The Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded in 1909/11 by Max Heindel as herald of the Aquarian Age and with the aim of promulgating the Rosicrucian teachings of the Mystery School of the West, the invisible Rosicrucian Order (which, according to Max Heindel, is an Order in the inner worlds, having no direct connection to physical organizations which call themselves by this name). The Rosicrucian Fellowship conducts Spiritual Healing Services and offers correspondence courses in Esoteric Christianity Philosophy, Spiritual Astrology, and Bi ...

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• Rosicrucian Fellowship - Origins & foundation
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - Philosophy teachings
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - Life as a School: doctrine of Rebirth and Law of Cause and Consequence
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - Evolution
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - The Seven-fold constitution of Man
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - The Seven Worlds & the Seven Cosmic Planes
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - The Ten-fold constitution of Man
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - Death as a Birth
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - the Cosmic Christ and the Christ Within
• Rosicrucian Fellowship - Rosicrucian mission

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Rosicrucian Fellowship

A major Rosicrucian organization in Oceanside, CA, founded by Max Heindel. Emphasis on astrology. See Rosicrucianism.

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

Rosicrucian Fellowship - Life as a School: doctrine of Rebirth and Law of Cause and Consequence. These teachings advocate the dualistic view: on one hand, they hold that man is a Spirit enfolding all the powers of God and that these powers are being slowly unfolded by a series of existences in a gradually improving earthy body; on the other hand, that this process of development has been performed under the guidance of exalted Beings who are yet ordering our steps, though in a de ...

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Rosicrucian Fellowship, Rosicrucian Fellowship - Origins & foundation, Rosicrucian Fellowship - Philosophy teachings, Rosicrucian Fellowship - Life as a School: doctrine of Rebirth and Law of Cause and Consequence, Rosicrucian Fellowship - Evolution, Rosicrucian Fellowship - The Seven-fold constitution of Man, Rosicrucian Fellowship - The Seven Worlds & the Seven Cosmic Planes, Rosicrucian Fellowship - The Ten-fold constitution of Man, Rosicrucian Fellowship - Death as a Birth, Rosicrucian Fellowship - the Cosmic Christ and the Christ Within, Rosicrucian Fellowship - Rosicrucian mission

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The first Rosicrucian society in the United States was founded in Pennsylvania in 1694. Harvey Spencer Lewis founded The Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) in 1909. Lewis claimed to have been initiated into the Brotherhood in France. The AMORC now has its headquarters in San Jose, California. The AMORC is an international fraternal order that operates through a system of lodges. It fosters the Rosicrucian philosophy of developing humankind's highest potentialities and psychic powers through study and practice. M ...

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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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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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According to Max Heindel and in Esoteric Christianity, in the beginning of a Day of Manifestation a certain collective Great Being, God, limits Himself to a certain portion of space, in which He elects to create a Solar System for the evolution of added self-consciousness. In God there are contained hosts of glorious Hierarchies and lesser beings of every grade of intelligence and stage of consciousness, from omniscience to an unconsciousness deeper than that of the deepest trance condition. During the current period of manifes ...

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The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Comments about the Cosmo, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Notes

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The author's perspective (Max Heindel in A Word to the Wise, foreword in RCC) If the book is "weighed and found wanting," the writer will have no complaint. He only fears a hasty judgment based upon lack of knowledge of the system he advocates--a hearing wherein the judgment is "wanting" in consequence of having been denied an impartial "weighing." He would further submit, that the only opinion worthy of the one who expresses it must be based upon knowledge. Yet he is convinced ...

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The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Comments about the Cosmo, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Notes

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List of religions - Esotericism. Alchemy Anthroposophy Esoteric Christianity Freemasonry Gnosticism Kabbalah Occultism Rosicrucian Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis Confraternity of the Rose Cross Rosicrucian Fellowship Surat Shabda Yoga List of religions - Mysticism. Christian mysticism Gnosticism Hindu mysticism ...

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List of occultists - Rosicrucian Movements:. Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) Confraternity of the Rose Cross Fraternitas Rosae Crucis Rosicrucian Fellowship Rosicrucianism List of occultists - Other Mystical Movements:. Freemasonry FUDOSI FUDOFSI ...

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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, various groups styled themselves Rosicrucian. Almost all claimed to be authentic heirs to a historical Rosicrucian tradition. These include the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), the Confraternity of the Rose Cross (CR+C), Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship, Societas Rosicruciana, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, and others as well. Rosicrucian - Esoteric Christ ...

