Rosy cross

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The history of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, may be divided into two general classifications: traditional and chronological. The traditional history consists of mystical allegories and fascinating legends that have been passed down for centuries by word of mouth. The Rosicrucian Order’s chronological accounts are based on specific dates and verifiable facts.

Book of Shadows: The Rosy Cross (also called Rose Cross and Rose Croix) is a symbol largely associated with the semi-mythical Christian Rosenkreuz, Qabbalist, alchemist, and founder of the Rosicrucian Order. The Rosy Cross is also a symbol found in some Masonic Christian bodies, and it was used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, in Thelema, by the Ordo Templi Orientis, and by the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, as well.

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The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross is a Rosicrucian society of hermetic wisdom, alchemical, mystical, theosophical and spiritual truth.

The Rosy Cross. The complete symbol. Interesting background.

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The necromantic powers of the Rosy Cross are the key to processing the ultimate secret of the Holy Grail.

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A Christian Rosenkreutz Anthology Compiled and Edited by Paul M. Allen, published in 1974. This anthology includes The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians, The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, The Fame and Confession of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross, The Pleasure Garden of Chymistry, and important writings on the Rosicrucians by Robert Fludd, Thomas Vaughan, Hinricus Madathanus, Daniel Stolcius, Heinrich Khunrath, Rudolf Steiner, and others.