Editing Rosicrucian Fellowship

{{Short description|Association of Christian mystics}}
[[File:rosicrucian fellowship-emblem2.jpg|thumb|upright|Emblem of the Rosicrucian Fellowship]]
'''The Rosicrucian Fellowship''' ('''TRF''') ("An International Association of Christian Mystics") was founded in 1909<!-- August 8, 1909, in Seattle, Washington, at 3:00 p.m; cf. http://mount_ecclesia.tripod.com/chronology_about_max_heindel.htm --> by [[Max Heindel]] with the aim of heralding the [[Age of Aquarius|Aquarian Age]] and promulgating "the true Philosophy" of the [[Rosicrucians]].<ref>Cf. «Rosicrucian Societies in America», in ''[[Rays from the Rose Cross]]'', vol.88, nº4, July/August 1996, p.38</ref> It claims to present [[Esoteric Christianity|Esoteric Christian]] ''mysteries'' or [[esoteric knowledge]], alluded to in [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 13:11 and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 8:10, to establish a meeting ground for [[art]], [[religion]], and [[science]] and to prepare the individual through harmonious development of the mind and the heart for [[selfless service]] of humanity.<ref>Article by The Rosicrucian Fellowship: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen019.htm Rosicrucian Fundamentals in Questions and Answers]</ref>

The Rosicrucian Fellowship conducts Spiritual [[Healing]] Services and offers correspondence courses in [[esoteric Christianity]], philosophy, "spiritual [[astrology]]" and [[Bible]] interpretation.<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/magen501.htm How the Rosicrucians Heal the Sick]</ref> Members of the Rosicrucian Fellowship are vegetarian and abstain from alcohol, recreational drugs and tobacco.<ref name="Chryssides 2012">Chryssides, George D. (2012). ''Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements''. Scarecrow Press. p. 296. {{ISBN|978-0810879676}}</ref> Its headquarters are located on [[Mount Ecclesia]] in [[Oceanside, California]], and its students are found throughout the world organized in centers and study groups.<ref>Heindel, Max, [http://www.rosicrucian.com/tin/tineng03.htm#Chapter_XX Our Work in the World] (issued 1912), in ''Teachings of an Initiate'' (posthumous work), {{ISBN|978-0-911274-19-6}}</ref> Its declared mission is to promulgate a scientific method of development suited particularly to the Western people whereby the "Soul body" may be wrought, so that humanity may hasten the [[Second Coming]].<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen016.htm Eastern and Western Spiritual Alternatives]</ref><ref>Erhi Uyota, [http://odili.net/news/source/2008/nov/15/227.html Of serpents and doves]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Lagos, Nigeria]], November 15, 2008</ref> Religious scholars classify the Rosicrucian Fellowship as a [[new religious movement]].<ref name="Chryssides 2012"/><ref>David G. Bromley. (2007). ''Teaching New Religious Movements''. Oxford University Press. p. 346. {{ISBN|9780195177299}}</ref><ref>Hammer, Olav; Rothstein, Mikael. (2012). ''The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements''. Cambridge University Press. p. 241. {{ISBN|978-0521196505}}</ref>

==Origins and foundation==
[[File:Rosicruciancosmo03.jpg|230px|thumb|''The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception'', [https://archive.org/details/rosicruciancosmo00heiniala third edition, 1911]]]
In 1908 Max Heindel started, in [[New York City]], the work of rewriting a previous draft in [[German language|German]] of teachings ostensibly written under the instruction of Elder Brothers in their temple near the border of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]] and Germany.<ref>Ger Westenberg. ''Max Heindel en The Rosicrucian Fellowship''. {{cite web |url= http://www.rffriends.org/wpx/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Microsoft-Word-Chapter-4-Heindel-in-Germany.pdf |title= Chapter 4 Heindel in Germany |access-date= 2010-06-20 |archive-date= 2016-11-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161118224126/http://www.rffriends.org/wpx/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Microsoft-Word-Chapter-4-Heindel-in-Germany.pdf |url-status= dead }} (Translation by Elizabeth C. Ray). 2009 STICHTING ZEVEN, The Hague, The Netherlands. {{ISBN|978-90-73736-33-7}}</ref> Heindel moved to [[Buffalo, New York]], where he finished the typescript about September 1908. The work, called ''[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception]]'', was revised and printed in November 1909.

