In 1990 there was a dispute over the leadership of the AMORC, which was then under the leadership of Imperator Gary L.
It is also a fact that the two rival organizations historically disputed their claims to Rosicrucian genuineness. Johannes Kelpius of the Jacob Boehme Lodge in Germany allegedly led the German Pietists to America, although no historical evidence exists to support this claim, nor the common claim to be connected to the Ephrata Cloister. 'In that retired valley beside the flowing brook the secret rites and mysteries of the true Rosicrucian Philosophy flourished unmolested for years, until the state of affairs brought about by the American Revolution, together with pernicious Sunday legislation which also discriminated against the keepers of the scriptural Sabbath day, gradually caused the incoming generation to assimilate with the secular congregations.' This is disputed by another organization, the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross at one time headed by Dr. They finally settled on the banks of the Wissahickon. The next Rosicrucian expedition to America is said to have been by the chartered vessel Sarah Maria during the early months of 1694 under the leadership of Grand Master Johannes Kelpius and they established a colony in what is now Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. AMORC scholars have suggested that Rosicrucians first came to America in the area of present-day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in The Vizcaíno Expedition of 1602–1603.
Rosicrucianism rose to considerable prominence in Europe during the 17th century following the publication and wide circulation of a small pamphlet, the Fama Fraternitatis. Walt Disney was once a member of AMORC as was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Jack Palance's daughter Holly Palance and many other well known individuals who prefer to remain anonymous.
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According to railroad magnate Arthur Stillwell, no other man has exerted a greater influence as a secret partner in American free enterprise than Lewis. Lewis became a 'secret partner' of Big Business in America. May Banks-Stacy, the co-founder of AMORC, was said to be one of the last successors to the original colony of Rosicrucians that settled in America during the late 17th century, and an initiate of the Rosicrucians of the East. After further qualification and preparation the first official Manifesto was issued in the United States in 1915, announcing the establishment of Rosicrucian activity in America. Īccording to AMORC's internal history in 1909 Harvey Spencer Lewis visited France in search of Rosicrucians, was initiated in Toulouse, France, and given the mandate to establish an order in North America. revealed, to the world, in the form of the Rosicrucian manifestos.Famous seventeenth century Rosicrucian Michael Maier described the origins of Rosicrucianism as 'Egyptian, Brahmanic, derived from the Mysteries of Eleusis and Samothrace, the Magi of Persia, the Pythagoreans, and the Arabs.' Several of his other works also allude to the mysterious origins of the Rosicrucians. At that point, according to AMORC internal mythology, the time was right for the existence of this body of secret knowledge to become open, i.e. The ancient Mysteries are said to have been preserved through the millennia by closed secret societies until the early years of 17th Century Europe. The Order further states that it is heir and custodian of the 'Rose-Croix' of the past, thereby making it the oldest existing Traditional Fraternity and a modern-day manifestation of the 'Rosicrucian Fraternity' of old, which is believed by some to have originated in the traditions of the Ancient EgyptianMystery schools. AMORC claims an association with a 'perennial philosophy', often referred to as 'The Primordial Tradition'.
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