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Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rose Cross or Rosy Cross. There have been several Rosicrucian (or Rosicrucian-inspired) organizations since the initial movement was founded, including the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross (1750s–1790s), the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (1865–present), and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887 ...
[1] [2] He founded the organization after a trip to France, claiming that he had been initiated into Rosicrucianism there in what he called an "old tower" in Toulouse. [2] He presented this as a revival of the original, partially mythical and ancient Rosicrucian Order. [3] The Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross (AMORC) was founded in 1915.
Text of the Rosicrucian Manifestos at the Rosicrucian Library web site; The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (You Are Cordially Invited to a Royal Wedding!) French text of the Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosycross Archived 2022-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, the gnostic review by Jan van Rijckenborgh, translated from the dutch ...
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 rose gives the bees honey from title page of Fludd (1629) [11] [b]. The Rosicrucian manifestos tell an allegorical story of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, founded in the early 14th century, or between the 13th and 14th centuries, [13] as an invisible college of mystic sages, by a sage having the symbolic name of Christian Rosenkreuz in order
Another fundamental Rosicrucian concept is the idea of the human being as a microcosm or world in miniature – a system of visible and invisible vehicles surrounded by a magnetic field and bounded by a 'microcosmic firmament', or 'lipika.' This idea is in accordance with the hermetic axiom, 'as above, so below.'
The Legend presented in the Manifestos has been interpreted through centuries as texts full of symbolism. Rosicrucians clearly adopted through the Manifestos the Pythagorean tradition of envisioning objects and ideas in terms of their numeric aspects, and, on the other hand, they directly state in the Confessio Fraternitatis: "We speak unto you by parables, but would willingly bring you to the ...
De La Rochefoucauld financially supported Rosicrucian salons in Paris in the 1890s and was Grand Prior of the movement from 1892 to 1897. These salons were a focal point for mystical studies and promoted the idea of gestes esthétiques, a synthesis of the visual arts, literature and music.