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The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries

by Arthur Edward Waite

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The Rosicrucians delves into the origins, legends, and symbolic rites of the fabled Rosicrucian brotherhood, drawing from early manifestos, Masonic traditions, and esoteric literature. Waite reconstructs the supposed history of the order, its links to alchemy and Christian mysticism, and its influence on Freemasonry and later occult movements. This work is essential for anyone researching the esoteric undercurrents of European intellectual and spiritual life from the Renaissance onward.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, Initiatory orders and secret societies, and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “esoteric” in the description, “occult” in the description, “esoteric” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and “hermetic” in the subject metadata.

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  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Retained metadata contains “Christian mysticism” in the description.

    • “Christian mysticism”· in description
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Freemasonry” and “Secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Rosicrucians” in the title, “Freemasonry” in the description, “rosicrucian” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Rosicrucians”· in title
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  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the description.

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