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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Rosicrucianism

(Literally the ÒRose crossÓ) The name was first given to the disciples of an adept known as Christian Rosenkreuz, who supposedly lived Germany around 1460. He is said to be the founder of an order of mystical students whose early history is to be found in the German work, Fama Fraternitatis (1614), which has been published in several languages.

The members of the Order maintained their secrecy, but traces of them have been found in various places every half century since these dates. This organization which was extremely Christian in its orientation, apparently died out around the beginning of the 19th century. The best-known modern Rosicrucian organization, the Ancient and Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross (AMORC), was founded shortly after the turn of the 20th century and derived its charter from an organization in France which evolved from an organization founded by Aliester Crowley. There is no obvious connection between the original 17th century Rosicrucians and any modern group using the name

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.

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

Rosicrucianism: A mystical, philosophical movement that emerged in the seventeenth century and spawned several secret organizations or orders concerned with the study of religious mysticism, alchemy, Qabalah, and professing esoteric spiritual beliefs. The symbolism of Rosicrucianism is primarily Chrstian and the Rosicrucian path emphasizes the way of transformation through the Christ impulse.

(See also: Rosicrucianism, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

The Confraternity of the Rose Cross (CR+C) is a pseudo Rosicrucian organization founded by former AMORC Imperator Gary L. Stewart in 1996. It is active in USA, United Kingdom, Brazil and other countries. CR+C uses the old version of the Rosicrucian Monographs, prior to their modernisation by AMORC in the 1990's, mainly because Mr. Stewart no longer has access to the updated AMORC monographs and uses instead monographs that were issued by AMORC before the 1990 schism. Gary L. Stewart has also founded t ...

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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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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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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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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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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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• Mental plane - Predecessors of the concept
• Mental plane - Hermetic Theosophical and Rosicrucian interpretations
• Mental plane - Some current definitions of the mental plane

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The Rosicrucian Order, Ancient Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis (AMORC) is a worldwide mystical, Rosicrucian, educational, humanitarian and fraternal organization that was founded by Harvey Spencer Lewis in 1915. Its name in Latin is Antiquus Mysticusque Ordo Rosæ Crucis, often abbreviated to AMORC. Its traditional and authentic Latin name is Antiquus Arcanus Ordo Rosæ Rubæa et Auræa Crucis (AAORRAC), which translates to Englis ...

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• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Organization and structure
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - AMORC Leadership
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Schism in AMORC and New Organizations
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - History
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Publications
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Rosicrucian Digest
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Rosicrucian Forum
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Rose+Croix Journal
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Mastery of Life
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - The Positio Fraternitatis Rosæ Crucis
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Conferences and Councils
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Headquarters
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Radio Programs
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Criticism
• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Related topics

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• Astral body - The astral body in Neoplatonism
• Astral body - The astral body in Theosophy
• Astral body - The desire body in Rosicrucianism
• Astral body - Later interpretations
• Astral body - The astral body in generic New Age thought
• Astral body - Artistic depictions

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• Etheric plane - Etymology
• Etheric plane - Alchemy background
• Etheric plane - Rosicrucian and Esoteric Christianity conceptions
• Etheric plane - New scientific conception of the Aether ether

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The Illuminati is the name of many groups, modern and historical, real and fictitious, verified and alleged. Most commonly, however, The Illuminati refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, the least secret of all secret societies in the world, described below. Most use refers to an alleged shadowy conspiratorial organization which controls world affairs behind the scenes, usually a modern incarnation or continuation of the Bavarian Illuminati. Illuminati is sometimes used synonymously with New World Order.< ...

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• Illuminati - Origins
• Illuminati - Alumbrados of Spain
• Illuminati - Illuminés of France
• Illuminati - Rosicrucians
• Illuminati - Martinists
• Illuminati - The Bavarian Illuminati
• Illuminati - History
• Illuminati - Cultural effect
• Illuminati - The Illuminati in popular culture

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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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• Esoteric Christianity - Biblical foundations
• Esoteric Christianity - Biblical counterpoints
• Esoteric Christianity - 20th century Writings

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Below is a brief description of what a neophyte will learn during his or her first five years of affiliation with AMORC. These teachings are part of the Rosicrucian Monographs. These are not the only subjects covered by the Rosicrucian system. The list contained here, which should be perceived as unofficial, is adapted from the Rosicrucian Home Study Lessons section of the Web version of the Mastery of Life published by the English Grand Lodge for the Americas. You are advised to read the official and complete list at AMORC's website: Dir ...

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Rosicrucian Monographs, Rosicrucian Monographs - Introduction, Rosicrucian Monographs - AMORC's Rosicrucian Monographs, Rosicrucian Monographs - Neophyte Section, Rosicrucian Monographs - Temple Section

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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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It is referred that the mission of the Rosicrucian Order (Western Mystery School), working through The Rosicrucian Fellowship, is to promulgate a scientific method of development suited particularly to the Western people where by this wedding garment may bewrought, so that mankind may hasten the day of the Lord. ...

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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 monographs are printed as small booklets but they are not available to the general public. Only members of certain Rosicrucian orders may have access to these documents. Their content is considered confidential. Although at first the monographs were exclusive to AMORC, today they are also available by other Rosicrucian orders which began as "forks" from AMORC. For example, the Confraternity of the Rose Cross (CR+C) says that it offers the old Lewis' monographs, without the newer modifications and updates by AMORC. The CR+C m ...

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Rosicrucian Monographs, Rosicrucian Monographs - Introduction, Rosicrucian Monographs - AMORC's Rosicrucian Monographs, Rosicrucian Monographs - Neophyte Section, Rosicrucian Monographs - Temple Section

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Essays Alexandre David, Fama Fraternitatis - Introdution, [15]. Corinne Heline, The Seven Jewels and the Seven Stages of Initiation , [16] Fictional literature Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale (1842), [17]. Prentiss Tucker, In the Land of the Living Dead: an Occult Story (1929), [18]. Hermann Hesse, Journey to the East (1932, also "Journey to the Land of the Morning/of the Tomorrow" (Die Morgenlandfahrt)) ...

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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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