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Ancient Weitees And Modeen Peactices
The second work gives an account of such a society as already established , and is the celebrated work entitled " Fama Fraternitatis of the meritorious Order of the Eosy Cross , addressed to the Learned in general and the Governors of Europe : " and here we are presented
with the following narrative . ( Our readers will bear in mind that the * Order of Eose Croix , is , as its name implies , a Christian Order . ) Christian Eosycross , of noble descent , having during his travels into the East learned great mysteries from the Arabians , Chaldaeans , & c , on his return into Germany , established a secret society consisting of four , afterwards of eight members—who dwelt together in a house
built by him : to these , under a vow of secrecy , he communicated his mysteries . The rules of the society were briefly these : —" The members were to cure the sick without reward . They w ere not to wear a peculiar dress , but to dress after the fashion of the country . Once a year they were all to assemble in the house built by their founder , or to account for their absence . Every member was to
appoint some properly qualified person to succeed him at his decease . The 'Rosy Gross was to be their seal and watchword ; and the association was to be kept unrevealed for an hundred years . " When the members had received their instructions , they dispersed themselves , with the exception of two , who by turn lived in the house with the founder . Christian Eosycross died at the age of an hundred and six years . His death , but not his grave , was known to the society ; for
the first Eosicrucians did not even know where their brethren were buried . New members were , from time to time , elected ; and when the society had existed one hundred and twenty years , a door was discovered in the house , and upon the opening of this door , a sepulchral vault . On the door was this inscription : — "JPost CXX annos patebo" ( one hundred and twenty years hence I shall open ) . The vault was a heptagon , every side being eight feet high by five
wide , and it was illuminated by an artificial sun . In the centre was placed a circular altar , on which was a brazen plate with the following words inscribed on it . A . C . R . C . Hoc , universi compendium , vivus , milii sepulchrum feci . Nequagnam vacuum legis jugum . Libertas lUvangelii . Dei gloria intacla" * Each side of the vault has a door , behind which were deposited the vocabularium of Paracelsus and the secret books of the Order , mirrors , bells , lamps , mechanical musical
instruments , & c , for the re-establishment of the Order , even after many centuries , should it become extinct . Under the altar the brethren discovered the body of their founder , perfectly free from decay . His right hand held a vellum book written in golden letters , which is called "T , " and became next to the Bible the most precious jewel of the Societv ; and at the end are the names of the eight
brethren who were present at the death and burial of Father Eosycross . ( We must here remark , that it is a strange fact that eight persons were present at his burial , though no one knew whore he was buried . ) * This grave , an abstract of the whole world , I made for myself , whilo yet alive . The empty yoke of the law in made void . The liberty of the gospel . The unsullied glory of God . "VOL . IV , 3 X
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Weitees And Modeen Peactices
The second work gives an account of such a society as already established , and is the celebrated work entitled " Fama Fraternitatis of the meritorious Order of the Eosy Cross , addressed to the Learned in general and the Governors of Europe : " and here we are presented
with the following narrative . ( Our readers will bear in mind that the * Order of Eose Croix , is , as its name implies , a Christian Order . ) Christian Eosycross , of noble descent , having during his travels into the East learned great mysteries from the Arabians , Chaldaeans , & c , on his return into Germany , established a secret society consisting of four , afterwards of eight members—who dwelt together in a house
built by him : to these , under a vow of secrecy , he communicated his mysteries . The rules of the society were briefly these : —" The members were to cure the sick without reward . They w ere not to wear a peculiar dress , but to dress after the fashion of the country . Once a year they were all to assemble in the house built by their founder , or to account for their absence . Every member was to
appoint some properly qualified person to succeed him at his decease . The 'Rosy Gross was to be their seal and watchword ; and the association was to be kept unrevealed for an hundred years . " When the members had received their instructions , they dispersed themselves , with the exception of two , who by turn lived in the house with the founder . Christian Eosycross died at the age of an hundred and six years . His death , but not his grave , was known to the society ; for
the first Eosicrucians did not even know where their brethren were buried . New members were , from time to time , elected ; and when the society had existed one hundred and twenty years , a door was discovered in the house , and upon the opening of this door , a sepulchral vault . On the door was this inscription : — "JPost CXX annos patebo" ( one hundred and twenty years hence I shall open ) . The vault was a heptagon , every side being eight feet high by five
wide , and it was illuminated by an artificial sun . In the centre was placed a circular altar , on which was a brazen plate with the following words inscribed on it . A . C . R . C . Hoc , universi compendium , vivus , milii sepulchrum feci . Nequagnam vacuum legis jugum . Libertas lUvangelii . Dei gloria intacla" * Each side of the vault has a door , behind which were deposited the vocabularium of Paracelsus and the secret books of the Order , mirrors , bells , lamps , mechanical musical
instruments , & c , for the re-establishment of the Order , even after many centuries , should it become extinct . Under the altar the brethren discovered the body of their founder , perfectly free from decay . His right hand held a vellum book written in golden letters , which is called "T , " and became next to the Bible the most precious jewel of the Societv ; and at the end are the names of the eight
brethren who were present at the death and burial of Father Eosycross . ( We must here remark , that it is a strange fact that eight persons were present at his burial , though no one knew whore he was buried . ) * This grave , an abstract of the whole world , I made for myself , whilo yet alive . The empty yoke of the law in made void . The liberty of the gospel . The unsullied glory of God . "VOL . IV , 3 X