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While the term Rosy Cross has engulfed esoteric rose symbolism,
it really has little to do with roses in any direct botanical sense. The term
Rose Croix derives from the Latin ros meaning dew or Life, and crux
meaning cross that refers to the chemical sign for Light. As we saw in
Chapter 5, the cross of Light and Life has the same meaning as Yahweh's
post-Exilic name.
Yet, the rose is an evocative symbol of many other things that
have synergy with alchemy. For example, the rose also stands for secrecy
and silence. Many hotels in Europe such as those in the Vienna Wood
have a rose on their billboard suggesting their hotels provide
confidentiality for amorous liaisons.
A rose in a dining room reminds people of the need for secrecy
around the dinner table, or sub rosa in Latin. 1087 This reflects the Sign of
Silence, which is a form of adoration given by raising one’s finger to the
lips. Historically, it is the sign of adoration of a king reborn. The rose
embraces the king. In the case of Horus, it is a lotus flower. Cupid, the
son of Venus, symbolizes this image of beauty and love. He presents a
rose to Harpocrates as the secret symbol of his forthcoming rebirth: 1088
In many places as well in England as the Low Countries, they
have over their Tables a rose painted, and what is spoken under
the rose must not be revealed; the reason is this; The Rose being
sacred to Venus, whose amours and stolen sports that they might
never be revealed, her sonne Cupid would needes dedicate to
Harpocrates, the God of Silence.
The Egyptians knew Harpocrates as Heru-pa-khret. It is from his
Egyptian name that the Chi-Rho cross of Christ derives. KHeru translates
in Greek as Criw meaning, I anoint. 1089 With this perspective of
Harpocrates, we can again detect Indo-Hittite myth replacing Afro-
Asiatic. Harpocrates, as the divine child, is victorious over the carnal
lusts of Set. The Egyptian Saturnalia celebrated this event. 1090
In 1731CE, Corneille asserted that the great masters of the Rose
Cross were Frerés de la Rosee Cuite or Brothers of the Boiled Dew. 1091
He records that they gave themselves the initials FRC. Masonic fringe
groups such as Fratres Rosi Crucis, Fraternity of the Rosy Cross and
Fellows of the Rosy Cross took these initials. 1092
The earliest written reference to the Brethren of the Rosy Cross,
or Rosicrucians, is a 1638 poem that associates them with speculative
Freemasonry: 1093
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