The Alchemy Key.pdf - Veritas File System

For what we pressage is not in grosse, for we be brethren of the
Rosie Cross, we have the Mason’s Word and second sight, things
to come we can foretell aright.
Amongst Elias Ashmole’s papers were his handwritten English
translations of the Rosicrucian tracts Fama and the Confessio. In about
1653, Elias Ashmole wrote that he had learned from Doctor Molton that
the Rosicrucians lived in Strasbourg: 1094
The Fratres RC: live about Strasburg: 7 miles from thence in a
mon(a)st(e)ry.
In fact, the Fratres were more widespread than this. In June 1623,
the College Principal des Freres de la Rose-Croix, a group of protestant
monks from the abbe d’Orval, was present in Rennes-le-Chateau and
Rennes-les-Bains.. 1095 They were a Benedictine and Cathar order that
derived from the Bogomils.
The Thirty Years War brought European Rosicrucians to
England. The war lasted from 1618 to 1648. In the 1620s, Catholic
Armies overran most of Germany. The Christian Unions of Johann
Valentin Andrea smuggled German Rosicrucians into Flanders. From
there, they formed a Rosicrucian Court in Exile in the Netherlands. James
I of England, a Stuart King from 1603 to 1625, became the main bastion
of protection. Most Rosicrucians moved on to England. Dame Francis
Yates observes that the Thirty Years War put paid to the Rosicrucians'
attempt to build a Protestant esoteric empire in Europe. 1096
Johann Valentin Andrea, who organized the Christian Unions, is
also considered the most likely author of the Rosicrucian manifesto
Christian Rosencranz. He adopted armorial bearings of a St. Andrew's
cross with four roses. 1097
The deeply meaningful symbol of a St. Andrew's cross was
proudly worn at the establishment of the Royal Society where each fellow
wore a St Andrew’s cross of ribbon on the crown of his hat. 1098
The Roman Catholic Church, refers to the St Andrew's cross as
the Signaculum Dei or Seal of God. 1099 Yet, it remains a thorn to the
established Church. It is a symbol of Archangel Michael and the lineage
of Melchizedek Priests. 1100 The Testament of Amram found among the
Dead Sea Scrolls highlights the strong similarity between Melchizedek
and the Archangel Michael, Protector of Israel and Prince of Light. 1101
England did not prove a very safe refuge for the Rosicrucians.
The Government of England was unstable because Charles I, son of
James I, dismissed Parliament in 1629. He governed without Parliament
281