The first edition of 2500 copies, printed in [[Chicago]], was exhausted in six months but it was learned that 2000 of these had been given by the publisher as payment of the debts of the publishing house to other publishers. Immediately, a large second edition was ordered: a first payment was made to the [[Printer (publishing)|printer]] with the help of Augusta Foss,<ref>Ger Westenberg. ''Max Heindel en The Rosicrucian Fellowship''. {{cite web|url= http://www.rffriends.org/wpx/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Microsoft-Word-Chapter-5-Messenger-of-the-Rosicrucians.pdf |title=Chapter 5 Messenger of the Rosicrucians }} (Translation by Elizabeth C. Ray). 2009 STICHTING ZEVEN, The Hague, The Netherlands. {{ISBN|978-90-73736-33-7}}</ref> who would become Max Heindel's [[wife]]. This time two booksellers bought one-third of the imprint before it was off the press.<ref>«[http://www.rosicrucianfellowship.com/1914/1914_06_Jun%20Echoes%20from%20Mt.%20Ecclesia.pdf Origin of The Rosicrucian Fellowship]», in ''[[Rays from the Rose Cross|Echoes from Mount Ecclesia]]'', No. 13, June 10, 1914</ref>

The Rosicrucian Fellowship's formal constitution occurred on August 8, 1909, in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], at 3:00 [[Post meridiem|p.m]]. The first Rosicrucian study center had been already previously formed in [[Columbus, Ohio]], on November 14, 1908, where Heindel lectured and taught for a number of months. After each lecture he distributed free [[mimeograph]]ed copies to the audience; those twenty lectures were printed in 1909, along with the first edition of ''Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception'', under the title ''[http://www.rosicrucian.com/rcl/rcleng01.htm The Rosicrucian Christianity Lectures]''. The Columbus Center was followed by centers in North [[Yakima, Washington]] (November 1909), [[Portland, Oregon]], and [[Los Angeles, California]] (February 27, 1910), the city where Heindel reencountered his [[theosophist]] friend Augusta Foss. In Los Angeles, Max Heindel gave conferences three times a week to audiences of nearly one thousand people from November 29, 1909, till March 17, 1910.

On October 28, 1911, the organisation's international headquarters, still used today, were opened  at Mount Ecclesia in [[Oceanside, California]]. The ceremony of ground-breaking consisted in planting a large Cross with the initials C.R.C. (for [[Christian Rosenkreuz]], the legendary head of the original order) painted in gilt letters on the three upper ends and with a climbing rose.  The [[Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple]], called The Ecclesia, was erected for the purpose of affording more powerful means for the healing of disease, and dedicated on December 25, 1920. Spiritual [[Healing]] meetings are held there each day.

According to Max Heindel, the invisible Order of the Rose Cross exists in the [[Plane (cosmology)|inner worlds]], was founded in 1313 and is composed of twelve great [[adept]]s presented as belonging to human evolution but already advanced far beyond the cycle of [[reincarnation|rebirth]].<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/magen103.htm The Brothers of the Rose Cross]</ref> Their mission is explained as aiming to prepare the ''whole wide world'' for a new phase in [[religion]] that includes awareness of the [[plane (cosmology)|inner worlds]] and the [[subtle bodies]] and safe guidance in the gradual awakening of man's latent [[spirituality|spiritual]] faculties: "to prepare a new phase of the Christian religion to be used during the [[Age of Aquarius|coming age]] now at hand."<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen010.htm The Rosicrucian Interpretation of Christianity]</ref>

