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Topic: Sacred Fraternity of the Cross

	P and Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rosy cross or rose cross, referring to the cross of the rose, the general medieval idea of the rose being an emblem of divine love, and the cross of renunciation and self-conquest.
		The rosy cross is the cube unfolded (cf SD 2:19, 80, 601).
		Seven is indeed the sacred number of life, and with the circle and the cross it forms a triad of primordial symbols of the ancient wisdom.
	www.experiencefestival.com /p_and_cross (1496 words)

	A Brief Study of the Rose Cross Symbol
		The cross is the axis of the cycle of the year whose spokes are the equinoxes and solstices.
		The basic rose cross symbol is that of a rose appended to the junction of the two lines of the cross - the center point.
		It relates the cross to the number six which is the number of the Tree of rife Sphere to which it corresponds, (See the Tree of Life diagram in the appendix) that is, the Sphere of Tiphareth (Beauty) also known as the Sphere of the Sun.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/2092/paper3.htm (2516 words)

	Justice and Fraternity
		The principle of fraternity is that which, regarding the members of the great family of man as jointly and separately answerable for one another, looks forward to the day when society, the work of man, is organized on the model of the human body, the work of God.
		But it is above all in regard to labor that the dogma of fraternity seems to me to be dangerous, when, contrary to the idea that constitutes the very essence of that sacred word, people dream of inserting it into our legal codes, to the accompaniment of the penal provisions that sanction all positive law.
		Oh, undoubtedly, fraternity is the divine chain whose links will ultimately unite individuals, families, nations, and races; but it will do so only by remaining what it is, that is, the most free, the most spontaneous, the most voluntary, the most meritorious, the most religious of sentiments.
	bastiat.org /en/justice_fraternity.html (8057 words)

	The Legend of the True Cross - Olga's Gallery
		The Cross, on which Christ was crucified and died, became for Christians the object of a special respect and worship, not only as a remembrance of His sufferings and death, but also as a symbol of His sacrifice.
		The wise King Solomon understood the prophecy — the death of the Savior on the cross would cause the end of the kingdom of the Jews, the kingdom of his people — and trying to prevent the events ordered the wood to be hidden.
		The sacred relics of the city, the True Cross and the instruments of the Passion, have been hidden, but they were unearthed and were sent eastwards as a gift to the Christian Queen of Persia, Meryem.
	www.abcgallery.com /list/2003apr03.html (1367 words)

	Secret Teachings of All Ages: The Fraternity of the Rose Cross
		The original symbol of the Rosicrucian Fraternity was a hieroglyphic rose crucified upon a cross.
		The "Brothers of the Rose Cross" are believed to have lived unobtrusively, laboring industriously in trades and professions, disclosing their secret affiliation to no one--in many cases not even to their own families.
		The cross is symbolic of the human body, and the two symbols together--the rose on the cross--signify that the soul of man is crucified upon the body, where it is held by three nails.
	www.sacred-texts.com /eso/sta/sta33.htm (5205 words)

	The Sacred Monastery of the Exaltation of The Holy Cross: Our Elder, Archimandrite Dionyssios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ordained Deacon, by Metropolitan Dionysios of Drama, at the Sacred Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mt. Athos.
		Appointed Steward and Vicar of the Sacred Metochion of Simonos Petras: the Convent "Annunciation of the Theotokos" in Ormylia, Chalkidiki.
		In the Sacred Convent of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Thebes Boeotias, 3 October 1998.
	www.fhc.org /holycrossmonastery/upload/en/elder.html (1632 words)

	The Meaning of the Rose Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nevertheless, the three primary documents of the Rose Cross are unarguably Christian in essence and are founded in Luther’s return to the fundamental fact of the incarnation, the Cross.
		For this reason Luther was the first to take as his emblem the Rose and the Cross: a large five petalled white rose, enclosed within the blue circle of the world which is bounded by gold, at whose center lies a heart, wherein sits a fl cross.
		Now, although the cross is fl, mortified, and intended to cause pain, yet it does not change the color of the heart, does not destroy nature, i.e.
	www.fraternidaderosacruz.org /cb_tmotrc.htm (7680 words)

