Tag Archives: Rosicrucianism

Explorations in Practical Rosicrucianism: Planetary Conjuration

Explorations in Practical Rosicrucianism: Planetary Conjuration

Over the coming months, I’m going to explore some of these so that we might develop our shared ideas around practical Rosicrucianism. The first such topic that I want to explore is planetary conjuration.Continue Reading

December MMXX Pamphlet from Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA)

December MMXX Pamphlet from Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA)

I’m delighted to share with you today the second of the new bi-annual pamphlets being produced by the Fratres of the Province of Greater London, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA). Continue Reading

Before Me, Raphael: Sacred Magic and the Four Archangels

Before Me, Raphael: Sacred Magic and the Four Archangels

This piece looks at the precedents for a well known ritual in contemporary sacred magic, which takes us on a journey back through early scriptural references; to the grimoire tradition of the middle ages; and then to the birth of Rosicrucianism in the 17th-century and on to the Victorian occult revival.Continue Reading

On the Practical Paths of Rosicrucianism

On the Practical Paths of Rosicrucianism

This long-read piece follows on from my previous essay on 21st Century Rosicrucianism and was originally presented to the September 2020 virtual study group meeting of Metropolitan College, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. I’m pleased to share it here now, understanding that it is by no means a comprehensive view of early Rosicrucian texts; nor isContinue ReadingContinue Reading

21st Century Rosicrucianism

21st Century Rosicrucianism

For those who have been reading this blog over the years, you will know that it is informed by a holistic view of the human condition and our experience of both personal and social reality.  This covers a range of empirical and metaphysical viewpoints, which in recent centuries have become increasingly detached from one anotherContinue Reading