The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries with Chapters on the Ancient Fire- and Serpent-worshippers, and Explanations of the Mystic Symbols Represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Primeval Philosophers |
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... Order of the " Rose - Cross , " or of the " Rosicrucians . " No student of the occult philosophy need , however , fear that we shall not most carefully keep guard - standing sentry ( so to speak ) not only over this , which is , by far ...
... Order of the " Rose - Cross , " or of the " Rosicrucians . " No student of the occult philosophy need , however , fear that we shall not most carefully keep guard - standing sentry ( so to speak ) not only over this , which is , by far ...
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... order to do full justice to the speculations of the Hermetic Brethren , he has put forward their ideas with as much of their original force as he was able ; and , in some parts of his book , he believes he has urged them with such ...
... order to do full justice to the speculations of the Hermetic Brethren , he has put forward their ideas with as much of their original force as he was able ; and , in some parts of his book , he believes he has urged them with such ...
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... ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD · CHAPTER THE TWENTY - EIGHTH . ROSICRUCIANISM IN STRANGE SYMBOLS CHAPTER THE TWENTY - NINTH . 206 228 237 253 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TEMPLARS AND GNOSTICISM · 266 CHAPTER THE THIRTIETH . ROSICRUCIAN ORIGIN OF THE ORDER ...
... ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD · CHAPTER THE TWENTY - EIGHTH . ROSICRUCIANISM IN STRANGE SYMBOLS CHAPTER THE TWENTY - NINTH . 206 228 237 253 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TEMPLARS AND GNOSTICISM · 266 CHAPTER THE THIRTIETH . ROSICRUCIAN ORIGIN OF THE ORDER ...
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... order of Rosicrucians , fully admits his ignorance of whom the brotherhood com- prised , and of their constitution or purpose . All generally received accounts , therefore , are wrong , principally for three reasons first , through ...
... order of Rosicrucians , fully admits his ignorance of whom the brotherhood com- prised , and of their constitution or purpose . All generally received accounts , therefore , are wrong , principally for three reasons first , through ...
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... order had there concealed some of their scientific secrets . The place in Staffordshire became afterwards famed as the sepulchre of one of the brotherhood , whom , for want of a more distinct recognition or name , the people chose to ...
... order had there concealed some of their scientific secrets . The place in Staffordshire became afterwards famed as the sepulchre of one of the brotherhood , whom , for want of a more distinct recognition or name , the people chose to ...
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