	The Rosy and Golden Cross
		The romance or the Rosy Cross has formed for generations, which have almost passed into centuries a prolific fund of suggestion in the fact that its early history obtained for the Brethren a title as mysterious as that which they had assumed on their own part.
		On the contrary the Rosy Cross would have dissolved for him in the higher and more ancient light of Egyptian Mysteries, and what lie actually pretended was that he had been initiated at the foot of the Pyramids into the secret wisdom of Osiris, Isis and Anubis.
		Degree describes the Sacred Rose as a symbol of the First Matter of Alchemy we are far removed from the field of Rosicrucian symbolism.
	www.hermetics.org /brc-17.html (4303 words)

	Sacred Heart Hospital
		She was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital with second-degree burns to her hands, first-degree burns to her face and smoke inhalation.
		Pensacola police officers said Simmons is accused of leaving Sacred Heart Hospital on July 30 with her 2-month-old as officials from the Department of Children...
		A Sacred Heart Hospital employee is facing charges that he indecently assaulted an 85-year-old woman in her hospital bed, Allentown police said.
	hospitals.cancer-help.org /news/Sacred_Heart_Hospital.html (5433 words)

	False Gospel in the Stars: Libra
		It appears that the Reformed are departing from their Reformation heritage to a new Christology which incorporates the sacred marriage blasphemy.
		“Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” was a motto formulated to articulate the ideals and aspirations of the oppressed under the opulent French monarchy.
		“Fraternity” means that all men are to be brothers, the artificial strictures of national borders, religions, and races, etc. obliterated.
	watch.pair.com /libra.html (7174 words)

	The Rosy and Golden Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I am led therefore to conclude that as this particular branch of the Rosy Cross was at least concerned mainly with the physical work on metals, it was an association on the quest and not at the term of attainment.
		The crescent or half circle indicates that it is essentially of lunar nature, while the cross attached thereto, which is the invariable sign of the sal centrale et fundamentum subjecti, points out that the earth of this metal is mercurial and lunar, the salt arsenical and the sulphur volatile.
		We have found that the early memorials of the Rosy Cross offer eloquent and valuable testimony to the frauds of alchemical literature, but their authors knew that there was another side of the subject, and I have certified to its existence on my own part there and here in these pages.
	www.hermetics.org /brc-16.html (10979 words)

	The Fraternity of Perfected Souls
		The central fact of the mystic life, that every human Soul sacrifices himself and is crucified on the fourfold cross of matter, is but a variant of that same profound truth.
		The occult nature of this mighty phenomenon is so holy and sacred, and withal so difficult of comprehension by the ordinary human intellect, that the truth has ever been cast in symbolic and allegorical forms.
		At the very dawn of intellectual humanity were laid the foundation-stones of all the faiths and creeds, of every fane and church built from first to last; and those allegorical foundations still survive.
	www.wisdomworld.org /additional/ancientlandmarks/FraternityPerfectSouls.html (2271 words)

	Sir Francis Bacon and the Rose Cross
		The facts and documents concerning the Fraternity of the Rose Cross are absolutely unknown to English readers.
		The writer has long been a member of the Masonic order of the Red Cross, which is popularly supposed to have inherited the title from the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, a supposition which, having a knowledge of the history of this and other societies akin to Masonry, he believes to of doubtful validity.
		So many intellectual subtleties have been employed by fanciful theorists in attempts to explain the precise signification of these ancient symbols, believed to be older than the Christian era, that their more obvious and truer significance has been unnecessarily obscured.
	www.crcsite.org /bacon.htm (2875 words)

	Rosicrucian Order
		II of the Temple of the Rosy Cross.
		Confraternity of the Rose Cross This is the official homepage of the C+RC Rosicrucian fraternal order and school of mysticism.
		Rosicrucian Fraternity This is the official homepage of the Rosicrucian Fraternity.
	science.gcc.edu /reli/kemeny/new_page_2312.htm (2598 words)

	Maier - Laws of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross
		Seeing therefore that these positions or laws, laid down by the father of the honourable Fraternity are worthy of special view, we shall truly according to their nature, and the advantages men may receive from them, Crown them with due commendations, counting them not only worthy of acceptance, but an Encomium.
		That none of them, notwithstanding their being of the fraternity, shall be enjoyned one habit; but may suit themselves to the custom and mode of those countries in which they reside.
		Wherefore the father of this fraternity was not so much careful of concealing himself in respect of his own interest; but herein he wisely consulted the good and welfare of his successors and the whole fraternity.
	www.levity.com /alchemy/maier_la.html (8035 words)

	Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, translated by S.L. Mathers
		Therefore what Abraham means is, that this system of Sacred Magic is thoroughly reliable, because correct in all its attributions, and that this being so, there is no chance of the operator using names and formulas on wrong occasions and in error.
		It is one thing to simply quit one debased and materialised form or sect of religion for another, which is perhaps little if any better; and quite another thing to seek out the true religion which is at the basis of all, and which could not be entirely true, were it not free from sect.
		On the 29th May, 1415, this Pontiff was solemnly deposed by the Council of Constance as being given to simony, impudent, a secret poisoner, and a spendthrift of the wealth of the Church; and was imprisoned in the castle of Heidelberg.
	www.esotericarchives.com /abramelin/abramelin.htm (14078 words)

	Works of the Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Apostleship of the Cross is an association born of the inspiration of God to his Venerable Concepcion Cabrera de Armida.
		Another Work of the Cross that unites priests and Bishops, who in their pastoral field seek their own sanctification and that of all the People of God by spreading and supporting the Spirituality of the Cross, offering themselves to the Father with Jesus the Priest.
		In order to live the Spirituality of the Cross, our life is geared toward our own personal sanctification, the sanctification of the People of God, the sanctification of Priests as well as consecrated Religious men and women, thus, contributing to the betterment of our society.
	www.molalla.net /~mspsmta/works2.htm (406 words)

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		The Aurea Legenda—The lost libraries of Alexandria—The cross in pagan symbolism—The crucifixion, a cosmic allegory—The crucifixion of Quetzalcoatl—The nails of the Passion
		The sacred city of Ephesus—The authorship of the Apocalypse—The Alpha and Omega—The Lamb of God—The Four Horsemen—The number of the beast
		Associations of men and women bound together by oaths and obligations into esoteric fraternities have descended from the earliest times and bear witness to a natural inclination to perpetuate doctrines which lead to the good of mankind.
	www.prs.org /secret.htm (1947 words)

	Definition of Terms: Interfaith Calendar of World Religions
		Wicca celebration of the conjoining of the goddess with the energy of the god in the sacred marriage which is the basis of all creation.
		A Christian Day of recognition for the Cross on which Jesus was crucified as a central symbol of the Christian religion.
		Wicca celebration of the sacred marriage in which energy of the gods is poured into the service of life.
	www.interfaithcalendar.org /calendardefinitions.htm (4495 words)

	sacred sites
		Even though many sacred places in Europe have no signposts and markers, the trees, rivers and other natural 'inhabitants' there should be respected by those share the space with them.
		Some sacred groves have been demolished by people using the cut wood for campfires, and bathing in the sacred waterway.
		De Boer, a geologist commented that Pythia, "delivered her prophecies while immersed in a trance induced by a naturally occurring mixture of ethane, methane, and ethylene, a sweet- smelling gas that was used as an anesthetic in the early 20th century.
	www.thediviningnation.com /sacred.htm (4513 words)

	PERSONAL on jeff.ostrowski.cc
		Ratzinger reports in his 1998 autobiography that because he was born on Holy Saturday, he was baptized with the newly blessed Easter water in the small parish church in the village of Marktl am Inn.
		It is difficult not to read some kind of sacred meaning into the scene, and Ratzinger has not resisted, seeing it as a symbol of the human condition in its "not quite" relation to Easter and the resurrection.
		Helena of the True Cross of Jesus, a new parish in Corpus Christi, TX.
	jeff.ostrowski.cc /personal.htm (5049 words)

