AMORC is a worldwide organization, established in the United States of America as a nonprofit 501 ( c )( 3 ) public benefit corporation, with the specific and primary purpose of advancing the knowledge of its history, principles, and teachings for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes.

Each AMORC Grand Lodge has its own headquarters and facilities.

After the war ended AMORC was able to lend support to its European sister organizations.

* Facebook has rapidly become a major forum for North American AMORC, with over 11, 000 fans for its main Facebook page as of December 2009.

One of its leading founders was AMORC ( Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis ).

The 8th convention ended after Ralph M. Lewis criticized Jean Mallinger ( Sar Elgrim ), a FUDOSI dignitary, for having a " problem " with AMORC for its admission of Afro-American members.

Given the mission to both bring Rosicrucian ideas back to America ( an early group had a settlement in Pennsylvania during the 17th century, but it had long been dissolved ), and to promote them in a modern way, Lewis established AMORC, becoming its first Imperator and writing what became the order's first canon of lessons in mysticism, and spending the rest of his life working on AMORC's behalf.

The OMT in Europe and its American branch, the Traditional Martinist Order ( TMO ) still exist, but are reserved exclusively for members of AMORC.

AMORC claims to be an authentic Western mystery school, the modern manifestation of the ancient Order, keeping the teachings of the ancient Rose-Croix Order.

AMORC maintains that the next Rosicrucian expedition came in the chartered vessel Sarah Maria during the early months of 1694 under the leadership of Grand Master Johannes Kelpius and they established a colony in what is now Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

Martha travelled with Lewis at Egypt during the AMORC Grand Tour of Egypt .< ref >

In 1921 he contributed financially to the archaeological excavations at Tel el Amarna ( the capital city of the pharaoh Akhenaten ) of the Egypt Explorations Society of Boston by receiving donations from AMORC members.

In return, the Egypt Explorations Society donated several Egyptian antiquities to AMORC.

After Lewis ' tour in Egypt in 1929, AMORC received many more artifacts and donations and as a result the collection grew significantly, with more than 2000 exhibits.

May Banks-Stacy, the co-founder of AMORC, was said to be one of the last successors to the original colony of Rosicrucians that settled in America during the late 17th century, and an initiate of the Rosicrucians of the East.

Below is a brief description of what a AMORC students will learn during their future years of affiliation with AMORC.

The “ Plane ” degrees were created by HSL's son Ralph Maxwell Lewis ( 1904 – 1987 ), initiate name: Sar Validivar, during his period as AMORC Imperator ( 1939 to 1987 ).

AMORC also claims that among their most esteemed pupils were Pharaoh Akhenaten ( Amenhotep IV ) and his wife Nefertiti.

It is also believed by the Rosicrucian organization AMORC, that Bacon would have influenced a settlement of mystics in North America, stating that his work " The New Atlantis " inspired a colony of Rosicrucians led by Johannes Kelpius, to journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a chartered vessel called Sarah Mariah, and move on to Pennsylvania in late XVII Century.

The Rosicrucian organization AMORC claims that Francis Bacon was the " Imperator " ( leader ) of the Rosicrucian Order in both England and the European continent, and would have directed it at that time of the Renaissance.

Tristan Bernard's grandson Christian Bernard is the current Imperator of the Rosicrucian organization AMORC.

* Bernard, Christian ( 2001 ) Rosicrucian Order AMORC: Questions and Answers Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, San Jose, California, ISBN 978-1-893971-02-8 ; based upon the earlier versions by Harve Spencer Lewis 1929 and following, and Heindel, Max ( 1910 ) ' The Rosicrucian philosophy in questions and answers M. A.

* Crowborough is also home of the English Grand Lodge for Europe and Africa of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC.

The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis, also called the Rosicrucian Order ( AMORC ), is a worldwide philosophical and humanistic fraternal organization devoted to " the study of the elusive mysteries of life and the universe.

The name AMORC is an abbreviation for the Latin title Antiquus Mysticusque Ordo Rosæ Crucis (" Ancient and Mystic Order of the Rosy Cross ") Harvey Spencer Lewis, an author, occultist and mystic who founded AMORC in the United States of America, wrote that " from the very start, and with the issuance of the first public manifesto, the correct name of the international Rosicrucian organization was used, namely, the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis.

This is a slightly abbreviated form of the original Latin name, Antiquus Arcanus Ordo Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis, and the initials AMORC were immediately used as well as the true and original symbol of the Rosicrucian Order — the golden cross with but one red rose in the center.

The organizational headquarters for different jurisdictions of the AMORC are designated as " Grand Lodges.

All Grand Lodges are governed by The Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC.

The Supreme Grand Lodge meets annually, often in Lachute, Quebec, Canada ( however, in August 2009 the Supreme Board met in Toulouse, France, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of H. Spencer Lewis's initiation there ), and is responsible for the worldwide coordination of AMORC, the establishment of new administrations, and the appointment of jurisdictions to Grand Lodges, usually based on language.

On a local level, members of AMORC often form smaller affiliated groups organized as Lodges, Chapters, Pronaoi, or Atrium Groups.

Most affiliated bodies of the AMORC offer Open Meetings or Lectures to which the general public is invited and welcome.

They are authorized by AMORC but are not affiliated bodies.

Walt Disney was once a member of AMORC as was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Jack Palance's daughter Holly Palance.

AMORC headquarters were located in New York City, San Francisco, and then Tampa before moving to San Jose, California, in 1927.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York.

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