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Rosicrucians Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians The Rosicrucian order is generally believed to have been the idea of a group

of German protestants in the 1600s when a series of three documents were published: Fama Fraternitatis Rosae rucis! onfessio Fraternitatis! and The hymical "edding of hristian Rosen#reut$ anno 1%&'( The documents were so widely read and influential! that the historian Frances )eats refers to the 1*th century as the Rosicrucian +nlightenment( The first document tells the story of a mysterious alchemist , hristian Rosen#reu$- who travelled to various parts of the world gathering secret #nowledge( The second document tells of a secret brotherhood of alchemists who were preparing to change the political and intellectual face of +urope( The third document describes the invitation of hristian Rosen#reu$ to attend and assist at the . hemical/ wedding of a 0ing and 1ueen in a castle of 2iracles( urrent members of the Rosicrucian 3rder claim that its origins are far more ancient than these documents( The authors of the documents seemed to strongly favor 4utheranism and include condemnations of the atholic hurch( Rosicrucianism probably had an influence on 2asonry and! in fact! the 15th degree of Scottish Rite 2asonry is called the 0night of the Rose roi6 ,red cross-( There are a large number of Rosicrucian groups today 7 each claiming to be closely tied to the original( 3f the two main divisions! one is a mi6 of hristianity with Rosicrucian principles! and the other is semi82asonic( The 2asonic type tend to also have degrees of membership

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