The International School of the Golden Rosycross, Lectorium Rosicrucianum

These can be seen as historical events but also as milestones on a gnostic spiritual path that we can

rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge In the gnostic sense this is quite true: every human being possesses the spirit nucleus in the heart In the microcosmic sense, Jesus is the new soul that becomes mature as a result of going the Gnostic For those who follow the gnostic path it requires special readiness to serve, unshakable inner knowledge This force wants to express itself in each individual who proceeds on the Gnostic path of the rebirth

On the basis of the narratives, the reflections illuminate the essence of the gnostic path for which According to inner Christianity, also known as esoteric Christianity or Gnostic Christianity, each human The universal symbolism of the egg expresses the universal knowledge of the ‘transformation into immortal The human being who enters the Christian gnostic path is therefore in a spiritual sense a follower of

It would be a great mistake to believe that a miserable life is a precondition to the Gnostic spiritual path, because our companions on the Gnostic way are the sparkling joy and delight of the inner life, John the Baptist symbolises the first phase of the gnostic path. Transfiguration is the ancient Gnostic process by which the mortal, matter-born human being merges into

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according When there is intensive collaboration in reflecting the spiritual light within a group of gnostic-striving For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; 2. and to another the word of knowledge, according In order to answer those questions, the servant can deploy the second power: ‘the word of knowledge’ Pupils of the mysteries attain inner knowledge on the basis of living experience.

The human being who follows the gnostic path becomes a cross himself: the body strong although perishable Only the touchstone of inner knowledge, of our own inner tribunal, can determine what ‘truth’ is. of the ‘kingdom of the soul’ descends into the world and into the hearts of all those who follow the gnostic They may be seen as a summary of the gnostic path.

Through self-knowledge! Self-knowledge How do you achieve self-knowledge? Perhaps by studying psychology? This philosophical type of yoga is closely related to what the western world calls gnosis, inner knowledge , the knowledge of the heart. and knowledge of God are therefore two sides of the same coin; • this knowledge is not the result of

These modifications (activities) are correct knowledge, incorrect knowledge, fancy, passivity (sleep) The basis of correct knowledge is correct perception, correct deduction, and correct witness (or accurate Incorrect knowledge is based upon perception of the form and not upon the state of being. The consummation of this non-attachment results in an exact knowledge of the spiritual man when liberated This raises your level of knowledge, but it does not make you a new you.

Such a pupil on the Gnostic Christian path is a follower of Christ and therefore goes the road from Bethlehem If we choose to follow that spiritual gnostic path as well, in a certain sense we go that path from below Jesus reaches the completely renewed state-of-being, he is able to teach in the temple out of inner knowledge If they are recognised and acknowledged, they are burned up in the kindled fire of the soul.

The Golden Rosycross is a contemporary gnostic Initiation School, in which pupils strive to transform