Rosicrucianism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Rosicrucianism
1730–40; Rosicrucian ( def. ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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Rollins was practicing yoga and reading spiritual texts—books about Buddhism, Sufism, and especially Rosicrucianism, a complicated belief system based on esoteric manifestos devised by a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 5, 2017
The Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, founded in 1909 by H. Spencer Lewis, calls itself the “the most prominent modern representative” of Rosicrucianism.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 26, 2016
He has spent five years researching "Theosophy, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, the Bavarian Illuminati and Western Occultism".
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2010
The ritual of Rosicrucianism today is guarded from uninitiates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Very curious, however, are its sympathetic references to the old Hermetic mysteries, Rosicrucianism, and astrology, to the fanciful abstractions and dreamy speculations of Paracelsus, Van Helmont, Fludd, and Dr. Dee.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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