" Others saw the Rosy Cross as a symbol of the human process of reproduction elevated to the spiritual: " The fundamental symbols of the Rosicrucians were the rose and the cross ; the rose female and the cross male, both universal phallic [...] As generation is the key to material existence, it is natural that the Rosicrucians should adopt as its characteristic symbols those exemplifying the reproductive processes.

The Council of Solace is a group of Rosicrucians who meditate and direct spiritual force for health and harmony daily on behalf of others.

This is a list of people who, according to AMORC, were Rosicrucians or associated with Rosicrucian Tradition and work.

The Templars is one of the primary sources of antagonists for Nephilim, who along with the Rosicrucians supply the most organized opposition.

Ashcroft soon " fell under the influence of his stepfather ", who belonged to the Rosicrucians.

Many of these based their thinking on occult knowledge allegedly handed down through the ages, from the Orient to the Knights Templar and, finally, to the Freemasons and the Rosicrucians who flourished during the Age of Enlightenment.

He saw the Rosicrucians as having fulfilled this role in medieval Europe and was involved with a number of Freemason and other groups who claimed descent from the Knights Templars.

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.

However others, including Daphne du Maurier ( in her biography of Bacon ), have argued there is no substantive evidence to support claims of involvement with the Rosicrucians.

In later centuries, many esoteric societies have claimed to derive their doctrines, in whole or in part, from the original Rosicrucians.

The Opus Dei Prelature have a conference centre at Wickenden Manor near the town, and Rosicrucians also have a presence in nearby Greenwood Gate.

AMORC scholars have suggested that Rosicrucians first came to America in the area of present day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in The Vizcaíno Expedition of 1602 – 1603.

The Rosicrucians have used " coitus reservatus " or " karezza " as an esoteric practice.

* The poet Fernando Pessoa-known defender of Masonic and Rosicrucian ideals and possible Rosicrucian Initiate, as he states " Initiated from Master to Disciple in the three minor degrees of the ( apparently extinct ) Portuguese Templar Order " ( Rosicrucians seem to have had a deep presence in Portugal, intermixed with Templar tradition, and with evidence in monuments and literature, from medieavel times into the 20th century )-wrote an hermetic poem titled " No Túmulo de Christian Rosenkreutz " the Tomb of C. R. C, which states in the final line / verse: " Our Father Rose-n-creuz knows and keeps silent.

According to Émile Dantinne ( 1884 – 1969 ), the origins of the Rosicrucians may have an Islamic connection.

The link between Bacon's work and the Rosicrucians ideals which Yates allegedly found, was the conformity of the purposes expressed by the Rosicrucian Manifestos and Bacon's plan of a " Great Instauration ", for the two were calling for a reformation of both " divine and human understanding ", as well as both had in view the purpose of mankind's return to the " state before the Fall ".

Three such generations had supposedly passed between c. 1500 and c. 1600, a time when scientific, philosophical and religious freedom had grown so that the public might benefit from the Rosicrucians ' knowledge, so that they were now seeking good men.

In 1710 Sigmund Richter, founder of the secret society of the Golden and Rosy Cross, also suggested the Rosicrucians had migrated to the East.

Alice had a strong interest in Spiritualism, Freemasonry, and the Rosicrucians, and was active in the Theosophical Society and a friend of Annie Besant.

The justification for this relies on the Manifestos themselves: on the one hand, the Rosicrucians clearly adopted through the Manifestos the Pythagorean tradition of envisioning objects and ideas in terms of their numeric aspects, and, on the other hand, they directly state, " We speak unto you by parables, but would willingly bring you to the right, simple, easy and ingenuous exposition, understanding, declaration, and knowledge of all secrets.

Rosicrucians clearly adopted through the Manifestos the Pythagorean tradition of envisioning objects and ideas in terms of their numeric aspects, and, on the other hand, they directly state in the Confessio Fraternitatis: " We speak unto you by parables, but would willingly bring you to the right, simple, easy and ingenuous exposition, understanding, declaration, and knowledge of all secrets.

After leaving Germany, Sebottendorff published Die Praxis der alten türkischen Freimauerei: Der Schlüssel zum Verständnis der Alchimie (" The practice of ancient Turkish Freemasonry: The key to the understanding of alchemy "), and then, in 1925, Der Talisman des Rosenkreuzers, a semi-autobiographical novel which is the main source for his earlier life ( see: " Rosicrucians ").

Forster's closest friend, Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, arrived in Kassel shortly after Forster, and both were soon involved with the Rosicrucians in Kassel.

It is known that after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, several mystical societies, such as the Rosicrucians, gained profound revival in Eastern Europe and Russia which resulted in the foundation of many new jurisdictions and lodges.

