Rosicrucianism
Rosicrucianism
Rosicrucianism
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Sources:
Bernard, Raymond. Messages from the Celestial Sanctum. San Jose, CA: Supreme Grand Lodge of
AMORC, 1980.
Lewis, H. Spencer. Cosmic Mission Fulfilled. San Jose, CA: Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC,
1973.
——. The Mystical Life of Jesus. San Jose, CA: Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, 1929.
——. Rosicrucian Manual. San Jose, CA: Rosicrucian Press, 1941.
——. Rosicrucian Questions and Answers. San Jose, CA: Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, 1969.
——. Yesterday Has Much to Tell. San Jose, CA: Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORCS, 1973.
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Sources:
Ancient Rosae Crucis. http://www.arcgl.org/. 7 May 2002.
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Sources:
Ra Un Nefer Amer [R.A. Staughn] Metu Neter. Vol. 1. Bronx, NY: Khamit Publishing Co., 1990.
Straughn, R. A. Black Woman's, Black Man's Guide to a Spiritual Union. Bronx, NY: Oracle of
Thoth, 1981.
——. Meditation Techniques of the Kabalists, Vedantins and Taoists. Bronx, NY: Maat Publishing
Company, 1976.
——. The Oracle of Thoth: The Kabalistical Tarot. Bronx, NY: Oracle of Thoth Publishing
Company, 1977.
——. The Realization of Neter Nu. Brooklyn, NY: Maat Publishing Company, 1975.
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Sources:
Confraternity of the Rose Cross. www.crcsite.org/rosicrucianismcrc.htm. 7 May 2002.
Stewart, Gary L. Awakened Attitude. Pittsburgh, PA: Order of the Militia Crucifera Evangelica, n.d.
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Sources:
Clymer, R. Swinburne. The Age of Treason. Quakertown, PA: Humanitarian Society, 1959.
——. The Rose Cross Order. Allentown, PA: Philosophical Publishing Co., 1916.
——. The Rosicrucian Fraternity in America. 2 vols. Quakertown, PA: Rosicrucian Foundation,
1935.
——. The Rosy Cross, Its Teachings. Quakertown, PA: Beverly Hall Corporation, 1965.
Randolph, Paschal Beverly. Eulis, Affectional Alchemy. Quakertown, PA: Confederation of Initiates,
1930.
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Sources:
Rosenkruz, Sergius. Rosikrucianism. Los Angeles: The Author, 1915.
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Lectorium Rosicrucianum
Western North American Headquarters
Box 9246
Bakersfield, CA 93389
Alternate Address: International headquarters: Bakenessergracht 11-15, 2011JS Haarlem, The
Netherlands; Eastern North American Headquarters: Box 334, Chatham, NY 12037.
The Lectorium Rosicrucianum was founded in Holland in 1924 by a small group of people most of
whom formerly had been members of the Rosicrucian Fellowship. The spiritual leaders of the group
wrote under the pen names Jan Van Rijckenborgh and Catherose de Petri. The organization
remained small until 1940, when it was forced to shut down until after the war. Since its reopening
it has become a worldwide organization. It came to the United States in the early-1970s, and
headquarters were established in Bakersfield, California.
The Lectorium Rosicrucianum describes itself as a gnostic, transfiguristic spiritual school. By
gnostic is meant, "coming from the Logos," i.e., from God the source of all things. Transfiguration
is the name of the path of return to the gnosis (knowledge or divine wisdom) for humans who are
seen as fallen from a divine state and now in need of reawakening and unfolding of the spirit-spark
atom, the rose of the heart, located in the center of ones microcosmic self. People are aided in this
process by the Universal Brotherhood, the divine spiritual hierarchy. The Universal Brotherhood
consists of those of the human life wave who either never fell from the original immortal nature
order or who have returned through a process of building a New Soul Body, through the process of
Transfiguration. The Light of the Universal Brotherhood is transmitted through a transfiguristic
spiritual schools power field into a usable source of energy thus making it possible for individuals
to break the wheel of birth and death (reincarnation after reincarnation). Thereby one can return to
humanity's original sphere, the Sixth Cosmic Region.
The Lectorianum Rosicrucianum is differentiated from other groups using the name Rosicrucian by
its concept of the two Nature Orders. Their philosophy explains that humans are born into this
Nature Order, the Seventh Cosmic Region, the world of nature that individuals perceive and
experience as mortal beings. But humans also carry a remnant of the original nature order, the Sixth
Cosmic Region, as a human immortal seed, the Christ principle in the center of the microcosm.
Thus, the purpose of an individuals life in this nature order is to cooperate with the blossoming of
the rose of the heart, the Christ within, through the process of Transfiguration, in order to return to
the immortal nature order to which s/he originally belonged.
The Lectorium Rosicrucianum has initiated a broad publication program that includes not only the
publication of over forty of the schools books, but their translation into various languages. The
spiritual school's journal, Pentagram, appears in Dutch, English, German French, Portuguese, and
Swedish editions.
Membership: In 2002 the group reported four centers in the United States and two in Canada.
There were 17,000 members worldwide.
Periodicals: Pentagram.
Sources:
Van Rijckenborgh, Jan. The Coming New Man. Haarlem, Neths.: Rozekruis-Pers, 1957.
——. Elementary Philosophy of the Modern Rosecross. Harlem, Neths: Rozekruis-Pers, 1961.