Admission into the Rosicrucian Fellowship is free of fees and is funded by [[donation]]. The Fellowship recognizes seven [[Educational stages|grade]]s, but its study is primarily based upon a system of three grades: regular student, probationer and disciple.<ref>Beryl Hamilton, ''[http://members.fortunecity.com/rosanista/library03/r019608.htm The Rosicrucian Way: the Voice of the Rose] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006223348/http://members.fortunecity.com/rosanista/library03/r019608.htm |date=2008-10-06 }}'', in [[Rays from the Rose Cross]] Magazine, January/February, 1996</ref> After a two-year term of being a Regular Student of the Fellowship, a person who abstains from all [[meat|flesh food]], [[tobacco]], mind-altering [[Psychoactive drug|drugs]], and [[Alcoholic drink|alcohol]] may apply for [[Academic probation|probationership]]. When  the  Probationer has complied with the necessary  requirements  and completed the term of probation he may send request for individual instruction. Access to the Disciple grade is granted upon [[:wikt:merit|merit]];<ref>Heindel, Max, [http://rosicrucianzine.tripod.com/christian_rosenkreuz.htm Christian Rosenkreuz and the Order of Rosicrucians] (Initiation), 1909</ref> once admitted into [[discipleship]] subsequent [[Spirituality|Spiritual]] unfoldment of the ''advanced soul'' within the Order of the [[Rose Cross]] is conducted through the process of the nine Lesser [[Initiation#Religious and other spiritual initiations|Initiation]]s.<ref>Heindel, Max, ''[http://www.rosicrucian.com/frc/frceng01.htm Freemasonry and Catholicism]'' (Chapter VIII: The Path of Initiation), {{ISBN|978-0-911274-04-2}}</ref>

== Teachings ==
The school's teachings hold that man is a Spirit with all the powers of [[God]], powers that are being slowly unfolded in a [[reincarnation|series of existences (rebirths)]] in a gradually-improving body, a process under the guidance of exalted Beings ordering our steps in a decreasing measure as man gradually acquires [[intellect]] and [[Will (philosophy)|will]]. For this purpose we live many lives<ref>Diagram by Max Heindel:  [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen05c.gif An Average Human Life Cycle]</ref> of increasingly fine texture and [[moral character]]. Through the "Law of Cause and Consequence" we constantly set new [[cause]]s into operation which will create new destiny to balance and improve the old destiny brought from the past. All causes set into action in one life cannot be ripened in one existence but "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap".

===Constitution of man===

The human being is seen as a threefold '''Spirit''', possessing a '''[[Mental body|mind]]''', by means of which he governs the threefold '''[[Human body|Body]]'''. This threefold body he transmutes into a threefold [[Soul]] upon which he nourishes himself "from impotence into [[omnipotence]]".

The Ego (not as defined by Freud) is the threefold Spirit, the ''God Within'', which uses these vehicles to gather experience in the school of life. The three aspects of the Spirit are (from highest to lowest aspect):
*the Divine [[Spirit (animating force)|Spirit]] aspect;
*the Life Spirit aspect;
*the Human Spirit aspect.

The [[Mental body]] functions like a mirror, reflecting the outer world and enabling the ego to transmit its commands as thought and word, and also to compel action.

The threefold body consists of;
*a [[Human anatomy|Dense body]], which is the visible instrument he uses here in this world to fetch and carry (the body we ordinarily think of as the whole man).
*a [[Etheric body|Vital body]], which is made of [[Aether (classical element)|ether]] and pervades the visible body as ether permeates all other forms, except that human beings specialize a greater amount of the universal ether than other forms. The ethereal body is our instrument for specializing the vital energy of the sun and is seen by [[clairvoyant]] vision to extend about an inch and a half outside our visible body.
*a [[Desire body]], which is our [[emotional]] nature and this finer vehicle pervades both the vital and dense bodies (it is seen by clairvoyant vision to extend about 16&nbsp;inches outside our visible body, which is located in the center of this ovoid cloud as the yolk is in the center of an egg).

The threefold soul consists of;
*Conscious Soul: extracted as pabulum from the dense body (which was emanated from the Divine Spirit aspect).
*Intellectual Soul: extracted as pabulum from the vital body (which was emanated from the Life Spirit aspect).
*Emotional Soul: extracted as pabulum from the desire body (which was emanated from the Human Spirit aspect).

