazine The Mystic Triangle and continues to be published to this day.

 

This magazine began publication in late 1929. From October 1929 to 1987 it was published monthly, then bimonthly until 1991, then quarterly to the present.

 

AMORC by then had already acquired enough success worldwide and that is why this magazine also began to be distributed worldwide, AMORC describes it as "The Official International Rosicrucian Magazine of the World-Wide Rosicrucian Order".

 

Its publishing house is located at AMORC's headquarters in San Jose, California. The first editor was Spencer Lewis, then his son Ralph Lewis, and since then several people have been taking turns.

 

Spencer Lewis concentrate the propaganda function of his organization into this magazine, while reserving the more private lessons of his students for the magazine companion The Rosicrucian Forum.

 

Lewis wrote in the journal as "Imperator","Royle Thurston" (the pseudonym he had earlier used in writing for The Future) and other names.

 

The journal included generic articles on esoterism, pseudo-esoterism, Christian occultism, psychic development, the reports on the activities of the various lodges, and advertisements for the order's various books, services, emblems, incense, membership apron, candlesticks, identifying stickers for cars, etc.

 

You can download:

 

·        The volumes of this magazine up to January 1946 at this link.

·        An index from 1929 to 1943 at this link.

·        An index from 1948 to 1952 at this link.