Rosicrucians
Referring to the rebuilding of a bridge over the River Tay in Scotland, swept away in 1621, Henry Adamson wrote:
“Thus Gall assured me it would be so,
And my good genius truly doth it know:
For what we do presage is not in grosse,
For we be brethren of the rosie cross,
We have the mason-word and second sight,
Things for to come we can foretell aright.”
From: ‘The Muses Threnodie, or, mirthfull mournings, on the death of Master Gall.’ (Third Muse, pages 83 & 84), by Henry Adamson, 1638.
Rose Croix = unfolding of consciousness out of the cross of matter
Ros = Dew
Crucifix = Crucible
Rosicrucias = dew chalice
Igne Nitrum Roris Invenitur (By fire the nitre of the dew is extracted)
Igne Natura Renovatur Integra (Entire nature is renovated by fire)
The foundational texts of Rosicrucianism:
- Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis (The Fame of the Fraternity of the Rose Cross). Kassel, Germany, 1614.
- The Confessio Fraternitatis R.C. (The Confession of the Brotherhood of RC). Kassel, Germany, 1615.
- The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459). Strasbourg, 1616.
- The fame and confession of the Fraternity of R.C., commonly, of the Rosie Cross : with a praeface annexed thereto, and a short declaration of their physicall work : Vaughan, Thomas, 1621-1666.
- The hermetick romance, or, The chymical wedding : Rosencreutz, Christian. Translated by Ezekiel Foxcroft.
Rosicrucian and Alchemical Books on Archive.org:
- The Rosicrucian Manifestos.
- Rosicrucian fundamentals : an exposition of the Rosicrucian synthesis of religion, science and philosophy, in fourteen complete instructions : Plummer, George Winslow, 1876-1944.
- Rosicrvcian symbology; a treatise wherein the discerning ones will find the elements of constructive symbology and certain other things : Plummer, George Winslow, 1876-1944.
- Rosicrucian manual for the instruction of postulants in the congregation of the outer, neophytes, and fraters of duly istituted colleges of the Societas Rosicruciana in America : Plummer, George Winslow, 1876-1944.
- Mysteries Of The Rosie Cross.
- Mysteries of the Rosie cross; or, The history of that curious sect of the middle ages, known as the Rosicrucians; with examples of their pretensions and claims as set forth in the writings of their leaders and disciples.
- The wise-mans crown, or, The glory of the rosie-cross: shewing the wonderful power of nature, with the full discovery of the true coelum terrae, or first matter of metals, and their preparations into incredible medicines or elixirs that cure all diseases in young or old : with the regio lucis, and holy houshold of rosie crucian philosophers : Heydon, John, b. 1629.
- Doctor Robert Fludd (Robertus de Fluctibus) : the English Rosicrucian : life and writings : Royal College of Physicians of London.
- Secret symbols of the Rosicrucians.
- The Real History Of The Rosicrucians. by A. E. Waite.
- The Brotherhood Of The Rosy Cross. by A. E. Waite.
- Turba Philosophorum. by A. E. Waite.
- Lives of alchemystical philosophers based on materials collected in 1815 : and supplemented by recent researches with a philosophical demonstration of the true principles of the magnum opus, or great work of alchemical re-construction, and some account of the spiritual chemistry : Waite, Arthur Edward, 1857-1942.
- Theatrvm Chemicvm Britannicum : containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language : Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.
- Monas hieroglyphica Ioannis Dee, Londinensis, ad Maximilianvm, Dei gratia Romanorvm, Bohemiae et Hvngariae regem sapientissimvm : Dee, John, 1527-1608.
- Fasciculus chemicus, or, Chymical collections : expressing the ingress, progress, and egress of the secret Hermetick science, out of the choisest and most famous authors … : whereunto is added, the Arcanum, or, Grand secret of hermetick philosophy : Dee, Arthur, 1579-1651. Translated into English by Elias Ashmole under the anagram of James Hasolle.