[[File:Oresme_Spheres_crop.jpg|330px|thumb|14th century illustration of the [[astral plane|astral spheres]], the "[[Astrology|starry]]" regions convex upward centered on '''[[God]]'''.]]
[[Bible]] teachings enable us to become aware that Jesus Christ must be born within. There is a distinction between the Christ which is born within us, our true Saviour, and the Cosmic Christ, the Christ without. The latter helps us in the task of having Christ born within; however, it is our task to form the Christ within, the "Soul Body" which is the vehicle humanity will need to live in the Sixth [[Root Race|Epoch]], the ''[[New Galilee (Sixth Epoch)|New Galilee]]''.<ref>Heindel, Max, ''[http://www.rosicrucian.com/hkc/hkceng01.htm How Shall We Know Christ at His Coming?]'', May 1913 (stenographic report of a lecture, [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]), {{ISBN|978-0-911274-64-6}}</ref>

The "[[Astral body]]" is a vehicle evolved from a work of transmutation upon the [[etheric body]] (the two superior ethers), not to be confounded with the "desire body" since during [[astral projection]] the desire body molds itself readily into this prepared matrix and, when the individual returns to the physical body, the effort of will whereby he enters automatically dissolves the intimate connection between the desire body and the Astral or [[Soul]] body. The term "Astral body" was, it is said, employed by the mediaeval [[Alchemy|Alchemists]] because of the ability it conferred upon the one who has it to traverse the "[[Astrology|starry]]" regions. The "Astral body" is regarded as the "[[Philosopher's Stone]]" or "Living Stone" of the alchemist, the Golden "Wedding Garment" that [[Christ]] speaks of in the [[Gospel of Matthew]],<ref>Cf. {{Bibleref2|Matthew|22:1–14}}</ref> the "Soul Body" [''soma psuchicon''] that [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]] mentions in the [[First Epistle to the Corinthians]] or the "[[Vajrasattva|Diamond Soul]]" spoken of in some of the [[Ancient philosophy#Ancient Indian philosophy|ancient philosophies]]. It will eventually be evolved by humanity as a whole.

The physical body is a vehicle which the Spirit uses to gain [[experience]], while [[death]] is a passing of the Spirit into a larger sphere, a birth which should be prepared for with the greatest care. The Ego must assimilate what it has experienced. The Spirit withdraws with the two [[Subtle body|higher vehicles]], which are tied to the etheric and physical bodies by a slender cord. At death the desire and mental bodies leave the physical, taking with them but one permanent [[Etheric plane|etheric]] [[atom]], which during life is stationed in the solar plexus. The seed atom, of the dense body, like the negative film of the camera, has been impressed with all the experiences of the life just ended. At death the force of this atom leave the body and all these impressions are transferred from the [[Etheric body|vital body]], the storehouse of these experiences, into the [[desire body]], which then forms the basis of the man or woman's life in [[purgatory]] and the first [[heaven]]. This transfer is done by the Spirit during the first three and one-half days (84 hours) after the rupture of the connection between the seed atom and the heart, ordinarily known as death: death is not complete until this transfer has been accomplished. During this time sensation is still present, and the Spirit suffers through inharmonious surroundings, including [[postmortem]] examination and [[embalming]].

[[Death]] should be prepared for with the greatest care, requiring a "[[post mortem interval]]", or preservation period, of the physical body for three and half days (84 hours), for [[life review]] purpose (in a pacific death; not in a sudden impact such as: shock, accident, catastrophe, heart attack or suicide), before [[cremation]] or any other way of [[funeral|body disposal]].<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/death7.htm The Rosicrucian Method of Caring for the Dead]</ref>

===Cosmology===
[[File:Seven_Revolutions,_Globes_and_Periods.png|450px|thumb|“We must constantly bear in mind that these Worlds inter-penetrate, that the Globes inter-penetrate, and that the way they are shown in the diagram [reduced to two dimensions] is analogous to taking all the wheels of a watch and laying them side by side in order to show how the watch keeps time.” ~ Max Heindel]]
The evolution of man is divided into seven Periods:<ref>Diagram: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen008.gif The 777 Incarnations]</ref>
*''involution'': the Saturn Period, the Sun Period, the Moon Period;
*the Earth Period (first half still ''involution'', second half towards ''evolution'');
*''evolution'': the Jupiter Period, the Venus Period, the Vulcan Period.
We are presently in the second half of the Earth Period: we have just passed the end of our involution and are beginning our [[spiritual evolution|evolution]], or the spiritualization of matter and our return to God our Father.

