The Rosicrucian Order is a legendary and secretive Order dating from the 15th or 17th century. It generally is associated with the symbol of the Rose Cross, which is also found in certain rituals beyond "Craft" or "Blue Lodge" Freemasonry. The Rosicrucian Order is viewed among earlier and many modern Rosicrucianists as an inner worlds Order, comprised of great "Adepts." When compared to human beings, the consciousness of these Adepts is like that of demi-gods. This "College of Invisibles" is regarded as the source permanently b ...

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• Rosicrucian - Origins
• Rosicrucian - History
• Rosicrucian - Influence on Freemasonry
• Rosicrucian - Rose Cross: Alchemy and Divine Sciences of Healing & of the Stars
• Rosicrucian - The Manifestos
• Rosicrucian - Modern groups
• Rosicrucian - Esoteric Christianity groups vs. Para-Masonic groups
• Rosicrucian - List of 'Para-Masonic' groups
• Rosicrucian - List of 'Esoteric Christianity' groups
• Rosicrucian - Reference literature

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Rosicrucian

Member of a medieval European secret society professing esoteric knowledge, founded by Christian Rosenkreuz, 15th century

(See also: Rosicrucian , Body Mind and Soul)

According to a legend published in the 17th century Rosicrucian manifestos, the Rosicrucian Order was founded in 1407 (the early 15th century) by a German pilgrim named Christian Rosenkreuz (1378 - 1484), who studied in the Middle East under various occult masters. During his lifetime, the Order was alleged to be small, consisting of no more than eight members. When Rosenkreuz died in 1484, the Order disappeared, only to be "reborn" in the early 17th century. Most modern Rosicrucianists accept this legend to varying degrees. Some accept it a ...

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Rosicrucian, Rosicrucian - Origins, Rosicrucian - History, Rosicrucian - Influence on Freemasonry, Rosicrucian - Rose Cross: Alchemy and Divine Sciences of Healing & of the Stars, Rosicrucian - The Manifestos, Rosicrucian - Modern groups, Rosicrucian - Esoteric Christianity groups vs. Para-Masonic groups, Rosicrucian - List of 'Para-Masonic' groups, Rosicrucian - List of 'Esoteric Christianity' groups, Rosicrucian - Reference literature

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Rosicrucian Order - Ancient and Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross (AMORC)

Largest and most successful Rosicrucian organization in the US. Founded by H. Spence Lewis and located in large headquarters in San Jose, CA

(See also: Ancient and Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

The New Age movement is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions, often based on mystical experiences, each within a different context.

Part I of II, written by Michael Rogge

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Esoteric Movements

Religious and philosophical groups centered on knowledge or experience accessible only to those who have received a special initiation or attained a special level of spiritual awareness.

Esoteric refers to what is "inner," restricted to persons or groups who are in some way on the "inside" of a secret or process. Esotericists believe they are custodians of an important truth about reality that is unknown to most people either because it has been lost or concealed or because by its nature it is unknowable without special training or induction into its mysteries. In this context, initiation or induction implies a set of experiences designed not only to convey knowledge but also to induce an intuitive awareness of unfamiliar dimensions of reality.

Because of the cognitive and initiatory emphases, esoteric movements are likely to employ study more than devotion, the lecture more than the devotional sermon, and tightly controlled initiatory scenarios more than devotional practice. Precision of information and technical skill in the use of esoteric knowledge are significant, for these features conform the objective nature and practical importance of its insights.

Esoteric movements in the West have flourished at least from the pre-Christian Gnostics on down to the present. Rosicrucian groups. More recent ones are the Order of the Golden Dawn.

(See also: Esoteric Movements , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

AMORC

See Rosicrucian Order.

(See also: AMORC , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Rudolf Steiner

Born Austria, 1861, died 1925. Mystic, clairvoyant, and founder of the Anthroposophical Society, which drew of Rosicrucian, theosophical, and Christian traditions that expressed belief in a spiritual world available to those possessing the highest faculties of intellect, thought accessible through training to all

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Karma Yoga Lesson VI

Detachment; Accept the universe of thought without being affected by it; Avoid cosmogony; You Call change your environment; True vairagya or detachment; Change your point of view; The tangle of thought; The use of the "Neti," "Neti" mantra.

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The New Age movement is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions, often based on mystical experiences, each within a different context.

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Christian Bernard (born November 30, 1951), F.R.C., is the current (as of 2005) Imperator of AMORC, a mystical Rosicrucian order. He became Imperator on April 12, 1990. Christian Bernard was the Grand Master of the French speaking jurisdiction from 1977 to 1993. Before that, he was Grand Secretary. He began working with the Grand Lodge in 1970. Christian Bernard - Interesting Facts about Christian Bernard. Astrological sign: Sagittarius Rosicrucian since the age of 15.Including:

• Christian Bernard - Interesting Facts about Christian Bernard
• Christian Bernard - Other AMORC Imperators

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The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459), ISBN 0933999356, was edited in 1616 in Strasbourg (annexed by France in 1681), and its anonymous authorship is attributed to Johann Valentin Andreae. It is the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious "Fraternity of the Rose Cross" (Rosicrucians). It is an amazing allegoric romance (story) divided in Seven Days, or Seven Journeys, like Genesis, and tells us about the way Christian Rosenkreuz was invited t ...

