Free books on Rosicrucian philosophy and teachings

[pmlonline]

Thank you for your kind gesture for posting the Rosicrucian info Adrian!

They offer a lot of free online books, correspondence courses, spiritual healing.  They do this out of love, but it still cost them a great deal of money in bandwidth and to maintain a their buildings.  I bought their main book "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception" not only to help them out, but also it's much easier reading a "real" 700+ page book than on a computer monitor. []

Also they offer wonderful free online Correspondence Courses.  I'm on the 6th lesson of the 12 Preliminary Philosophy Course lessons.  The reason I'm taking the courses is not only to learn from Adepts who could leave their body for investigations in the blink of an eye, but I want to learn the proper way to achieve Cosmic Consciousness; i.e., Full Enlightenment.  After all, that is our eventual goal. []  They provide exercises and guidance that lead to abilities of Astral & Soul projection, full Clairvoyance & Clairaudience, in addition to much more.

Here are the online courses they offer, that I'm aware of:
* Preliminary Philosophy Course - 12 lessons
* Supplementary Philosophy Course - 40 lessons
* Western Wisdom Bible Course - lessons 28
* Junior Astrology Course lessons - 26 lessons
* Senior Astrology Course - 12 lessons
* Senior Extension Astrology Course - 13 lessons
* Student Bimonthly Mail - allows you to apply for Probationership.
http://www.rosicrucian.com/phil_crs.htm
http://www.rosicrucian.com/astr_crs.htm
http://www.rosicrucian.com/bibl_crs.htm

For those interested in taking the Preliminary Philosophy Course 1st lesson
http://www.rosicrucian.com/courses/ppc01141.htm


And here's a more complete list of free online books:

Ancient and Modern Initiation
http://www.rosicrucian.com/ami/amieng01.htm

Rosicrucian Christianity Lectures
http://www.rosicrucian.com/rcl/rcleng01.htm

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception
http://www.rosicrucian.com/rcc/rcceng00.htm

Freemasonry and Catholicism
http://www.rosicrucian.com/frc/frceng01.htm

Gleanings of a Mystic
http://www.rosicrucian.com/glm/glmeng01.htm

How Shall We Know Christ at His Coming?
http://www.rosicrucian.com/hkc/hkceng01.htm

Letters to Students
http://www.rosicrucian.com/lts/ltseng01.htm

Message of the Stars
http://www.rosicrucian.com/mos/moseng01.htm

Mysteries of the Great Operas
http://www.rosicrucian.com/mgo/mgoeng01.htm

Mystical Interpretation of Christmas
http://www.rosicrucian.com/mic/miceng01.htm

Occult Principles of Health and Healing
http://www.rosicrucian.com/oph/opheng01.htm

The Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers, Volume I
http://www.rosicrucian.com/1qa/1qaeng01.htm

The Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers, Volume II
http://www.rosicrucian.com/2qa/2qaeng01.htm

The Rosicrucian Mysteries
http://www.rosicrucian.com/rms/rmseng01.htm

Simplified Scientific Astrology
http://www.rosicrucian.com/ssa/ssaeng01.htm

Teachings of an Initiate
http://www.rosicrucian.com/tin/tineng01.htm

The Web of Destiny
http://www.rosicrucian.com/wbd/wbdeng01.htm


Peace,
Paul

[DjM]

Adrian,

Thanks for listing this information in a sticky.  Apparently, you found a LOT of good reading material at the link I sent you (LOL)!

FYI: most of the information that is now made available to the public was not made available to non-members.  

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception is worth every penny.  The quality of the book itself is fantastic.  The Rosicrucians run their own printing presses, etc... and simply do an outstanding job, which is par for the course with Rosicrucians.

[Adrian]

Greetings DjM,

You did indeed send me the link as well; thank you very much indeed for that! []

I agree with you, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception is an excellent work which contains a wealth of valuable information and teachings. I would recommend it to anyone for sure.

I think the book is out of print now for the most part, maybe this should be converted into an eBook?

I noticed at Amazon alot of people had very distorted views about this work even going as far as to say it is "new age"! They obviously do not know how recent "new age" is relative to this book []

Considering this is supposed to be an "Elementary Treatise", I would sure like to see the full version!

With best regards,

Adrian.

[DjM]

Adrian,

I had no idea that these items were being offered on Amazon.com.  I just checked their site, and didn't pick up The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception.  However, I was able to catch another (by Max Heindel) in the same search.  Hmmmn...they operate their own presses.  I would guess that they are no longer offering the book on Amazon?

I had been exposed to a lot of the material in that book (RC Conceotion) via Rudolph Steiner's books.  However, Max's style is much more straight-forward.  Honestly, it was like getting the exact same info in another format.  (I believe that Dr. Steiner was also a Rosicrucian.)

All the best.  []

[pmlonline]

Adrian,

The "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception" is not out of print.  In fact the local metaphysical bookstore by me has a whole line or Max Heindel books.  Perhaps you were seeing an out of print edition at amazon.  I think there are a few, but the book is definitely in print.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0911274022/qid=1062303193/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5644435-1784858?v=glance&s=books

Peace & Love,
Paul

[GhostRider]

I have put this into a different 'stand-alone' topic all by itself.

[Adrian]

Greetings everyone,

At the foot of this post are links to freely downloadable eBooks on Rosicrucianism as well as a link to the main site.

Here also is a link and details of an exceptional online book entitled:

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception or Mystic Christianity
An Elementary Treatise Upon Man's Past Evolution, Present Constitution
and Future Development.

