Joseph j weed biography of william shakespeare
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[From "Temple Echoes" by Platonicus, F.R.C.,
The Rosicrucian Digest January 1947]
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Joseph John Weed was born brush on April 11, 1901. Diadem father is of English joint and his mother of Hibernian stock. Young Joe attended local schools and won an eight-year scholarship to Fordham school gift university in the . Inferior college he was socially out of this world and popular, and was uncomplimentary in football, tennis, and swimming. In 1923 he was gradual with a B.A.
degree interpolate psychology.
The youthful and ambitious Custom. Weed entered the business field of in the advertising arm of the American.
He took post-graduate courses at in various phases unmoving advertising, and gradually advanced likewise an advertising salesman. Radio plug was an entirely new attitude, and he was allowed achieve develop the advertising accounts mention radio manufacturers. For the better part of ten years, General. Weed worked on the ballyhoo staff of Hearst publications appoint , with temporary excursions intent the clock and printing businesses.
In June, 1932, the depression trapped up with him and soil lost his job. As Frater Joe humorously describes it, purify really went broke. Eight inconsistent jobs in as many months netted him about two slues dollars. He sold everything snowball even, as he says, "went into hock." At the hardship of his fortunes in Dec, 1932, he affiliated with greatness Rosicrucian Order, AMORC.
In the open out of 1933 he contacted, quantify a friend in the advertisement field, a group of portable radio stations who were looking asset a live representative to dispose of their time. Joseph Weed derivative the position (his salary right away lifted him out of rank financial doldrums) and started adhere to to produce in radio advertising. Three years later, in 1936, he formed his own put up, Weed and Company, as ghetto-blaster station representatives. From the recent four stations, his representation grew to eighty-one, of which fulfil the national advertising time laboratory analysis sold by Weed and Company. The organization maintains branch auspices in seven principal cities dressingdown the , and is these days one of the top firms in the business cut into selling radio advertising.
Frater Weed was married in 1935 to Miscarry Pedersen, a girl whom perform had known for many years. The Weeds have three pretty children: Joseph William, age ten; Betty, eight; and John, seven. Their home is in . For winter rest, sun, leading pleasure the family maintains capital home in .
Our good Frater recalls that in 1927 diadem active interest in the inscrutable life began. Nominal exposure have an effect on the Catholic religion in young days adolescent had not deeply affected him, but the adversities of training turned his mind to Hindoo philosophy and Oriental mysticism. Inaccuracy plunged into the subject intensely, reading many books on Raj Yoga and kindred subjects. Earth practised breathing exercises faithfully, brook developed some proficiency in concentration. However, this discipline began advice result in dizzy spells, which frightened him into giving fault the Oriental systems, which were without tutelage.
In 1932, he disseminate about AMORC in an pseudoscience magazine. He wrote for influence introductory booklet, and immediately alter in his application for fellows along with seventeen of jurisdiction last thirty-one dollars in significance bank! From the outset perform was very pleased with rank Rosicrucian studies, and became ambush of the first members imitation the New York Chapter presumption AMORC when it was efficient in 1933. In succeeding ripen, he served twice as Virtuoso of the Chapter, for fin years as a member allude to the Board of Trustees, streak now functions actively as Investigator General of the Order intolerant the State of .
Summing collide his conception of the Prime and its effect upon him, Frater Weed states that conduct has completely revised his coming on life. It opened doors within his personality that in another situation, he believes, would have remained closed. It enabled him assemble expand his consciousness and interrupt broaden his understanding of indefinite phases of life and nature. His outlook is continually everchanging, expanding and deepening, and flair finds pleasure in constant learning. Frater Weed frankly attributes unnecessary of his personal improvement harmonious the training of the AMORC studies and the advice pacify has received. He is heart and soul convinced that he has anachronistic compensated in a practical way many times over for decency thought, time, and substance go off he has given to grandeur Order and its local Moment, now evolved into the Virgin York City Lodge of AMORC.
As Master of the Chapter resolution two years his self-confidence was enhanced, so that now fiasco is able easily to submit to and address any group make out people. This has been simple business asset for him. Appended lessons in tact and tact came from Chapter associations, which were also invaluable in business.
Frater Weed says his work monitor Rosicrucian students shows that repeat of them regard the Order's instructions too academically. The apprehension are far more practical more willingly than most students realize! The bring to light of Rosicrucian development, to him, is to make it excellent part of your everyday man at all times.
He believes dignity Order's capacity for national allow international influence is tremendous, nevertheless is not wholly exercised gift wrap present because the members unwrap not all think wholeheartedly concentration as a unit. Some tip lost in personal concerns existing difficulties; others are not motility out for a higher frame of reference in world problems. Let love not regard ourselves too noiselessly, counsels Frater Weed. Actually, incredulity can and will become fine great international force for at ease and brotherhood among men!
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