The Way of the Rosecross in Our Times. Haarlem, Neths.: Rozekruis-Pers, 1978.
★1771★
Sources:
Heline, Corinne. Mysteries of the Holy Grail. Los Angeles: New Age Press, 1977.
——. The Mystery of the Christos. Los Angeles: New Age Press, 1961.
——. New Age Bible Interpretation. 7 vols. Los Angeles: New Age Press, 1938-54.
Heline, Theodore. As in the Days of Noah. Los Angeles: New Age Press, 1946.
——. The Redemptive Feminine. Los Angeles: New Age Press, n.d.
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Sources:
Parchment, S. R. Ancient Operative Masonry. San Francisco: San Francisco Center-Rosicrucian
Fellowship, 1930.
——. Astrology, Mundane and Spiritual. San Francisco: Anthroposophical Rosicrucian League,
1933.
——. The Just Law of Compensation. San Francisco: San Francisco Center-Rosicrucian Fellowship,
1932.
——. Steps to Self-Mastery. Oceanside, CA: Fellowship Press, 1927.
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Rosicrucian Fellowship
2222 Mission Ave.
Oceanside, CA 92054
The Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded as a Christian organization in 1909 by Carl Louis von
Grasshoff, better known under his pen-name as Max Heindel (1865-1919). Born in Denmark,
Heindel eventually moved to the United States and, in 1903, settled in Los Angeles, California. He
became active in that city's branch of the Theosophical Society serving as its vice-president for
three years.
According to Heindel, while in Germany (1907-1908), he encountered a being later identified as an
Elder Brother of the Rosicrucian Order, who appeared in his room. After submitting Heindel to a
test to determine his integrity and fitness for being a messenger of the Western Wisdom Teachings,
the being promised to reveal to him the esoteric knowledge he sought. Heindel was given directions
to the Temple of the Rose Cross, near the German-Bohemian border, where he was given the
material to be used in his first book, The Rosicrucian CosmoConception, the basic textbook of the
fellowship.
Returning to the United States, he proceeded to rewrite the book, as the Elder Brother had told him
he would, and publish it. Soon he became a popular speaker, lecturing in Columbus, Ohio; Seattle,
and North Yakima, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Los Angeles, California, which led to the
formation of centers and study groups in these and many other locations. Subsequently, the
teachings of this book spread internationally.
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception puts forth a view of the cosmos from an esoteric Christian
standpoint and advocates the adoption of Jesus Christ as the aspirant's ideal. Heindel also advocates
the intelligent use of spiritual astrology as a tool for self-knowledge and moral development. He
also introduced new formats for temple, healing, marriage, and memorial services, now published in
the fellowship's Manual of Forms.
In 1911, the fellowship's international headquarters were established at Mount Ecclesia in
Oceanside, California, for the purpose of best implementing its two principal goals of healing the
sick and disseminating esoteric Christian teachings. A chapel, administrative offices, residents
quarters, vegetarian cafeteria, and a healing temple were erected on the grounds. An abundance of
literature in the form of correspondence courses, books, pamphlets, and monthly mailings issue
from Mount Ecclesia. The fellowship became a major force in the spread of astrology in the
twentieth century, and many astrologers not connected with the organization use the single-year,
decade and 100-year ephemerides and the Table of Houses, most of which are published on site.
Membership is open to all, provided they are not professional astrologers, mediums, hypnotists, or
palmists. After a two-year term of being a regular student of the fellowship, a person who abstains
from all flesh food, tobacco, mind-altering drugs, and alcohol may apply for Probationership in the
fellowship. Upon his death in 1919, Heindel was succeeded in leadership by his wife, Augusta Foss
Heindel (d. 1949), an accomplished occultist in her own right. Mount Ecclesia remains the
headquarters of the fellowship; the work is carried on there in the same tradition established by the
founders. The Rosicrucian doctrine is preserved in its pristine purity and the service rendered to
humanity throughout all departments retains its original quality of faithful, anonymous dedication.
Membership: In 2002 the fellowship reported 8,000 members worldwide, 700 of which are in the
United States. Members are found on every continent.
Periodicals: Rays from the Rose Cross.
Sources:
Heindel, Max. Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception. Oceanside, CA: Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1937.
——. Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers. Oceanside, CA: Rosicrucian Fellowship,
1922
——. Simplified Scientific Astrology. Oceanside, CA: Rosicrucian fellowship, 1928.
Heindel, Mrs. Max [Augusta Foss]. The Birth of the Rosicrucian fellowship. Oceanside, CA:
Rosicrucian Fellowship, n.d.
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Sources:
Plummer, George Winslow. The Art of Rosicrucian Healing. New York: Society of Rosicrucians,
1947.
——. Esoteric Masonry. Kingston, NY: Society of Rosicrucians, 1988.
——. Principles and Practice for Rosicrucians. New York: Society of Rosicrucians, Inc., 1947.
——. Rosicrucian Healing. Kingston, NY: Society of Rosicrucians, 1988.
Serena. Lettergrams. New York: Society of Rosicrucians, Inc., 1976.
Serena, Mother. Victorinus Teaches. Kingston, NY: Society of Rosicrucians, 1988.
★1775★
Sources:
Voorhis, Harold V. B. Masonic Rosicrucian Societies. New York: Press of Henry Emmerson, 1958.