White Magic

[turtledude23]

2 days ago I went to a Rosicrucian (AMORC) temple, according to Wikipedia they're white magic, but they don't call themselves that. We did a 10 minute ritual in the temple which was just a group meditation where we visualized: ourselves being purified, the world being healed, and someone we know who's sick being healed. I really enjoyed that and the temple itself (it looked Egyptian). Afterwards we had a group discussion of natural law and spiritual law which bored me cuz I already learned about that stuff a while ago. The "master" explained how you cant reach the 1st degree until after a year of studying the materials they give you, though she didn't explain whether you'd be tested in any way on that knowledge. I asked her if someone could reach it after a month of studying and she said no. The membership is expensive, and the money goes to the main temple in San Jose, not the local temple, so it reminded me of catholicism and cults so I'm not gonna join and just gonna go to their monthly free group meditation. If white magic is the raising of ones consciousness then I've been doing it for years on my own, I don't need to pay anyone or follow some dogma. I'm glad I saw a white magic ritual and interacting with people who participate in it because I realized its not the amazing thing I thought it would be, its a bunch of spiritual seekers participating in whats basically an organized religion, albeit one based on more truth than most religions, but its still a money making organization with unchangeable rules. I'm gonna stick to going solo, maybe try to meditate with my friends.