Editing Rosicrucianism (section)

== Modern groups ==
[[Image:Palacio da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.JPG|330px|thumb|The ''Well of Initiation'' (27&nbsp;m high; 9 levels/strata) located in [[Quinta da Regaleira]], [[Sintra]], Portugal. It was built 1904–1910. At the bottom of the "well" is seen the [[Compass rose|Rose of the Winds]] <small>(8-point compass rose: 4 cardinal and 4 ordinal directions)</small> placed upon the [[Cross pattée#Knights Templar|Templar Cross]] <small>(Cross pattée/Alisee: with the ends of the arms convex and curved, a variant used by the [[Knights Templar]] in Portugal)</small>: the [[Rose Cross]].<ref>Anes, José Manuel, PhD, 33º. [[Scottish Rite]], ''Os Jardins Iniciáticos da Quinta da Regaleira'', Ed. Ésquilo, Lisbon, Nov. 2005</ref>]]
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, various groups styled themselves Rosicrucian. The diverse groups who link themselves to a "Rosicrucian Tradition" can be divided into three categories: [[esoteric Christianity|Esoteric Christian]] Rosicrucian groups, which profess Christ; [[Masonic]] Rosicrucian groups such as ''[[SRIA]]'', ''[[Societas Rosicruciana]]''; and initiatory groups such as the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]] and the [[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis]] (AMORC).

[[Esoteric Christian]] Rosicrucian schools provide esoteric knowledge related to the inner teachings of Christianity.<ref>Skogstrom, Jan (2001), [http://www.spiritunited.com/articles/exotericesoteric.htm Some Comparisons Between Exoteric & Esoteric Christianity] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209144259/http://www.spiritunited.com/articles/exotericesoteric.htm |date=9 February 2008 }}, a table comparing [[exoteric]] and esoteric Christian beliefs</ref>

[[The Rosicrucian Fellowship]], 1909 at [[Mount Ecclesia]] (groundbreaking for first building: 1911). Teachings present the 'mysteries', in the form of [[esoteric knowledge]], of which [[Christ#Esoteric Christian tradition|Christ]] spoke in [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 13:11 and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 8:10. The Fellowship seeks to prepare the individual through harmonious development of mind and heart in a spirit of unselfish service to mankind and an all-embracing [[altruism]]. According to it the Rosicrucian Order was founded in 1313<ref>[http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen010.htm The Rosicrucian Interpretation of Christianity] by The Rosicrucian Fellowship</ref> and is composed of twelve exalted Beings gathered around a thirteenth, [[Christian Rosenkreuz]]. These great adepts have already advanced far beyond the cycle of [[reincarnation|rebirth]]. Their mission is to prepare the 'whole wide world' for a new phase in religion, which includes awareness of the [[plane (cosmology)|inner worlds]] and the [[subtle bodies]], and to provide safe guidance in the gradual awakening of man's latent [[spirituality|spiritual]] faculties during the next six centuries toward the coming [[Age of Aquarius]].<ref>''[http://www.rosicrucian.com/rms/rmseng01.htm The Rosicrucian Mysteries]'' by [[Max Heindel]]. Accessed 29 March 2006</ref>

Several Russians of a mystical mind took advantage of the [[Edict of toleration#20th century|Edict of Toleration]] of religion in 1905 to form or resurrect what they considered the ancient forms of esoteric Orders. These were the new Rosicrucians. Their inspired mentors compiled volumes of mystic philosophy which they combined with their personal notions of what the ancient Orders were, and so formed groups. The three principal neo-Rosicrucian Orders of early Soviet Russia were Emesh Redivivus, the Orionist-Manicheans, and the Lux Astralis. Due to suppression by the Soviets they had disbanded by 1933.<ref>Shubin, Daniel H., [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1716429978 ''New Rosicrucians of early Soviet Russia''] {{ISBN|978-1716429972}}, 2020. {{page?|date=July 2023}}</ref>

According to Masonic writers, the Order of the Rose Cross is expounded in a major Christian literary work that molded the subsequent spiritual beliefs of western civilization: ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' (ca. 1308–1321) by [[Dante Alighieri]].<ref>[[Albert Pike]], ''[[Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry]]'', [http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/morals_and_dogma/table_of_contents.htm "XXX: Knight Kadosh"], p. 822, 1872</ref><ref>[[René Guénon]], ''[http://www.thule-italia.net/Sitospagnolo/Guenon/Guenon,%20Rene%20-%20El%20esoterismo%20de%20Dante.pdf El Esoterismo de Dante]'', pp. 5–6, 14, 15–16, 18–23, 1925</ref><ref>[[Manly Palmer Hall]], ''[http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/secret_teachings_of_all_ages/table_of_contents.htm The Secret Teachings of All Ages]: The Fraternity of The Rose Cross'', p. 139, 1928</ref>

