Information Regarding Our Courses

The Rosicrucian Fellowship offers two paths of study regarding the Rosicrucian Teachings.

We have the "informal" path, where students may take lessons by e-mail. Upon submission of your first lesson to us, you will be assigned a corrector, and that corrector will work with you through all your lessons, which will be returned to you via e-mail. Your corrector will review your submitted lesson and send it back to you along with the URL of the next one or two lessons. The "informal" path does not automatically lead you to becoming a member of the Rosicrucian Fellowship or to become a Regular Student. If that is your goal, then you need to be aware of the second path of study, namely, the "formal" path.

The "formal" path requires you to send a note to our international Headquarters at 2222 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92058, requesting to take the Preliminary Philosophy Course via regular mail. Upon completion of the twelve Preliminary Philosophy lessons, the student may write a note to Headquarters and request to become a Regular Student. Once the student becomes a Regular Student, he/she receives a bimonthly Student Letter and Lesson. These are to be studied, though no written answers are required. A mailing address insert is sent along with the Student Lesson and is to be signed and returned to Headquarters so that connection with the spiritual forces of the Fellowship may be maintained. After two years of Regular Studentship, during which time the aspirant has striven to raise his spiritual standard of living, practicing self-control and "loving, self-forgetting service to others," the next step may be applied for: Probationership.

The person who is interested in the Rosicrucian Teachings does not need to belong to the Rosicrucian Fellowship. Advancement in spiritual matters is achieved by "loving, self-forgetting service to others". Anyone may thus advance along the spiritual path if they understand and practice service to others, just as the Christ has told us, "Let him who would be the greatest among you be the servant of all."

Membership - The Rosicrucian Fellowship is an association of Christian men and women banded together for the purpose of helping to make Christianity a living factor in the world. Its teachings give a definite, logical, and sequential explanation of the origin, evolution, and future development of the world and man, from both the spiritual and scientific aspects. The Rosicrucian Fellowship has no connection with any other organization.

Upon completion of the 12 lessons of our Preliminary Philosophy Course, to be obtained either by mail by writing to The Rosicrucian Fellowship, 2222 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92058 or by applying on the web at: https://rosicrucian.com/phil_crs.htm, one may apply for esoteric training lessons by filling out the application to become a Regular Student of the Rosicrucian Fellowship (as nothing is automatic on the path, but is based on one's voluntary decision). A Regular Student receives a bimonthly Regular Student Letter and Lesson. These are to be studied monthly, to attune the vital body with the energy of the month, though no written answers are required.

A postal card or a mailing address slip is sent with the Regular Student Lesson and it is to be signed and returned directly to Headquarters, for three reasons: 1) to indicate that the Regular Student wishes to continue receiving these lessons, and 2) so that connection with the Invisible Helpers and spiritual forces of the Rosicrucian Fellowship may be maintained, and 3) to give the chance to the Regular Student to make a donation, if they can, in support of the great educational work of the Elder Brothers of the Rose Cross, since lessons are sent at no charge and the Rosicrucian Fellowship relies on free will donations to continue its twin missions of "Preach the gospel" and "Heal the sick". Mr. Heindel used to encourage his students to "give as the heart dictates and the means permit".

After two uninterrupted years of Regular Studentship, during which time the aspirant has striven to raise his spiritual standard of living to include adoption of a vegetarian diet and elimination of spiritually toxic substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs that interfere with the spiritual development of the finer spiritual faculties, and to practice self-control and "loving, self-forgetting service to others", the Regular Student may apply for the next step on the path - Probationership.

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