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Summary Article: Rosicrucians


from The Columbia Encyclopedia

(rōzĭkrō'shӘnz), members of an esoteric society or group of societies, who claim that their order has
been in existence since the days of ancient Egypt and has over the course of time included many of
the world's sages. Their secret learning deals with occult symbols—notably the rose and the cross, the
swastika, and the pyramid—and with mystical writings containing kabbalistic, Hermetic, and other
doctrines. The first mention of a Rosicrucian group appeared in Fama fraternitatis (1614), possibly
written by Johan Valentin Andreä (1586–1654), and the Confessio rosae crucis (1615), probably
authored by the same person. These works described the travels of Christian Rosenkreuz and the
development of the Rosicrucian society, mainly from Eastern and Arab origins. Some scholars believe
that the name was used by Andreä in the hope that his writings would create a movement dedicated to
social reform and esotericism, and that the description of the society was a work of imagination having
symbolic or satiric intent. The society was variously called Brothers of the Rosy Cross, Rosy-Cross
Knights, and Rosy-Cross Philosophers; its adepts are called Illuminati. There was much diffusion of ideas
between the Rosy Cross and Freemasonry in England during the 18th cent. Rosicrucian symbolism
figures in the writings of William Butler Yeats, particularly in the collection of poems entitled The Rose.
American Rosicrucians, who date from Germantown, Penn. (1694), have splintered into a number of
factions, including the the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis; the Rosicrucian Brotherhood
(Fraternitas Rosae Crucis); the Society of Rosicrucians (Societas Rosicruciana in America); and the
theosophical Rosicrucian Fellowship.

See Yates, F. A. , The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1972);.


McIntosh, C. , The Rosy Cross Unveiled (1980);.
Roberts, M. E. , Gothic Immortals (1989);.
Melton, J. G. , ed., Rosicrucianism in America (1990).

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Rosicrucians. (2018). In P. Lagasse, & Columbia University, The Columbia encyclopedia (8th ed.). New
York, NY: Columbia University Press. Retrieved from
https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians

The Columbia Encyclopedia, © Columbia University Press 2018

The Columbia Encyclopedia, © Columbia University Press 2018

https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians
APA
Rosicrucians. (2018). In P. Lagasse, & Columbia University, The Columbia encyclopedia (8th ed.). New
York, NY: Columbia University Press. Retrieved from
https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians

Chicago
"Rosicrucians." In The Columbia Encyclopedia, by Paul Lagasse, and Columbia University. 8th ed. Columbia
University Press, 2018. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians

Harvard
Rosicrucians. (2018). In P. Lagasse & Columbia University, The Columbia encyclopedia. (8th ed.). [Online].
New York: Columbia University Press. Available from:
https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians [Accessed 25 April 2019].

MLA
"Rosicrucians." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Paul Lagasse, and Columbia University, Columbia University
Press, 8th edition, 2018. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians.
Accessed 25 Apr. 2019.

https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/rosicrucians

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