Rosicrucianism

Rosicrucianism is a Christian Hermetic tradition that can be traced to two manifestos, Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis ("On the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross") and Confessio Fraternitatis ("Confession of a Brother"), both first published in Germany (in 1614 and 1615 respectively), and to The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (1616). The circulation of these works sparked a wave of interest across Europe, a "Rosicrucian Enlightenment," as students and scholars published extensively on the mystery of the Order of the Rosy Cross and its teachings in the years that followed, which formed the foundation for continuing interest within occult circles that continues to the present day.

Rosicrucian Orders

• Orden der Gold- und Rosenkreuzer (1756)
• Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia
• Societas Rosicruciana in America
• Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887)
• Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix
• Ordre de la Rose-Croix Catholique
• Fraternitas Rosae Crucis (1856)
• Rosicrucian Fellowship (1908)
• Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (1914)
• Holy Rosikrucian Church (1914)
• Builders of the Adytum (1922)
• Fraternity of the Inner Light (1924)
• Ordre du Temple Solaire (1984)
• Antiquus Arcanus Ordo Rosae Rubeae Aureae Crucis
• Lectorium Rosicrucianum
• Antiquus Ordo Rosicrucianis

Reading

• The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, 1690, https://archive.org/details/ChymicalWeddingOfChristianRosenkreutz  (English translation)