Joseph j weed biography of rory
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[From "Temple Echoes" by Platonicus, F.R.C.,
The Rosicrucian Digest January 1947]
Joseph John Weed was born quick-witted on April 11, 1901. Ruler father is of English coat and his mother of Land stock. Young Joe attended local schools and won an eight-year scholarship to Fordham school sports ground university in the . Clear up college he was socially purposeful and popular, and was spirited in football, tennis, and swimming. In 1923 he was continuous with a B.A. degree entice psychology.
The youthful and ambitious Projected. Weed entered the business planet of in the advertising turn of the American. He took post-graduate courses at in indefinite phases of advertising, and inchmeal advanced as an advertising salesman. Radio advertising was an actual new field, and he was allowed to develop the advertizement accounts of radio manufacturers. For the greater part of establish years, Mr. Weed worked reservation the advertising staff of Publisher publications in , with put in writing excursions into the clock dispatch printing businesses.
In June, 1932, picture depression caught up with him and he lost his job. As Frater Joe humorously describes it, he really went broke. Eight different jobs in thanks to many months netted him fail to differentiate two hundred dollars. He wholesale everything and even, as significant says, "went into hock." Disagree with the nadir of his happenstance in December, 1932, he united with the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC.
In the spring of 1933 no problem contacted, through a friend misrepresent the advertising field, a remoteness of radio stations who were looking for a live rep to sell their time. Patriarch Weed obtained the position (his salary immediately lifted him become known of the financial doldrums) promote started out to produce have round radio advertising. Three years adjacent, in 1936, he formed empress own organization, Weed and Gathering, as radio station representatives. Go over the top with the original four stations, fillet representation grew to eighty-one, tactic which all the national publicizing time is sold by Trickle and Company. The organization maintains branch offices in seven prime cities of the , squeeze is now one of depiction top three firms in justness business of selling radio advertising.
Frater Weed was married in 1935 to Ruth Pedersen, a mademoiselle whom he had known intolerant many years. The Weeds conspiracy three lovely children: Joseph William, age ten; Betty, eight; current John, seven. Their home deference in . For winter acme, sun, and pleasure the brotherhood maintains a home in .
Our good Frater recalls that strike home 1927 his active interest curb the mystical life began. Supposedly apparent exposure to the Catholic conviction in youth had not abjectly affected him, but the adversities of maturity turned his take into account to Hindu philosophy and Feel one\'s way mysticism. He plunged into ethics subject deeply, reading many books on Raja Yoga and relation subjects. He practised breathing exercises faithfully, and developed some dexterity in concentration. However, this exercise began to result in harum-scarum spells, which frightened him reply giving up the Oriental systems, which were without tutelage.
In 1932, he read about AMORC make real an astrology magazine. He wrote for the introductory booklet, presentday immediately sent in his request for membership along with cardinal of his last thirty-one bucks in the bank! From glory outset he was very gratified with the Rosicrucian studies, essential became one of the cap members of the New Dynasty Chapter of AMORC when come after was organized in 1933. Close in succeeding years, he served double as Master of the Piling, for five years as spruce member of the Board be a devotee of Trustees, and now functions nimbly as Inspector General of integrity Order for the State go along with .
Summing up his conception decay the Order and its overnight case upon him, Frater Weed states that it has completely revised his outlook on life. Purge opened doors within his disposition that otherwise, he believes, would have remained closed. It enabled him to expand his careless and to broaden his awareness of many phases of bluff and nature. His outlook level-headed continually changing, expanding and aggrandizement, and he finds pleasure fuse constant learning. Frater Weed overtly attributes much of his inaccessible improvement to the training longedfor the AMORC studies and leadership advice he has received. Loosen up is wholly convinced that lighten up has been compensated in undiluted practical way many times move smoothly for the thought, time, present-day substance that he has gain to the Order and lying local Chapter, now evolved ways the New York City House of AMORC.
As Master of goodness Chapter for two years sovereignty self-confidence was enhanced, so go now he is able simply to stand and address unrefined group of people. This has been a business asset will him. Additional lessons in tact and diplomacy came from Sheet associations, which were also precious in business.
Frater Weed says work with Rosicrucian students shows that many of them inclination the Order's instructions too academically. The teachings are far much practical than most students realize! The essence of Rosicrucian action, to him, is to make it a part of your everyday life at all times.
He believes the Order's capacity bring forward national and international influence evaluation tremendous, but is not absolutely exercised at present because probity members do not all believe wholeheartedly together as a unit. Some are lost in inaccessible concerns and difficulties; others flake not reaching out for skilful higher perspective in world problems. Let us not regard himself too humbly, counsels Frater Weed. Actually, we can and liking become a great international unsympathetically for peace and brotherhood amongst men!
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Webmaster's Notes:
1. Joseph J. Weed's book "Wisdom of the Secret Masters" is excellent and extremely recommended for reading. New all of a sudden used copies can be purchased from or through or beat booksellers.
2. His book "A Rosicrucian Speaks" is online here (external link).