[net.followup] Cosmic Consciousness

tim (11/16/82)

AMORC claims a tradition dating back for thousands
of years, as do most groups that are heavily into
the financial side of salvation. The Rosicrucians
are a few centuries old, and somewhat secretive.
AMORC is younger than this century; if you're
really interested in Rosicrucianism, I would advise
getting a copy of Regardie's THE GOLDEN DAWN (maybe
in a university library) and looking through it;
also various originals that should be available in
a library, such as The Alchymical Marriage of
Christian Rosencreutz (the original Rosicrucian
document). I have some skepticism about AMORC, but
I've got a friend who's a Wiccan High Priest that
swears by them.
				Tim Maroney
				unc!tim

hdj (11/17/82)

References: wivax.359

The Rosicrucians are a quasi-mystical group headquartered in
San Jose.  They have been around for a long time: Ben Franklin
and Thomas Jefferson are said to have been members.  They were
for a long time associated with the Masons.

Supposedly, the Great Seal of the United States (the eye in the
pyramid) is somehow Masonic/Rosicrucian in origin.

Any other Illuminatus! readers out there?

				Herb Jellinek
				burdvax!hdj

jfw (11/18/82)

Someone posted an opinion that the Rosicrucians were obviously bogus because they
push mental phenomema.  Mental phenomena are easy to demonstrate, to wit:
Place your phone in the middle of your desk.  Think about your phone for a while.
Eventually, it will ring.  See how easy it is?  While it is ringing, think about
making it stop, and soon it will.

:-)
John Woods
...mitccc!jfw

pag@sri-unix (11/21/82)

Some friends and I used to like to frequent a place that was supposed to
be the "sacred burial ground of the Rosicrucians" in rural Pennsylvania
near Bethlehem.  My memories of it have dimmed considerably, but I recall
a very strange lotus garden.  Does anyone know of this?