Rosicrucian Texts

These texts are historical documents relating to the 'Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross', a renaissance German secret society. This group had a huge impact on more recent organizations such as the Golden Dawn, and is often cited by conspiracy theorists for completely different reasons.

Note: The connection of the original Rosicrucians with the well-known contemporary fraternal organization, the Rosicrucian Society [AMORC] is vague at best. The AMORC, founded in 1915, runs the Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA, and a mail-order study series.

Other books relating to the Rosicrucians can be found at the Sub Rosa index.

The Real History of the Rosicrucians
by Arthur Edward Waite [1887]
Complete text of all of the key Rosicrucian documents, including the Fama, Confessio, and the Chemical Wedding, and extensive historical background on the elusive group.

In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom
by Franz Hartmann [1890]
The history, secret powers, and doctrine of the 'true' Rosicrucians.

With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians
by Franz Hartmann [1910]
A seeker encounters a Rosicrucian enclave in the Alps and learns of Alchemy, Elementals and Reincarnation.

The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
by Magus Incognito (pseud. William Walker Atkinson) [1918]
Speculations on the inner teachings of the Rosicrucians.

The following are the foundation documents of the Rosicrucians. These are links into Waites' The Real History of the Rosicrucians:

Fama Fraternitatis
Confessio Fraternitatis
The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

Modern Rosicrucians

The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries
by Hargrave Jennings [4th ed., 1907, orig. pub. 1870]
Was sacred sexuality at the core of the Rosicrucians' legendary powers to halt aging, transmute matter and attain spiritual perfection?

This is a collection of texts by Max Heindel [1865-1919], a modern Rosicrucian writer. These texts are in ASCII text format.