Christian Rosenkreuz

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Christian Rosenkreuz is the legendary, possibly fictional founder of the esoteric Rosicrucian Order, around whom a rich tradition of mystical and alchemical lore has developed.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Christian Rosenkreutz 4
Christian Rosenkreuz canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rosicrucian figure ⓘ
esoteric figure ⓘ
founder ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
associatedWith Rosicrucian Order ⓘ
linked to: Rosicrucianism

Rosicrucianism ⓘ
Western esotericism ⓘ
alchemy ⓘ
hermeticism ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
occultism ⓘ
birthYearInLegend 1378 ⓘ
centralTo Rosicrucian manifestos ⓘ
linked to: Fama Fraternitatis

Rosicrucian mythos ⓘ
linked to: Rosicrucianism
coreThemeInLegend secret brotherhood working for humanity’s enlightenment ⓘ
spiritual and scientific reform of Europe ⓘ
deathYearInLegend 1484 ⓘ
describedAs mythical ⓘ
possibly fictional ⓘ
fictionalStatus historic existence disputed ⓘ
firstMentionedIn Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
Confessio Fraternitatis ⓘ
Fama Fraternitatis ⓘ
firstMentionedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
firstMentionedInYearApprox 1614 ⓘ
historicity considered symbolic rather than biographical by many scholars ⓘ
influenced Theosophical interpretations of Rosicrucianism ⓘ
later Rosicrucian societies ⓘ
occult revival of the 19th century ⓘ
interpretedBy esoteric Christian currents ⓘ
modern Rosicrucian organizations ⓘ
linked to: Rosicrucianism
knownFor founding a secret brotherhood devoted to esoteric wisdom ⓘ
hidden tomb discovered by later brethren ⓘ
travels to the East in the legend ⓘ
lifespanInLegend 106 years ⓘ
literaryGenreOfSources allegorical narrative ⓘ
manifesto ⓘ
nameVariant C.R.C. ⓘ
Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
nationalityInNarrative German ⓘ
religiousContext esoteric Christianity ⓘ
role legendary founder of the Rosicrucian Order ⓘ
subjectOf Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
Rosicrucian manifestos ⓘ
symbolicRole archetypal adept ⓘ
initiated sage ⓘ
spiritual reformer ⓘ
tombDescribedAs filled with esoteric symbols and texts ⓘ
vault of seven sides ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rosicrucianism → hasMainTopic → Christian Rosenkreuz ⓘ
Rosicrucianism → centralFigure → Christian Rosenkreuz ⓘ
Christian Rosenkreuz → nameVariant → Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
linked to: Christian Rosenkreuz
Fama Fraternitatis → centralFigure → Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
linked to: Christian Rosenkreuz
Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz → protagonist → Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
linked to: Christian Rosenkreuz
Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz → featuresCharacter → Christian Rosenkreutz ⓘ
linked to: Christian Rosenkreuz
Rosy Cross → relatedTo → Christian Rosenkreuz ⓘ
subject linked to: rosy cross