Rosicrucian
/ˌrəʊzɪˈkruːʃ(ə)n
/noun
1A member of a secretive 17th- and 18th-century society devoted to the study of metaphysical, mystical, and alchemical lore. An anonymous pamphlet of 1614 about a mythical 15th-century knight called Christian Rosenkreuz is said to have launched the movement.In the tradition of the Alchemists, Kabbalists, Rosicrucians, and mystics of the Enlightenment era, he drew from a number of theological and occult writings to fashion his genealogy....
- It suggests further that all those secret societies like the Knights Templar and the Rosicrucians and the Free Masons were formed to protect the Holy Grail!
- He was a Rosicrucian, a brotherhood combining elements of mystical beliefs with an optimism about the ability of science to improve the human condition.
1.1A member of any of a number of later organizations deriving from the Rosicrucian society.She had some mail order pamphlets from the Rosicrucians containing instructions for various psychic exercises....
- Christians have Rosicrucians and Freemasons which are pretty much accepted amongst average Church-goers, and not looked upon as heretics.
- The best known Gnostic sects of the modern world are probably the Rosicrucians, the Scientologists and whatever is left of the old Freemasons.
adjective
Relating to the Rosicrucians.They built a tabernacle on the site, with an architectural plan determined by Rosicrucian numerology....
- He made a major impression on Descartes with both his scientific and Rosicrucian beliefs and influenced his thinking.
- Another offshoot of the Rosicrucian fraternity, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, left manuscripts describing the Ritual of Invisibility.
Derivatives
Rosicrucianism
- Next we look at Rosicrucianism, which started in Europe in the fifteenth century.
- Hermetic magic is syncretic and includes elements of early Egyptian, Greek and Hebrew occultism, neo-Platonism, agnosticism, kabala, alchemy and Rosicrucianism.
- He looked beyond Lull for a master method, flirting for a time with Rosicrucianism, which was rumoured to be a source of some kind of synoptic understanding.
Origin
From modern Latin rosa crucis (or crux), Latinization of German Rosenkreuz, + -ian.