ceci s rosicrucian adventure hello ceci my name is tony and i have a few comments on your rosicrucian adventure i hereby state that i am not claiming or denying membership in any order fraternity etc with or without the word rosicrucian in the name of the organization i only claim having done some homework this is intended as a friendly article and if at times it seems different it s my lack of writing skills showing nothing else heck english may be my second language and then again maybe not by now i proceed i had an ehum interesting experience with the rosicrucians or at least rosicrucians of some sort last sunday let s start with the name rosicrucian i took me a long time to come to the conclusion that there is a difference between a member of a rosicrucian body and being a rosicrucian so when you say that you met some rosicrucians you mean members of a group that calls themselves rosicrucian at least that is what your observation suggests i d prefer if you would have stated up front that it was the lectorium rosicrucianum only because they may be confused by some readers of this newsgroup with the rosicrucian order amorc based the usa jurisdiction in san jose ca this being the rc org with the most members last time i looked of course most members does not necessarily mean best anyway the lectorium rosicrucianum claims they descend at least in part from what was the gold und rosenkreuz golden and rosy cross from the th century there were two golden and rosy cross the first chronologically more alchemical the second with masonic tinges but their history is the subject of a complete chapter you ll have to trust me when i tell you that if that lecture class whatever had been presented by amorc it is unlikely that you would have had the same impression i e you d probably have had a positive impression more likely than a negative one imho the first guy also said that the r s are a mystical christian order and that they base their teachings on the teachings of the kathars english from the thirteenth century again instead of r s it should be lectorium rosicrucianum it is curious to know that other rc orders in the usa claim to be non sectarian the cathars were a heretic christian sect that directly challenged the authority of the medieval catholic church they flourished during the th century century which saw the religious zeal expressed in the crusades and also the growing disillusion with the catholic church and the worldly ways of its clerics it was largely in response to the church s unseemly pomp and splendor that catharism took root first in northern italy then throughout the south of france what made me a bit suspicious was the way they first said that we all contained something divine and could find our way back to divinity then that we couldn t become divine as the persons we are currently but if we worked really hard we would reach eternal bliss i don t see nothing fundamentally wrong with us containing something divine and yes i don t like phrases like eternal bliss either how to robotize people and brainwash for a moment i thought you were referring to madison ave madison avenue in new york city is where the most influential read commercial advertising is produced here in the usa peace tony btw i have read the intro letters of the lrc which they will mail you free of charge
