Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest WhatsAppRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries The Rosicrucians Their Rites and Mysteries Fourth Edition, Revised by Hargrave Jennings Author of 'The Indian Religion; or, Results of the Mysterious Buddhism'; 'Phallicism'; 'One of the Thirty', etc. etc. Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings and Twelve Full-Page Plates London George Routledge & Sons, Limited New York: E. P. Dutton & Co Unto the very point and prickes, here are to be found great mysteries. —Nicolas Flammel, 1399. Quod sit Castellum in quo Fratres degunt? Quinam et quales ipsi sint? Cur, inter alia nomina, appelletur Fratres? cur Crucis? cur Rosæ Crucis? —Gassendus, 1630. Quod tanto impendio absonditur, etiam solummodo demonstrare, destruere est. —Tertullian Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Contents Part I I. Critics of the Rosicrucians Criticized II. Singular Adventure in Straffordshire III. Ever-burning Lamps IV. Insufficiently Worldly Objects V. The Hermetic Philosophers VI. An Historical Adventure VII. The Hermetic Brethren VIII. Mythic History of the Fleur-de-lis IV. Sacred Fire X. Fire-theosophy of the Persians XI. Ideas of the Rosicrucians as to the Character of Fire XII. Monuments Raised to Fire-Worship in All Countries XIII. Druidical Stones and the Worship XIV. Inquiry as to the Possibility of Miracle XV. Can Evidence be Depended upon? Examination of Hume's Reasoning XVI. Footsteps of the Rosicrucians amidst Architectural Objects XVII The Round Towers of Ireland XVIII. Prismatic Investiture of the Microcosm XIX. Cabalistic Interpretations by the Gnostics XX. Mystic Christian Figures and Talismans XXI. The 'Rosy Cross' in Indian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Mediæval Monuments XXII. Myth of the Scorpion, or the Snake, in its Many Disguises XXIII. Ominous Character of the Colour 'White' to English Royalty XXIV. The Beliefs of the Rosicrucians—Meaning of Lights and of Commermorative Flambeaux in all Worship XXV. The Great Pyramid Part II I. History of the Tower or Steeple II. Presence of the Roscrucians in Heathen and Christian Architecture III. The Rosicrucians amidst Ancient Mysteries. Their Traces Discoverable in the Orders of Knighthood IV. Rosicrucianism in Strange Symbols V. Connexion between the Templars and Gnosticism VI. Strange Speculations of the Transcendentalists VII. Rosicrucian Origin of the Order of the Garter. Deductions, and Proofs, from Historical Authorities VIII. Rosicrucian supposed Means of Magic through Signs, Sigils, and Figures IX. Asto-theosophical (Extra-natural) System of the Rosicrucians—The Alchemic Magisterium or 'Stone' X. Rosicrucian 'Celestial' and 'Terrestrial' (means of Intercommunication) XI. The Pre-Adamites. Profound Cabalistic or Rosicrucian Speculations XII. The Adapted Rosicrucian Contemplation. Intrusion of Sin. Ruins of the old Worlds XIII. Indian Mysterious Adoration of Forms. The Unity of the Mythologies found in the Bhuddistic and Mohammedan Temples XIV. Doctrine of Rationale. The Embodied 'Children of the Elements', both of Heathen and of Christian Periods XV. Robert Flood (Robertus de Fluctibus), the English Rosicrucian XVI. Notices of Ancient Authorities XVII. Mysteries of the Ancients: the Ark of Noah XVIII. Cabalistic Illustrations. The San-grëale, Grëal, or Holy Grëale XIX. The Round Table is the Rationale or Apotheosis of the Most Noble Order of the Garter XX. Remarks upon Two Curious Books XXI. Remarks Relating to the Great Mystic, Robert 'de Fluctibus' XXII. Alchemy. The Power of Producing Gold and Silver, Through Artificial means. Doctrine of the Rosicrucians XXIII. The Outline of the Cabala, or Kabbalah. Its Mystic Indication. The Purpose of the Great Architect of the Universe in the Sensible and Spiritual Worlds (Natural and Supernatural), and the Character of their Reciprocity, and Double Working XXIV. Cabalistic Profundities Last modified: 2017/07/03 12:01by John Bell