ROSICRUCIANISM  . What is known as the Society of Rosicrucians (Rosenkreuzer) was really a number of isolated individuals who See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century held certain views in See also:

• COMMON

common (which apparently was their only See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond of See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union); for of a society holding meetings, and having See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, there is no trace . So far as the numerous See also:

• WORKS

works are concerned it is evident that the writers who posed as Rosicrucians were moral and religious reformers, and utilized the technicalities of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry (See also:

• ALCHEMY

alchemy), and the sciences generally, as See also:

• MEDIA

media through which to make known their opinions, there being a flavour of See also:

• MYSTICISM (from Or. µuety, to shut the eyes; µuorrts, one initiated into the mysteries)

mysticism or occultism promotive of inquiry and suggestive of hidden meanings discernible or discoverable only by adepts . The publication of the Allgemeine and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General-See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation der ganzen weiten Welt (See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel, 1614), and the See also:

• FAMA (Gr. cI i.a1, "Ovoa)

Fama Fraternitatis (Cassel, 1615) by the theologian Johann Valentin See also:

• ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

Andrea (1586-16J4), caused immense excitement throughout See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and they not only led to many re-issues, but were followed by numerous See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets, favourable and otherwise, whose authors generally knew little, if anything, of the real aims of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original author, and doubtless in not a few cases amused themselves at the expense of the public . It is probable that the first See also:

• WORK

work was circulated in MS. about 161o, for it is said that a reply was written in 1612 (according to See also:

• HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744-1803)

Herder), but if so, there was no mention of the cult before that See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The authors generally favoured Lutheranism as opposed to See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholicism . Others, like See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Heydon, admitted they were not Rosicrucians, but under attractive and suggestive titles to their works sought to make Hermeticism and other curious studies more useful and popular, and succeeded, for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at least . The curious See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, in which the fabulous origin of the so-called society was enshrined (that a certain See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Rosenkreuz had discovered the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East on a See also:

• PILGRIM

pilgrim-See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in the 15th century), was so improbable, though ingenious, that the See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

genesis of the Rosicrucians was generally overlooked or ignored, but the worthy See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of the fratres were soon discovered and supported by several able men; the result being a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of literature on the subject, which absorbs some 8o pages of See also:

• GARDNER
• GARDNER, PERCY (1846– )

Gardner's See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue Raisonne of Works on the Occult Sciences (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1903) . The See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence that Rosicrucianism had in the modernizing of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• FREEMASONRY

Freemasonry early in the 18th century must have been slight, if any, though it is likely that as the century advanced, and additional ceremonies were grafted on to the first three degrees, Rosicrucian tenets were occasionally introduced into the later rituals .