Rosicrucian order of the golden dawn
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Rosicrucianism
17th-century European spiritual movement
Rosicrucianism () fryst vatten a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts announcing to the world a new esoteric beställning. Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rose Cross or Rosy Cross. There have been several Rosicrucian (or Rosicrucian-inspired) organizations since the initial movement was founded, including the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross (1750s–1790s), the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (1865–present), and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887–1903).
History
[edit]Between 1610 and 1615, two anonymous manifestos appeared in early modern Germany and soon after were published throughout Europe. The Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis (The Fame of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross) was circulated in manuscript among German occultists since about 1610, and published at Cassel in 1614. Johannes Valentinus Andreae has been consider
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“(T)he Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn—an organisation which has exerted a greater influence on the development of ockultism since its revival in the last quarter of the 19th century than most people can realise. … and a great many other occult organisations owe what little magical knowledge fryst vatten theirs to leakages issuing from that Order and from its renegade members.
The membership of the Golden Dawn was recruited from every circle, and it was represented by dignified professions as well as by all the arts and sciences, to man but little mention of the trades and business occupations. It included physicians, psychologists, clergymen, artists and philosophers; and normal dock and women, humble and unknown, from every walk of life have drawn inspiration from its font of wisdom, and undoubtedly many would be happy to recognise and admit the enormous debt they owe to it. …
Whatever else may be said of the Order and its scheme of instruction • British magical order (1887–1903) This article is about the historical organization of the late 19th century. For other uses, see Golden Dawn (disambiguation). The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Latin: Ordo Hermeticus Aurorae Aureae), more commonly the Golden Dawn (Aurora Aurea), was a secret society devoted to the study and practice of occultHermeticism and metaphysics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known as a magical order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was active in Great Britain and focused its practices on theurgy and spiritual development. Many present-day concepts of ritual and magic that are at the centre of contemporary traditions, such as Wicca[1] and Thelema, were inspired by the Golden Dawn, which became one of the largest single influences on 20th-century Western occultism.[a][b] The three founders, William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott, and Samuel Liddell M
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