- The Hermetical triumph: or, the victorious philosophical stone. A treatise … concerning the Hermetical magistery.
- The mirror of alchimy : Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.
- Splendor solis; alchemical treatises of Solomon Trismosin … including 22 allegorical pictures reproduced from the original paintings in the unique manuscript on vellum, dated 1582, in the British museum : Trismosin, Salomon.
- Aula lucis, or, The house of light : a discourse written in the year 1651 : Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.
- The works of Thomas Vaughan : Eugenius Philalethes : Vaughan, Thomas, 1621-1666.
- Philosophia maturata: an exact piece of philosophy, containing the practick and operative part thereof in gaining the Philosophers stone … Whereunto is added, a work compiled by St. Dunstan concerning the Philosophers stone, and the experiments of Rumelius, and preparations of Angelo Sala … : Coelson, Lancelot, 1627-approximately 1687.
- Liquor alchahest, or A discourse of that immortal dissolvent of Paracelsus & Helmont : It being one of those two wonders of art and nature, which radically dissolves all animals, vegitables, and minerals into their principles, without being in the least alter’d, either in weight or activity, after a thousand dissolutions, etc : Starkey, George, 1627-1665.
- Collectanea chymica : a collection of ten several treatises in chymistry : concerning the liquor alkahest, the mercury of philosophers, and other curiosities worthy the perusal : Philalethes, Eirenaeus.
- Secrets Reveal’d: or, an open entrance to the Shut-Palace of the King: Containing, the greatest treasure in chymistry, Never yet so plainly Discovered. : Philalethes, Eirenaeus.
- A true light of alchymy. Containing, I. A correct edition of The marrow of alchymy, … II. The errors of a late tract called, A short discourse of the quintessence of philosophers, … III. The method and materials … composing the sophick mercury, … 1709 : Philalethes, Eirenaeus Philoponos.
- Alchemy: ancient and modern: being a brief account of the alchemistic doctrines, and their relations, to mysticism on the one hand, and to recent discoveries in physical science on the other hand ; together with some particulars regarding the lives and teachings of the most noted alchemists : Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley), 1887-1943.
- A Dictionary Of Western Alchemy: Stratford, Jordan.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 01.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 02.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 03.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 04.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 05.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 06.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 07.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 08.
- Westcott W W – Collectanea Hermetica Volume 09.
- Collectanea Hermetica : W. Wynn Westcott.
- Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum And The Latin Asclepius.
- The Corpus Hermeticum – Hermes Trismegistus, G. R. S. Mead : Hermes Trismegistus, G. R. S. Mead.
- Diivine pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus : Everard, John, 1575?-1650?, translator.
- An English translation of the Hermetic Arcanum of Penes Nos Unda Tagi [pseud.] 1623 : Espagnet, Jean d’, active 17th century.
Recommended Books on Amazon:
- Markham’s Brotherhood: The Rosicrucian Manifestos in Modern English: Amazon.co.uk: Markham, Steven E.
- Rosicrucian Trilogy: Modern Translations of the Three Founding Documents: Fama Fraternitatis, 1644; Confessio Fraternitatis, 1615; The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, 1616: Amazon.co.uk: Godwin, Joscelyn
- The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross – A History of the Rosicrucians: by Waite, Arthur Edward.
- Golden Builders: Alchemists, Rosicrucians and the First Freemasons: by Tobias Churton.
- Invisibles: The True History of the Rosicrucians: by Tobias Churton. Published by Lewis Masonic. Which is the same book as : The Invisible History of the Rosicrucians: The World’s Most Mysterious Secret Society: by Tobias Churton. Published by Inner Traditions.
Soc Ros:
- Societas Rosicruciana In Anglia – Sria.uk.com
- Societas Rosicruciana In Scotia – Sris.org.uk
- Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis – Sricf.org
- Societas Rosicruciana in Canada – Rosicrucians.ca
- Societas Rosicruciana In Lusitania – Sril.site
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