Rosicrucian Beacon Online - 2012-12 - AMORC

The Power of
Imagination
by June Schaa
WHY IS IT THAT WE CANNOT foresee clearly,
definitely and without limit into the
future? Perhaps we limit imagination to
the simple reproductions of what we already
know. But true imagination is the inward dream
of Soul; it is the poet’s mirror in which the Cosmic
is reflected. Rosicrucians have long taught that
imagination is the divine gift of Soul. It is the
principle which is behind aspiration, the basis
for the four perfect states of being. All aspiration
is concerned with things that are conceived but
not yet attained. Through this sublime idealism,
this creative imagination, we can transform the
world, converting it from what we conceive it
to be. Imagination sheds illumination on the
everyday world. With its wisdom Benjamin
Franklin invented bifocal eyeglasses and Einstein
discovered relativity.
Before we attempt to understand the ways
we may use imagination, let’s first distinguish it
from other forms of the mental process. To begin
with, imagination is often mistaken for imaging, a
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