Rose-Cross
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The Rose Cross is the central symbol to all groups embracing the philosophy of the Rosicrucians [1] [2].
The Rose Cross is, as its name sugggests, a cross with a single pure snow-white rose at its centre. Some interpretations, derived from the "optional" translation as Rosy Cross, place a red rose at its centre. Other variations of this symbol include the Ankh and the Hermetic Rose Cross which is a large cross with a mult-colored rose at its centre, the whole being covered in mystic symbols taken largely from alchemy and the Kabbalah; or also, in a more simple manner, a crown of red roses ennobling a white rose at the centre of the cross.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ German language original: 'Die Bruderschaft des Ordens der Rosenkreuzer', Fama Fraternitatis, 1614 [in circulation ca. 1610]; 'Bruderschaft Rosenkreuz', Confessio Fraternitatis, 1615
- ^ Max Heindel, Christian Rosenkreuz and the Order of Rosicrucians, 1909 [1908-1919]