The three Aspects of God are Will, Wisdom and Activity. [[God the Father|The Father]] has completed His union with the first aspect, will. The Son, Christ, the highest Initiate of the Sun Period: has completed His union with the Second aspect of God, wisdom. [[Jehovah]], the Highest Initiate of the Moon Period, has completed His union with the third aspect, activity.<ref>Diagram: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen014.gif The Vehicles of the Highest Initiates & Ordinary Humanity]</ref>

The sevenfold constitution of man is related to five of seven worlds, different [[planes of existence]] having varying [[density]] and [[vibration]], states of spirit-[[matter]] not separated by [[space]] or [[distance]] but permeating one another, so that God and the other great beings pervade their own realms and those of greater density than their own, including our own. Some worlds are related to the [[planet]] and the higher ones to the whole [[Solar System]].<ref>Diagram: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen002.gif The Seven Worlds]</ref> These seven worlds are the planes of evolution of each [[Solar System]] and constitute the seventh and lower cosmic plane; the six superior cosmic planes possibly each have a different and larger structural and dynamic expression in the physical [[universe]].
[[File:Cosmic_Planes.png|330px|thumb|The Supreme Being, the Cosmic Planes and God]]
*The World of God
*The World of Virgin Spirits: home of the virgin spirits, differentiated within God Himself as "sparks from a flame" at the beginning of manifestation, prior to the beginning of pilgrimage through matter
*The World of Divine Spirit: related to the threefold Spirit's Divine Spirit aspect; home of [[God the Father|The Father]], inhabited by the ''Lords of Wisdom'', a hierarchy of [[Elohim (gods)|Elohim]] astrologically associated with [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]] 
*The World of Life Spirit: related to the Ego's life spirit aspect; home of the [[Christ]] ([[God the Son|The Son]], [[Christ the Logos|the Solar Logos]]); inhabited by the ''Lords of Individuality'', a Hierarchy of Elohim astrologically associated to [[Libra (astrology)|Libra]]; higher [[Akashic Record|Memory of Nature]], events from the earliest dawn of our present manifestation, open only to Adepts and higher Spiritual Beings
*The World of Thought
**Region of Abstract Thought: inhabited by the ''Lords of Form'', a Hierarchy of Elohim astrologically associated to [[Scorpio (astrology)|Scorpio]]; the "[[Third heaven]]" state of [[consciousness]]; Germinal idea(s); related to the Ego's human spirit aspect; the home of [[Jehova]], [[The Holy Spirit]]. This Great Hierarchy is the evolved form of the third aspect of God, the creative energy in [[Nature]], which is reflected in man as [[human sexuality|sex]] energy;<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/magen115.htm The Pros and Cons of Abortion: '''Holy Creative Force''']</ref> the misuse or abuse of that power, the [[holy]] creative force [of God] in man, for gratification of the passionate nature, and particularly perversion<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen054.htm Homo, hetero, auto, or poly perverse expressions of human sexuality and The Unpardonable Sin]</ref> (see also [[human sexual behaviour]]), constitutes the [[unpardonable sin|sin]] against the Holy “Ghost”. The "great transgression", the abuse of sex or generative force for sense gratification, must be expiated, under the Law of Cause and Consequence, through [[suffering]] in diseased and incapacitated bodies and minds, mainly afflicted with [[developmental disabilities]], as there is a close connection between sexual activity and mental activity as well as the power of speech<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen029.htm Learning Disabilities]</ref> – and incurable [[cancer]] (see also [[carcinogenesis]] and [[cancer treatment]]) for those who abuse the sex function in a very marked and bestial degree. Thus the ignorant use of the generative force is primarily responsible for pain, sickness and sorrow. 
**Region of Concrete Thought: related to the [[Mental body|Mind]]; inhabited by  the ''Lords of Mind'', a Hierarchy of Elohim astrologically associated to [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]]; the "Second heaven" state of consciousness; Archetypes; memory of nature in the highest subdivision (covering the essence of a whole life or event); ocean of harmony: the [[musica universalis|Music of the Spheres]]
*The [[Astral plane|Desire World]], the world of [[color]]: related to the [[Astral body#The Desire body|Desire body]]; home of the [[Archangels]], astrologically associated to [[Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]]; the abode of deceased persons for some time subsequent to the event of death
**higher regions, Attraction, the "First heaven" state of consciousness
**intermediate region, Interest and Indifference
**lower regions, Repulsion, the "Purgatory" state of consciousness
*The [[Physical plane|Physical World]], composed of seven regions;
**[[Etheric plane|Etheric Region]]: related to the [[etheric body]]; home of the [[Angels]] (seen as being one step beyond the human stage, as humans are a degree in advance of the animal evolution), astrologically associated to [[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]]; [[Akashic records]] in the ''reflecting ether'' (pictures at least several hundred years back or much more in some cases, almost as the pictures on a screen, scene shifts backward). The etheric region is subdivided in four regions according to the grades of [[density]] of the [[Aether (classical element)|aether]] permeating our physical planet [[Earth]]; Reflecting Ether, Light Ether, Life Ether and Chemical Ether.
**Chemical Region; the physical [[Earth]] as perceived through the five senses enhanced by the current [[Technology|technological]] equipment, subdivided in three regions according to the four main [[states of matter]]: [[solid]], [[liquid]], [[gas]]eous, and [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]]. It is the current home of the [[self-consciousness|self-conscious]] humanity, astrologically associated to [[Pisces (astrology)|Pisces]]. The ''Chemical region'' of the physical world is home to four [[life]] waves, or ''kingdoms'', at a different stage in the [[Spiritual evolution|evolutionary]] path: [[mineral]] life is the first and lowest level of [[Spirituality|spiritual]] evolution on Earth;  then comes [[plant]]s, with actual life, then [[animal]]s ([[Poikilotherm|cold-blooded]] animals, then [[warm-blooded]]), and finally the [[human being]]. The beings belonging to each life wave either evolve through the work of the individual Spirit (human being) or are yet evolving under a group spirit and have acquired more or less [[subtle bodies]] according to the development stage of each life wave.

