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Other Related Rose and Cross Sites:(Note: if an image is on the right margin, the link is to a willnet1 page.)Will will add more links. This is the original link from earlier page . . . A.M.O.R.C. The Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, is known internationally by its traditional and authentic title, the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, from which is derived the acronym "AMORC." The Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis is the Latin form of the organization's name, which literally translates into the Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross. There is no religious connotation associated with this symbol; the Rosy Cross symbol predates Christianity. The cross symbolically represents the human body and the rose represents the individual's unfolding consciousness. Together, the rose and cross represent the experiences and challenges of a thoughtful life well lived. updated by R.J. Stewart. There are a number of significant connections between Fairy lore in European tradition, Robert Kirk's Secret Commonwealth and the imagery employed by the original seventeenth century Rosicrucian texts. The second work gives an account of such a society as already established: this is the celebrated work entitled Fama Fraternitatis of the meritorious order of the Rosy Cross, addressed to the learned in general and the Governors of Europe; and here we are presented with the following narrative: - Christian Rosycross, of noble descent, having upon his travels into the East and into Africa learned great mysteries from Arabians, Chaldeans, etc., upon his return to Germany established, in some place not mentioned, a secret society composed at first of four - afterwards of eight - members, who dwelt together in a building (called the House of the Holy Ghost) erected by him: to these persons, under a vow of fidelity and secrecy, he communicated his mysteries. After they had been instructed, the society dispersed agreeably to their destination, with the exception of two members, who remained alternately with the founder. The rules of the order were these: 'The members were to cure the sick without fee or reward. No member to wear a peculiar habit, but to dress after the fashion of the country. On a certain day in every year all the members to assemble in the House of the Holy Ghost, or to account for their absence. Every member to appoint some person with the proper qualifications to succeed him at his own decease. - - - However, this site is mostly an Irish Faeries' story about The Secret Commonwealth. More links to follow . . . . maybe . . . .
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