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.BACON'S "SECRET SOCIETY": THE EPHRATA CONNECTION
SECTION II — SLIDES AND RESEARCH ON EPHRATA
by Linda S. Schrigner, et al
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SECTION II — SLIDES AND RESEARCH ON EPHRATA
by Linda S. Schrigner, et al
45
| Conrad Beissel passed on in 1768 at the age
of 77. He was regarded as the master spirit, and had
served the Cloister for 45 years. Sachse credits him with reviving
theosophy in Pennsylvania. He was also distinguished in the Who’s
Who in the American Colonies by Daniel Webster as a great religious
leader in Pennsylvania. His grave is here in God’s Acre, the cemetery
of the Ephrata Cloister.
While he has been largely dismissed by historians concerned with
the broad scope of Rosicrucian ontology and mysticism, Beissel made a significant
contribution in the course of religious freedom in 18th Century Pennsylvania.
From a certain form of music based upon combinations of notes, he believed,
one could transcend words, and touch the higher spirit of the knowledge
of God. In this way one could find inner understanding that supersedes
any erroneous logical process from the literal reading of the words of
the Judeo-Christian Bible. An ability to achieve a direct communion
with the Divine Intelligence within is the first step toward self mastery,
and it is one of the keys to Christian mysticism.
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