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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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Oceanside is also known for the nature grounds of Mount Ecclesia, The Rosicrucian Fellowship international headquarters founded in Oceanside in 1911. This is also the location of its Spiritual Healing Temple. It is located at a picturesque location in southern California, situated upon the promontory of a high mesa. Mount Ecclesia was launched in October 28, 1911, through a ceremony of ground-breaking which consisted in planting a large Cross with the initials C.R.C. (meaning Christian Rose Cross, the head of the spiritual Rosi ...

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Oceanside California, Oceanside California - Geography, Oceanside California - Demographics, Oceanside California - Housing, Oceanside California - Attractions, Oceanside California - Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside California - Famous Oceanside residents

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List of Hermetic movements: List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is a famous mystical movement which included many well-known figures, apart from the listed Grand Masters including Dion Fortune, William Butler Yeats, and Pamela Colman Smith. Samuel Liddell McGregor Mathers, founder Arthur Edward Waite, who left in 1914 and then started the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross ...

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List of dignitaries of mystical organisations, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Rosicrucian Organisations, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Rosicrucian Order AMORC, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Confraternity of the Rose Cross, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Freemasonry, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Grand Lodge of Greece A.F. & A.M., List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - United Grand Lodge of England, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Supreme Council 33rd Degree So. J. USA, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Supreme Council 33rd Degree No. J. USA, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraim, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Federations, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - FUDOSI, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - FUDOFSI, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Hermetic movements, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Other movements, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Servants of the Light, List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Companions of the Glyph

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Rosicrucian Anthroposophic League

Break-off of Rosicrucian Fellowship in New York, NY: founded by S. R. Parchment,

(See also: Rosicrucian Anthroposophic League, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

The term Western mystery tradition (also Western Esoteric tradition) refers to the collection of the mystical esoteric knowledge, such as Kabbalah, of the western world. Western mystery tradition - History. The Western mystery tradition traditionally started in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Rome and Israel, while it contains many characteristics from the Pagan people of Ancient Britain and Scandinavia, such as the Celts. Ancient figures associated with the Western tradition include Plato, Pyt ...

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• Western mystery tradition - The Dark Ages
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• Western mystery tradition - The Second World War
• Western mystery tradition - The Collapse of the Soviet Union
• Western mystery tradition - Today
• Western mystery tradition - Philosophy
• Western mystery tradition - Initiation
• Western mystery tradition - The Main Themes
• Western mystery tradition - The Teachings
• Western mystery tradition - Organisations
• Western mystery tradition - People
• Western mystery tradition - Texts

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Esoteric Christianity refers to the occult study and the mystic living of the esoteric knowledge related to what adherents view as the "inner teachings" of early Christianity, seen as a Mystery religion. The term is thought by some to be originally associated with the Essenes and the Rosicrucians. Some modern-day practitioners believe that the foundational teachings of Esoteric Christianity were publicly presented to the world in the early 20th century (1) in an effort to establish a future universal religion as mankind, with a ...

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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 - Magic religion
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Esotericism refers to knowledge suitable only for the advanced, privileged, or initiated, as opposed to exoteric knowledge, which is public. It is used especially for mystical, occult and spiritual viewpoints. Esotericism - Etymology. Esoteric is an adjective originating in Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: "within". Esoteric refers to anything that is inner and occult. It ...

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• Esotericism - Traditions
• Esotericism - Esotericism in popular culture

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Esoteric is an adjective originating in Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: "within". Esoteric refers to anything that is inner and occult. Its antonym is exoteric, from the Greek eksôterikos, from eksôtero, the comparative form of eksô: "outside". Plato (427-347 BC) uses in his dialogue Alcibíades (aprox. 390 BC) the expression ta esô meaning «the inner things ...

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Esotericism, Esotericism - Etymology, Esotericism - Esoteric vs. Esotericism, Esotericism - Nuances, Esotericism - Scope, Esotericism - Historical sketch, Esotericism - Esoteric themes, Esotericism - Traditions, Esotericism - Esotericism in popular culture

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List of spirituality-related topics - Esotericism and mysticism. Eckankar Harold Klemp Quan Yin Method Suma Ching Hai Sant Mat Baba Sawan Singh Radha Soami Satsang Beas Sant Baljit Singh Sant Kirpal Singh Sant Thakar Singh Shiv Dayal Singh Surat Shabda Yoga