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Order of the Rosy Cross
The
Order of the Rosy Cross, or Rosicrucians, is a worldwide esoteric
society and fraternity officially called the Ancient Mystic Order of
Rosae Crucis (AMORC), whose official emblem is a cross with a single
rose in the center. The order operates on lodge system and teaches
metaphysical-scientific philosophy of 'practical arts and sciences'.
The
Rosicrucian society was apparently founded in Europe in medieval times
(its existence can be traced back to 12th century in Europe and earlier
in Asia), and was given impetus by the publication of three anonymous
pamphlets in successive years:
1.
Fama Fraternitatis (Account of the Brotherhood, 1614)
2. The Confessio Fraternitatis (Confession of the Brotherhood, 1615)
3. The Third Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz (1616)
They
describe the initiation into the spiritual and alchemical mysteries of
the East (particularly of ancient Egypt) of Christian Rosenkreuz, who
was allegedly born in 1378 but is presumed to be an allegorical figure.
The expressed purpose of the Fama and associated writings was the
spiritualization of individuals according to quasi-Christian
and esoteric principles. Scholars believe these pamphlets, which are
anti-papal and promote Protestant ethics, were probably written by the
German Lutheran pastor Johan Valentin Andreae (1586-1654).
Despite
arousing enthusiasm in the expanding occult community, no later records
exist for membership of the Order. In the eighteenth century various
tracts and manifestoes were published asserting the existence of the
Brothers of the Rosy Cross, and several groups claiming Rosicrucian
origins were active in Russia, Poland, and Germany.
The
first Rosicrucian society in the United States was founded in
Pennsylvania in 1694. In 1909 Harvey Spencer Lewis founded The Ancient
Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) which now has its headquarters in
San Jose, California. Lewis claimed to have been initiated into the
Brotherhood in France. The AMORC is an international fraternal order
that operates through a system of lodges and fosters the Rosicrucian
philosophy of developing humankind's highest potentialities and psychic
powers. Through study and practice, members strive for the perfection
with the ultimate goal being admittance into the Lodge and the
attainment of true knowledge, or cosmic consciousness. Students progress
through twelve degrees of mastery, with the tenth through twelfth
degrees conferred psychically, usually in the Order's temples in the
East. As in Theosophy,
such perfection comes only after various reincarnations, each devoted to
achieving a greater oneness with the Supreme Being. Rosicrucians claim
influence on Freemasonry,
especially since the eighteenth Masonic degree is the Sovereign Prince
Rose Croix of Heredom.
Related
books:
An
Adventure Among the Rosicrucians.
A
New and Authentic History of the Rosicrucians.
A
Rosicrucian Notebook: The Secret Sciences Used by Members of the Order.
A
Rosicrucian Primer: Ancient Landmarks of the Rosicrucians.
Bacon,
Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians.
Fludd
& Freemasonry: The Rosicrucians and the Masonic Connection.
Francis
Bacon and His Secret Society.
Golden
Rosicrucians.
Ravalette: The Rosicrucian's Story.
Real
History of the Rosicrucians.
Riddle
of the Rosicrucians.
Rose
Cross over the Baltic: The Spread of Rosicrucianism in Northern Europe.
Rosicrucian
Emblems of Daniel Cramer.
Rosicrucians
and Magister Christoph Schlegel.
Rosicrucians
in Russia.
Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries.
Secret
Doctrine of the Rosicrucians.
Secret
Doctrine of the Rosicrucians Illustrated With the Secret Rosicrucian
Symbols.
Secret
Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the 16th and 17th Centuries.
The
Hidden Symbols of the Rosicrucians.
The
Invisible College: A Study of the Three Original Rosicrucian Texts.
The
Religion of Christ by Means of the Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians.
The
Rose Cross and the Age of Reason: Eighteenth-Century Rosicrucianism in
Central Europe and Its Relationship to the Enlightenment.
The
Rosicrucian Emblems of Daniel Cramer: The True Society of Jesus and the
Rosy Cross.
The
Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited.
The
Rosicrucians.
The
Rosicrucians, Past and Present, at Home and Abroad.
The
Rosicrucians: The History, Mythology, and Rituals of an Esoteric Order.
True
and Invisible Rosicrucian Order.
Wisdom
of the Mystic Masters.
Further
info:
Ancient Rosae Crucis.
Mount
Heredom.
Rosicrucian
Fellowship, The.
Rosicrucian Order,
AMORC (English-The Americas).
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