The sources dating the existence of the Rosicrucians to the 17th century are three German pamphlets: the Fama, the Confessio Fraternitatis, and Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.

However, by 1783 Forster saw that his involvement with the Rosicrucians not only led him away from real science, but also deeper into debt ( it is said he was not good at money ); for these reason Forster was happy to accept a proposal by the Polish Komisja Edukacji Narodowej ( Commission of National Education ) and became Chair of Natural History at Vilnius University in 1784.

Another Rosicrucian group, the Rosicrucian Fellowship headed by Max Heindel, also mentioned Rosicrucians worship Christ as " The Solar Logos " ( Rays from the Cross Magazine, June, 1933 ), although this is not traditional Christian doctrine.

Conspiracy theorists of the Christian right, starting with British revisionist historian Nesta Helen Webster, believe there is an ancient occult conspiracy — started by the first mystagogues of Gnosticism and perpetuated by their alleged esoteric successors, such as the Kabbalists, Cathars, Knights Templar, Hermeticists, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and, ultimately, the Illuminati — which seeks to subvert the Judeo-Christian foundations of the Western world and implement the New World Order through a one-world religion that prepares the masses to embrace the imperial cult of the Antichrist.

According to Rosicrucians, another difference is that there is no such thing as empty or void space.

Perhaps significantly, the doctrine behind The Arcane Teaching is remarkably similar to the philosophy in The Kybalion ( another title attributed to Atkinson ), and significant portions of material from The Arcane Teaching were later re-worked, appearing nearly verbatim in The Secret Doctrines of the Rosicrucians by Magus Incognito ( yet another Atkinson alias ).

Of particular note is Et in Arcadia ego by Nicholas Poussin, which has become famous both in its own right and because of its ( possible ) connection with the gnostic histories of the Rosicrucians.

The term is generally associated with the Essenes and later the Rosicrucians.

Fludd responded with Sophia cum moria certamen ( 1626 ), wherein Fludd admits his involvement with the Rosicrucians.

Its top 33 members were known as the Elder Brothers of the Rosy Cross ( an alternative name for the Rosicrucians ), and were headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

Pierre A. Riffard ( Ph. D., University of the French West Indies ) studies the method used by esotericists themselves ( alchemists, magicians, Rosicrucians, Anthroposophists ...).

Bacon's alleged connection to the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons has been widely discussed by authors and scholars in many books.

She argues that Bacon's movement for the advancement of learning was closely connected with the German Rosicrucian movement, while Bacon's New Atlantis portrays a land ruled by Rosicrucians.

In his 1618 pamphlet, Pia et Utilissima Admonitio de Fratribus Rosae Crucis, Henrichus Neuhusius writes that the Rosicrucians left for the East due to the instability in Europe caused by the start of the Thirty Years ' War.

* Jennings, Hargrave ( 1870 ) The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries John Camden Hotten, London, OCLC 301465719 ; reprinted in 1976 by Arno Press, New York, ISBN 0-405-07957-5

* Waite, Arthur Edward ( 1887 ) The Real History of the Rosicrucians G. Redway, London OCLC 7080058 ; reprinted in 1960 by Society of Metaphysicians, Hastings, England, ISBN 1-85228-705-5 ; reprinted in 2000 by Garber Communications, Blauvelt, New York, ISBN 0-89345-018-9 ; see full text from The Internet Sacred Text Archive

A second charter was granted by the SRIS for a college in New York, and Fratres from Philadelphia and New York met in Philadelphia on April 21, 1880 and formed a High Council, then known as the SRRCA or the Societas Rosicrucianae Reipublica Confoedera America, was later changed to the Society of Rosicrucians in the USA by Most Worthy Frater Shryock in his capacity as Supreme Magus and then properly Latinized in 1934 by & at the suggestion of Dr. William Moseley Brown under the regime of Most Worthy Frater Hamilton.

Having disclosed secret knowledge allegedly led to the Abbott's murder by Rosicrucians in 1675.

The Rosicrucian Fellowship – " An International Association of Christian Mystics " – was founded in 1909 by Max Heindel with the aim of heralding the Aquarian Age and promulgating " the true Philosophy " of the Rosicrucians.

Radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, in his 2008 documentary Endgame: Elite's Blueprint For Global Enslavement, told the listener that " the message of the mysterious Georgia Guidestones, purportedly built by representatives of a secret society called the Rosicrucian Order or Rosicrucians, which call for a global religion, world courts, and for population levels to be maintained at around 500 million, over a 6. 5 billion reduction from current levels.

The Secret Doctrines of the Rosicrucians by Magus Incognito consisted of a nearly verbatim republication of portions of The Arcane Teachings, an anonymous work attributed to Atkinson ( see below ).