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nia, ninety miles south of Los Angeles and forty miles north of San Diego, the southwesternmost ¢ity of the United States.

Southern California offers exeeptional opportuni- ties for spiritual growth on aecount of the etherie at- mosphere being denser than in any other part of the | world, and Mount Ecclesia, as the Rosierucian Fellow- ship headquarters are called, has been particularly fa- vored in this respect.

The work was started in the end of 1911. , Since then there has been built:

A Sanctuary, wherein the Rosicrucian temple ser- vices are held.

A two-story Administration Building, containing on the second floor the offices of the vavious executive officers, a large general office, the publishing and edi- torial departments, On the first floor is a large, well- equipped modern printing plant and bindery, including a linotype for setting type, cylinder and platen presses, folding machine, power cutter, book sewing machines, ete. : There is a modern fireproof Dining Hall with a. capacity to accommodate one hundred and twenty at one sitting. In it a wholesome and nutritious meatless diet is served to workers and visitors.

There is also a Ladies’ Dormitory with a commo- dious Class Room and Social Hail, a number of Cottages and a Tent City to take care of the overflow during the yaeation season when a Specially large number of mem- bers visit Mount Feelesia.

The'grounds are growing more beautiful year by year; hundreds of palms and a profusion of flowers, such ox are seen only in California, add to the inspira- tion and make this place a paradise in the truest sense of the word.