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The Confessio Fraternitatis (Confessio oder Bekenntnis der Societät und Bruderschaft Rosenkreuz), or simply The Confessio, printed in Kassel (Germany) in 1615, is the second anonymous manifestos, of a trio of Rosicrucian pamphlets, declaring the existence of a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages who were thought to be preparing to transform the political and intellectual landscape of Europe. The Confessio is a breviary about «the true Philosophy», it completes the earlier manifesto (Fama Fraternit ...

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Christian Rosenkreuz (1378 - 1484) is the possibly legendary founder of the Rosicrucian Order. The first anonymous public document on the Rosicrucian Order is the Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis which appeared in 1614 in Kassel (Germany) followed in 1615 by the Confessio Fraternitatis (issued with Fama (...)). In 1616 appears the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz in Strasbourg (annexed by France in 1861) which introduce ...

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Mysticism, from the Greek μυω (muo, "to conceal"), is the pursuit of achieving communion with or conscious awareness of ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct, personal experience (intuition or insight) rather than rational thought; the belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are central to being and directly accessible through personal experience; or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. In the Hellenistic world, ...

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• Mysticism - Types of mystical experience
• Mysticism - Mysticism and epistemology
• Mysticism - Subjectivity and mysticism
• Mysticism - Self-transcending self-discovery
• Mysticism - Mysticism and syncretism
• Mysticism - On the difficulty of defining mysticism
• Mysticism - Theosophy and Occultism
• Mysticism - Examples in major traditions
• Mysticism - Hindu mystics
• Mysticism - Chinese mystics
• Mysticism - Christian mystics
• Mysticism - Islamic mystics
• Mysticism - Jewish mystics
• Mysticism - Other mystics

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Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. Kabbalah is a doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by whic ...

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• Kabbalah - Origin of Jewish mysticism
• Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Maharal
• Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism
• Kabbalah - Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s
• Kabbalah - The modern world
• Kabbalah - Primary texts
• Kabbalah - Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil
• Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God
• Kabbalah - Sefirot
• Kabbalah - A Greek Orthodox theological view
• Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Foretelling the future
• Kabbalah - Practical applications
• Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism
• Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Criticisms
• Kabbalah - Dualism
• Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism
• Kabbalah - Early critiques
• Kabbalah - Within Conservative and Reform Judaism
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah Centre
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society
• Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Fictional representations
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah personalities
• Kabbalah - Footnotes

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Examples of major traditions and philosophies with strong elements of mysticism are: Christian Gnosticism Christian mysticism Eastern Orthodox Hesychasm Javanese mystical movements Judaic Kabbalah Mormonism, being founded on visions, revelations, and angelic ordination Mystery religions and cults Native American Ghost Dances of the late Nineteenth Century were mystical in origin The New Age movement Near Death Experiences Quaker ...

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Mysticism, Mysticism - Types of mystical experience, Mysticism - Mysticism and epistemology, Mysticism - Subjectivity and mysticism, Mysticism - Self-transcending self-discovery, Mysticism - Mysticism and syncretism, Mysticism - On the difficulty of defining mysticism, Mysticism - Theosophy and Occultism, Mysticism - Examples in major traditions, Mysticism - Hindu mystics, Mysticism - Chinese mystics, Mysticism - Christian mystics, Mysticism - Islamic mystics, Mysticism - Jewish mystics, Mysticism - Other mystics

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The publication of the following three anonymous pamphlets in three successive years are the first direct evidence of the Rosicrucians: Fama Fraternitatis (Account of the Brotherhood, 1614) The Confessio Fraternitatis (Confession of the Brotherhood, 1615) The Third Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz (1616) Ostensibly the pamphlets are about a person named Christian Rosenkreuz, who was allegedly born in 1378, but many scholars assume he was meant to be an allegorical figure. The pamphlets describe initiation into the spiritua ...

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Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - Early Sources, Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - European Establishment, Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - American Establishment, Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - Scholarly Analysis, Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - Claims of Inluence

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Trinity Blood - The Vatican. Alessandro XVIII: Alessandro lacks conviction and confidence in himself, and constantly looks to Francesco or Caterina for advice. Despite being the Pope, he is unable to make decisions on his own, thus he is essentially a puppet ruler. Cardinal Francesco di Medici: Harbouring a strong hatred for the vampires, he frequently clashes with his younger sister, Cardinal Caterina, in her pursuits for negotiation and diplomacy. He does not compromise, and persist ...

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Trinity Blood, Trinity Blood - Episodes, Trinity Blood - Characters, Trinity Blood - The Vatican, Trinity Blood - The New Human Empire, Trinity Blood - The Rosenkreuz Orden, Trinity Blood - Other Characters, Trinity Blood - Methuselah Vampire, Trinity Blood - Crusniks, Trinity Blood - Comparisons

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The following is a list of religions. Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible. This system uses a filter system for categorization. A group will be listed in a category as close to the top of the page as the definitions for the category allow. Even if multiple definitions are applicable a religion will only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is fairly liberal. A discussion of the ways in which "major religions" have historically been separated from the list of all religions c ...

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• List of religions - Fictional religions
• List of religions - Forms of religion or alternative beliefs
• List of religions - Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices
• List of religions - Esotericism
• List of religions - Mysticism
• List of religions - Magic religion
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• List of religions - Organizations promoting Ecumenism

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