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Every world work that is undertaken on behalf of the Gnostic Kingdom, and in complete service to humanity, has an outward manifestation and its own history. Such a history, when seen in conjunction with the spiritual aims and impulses that drive its activity, can provide great insights for those who wish to join the community of souls that walk this path of construction and service. Starting from the very first initiatives that began in 1920, this book traces the efforts, activities, experiences and insights of Jan van Rijckenborgh and Catharose de Petri, the founders and Grandmasters of the Spiritual School of the Golden Rosycross, as well as recognising many of the devoted and tireless workers that stood beside them in the development of the sevenfold world work.

But as with all true spiritual endeavours, the exoteric, outward manifestation, is always accompanied by an esoteric, inner development, that is treated with equal importance in this book, when discussing the inner and outer 'temple'. The reader is taken through the pre-WWII growth of the School, and introduced to the many esoteric movements (Theosophy, the Hermetic Society, the Quest Society, Anthroposophy - to name a few), that impacted on and influenced the development of the inner task and insight of the Grandmasters. Chief amongst these, was the affinity the Grandmasters experienced with Max Hiendel and his Rosicrucian Fellowship, and the lasting influence he had.

After WWII however, was when the Lectorium Rosicrucian, inspired by the chain of the Universal Brotherhood, left these indirect influences behind, and took on its task in complete dedication to the service of humanity. As history shows, the growth of the Spiritual School could not only be seen in the growth of the places of service (temples and conference centres) that were dedicated to the work, but could also be seen in the sevenfold development of the inner work. Thus the reader is, through the lenses of history, given an insight in this book, of the spiritual development and activity of the work undertaken on behalf of humanity, through the guidance of the Universal Brotherhood.

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Every gnostic manifestation undertaken on behalf of the Universal Brotherhood and in complete service to humanity, has an outward manifestation and its own history. As with all true spiritual endeavours, the exoteric, outward manifestation, is always accompanied by an esoteric, inner development. This book takes the reader through the development of the Spiritual School of the Golden Rosycross, and the many esoteric movements that impacted on and influenced the inner task and insight of its Founders. Inspired by the chain of the Universal Brotherhood, Jan van Rijckenborgh and Catharose de Petri took on their task in complete dedication to the service of humanity.

Inhoudsopgave

Preface by J.R. Ritman

Foreword by the author

Introduction to the book

PART I

THE ORDER OF THE ROSYCROSS

PREPARATION IN THE WORLD FIELD

1. Nature soul and world heart

2. You yourself are the turning point 

The Haarlem years: the first circle of development. The influenceof a Haarlem minister: A.H. de Hartog. Jakob Boehme’s axiom as inner guideline. De Hartog’s social commitment. What does itmean, forming the turning point yourself?

3. The spiritual line. The world work begins

1875-1911. The impulse of H.P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. The seven arcane sciences. Anna Bonus Kingsford and the Hermetic Society. Arthur Edward Waite and The Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. The exemplary life of G.R.S. Mead and The Quest Society. The call from the solar heart

4. Max Heindel and The Rosicrucian Fellowship

Recognising the like-mindedness. Return to simplicity. A clear and logical explanation of the world and the human being. A group of pioneers steps to the fore. On the way to a refuge in the world. Rudolf Steiner’s ideal, a secret circle of Rosicrucians

PART II

THE ORDER OF THE ROSYCROSS

THE WORK OF Z.W. (WIM) AND JAN LEENE

5. The work in The Netherlands

1924-1935. The first period. – The Dutch Rosicrucian Society. Magazines and Publication Office. The cooperation and the key: the work of Johann Valentin Andreae. The new, autonomous basis

6. London. Finding the three manifestoes

1935. The Fama Fraternitatis, the Confessio Fraternitatis and the Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosycross anno 1459. A new dimension of like-mindedness. The atmosphere in which they originated. Tobias Hess as the spiritual father, Paracelsus as the godfather of the classical Rosicrucians. The spiritual testament of the order of the Rosycross. Initiating a coordinating international federation

7. The importance of the construction of the inner and the outer Temple

1935-1946. The second period. The first fire temple and a stream of independent publications

8. The Aquarius alliance, 1935

9. The summer camps at ‘De Haere’ between 1934 and 1940

10. Three authors

The works of Jan Leene, Wim Leene and Cor Damme

11. Spiritual fellowship, spiritual intelligence

1938-1940. The central role of Z.W. Leene as spiritual leader. His death and the new board of directors with H. Stok-Huizer. The wondrous Christmas Eve. The period after Z.W. Leene until 1940. The last summer camps of the Rosycross at ‘De Haere’

12. Under pressure I burn most fiercely

Looting in Haarlem and Doornspijk. Interrogation by the Gestapo. Contemplation and reflection. The work in the resistance. The life of the Sermon on the Mount

13. A period of reflection

New ways of initiation; back to the original Christian beginning. The preceding brotherhood. Becoming conscious of the world work. The new sign – The hermetic basis of life

PART III

THE LECTORIUM ROSICRUCIANUM

BUILDING THE SPIRITUAL SCHOOL

Declaration of principles of the Lectorium Rosicrucianum

14. The new approach

1946-1957. The third period. The Christian-hermetic gnosis. The foundation of the new gnostic kingdom

15. Elckerlyc –Renova

Working with the group. H.Th. Wijdeveld and Elckerlyc. A conference centre in the centre of The Netherlands. The new cooperation of the spiritual leaders

16. A new Fama or Call of the brotherhood R.C. 

The sevenfold world brotherhood. The six parts of the Cornerstone series. The conferences about the coming new man and the aspects and consequences of the new period of humanity

17. A free working place – the school as an autonomous organisation

The journey to France. The conferences during the first part of the fifties. The Renova series

18. The sealing in the chain of the brotherhood

The encounter with A. Gadal. The Triple Alliance of the Light. A period of feverish activity. The first conference centres of the Lectorium Rosicrucianum abroad. Brazil and the work of Cor Damme

19. The treasury of the universal brotherhood

1957-1968. The fourth period. The House Sancti Spiritus in modern times. Hermes is the primordial source: The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis. The explanations of the Rosicrucian Manifestoes. The wisdom of the path is universal. The commentaries to the Daodejing.

Once again Egypt. Valentinus and the Pistis Sophia – the books of the Saviour

20. Aquarius as an apotheosis of the spirit

The conferences of Renova in 1963; the Christian Rosenkreuzheim in Calw in 1964; the J. van Rijckenborghheim in Bad Münder in 1965; in Basle in 1966 and in Toulouse in 1967

PART IV

THE SEVENFOLD WORLD BROTHERHOOD

21. The structure of the work is consolidated

1968-1979. The fifth period. Catharose de Petri consolidates the work. The international spiritual leadership

22. The publications of Catharose de Petri

The symbolism of the two spiritual figures. The Living Word. Live as a soul human being would live

PART V

THE WORK FROM THE HOUSE SANCTI SPIRITUS

23. The establishment of the gnostic kingdom

1990-2001. The work of the sevenfold world brotherhood. The great triad. The Pistis and the Sophia. New impulses and initiatives of the international spiritual leadership. Seven regions. The symposia at conference centre Renova. Conference days in the J. van Rijckenborgh Centre in Haarlem. The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in the light of the universal Gnosis. Further expansion of the work

24. Conclusion

‘The love that is salvation’. A testimony by Catharose de Petri

Epilogue

General bibliography

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