The stupendous and grotesque figures on Easter Island, isolated in the South Pacific 2300 miles west of Chile, are to become objects of investigation by a Rosicrucian expedition. Rosicrucians contend, declares J. H. Woodcock, of Hendersonville. local Rosicrucian commissioner, that Easter Island is a vestige of the once 10 eat continent of Lemuria, thought for centuries to be a mythical land. The huge sculptures and monoliths inscribed with picturegraphs, it is related, bear a remarkable resemblance in design and symbology to the ones found in the ruins of Yucatan.
There is sufficient reason to believe, Mr. Woodcock has been advised by the Grand Lodge of the Rosicrucians in San Jose. Calif., that at a prehistoric period the survivors of the great cataclysm reached the shores of what is now Mexico and re-established their civilization. The AMORC, Rosicrucians’ plan, following their Egyptian expedition which begins in January of 1936, to investigate the mysteries of Easter Island, led by faculty members of the, Rose-Croix University, an affiliated body.
Mr. Woodcock states that he has been requested to acquaint all other members of the philosohpical order in this vicinty, during the course of the year, with particulars of the venture so that all who desire may accompany the
expedition. It is said the Azores Islands may be included in the i itinerary because recent geological surveys point to the possibility that they are extinct volcanic peaks of a submerged continent.
The Times-News, Hendersonville, N.C., June 19, 1935