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.

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

Fraternitas Rosae Crucis ( Fraternity of the Rosy Cross or FRC ) is a Rosicrucian fraternal organization founded by Paschal Beverly Randolph in 1858, and is the oldest Rosicrucian Order in the US.

Having long used the pseudonym " The Rosicrucian " for his Spiritualist and occult writings, Randolph eventually founded the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, the oldest Rosicrucian organization in the United States, which dates back to the era of the American Civil War.

A co-founder of FUDOFSI, which recognized the Fraternitas as the authentic Rosicrucian organization rather than AMORC, he tried to rekindle the organization after the death of leader Constant Chevillon in World War II.

The American organization being largely inoperative at the time, he undertook the formation and institution of a branch of the Fraternity in the Western Hemisphere that would devote itself exclusively and assiduously to the true Rosicrucian Art and Operation, open to both sexes on a basis of true equality.

On July 30, 1921, Reuss issued another " Gauge of Amity " document, this time to H. Spencer Lewis, founder of A. M. O. R. C., the San Jose, California based Rosicrucian organization.

Through years of study the Rosicrucian who has progressed to this level is understood to be at the master level of understanding the teachings presented by this organization.

* 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.

* Rebisse, Christian ( 2005 ) Rosicrucian History and Mysteries ( translation of Rebisse, Christian ( 2003 ) Rose-croix histoire et mysteres ) Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, San Jose, California, ISBN 1-893971-05-8

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

A Rosicrucian Master's Cross, from the AMORC Rosicrucian Library in San Jose

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.

Francis Bacon an Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order ( as claimed by AMORC )

Jakob Boehme, a Rosicrucian ( as claimed by AMORC )

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.

Other organizations using the name Rosicrucian formed after Stewart's removal from AMORC include the Ghanaian Order of the Rose Cross led by Benjamin Quaye and the Norwegian Order of the Rose Cross led by Robert Aarberg of which both orders are closely allied with Stewart's Confraternity of the Rose Cross ; and the short-lived Ancient Rosae Crucis which was led by Ashley McFadden.

Many of the activities of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC are open to the public, as well as members.

The AMORC publishes several publications including a public magazine called the Rosicrucian Digest, an online academic periodical called the Rose-Croix Journal and a Peace e-zine, as well as books which focus on topics such as metaphysics, mysticism, and Egyptology.

In the United Kingdom the public magazine is named Rosicrucian Beacon and is published quarterly by the " English speaking jurisdiction for Europe, Africa and the Middle East of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC.

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

It is also a fact that the two rival organizations historically disputed their claims to Rosicrucian genuineness.

It claims to be the " authentic Rosicrucian Fraternity that was first instituted in Germany in 1614 ".

The Societas Rosicruciana claims a link to the original Rosicrucian Brotherhood and bases its teachings on those found in the Fama and Confessio Fraternitas texts published in Germany in the early 17th century, along with other similar publications from the same time.

The society claims to be inspired by the original Rosicrucian Brotherhood but does not allege a provable link thereto.

However, as time went by, Gardner became critical of many of the Rosicrucian Order's practices ; Sullivan's followers claimed that he was immortal, having formerly been the famous historical figures Pythagoras, Cornelius Agrippa and Francis Bacon.

* Francis Bacon and the Secret of the Rosicrucian Rose by Mather Walker

Frances Yates does not make the claim that Bacon was a Rosicrucian, but presents evidence that he was nevertheless involved in some of the more closed intellectual movements of his day.

By 1891 he was the official composer and chapel-master of the Rosicrucian Order "", led by, which led to compositions such as,, and the.

The English Rosicrucian society, founded in 1867 by Robert Wentworth Little, claimed Bulwer-Lytton as their ' Grand Patron ', but he wrote to the society complaining that he was ' extremely surprised ' by their use of the title, as he had ' never sanctioned such '.

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.

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 ".

Scholar Ronald Hutton argues in his Triumph of the Moon that Gardner's tradition was largely the inspiration of members of the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship and especially that of a woman known by the magical name of " Dafo ".

Settling down near the New Forest, he joined an occult group, the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship, through which – he claimed – he encountered the New Forest coven, into which he was initiated in 1939.

Fludd was connected to the Rosicrucian movement and the Danzig edition of the Rosicrucian Manifestos was printed by the Danzig printer Andreas Hünefeld ( Huenefeldt or Hunsfeldus ) ( 1609-1652 ).

It is evident that the first Rosicrucian manifesto was influenced by the work of the respected hermetic philosopher Heinrich Khunrath, of Hamburg, author of the Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae ( 1609 ), who was in turn influenced by John Dee, author of the Monas Hieroglyphica ( 1564 ).

It was in this fertile field of discourse that many " Rosicrucian " societies arose.

In 1853, Levi visited England, where he met the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who was interested in Rosicrucianism as a literary theme and was the president of a minor Rosicrucian order.

Wood says that many thought Dyer to be a Rosicrucian, and that he was a firm believer in alchemy.

The term " ludibrium " was used frequently by Johann Valentin Andreae ( 1587 – 1654 ) in phrases like " the ludibrium of the fictitious Rosicrucian Fraternity " when describing the Rosicrucian Order, most notably in his Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, published anonymously in 1616, of which Andreae subsequently claimed to be the author and which has been taken seriously, as virtually a third of the Rosicrucian Manifestos.

This conception of the Rosicrucian world as theater was popularized by the French Situationist Guy Debord in Society of the Spectacle ( 1967 ).