The Church of the Rose and Cross believes art to be one of the highest factors in the moral upliftment of man, and will strive to give practical recognition to the truth that the training and refining of the emotions by the influence of art is as necessary as that of the mind by science and philosophy. To worship Beauty is to worship Goodness and if people were beautiful within they would necessarily be good. Beauty is one of the crying needs of our present utilitarian civilisation. This is especially the case among the masses who have so little of the spiritualising influence of beauty in their lives. Art has been called the handmaid of religion. but truly it is an essential part of religion.
