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1651 Bp. J. Wilkins Ecclesiastes (ed. 3) 71 A kinde of Cabalisticall or Chymicall, Rosicrucian Theologie.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 194 Rosi-crusian Virtuoso's, Can see with Ears, and hear with Noses.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. ⁋2 To speak in Rosycrucian Lore, I have entered into the Clefts of the Earth.

1766 T. Warton Let. 29 Nov. (1995) ii. 205 I think the Piece is one of Ashmole's chemical manuscripts. He was strong in the Rosicrusian System.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 17 The Rosicrucian philosophy, in which gnomes, sylphs, salamanders, and nymphs were the spiritual agents, supposed capable of being governed or enslaved by man.

1837 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici VIII. viii. vi. 193 The cabalistic learning, expressed in the unintelligible language of Theosophy, which was in the seventeenth century to be the foundation of the Rosenkreuzian society.

1864 W. Smith T. B. Shaw's Hist. Eng. Lit. (1865) xv. 294 The fantastic theories of Paracelsus and the Rosicrucian philosophers.

1901 Amer. Hist. Rev. 6 252 Among many authentic descriptions of Rosicrucian, Masonic and Illuminé ceremonies none can be found to tally with the one here given.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 840/2 In the mid-19th century there came into being a Rosicrucian Society in England, an offshoot of masonry, the leading figure being R. W. Little. The name has also been appropriated by American theosophy. None of these later developments can claim historical continuity with any original group.

1977 Daily Times (Lagos) 5 Jan. 2 (advt.) Members of the Rosicrucian Order Amorc (Nigeria) have applied to be registered under the Land Perpetual (Succession) Act.

2002 P. Blom To have & to Hold (2003) 42 Among the books in Rudolf's library, symbolic knowledge figured prominently in works on Egyptian hieroglyphs, alchemical, magical and Rosicrucian tracts and other works investigating symbols, magical seals and emblems.