The worlds of [[matter]] (Physical world, Desire world and World of Thought/Region of Concrete Thought) are considered to be a reverse [[Reflection (physics)|reflection]] of the worlds of Spirit (World of Thought/Region of Abstract Thought, World of Life Spirit and World of Divine Spirit).

===Vegetarianism===

Members of the Rosicrucian Fellowship cannot consume [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]], [[meat]] or use [[tobacco]].<ref>Lewis, James R. (1998). ''The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions''.  Prometheus Books. p. 412. {{ISBN|1-57392-222-6}}</ref> They advocate a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] diet for ethical and spiritual reasons.<ref name="Rosicrucian">[https://www.rosicrucianfellowship.org/rays_archives/2004/Mar_Apr%202004%20Rays%20from%20the%20Rose%20Cross.pdf "Nutrition and Health"]. rosicrucianfellowship.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.</ref><ref name="Vegetarian">[https://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/magen503.htm "The Wisdom of the Vegetarian Diet"]. rosicrucian.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.</ref> They also recommend that vegetables be eaten [[Raw food|raw]] as cooking destroys valuable cell salts.<ref name="Vegetarian"/> They have stated that the "vegetarian diet is most conducive to health and purity; that meat of all kinds, including fish and fowl, also alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and stimulants are injurious to health and spirituality".<ref name="Vegetarian"/>

==See also==
*[[Christian Rosenkreuz]]

''Lineage''
*[[Disciple whom Jesus loved|Beloved Disciple]]
*[[Johannine literature]]
*[[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]

''School''
*[[Max Heindel]]
*[[Mount Ecclesia]]
*[[Rays from the Rose Cross]]
*[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception]]

''Central concepts''
*[[Astrological age]], [[Astrological age#The Great Month of Aquarius .28Aquarius-Leo.29 2|Age of Aquarius]]
*[[Christ#Esoteric Christian tradition|Christ (concept)]], [[Second coming#Esoteric Christian teachings|Second Coming]]
*[[The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception#The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution|God and the scheme of evolution]]

==References==

===Notes===
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== External links ==
*{{official website|http://www.rosicrucianfellowship.org/}}

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