Warm Greetings, Delurking here for a moment to pass on some information I hope will make life easier for everybody. As long as I am delurked my name is Diana....
After spending three years preparing his physical vessel for higher inintiation, Brother C.R.C. is again ready to resume his journey. "Brother C.R.C.'s...
As a side note, if you are interested in reading more about the darkness of Egypt, I would heartily recommend the works of P.B. Randolph, the most famous...
Relative to 'celebacy', 'self denial' and 'travel into Egypt': This illustrates a simple truth that an aspirants journey is never 'linear'. Individually,...
After his breif sojourn into Egypt, Brother C.R.C. sails across the Mediterranean Sea to the city of Fez. "This city is at the western end of the sea. It is...
"At the end of two years Brother R.C. departed the city of Fez. At this paragraph in the story occurs the first use of the initials R.C., instead of C.R.C.,...
Brother R.C., having attained mastery of the paths, and having in turn awakened the compassion which always the hallmark of a true initiate, returned to Europe...
Here Dr. Case makes an interesting point. Remember that one of the stated purposes of both the FAMA and the CONFESSIO was to bring about a reformation of...
Greetings everybody! Just wanted to let you all know that I've been having problems making changes to the group's calendar for some reason. Therefore I...
********************************************************************** Joe wrote: "Relative to 'celebacy', 'self denial' and 'travel into Egypt': This ...
Dr. Case points out another oddity of the FAMA on page 87. The allegory clearly states that one of Brother R.C.'s motives in trying to share his wisdom with...
"Verily we must confess to the world in those days was already big with great commotions, labouring to be delivered of them, and did bring forth painful,...
The next paragraph of the FAMA refers to Paracelsus, the nearly- mythical Hermetic alchemist and healer. Paracelsus' writings would have been very familiar to...
Having failed to convert the enlightened of Spain, Brother C.R. returned to his homeland of Germany. The FAMA states that he built "a fitting and neat...
Having completed the building of his habitation, Brother R.C. takes a brief retirement. This time is spent reviewing the details of his journey, and the...
Brother C.R. spent five years in rumination, and balancing the forces of the 'interior stars.' According to Dr. Case, this would make the Brother 27 years old...
At the age of 27, therefore, Brother C.R. again begins to think about his original plans to reform the philosophy of his day. To accomplish this end he calls...
Hello Everybody! As previously planned, let's try to finish chapter VI (pp. 93 - 97) next weekend. The following weekend (April 27 & 28) we can read chapter...
After Brother C.R.C. and the other three members of the Order (G.V., I.A., and I.O.) finish building the mysterious House of the Holy Spirit, four new Brothers...
The first of the four new recruits selected by the Founder is "Brother R.C., his deceased father's brother's son." Thus, the first new member is the Founder's...
The second new recruit to join the Order is "Brother B., a skillful painter." Later in the FAMA this Brother is also identified as Brother F.B.M.P.A, PICTOR...
The third new recruit to joing the Order was Brother G.G., about whom the text of the FAMA says very little. "His initials spell the Hebrew noun GG, gawg,...
The fourth and last of the new recruits to join the Order is described in the FAMA as "P.D., their secretary." "These initials do not spell a Hebrew word, but...
Yahoo! seems to have fixed the glitch that was affecting our group's calendar function, so from now on I'll be posting our tentative schedule there (instead of...
The next section of the FAMA FRATENATIS is perhaps the most famous. After the first eight members of the Order have been duly initiated, they disburse "into...
The first point of the Rosicrucian Agreement states that none of the Brethren should claim "any other thing than to heal the sick," and that they would render...
The second point of the Rosicrucian Agreement had to do with the dress of its members as they travelled abroad. The Brethren agreed not to don "one certain...
The third point raises a bit of a mystery. The members of the Order agreed to meet at their great house, the SANCTI SPIRITUS, once a year... on the mysterious...
"The fourth point was 'That every Brother should look about for a worthy person, who, after his decease, might succeed him.' This does not mean that a...