	The Ancient and Illustrious Order Knights of Malta 1915.
		On their return they carried with them to their homes, hundreds arid thousands of miles, the sacred palm leaf or branch from the palm tree of the garden of Abraham, as a trophy of their journey, and hung it over the altar in their parish churches at home.
		In the year 1228 Jerusalem was again taken and the banner of the cross floated over the city, and the Knights commenced to repair its walls.
		They were defenders of the faith, protectors of the Cross, apostles sent forth not only to defend but to preach the Kingdom of God with a very pronounced force and with equal effect In a very large measure we are indebted to the Illustrious Order Knights of Malta for the Christian privileges we enjoy to-day.
	www2.prestel.co.uk /church/sjcross/anc01.htm (6271 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Sacred Art: a Rebirth?
		In 1992-93, as a novice at the Fraternity of St. Peter's seminary in Wigratzbad, Germany, Janek marveled at the exquisite paintings and sculptures that fill the Bavarian region's beautiful Baroque-style churches.
		Stations of the Cross and sacred vessels—can be seen in parishes and private collections around the nation.
		Art in general, he says, "should be celebratory of Creation"; sacred art in particular should "mediate the things of God." The Reformation's attack on this theology of sacramental mediation, he says, led to the divorce of art first from faith, and eventually from reality altogether.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=688 (3017 words)

	The Llewellyn Encyclopedia: Magic and Ritual
		She was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn but broke with the society after a quarrel with Moina Mathers, widow of founder MacGregor Mathers.
		Talisman A talisman is any object, sacred or profane, with or without appropriate symbols, charged or consecrated by appropriate means and made to serve a specific end.
		The seventh and last of the seven "double letters." A Hebrew word meaning "tau cross." Corresponds to Saturn, the 32nd Path (between Yesod and Malkuth), and Tarot trump XXI The World.
	www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /subjects.php?gen_sbj=Magic+and+Ritual (11508 words)

	The Knights Templar and Cannabis
		The famed New Age author, and modern day “stoned philosopher” Robert Anton Wilson, wrote a whole book on the Templars, putting forth a theory that they were practicing a form of Arabic Tantrism, and ingesting hashish, a technique they had picked up from their contact with the Assassins.
		Among the many criminal accusations against the Templars were mocking the cross, sodomy[5] and worshipping a mysterious idol in the form of a head.
		The Templars were also accused of tying a sacred cord around their waist, which was said to have been consecrated by pressing it against the mysterious head.
	www.alchemylab.com /cannabis_stone1.htm (2312 words)

	Cariel's Heartlink, Archetypes, Sacred Geometry and DNA
		It is from within the goddesses yoni that the symbols of sacred geometry are born.
		The modern Christian cross is actually an amalgam of these crosses: Crosses, usually associated with Christianity, are actually ancient symbols found in many cultures, and may be considered decorative or symbolic or both.
		The "Saltire" or Saint Andrew's Cross is "X" shaped, and is sometimes called "the carried cross"; it is a cross for missions.
	www.cabiz.net /heartlink/archetypes_dna.htm (3778 words)

	Order of the Rosy Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Order of the Rosy Cross, or Rosicrucians, is a worldwide esoteric society and fraternity officially called the Ancient Mystic Order of Rosae Crucis (AMORC), whose official emblem is a cross with a single rose in the center.
		In the eighteenth century various tracts and manifestoes were published asserting the existence of the Brothers of the Rosy Cross, and several groups claiming Rosicrucian origins were active in Russia, Poland, and Germany.
		The AMORC is an international fraternal order that operates through a system of lodges and fosters the Rosicrucian philosophy of developing humankind's highest potentialities and psychic powers.
	www.occultopedia.com /o/order_of_the_rosy_cross.htm (1005 words)

	Priestly Fraternity of St Peter
		The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) is a Society of Apostolic Life of pontifical right, founded in 1988 with the approval of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II.
		The priests of the Fraternity celebrate the Mass and Sacraments according to the traditional Latin forms of the Roman Rite.
		At present, the Fraternity's Southern Cross Region has six priests operating in four Australian dioceses.
	www.fssp.net (200 words)

	Rose Cross
		Many friends in the world work through Centers which hold classes in the Philosophy and in spiritual astrology, the study and teaching of which is an integral part of the work of the Fellowship.
		The Rays from the Rose Cross Magazine is published by The Rosicrucian Fellowship and is devoted to a blending of Mystic Christianity and Scientific Thought.
		It was his mission to prepare a new phase of the Christian religion to be used during the coming age now at hand, for as the world and man evolve so also must religion change.
	rosicrucianzine.tripod.com (1116 words)

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