The L Word

These people do not care about "Lineage."

No order claiming to be "Rosicrucian" has any lineage whatsoever! Even the genuine ones (if there is such a thing).

The reason is simple: they have no lineage because the original order described in the Fama Fraternitatis had none itself. When Frater N was sitting in the library that fateful day in 1604, he had absolutely no way of knowing that he was truly connected to the original order founded by CRC. Then by chance he found the Vault of the Adepti, and based his legitimacy to be a Rosicrucian purely on the fact of that discovery.

So: anytime you hear anyone go on about the L Word, just remember that Rosicrucianism itself was never founded on the basis of lineage, but on possession – even physical possession – of "Rosicrucian secrets" e.g. The Vault, the cipher mss, etc.

Filed under: Rant Tagged: cipher mss, Fama Fraternitatis, Golden Dawn, Lineage, rosicrucianism