Rosicrucianism

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• In the 17th century, Rosicrucianism emerged as a secret society focused on mysticism and the pursuit of enlightenment.

• Using the Kabalistic technique of combining numbers (a practice common in Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism), Father Espinoza's age (45) becomes 4 + 5, or 9; the process of confession begins at nine in the morning (HR 9); and the hour at which the man of the rose begins his demonstration is 3:30 p.m. (3 x 3).

  Academic text (2000)

• And so our esoteric name in Rosicrucianism is spirits of love and freedom.

  André Duqum

• By the early modern period, Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry mingled in the mix.

  Academic text (2010)

• Germany had a strong heritage in occultism: it was the original home of Rosicrucianism, and related movements like Freemasonry were popular.

  Academic text (1993)

• Leonardo da Vinci was a Rosicrucian, but the term Rosicrucianism comes from the term Rose Cross.

• My father saw more than I; he's studied different philosophies as well as Rosicrucianism and Hermeticism.

  Blog text (30)

• And yeah, next thing you know, I'm studying like Hermeticism and Gnosticism and Rosicrucianism and the wisdom traditions and things like that.

  Danny Jones

• This turn-of-the-century organization was founded by people involved in both Theosophy and Rosicrucianism, including the poet W.B. Yeats.

  Academic text (1993)

• Rojas thus reconfirms a lifestyle that permits a person the freedom to contemplate the truly important questions embodied in the rose-mandala of Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism.

  Academic text (2000)

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