Other Christian-oriented Rosicrucian bodies include:
[[File:Centro de Estudios Rosacruz - Zaragoza.png|thumb|Centro de Estudios Rosacruz ([[Zaragoza]])]]
* [[Lectorium Rosicrucianum]], 1924
* [[Archeosophical Society]], 1968

Freemasonic Rosicrucian bodies providing preparation either through direct study and/or through the practice of a symbolic initiatory journey.
* [[Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia]], 1866
*Societas Rosicruciana in Canadiensis, 1876<ref>{{Cite web |title=W.Bro. Colonel William James Bury MacLeod Moore |url=https://rosicrucians.ca/macleod-moore/ |last=Salus |first=Incruce |date=4 April 2016 |website=S.R.I.C. - Societas Rosicruciana in Canada |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>

Initiatory groups which follow a degree system of study and initiation include:
* The [[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis]] (AMORC), incorporated in the U.S. in 1915

=== Related groups ===
Many of these groups generally speak of a linear descent from earlier branches of the ancient Rosicrucian Order in England, France, Egypt, or other countries. However, some groups speak of a spiritual affiliation with a true and invisible Rosicrucian Order. Note that there are other Rosicrucian groups not listed here. Some do not use the name "Rosicrucian" to name themselves. Some groups listed have been dissolved or are no longer operating.

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====18th and 19th centuries====
{| class="wikitable"
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! Society !! Founded !! Status
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| [[Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross]] || 1750s || Dissolved
|-
| [[Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite]] || 1776 || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Fraternitas Rosae Crucis]] || 1861 || '''Active'''
|-
| Brotherhood of Myriam || 1896<ref>{{Cite book |title=Il dio del silenzio. Permanenze della tradizione esoterica egizia a Napoli |last=Höbel |first=Sigfrido |date=2017-03-13 |publisher=Stamperia del Valentino |isbn=978-8895063706}}</ref> || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia]] '''(SRIA)'''|| 1860s<ref name="Melchior">Frater Melchior. [http://www.levity.com/alchemy/rosi_grp.html "Manifestations of the Neo-Rosicrucian Current"]</ref> || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Societas Rosicruciana in America]] || 1878<ref name=Melchior/> || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis]] '''(SRICF)'''|| 1878<ref name=Melchior/> || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Cabalistic Order of the Rosicrucian]]|| 1888 || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]|| 1888<ref name=Melchior/>|| Dissolved
|-
| Order of the Temple & the Graal and of the Catholic Order of the Rose-Croix|| 1890<ref name=Melchior/>|| 
|}

====20th century====
{| class="wikitable"
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! Society !! Founded !! Status
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| Rosicrucian Society || Rosicrucian Society 1763 in New Orleans as the Loge de Parfait -Rose Croix || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Rosicrucian Fellowship]]|| 1909<ref>8 August 1909, in Seattle, Washington, at 3:00 p.m; cf. http://mount_ecclesia.tripod.com/chronology_about_max_heindel.htm</ref> || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Anthroposophical Society]]|| 1912/1923 || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Builders of the Adytum]]|| 1922 || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Order of the Temple of the Rosy Cross]]|| 1912<ref name=Melchior/> || Dissolved
|-
| [[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis]]|| 1915<ref>Not 1909: a Charter forming this organization is dated from 1 April 1915 in New York, after a previous document titled "American Pronunziamento Number One" or "First American Manifesto" by H. Spencer Lewis issued in February, 1915.</ref> || '''Active'''
|-
| [[Fellowship of the Rosy Cross]]|| 1915|| '''Active'''

|-
| [[Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship]]|| 1924|| Dissolved
|-
| [[Lectorium Rosicrucianum]]|| 1924<ref name=Melchior/>|| '''Active'''
|-
| [[Fraternidade Rosacruciana São Paulo|The Saint Paul Rosicrucian Fellowship]] || 1929|| '''Active'''
|-
| [[Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua]]|| 1932|| '''Active'''
|-
| [[Archeosophical Society]]|| 1968|| '''Active'''
|-
| [[Fraternity of the Hidden Light]]|| 1982|| '''Active'''
|-
| Confraternity Rosae + Crucis|| 1989<ref name=Melchior/>|| '''Active'''
|}

====21st century====
{| class="wikitable"
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! Society !! Founded !! Status
|-
| [https://www.rosicrucians-kmr-global.com/rsohgr Order of the Hermetic Gold and Rose (RSOHGR)]|| 2002 || '''Active'''
|-
| [https://rosae-crucis.net/eng/ Sodalitas Rosae+Crucis]|| 2003 || '''Active'''
|-
| [https://order.rosy-cross.org/ Order of the Rose and Cross]|| 2007 || '''Active'''
|}