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unusual facts about Rosicrucian



Blue Gown

In a supposedly private trial race at Kingsclere (which soon became common knowledge), Blue Gown was beaten a neck by Rosicrucian as part of his preparation for the Epsom Derby.

Cidade Eclética

In one of his books, he claims to have visited 300 Kardecist spiritual centers, 18 Masonic temples, 15 Theosophist temples, 823 Candomblé centers, 100 Protestant churches, and 4 Rosicrucian temples.

Daniel Mögling

Daniel Mögling born 1596 in Böblingen, died 1635 in Butzbach, was an alchemist and a Rosicrucian.

Ecclesia

Mount Ecclesia, nature grounds in Oceanside, California with the international headquarters of The Rosicrucian Fellowship

Fraternidade Rosacruciana São Paulo

The Fraternidade Rosacruciana São Paulo ("The Saint Paul Rosicrucian Fellowship" - note that "Saint Paul" is a reference to Paul of Tarsus, not to the Brazilian city) is a Christian Rosicrucian esoteric school founded in 1929 by Lourival Camargo Pereira, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, based on the Max Heindel, Eliphas Levi, Gurdjieff,Pëtr Dem'ǐanovič Uspenskiǐ and Maurice Nicoll teachings.

George Alexander Sullivan

In 1938, also on Catherine Chalk’s land, they built Christchurch Garden Theatre, which called itself “The First Rosicrucian Theater in England.”

George Sullivan

George Alexander Sullivan (1890–1942), founder of the Rosicrucian Fellowship

James Brown Craven

He was the author of Count Michael Maier, doctor of philosophy and of medicine, alchemist, Rosicrucian, mystic, 1568–1622: life and writings published in 1910.

Luiz Gushiken

A former Buddhist, Rosicrucian and Umbandist, he also adhered to Cabala and Zen-Buddhist beliefs, even maintaining close contact with the Bahá'í Faith throughout his life (of which members of his family have been followers for many years).

Marcelo Ramos Motta

At the age of 17 he made contact with the Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua, Arnold Krumm-Heller's Rosicrucian order where Motta took his first initiations in 1948, at the age of 17.

Michael Maier

James Brown Craven, D.D. Rector of St Olaf's Church, Kirkwall, Count Michael Maier, Doctor of Philosophy and Of Medicine, Alchimist, Rosicrucian, Mystic -1568-1622- Life and Writings William Peace & Son, Albert Street Kirkwall, 1910; reprinted 1968, Dawsons of Pall Mall SBN 7129 0335 6

Quinta da Regaleira

With the assistance of the Italian architect Luigi Manini, he designed the 4-hectare estate with its enigmatic buildings, believed to hide symbols related to alchemy, Masonry, the Knights Templar, and the Rosicrucians.

R. Swinburne Clymer

A co-founder of FUDOFSI, which recognized the FRC (Fraternitas Rosae Crucis) - rather than the AMORC (Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis) - as the authentic Rosicrucian organization, Clymer tried to rekindle FUDOFSI after the death of its leader Constant Chevillon (1880-1944) during World War II.

Ralph Lewis

Ralph Maxwell Lewis, Imperator of Rosicrucian organisation Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) from 1939 to 1987

Ralph Maxwell Lewis

Ralph Maxwell Lewis (February 14, 1904 - January 12, 1987), the son of Harvey Spencer Lewis, was the Imperator of Rosicrucian organisation Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) from 1939 to 1987.

Rose-Croix

Rosy Cross, a Rosicrucian symbol found in some Masonic Christian bodies and para-Masonic groups

Rosicrucian Digest

Rosicrucian Digest is a publication of AMORC, published continuously from 1915.

Rosicrucian Fellowship

The first Rosicrucian study center had been already previously formed in Columbus, Ohio (November 14, 1908), where Heindel lectured and taught for a number of months.

Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship

The numbers attending Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship events always were small, and the group is best known today for its association with Gerald Gardner and Peter Caddy.

St. Irvyne

Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian, A Romance is a Gothic horror novel written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1810 and published by John Joseph Stockdale in 1811 in London anonymously as "by a Gentleman of the University of Oxford".

Stanislas de Guaita

De Guaita became interested in occultism after reading a novel by Joséphin Péladan which was interwoven with Rosicrucian and occult themes.

Teofil Ociepka

On the recommendation of his Swiss mentor, Philip Hohmann of Wittenberg, with whom he maintained steady correspondence, Ociepka became a member of the Rosicrucian Lodge and attained the status of Master of Secret Sciences.

Theodor Reuss

Although not a member of a regular Masonic order, he had founded two occult fraternities: the Martinist group, l'Ordre des Supérieurs Inconnus and the Rosicrucian Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix.

Unicursal hexagram

The Symbol itself is the equivalent of the Egyptian Ankh or the Rosicrucian's Rosy Cross; which represents the microcosmic forces (the pentacle, representation of the pentagram with 5 elements, the tetragrammaton or YHVH) interweave with the macro-cosmic forces (the hexagram, the representation of the planetary or heavenly cosmic forces, the divine).

William Backhouse

William Backhouse (1593 – 1662) was a renowned English Rosicrucian philosopher, alchemist, and astrologer.

Wives aboard Noah's Ark

A cabalistic work that appeared in 1670, known as Comte de Gabalis, considered sacred in Rosicrucianism, maintains that the name of Noah's wife was Vesta.


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