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I realize it's a dead thread but it's an interesting topic all the same.
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It sure is an interesting topic, I just like to point it out for people that may not realize. Sometimes people miss the dates and wonder why the original people do not reply back to them.I realize it's a dead thread but it's an interesting topic all the same.
Rosicrucian mysticism had one goal at it's core, enlightenment. Like all mystics they sought a kind of ultimate enlightenment, pretty much unknown in the church. The church has always had mystics, Rosicrucian may represent one brand of such pursuits. I don't know how you connect Rosicrucian mysticism with Lutheran theology, the two couldn't be more different.
How do Lutherans now a days feel about the Rosicrucian movement. Did it ever gain widespread support? Are there any Lutheran Rosicrucians still around?
I’m familiar with the teachings and followed a Hermetic path for a time which inevitably leads to Uncle Al and additional problems. No matter the road it always leads to magic and Egypt will come up eventually. Many of the practices use Christian elements but its all occult.
“Cloak” is an accurate description. But the further you go the clearer the roots become. Its demonic.
I'm not sure the roots are particularly clear at all. Do these practices really have any resemblance to actual religion as practiced in ancient Egypt or Zoroastrian Iran, or...? It doesn't seem so. Rather it all goes back to the same religious/ intellectual atmosphere that Christianity emerged from- Hellenistic mystery religions (and Christianity is in many ways a Hellenistic mystery religion). When Plato was claiming some continuity with Egypt via Pythagoras I think this was more of a literary device than a serious assertion. The later Hermeticists took it quite seriously but I don't think it holds up when a real comparison is made.