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Rosicrucianism (/ ˌ r oʊ z ɪ ˈ k r uː ʃ ə ˌ n ɪ z əm, ˌ r ɒ z ɪ-/) is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts announcing to the world a new esoteric order.
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception describes that in the Solar System, God's Habitation, there are seven Worlds differentiated by God, within Himself, one after another. [1] These Worlds have each a different "measure" and rate of vibration and are not separated by space or distance , as is the Earth from the other planets.
The Rosicrucian Philosopher, an image in Manly P. Hall's book The Secret Teachings of All Ages, illustrated by John Augustus Knapp. According to the narrative in the Fama Fraternitatis, Christian Rosenkreuz was a medieval German aristocrat, orphaned at the age of four and raised in a monastery, where he studied for twelve years.
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
Christopher McIntosh: "The Rosicrucians: the history, mythology, and rituals of an esoteric order", Weiser Books 1988, ISBN 0877289204 McIntosh, Christopher (1992) The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason: Eighteenth-century Rosicrucianism in Central Europe and its relationship to the Enlightenment, E.J. Brill, New York, ISBN 90-04-09502-0
The Confessio Fraternitatis, 1615. The Confessio Fraternitatis (Confessio oder Bekenntnis der Societät und Bruderschaft Rosenkreuz), or simply The Confessio, printed in Kassel 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 interpreted, by the society of those times, to be ...
While predominantly Rosicrucian, some later AMORC degrees also incorporate neo-Templar elements. [ 3 ] The symbol of the group is a red rose on a gold cross, with the cross representing the concepts of death and resurrection and the rose representing love as well as secrecy.
After the death of Wim Leene in 1938, Jan Leene and Henny Stok-Huyser wrote the doctrine of the group, using pen-names: respectively Jan van Rijckenborgh and Catharose de Petri. [1] Rijckenborgh published a book that is based on the seven letters mentioned in the Bible's book of Revelation and entitled Dei Gloria Intacta .