What is Rosicrucianism?
Most questions about the Rosicrucians concern their history, philosophy and the Rose Cross Tradition. Many visitors find this introduction to Rosicrucianism to be a good start.
The Forgotten English Roots of Rosicrucianism
Ron Heisler
Michael Maier, according to his own statement, first heard of the Rosicrucian brotherhood when in England.
Rosicrucianism
Rosicrucian texts
Rosicrucianism is a modern movement begun in 1868 by R. W. Little that claims ties to an older Society of the Rose and Cross that was founded in Germany in 1413 by Christian Rosencreuz.
Rosicrucianism also has its roots in Kabbalah, and particularly the Zohar.
Similarly Freemasonry and the "Order of Illuminati" founded by Adam Weishaupt in the late 1700's.
Rosicrucianism
Between 1614 and 1616, three curious documents appeared in Europe announcing the existence of a hitherto secret society, "The Rosicrucian Fraternity".
When Rosicrucianism became the philosophical "fad" of the seventeenth century, numerous documents on the subject were also circulated for purely commercial purposes by impostors desirous of capitalizing its popularity.
The Star of Rosicrucianism is now once more in the ascendant and our Society has made rapid strides in the past ten years.
According to Rosicrucianism, they were misshapen elemental spirits that dwell in the bowels of the earth. It is believed that Paracelsus was the first one using the word, probably based on the Greek ge-nomos (earth-dweller).
California College: Masonic Rosicrucianism
A Brief Study of the Rose Cross Symbol
The Rosicrucian Archive
Jack Courtis: Greek Kabala
Lectorium Rosicrucianum: Internation School of the Rosy Cross ...
of an elect minority; that it has been perpetuated in secrecy from one to another and has been recorded in secret literatures, like those of Alchemy and Kabalism; that it is contained also in those Instituted Mysteries of which Rosicrucianism offers ...
Unlike Blavatsky's group, the Golden Dawn was largely western in its magical inclinations: Christianity, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and alchemy shaped much of its teachings, though blended with Egyptian and (originally) Jewish Qabalistic elements.
Over the centuries it has developed in many directions, with strong influences from Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism, but continued input from Jewish Kabbalah has meant that many variants are not so different in spirit from the original.
Driven underground, it disguised itself as alchemy, Kabbalistic mysticism, Rosicrucianism, and a host of other alternative spiritualities. Gnostic thought eventually resurfaced in the writings of the eminent depth psychologist, Dr. Carl Jung.
Today the Golden Dawn continues to teach the initiate Egyptian mysticism, Judeo-Christian, Greek, Gnostic, Rosicrucianism and more.
The Preservation of the Templars' Tradition. The Royal Order of Scotland. The Brothers of the Rosy Cross. The Literature of Rosicrucianism. The Traditional History of the Rosicrucians. The History of the Order.
John Dee, regarded by Yates (1972) as a source of Rosicrucianism, was interested in Joachim's number symbolism.
 See also: World, Philo, Christ, Spirit, Mystic
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