By
Max Heindel


The URL is: http://www.rosicrucian.com/rcc/rcceng00.htm

Contents:

PART I
MAN'S PRESENT CONSTITUTION AND METHOD OF DEVELOPMENT
A Word to the Wise
The Four Kingdoms, diagram
Introduction


CHAPTER I. The Visible and Invisible Worlds
Chemical Region of the Physical World
Etheric Region of the Physical World
The Desire World
The World of Thought
Diagram 1. The Material World a Reverse Reflection of the Spiritual Worlds
Diagram 2. The Seven Worlds


CHAPTER II. The Four Kingdoms
Diagram 3. The Vehicles of the Four Kingdoms
Diagram 4. The Consciousness of the Four Kingdoms


CHAPTER III. Man and the Method of Evolution.
Activities of Life; Memory and Soul-growth
The Constitution of the Seven-fold Man
Diagram 5. The Three-fold Spirit, the Three-fold Body and the Three-fold Soul
Death and Purgatory
Diagram 5 1/2. The Silver Cord
The Borderland
The First Heaven
The Second Heaven
The Third Heaven
Preparations for Rebirth
Birth of the Dense Body
Birth of the Vital Body and Growth
Birth of the Desire Body and Puberty
Birth of the Mind and Majority
The Blood; the Vehicle of the Ego
A Life Cycle (diagram)


CHAPTER IV. Rebirth and the Law of Consequence
Wine as a Factor in Evolution
A Remarkable Story



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PART II.
COSMOGENESIS AND ANTHROPOGENESIS.


CHAPTER V. The Relation of Man to God
Diagram 6. The Supreme Being, the Cosmic Planes and God


CHAPTER VI. The Scheme of Evolution.
The Beginning
The Seven Worlds
The Seven Periods
Diagram 7. The Saturn Period


CHAPTER VII. The Path of Evolution
Revolutions and Cosmic Nights
Diagram 8. The Seven Worlds, Seven Globes and Seven Periods


CHAPTER VIII. The Work of Evolution.
Ariadne's Thread
The Saturn Period
Recapitulation
The Sun Period
The Moon Period
Diagram 9. The Twelve Creative Hierarchies


CHAPTER IX. Stragglers and Newcomers
Classes of Beings at the Beginning of the Moon Period
Diagram 10. Classes at the Beginning of Earth Period


CHAPTER X. The Earth Period
Saturn Revolution of the Earth Period
Sun Revolution of the Earth Period
Moon Revolution of the Earth Period
Rest Periods Between Revolutions
The Fourth Revolution of the Earth Period


CHAPTER XI. Genesis and Evolution of Our Solar System.
Chaos
The Birth of the Planets
Diagram 11. Aspects of God and Man
Diagram 12. A Man's Past, Present and Future Form


CHAPTER XII. Evolution on the Earth.
The Polarian Epoch
The Hyperborean Epoch
The Moon; the Eighth Sphere
The Lemurian Epoch
Birth of the Individual
Separation of the Sexes
Influence of Mars
The Races and Their Leaders
Influence of Mercury
The Lemurian Race
The Fall of Man
The Lucifer Spirits
The Atlantean Epoch
The Aryan Epoch
The Sixteen Paths to Destruction


CHAPTER XIII. Back to the Bible


CHAPTER XIV. Occult Analysis of Genesis.
Limitations of the Bible
In the Beginning
The Nebular Theory
The Creative Hierarchies
The Saturn Period
The Sun Period
The Moon Period
The Earth Period
Jehovah and His Mission
Involution, Evolution and Epigenesis
A Living Soul?
Adam's Rib
Guardian Angels
Mixing Blood in Marriage
The Fall of Man
Diagram 13. The Beginning and End of Sex



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PART III
MAN'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND INITIATION


Diagram. The Seven Days of Creation
CHAPTER XV. Christ and His Mission
The Evolution of Religion
Jesus and Christ-Jesus
Diagram 14. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
Not Peace but a Sword
The Star of Bethlehem
The Heart an Anomaly
The Mystery of Golgotha
The Cleansing Blood
Diagram, "As Above, so Below"


CHAPTER XVI. Future Development and Initiation.
The Seven Days of Creation
Diagram 15. The Symbolism of the Caduceus
Radiates, Mollusks, Articulates and Vertebrates
Spirals within Spirals
Alchemy and Soul Growth
The Creative Word


CHAPTER XVII. The Method of Acquiring First-Hand Knowledge.
The First Steps
Western Methods for Western People
The Science of Nutrition
Table of Food Values, Part I
Table of Food Values, Part II
The Law of Assimilation
Live and Let Live
The Lord's Prayer
Diagram 16. The Lord's Prayer
The Vow of Celibacy
The Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland
Diagram 17. Path of the Unused Sex Currents
Esoteric Training
How the Inner Vehicle is Built
Concentration
Meditation
Observation
Discrimination
Contemplation
Adoration


CHAPTER XVIII. The Constitution of the Earth and Volcanic Eruptions
The Number of the Beast
Diagram 18. The Constitution of the Earth


CHAPTER XIX. Christian Rosenkreuz and the Order of Rosicrucians
Ancient Truths in Modern Dress
Initiation
The Rosicrucian Fellowship
Correspondence Courses
Symbolism of Rose Cross
Topical Index
Alphabetical Index
Evening Exercise
Morning Exercise

With considerable thanks to pmonline for bringing this most exceptional work to our attention.

I am also grateful to one of our members, DJM who many of you might remember for his excellent postings on the Essenes and similar subjects, for bringing the Rosicrucian website to my attention.

There are some lengthy and very interesting documents contained therein which are well worth a read. The main site address is:

http://www.rosicrucian.com/index_1.htm

And the information to which I refer are under the heading "Reading Material".

Particularly worth a read are:

Mysteries of the Bible: http://www.rosicrucian.com/rbm/rosicrucian%20bible%20mysteries.pdf

The Light Beyond Death: http://www.rosicrucian.com/lbd/the%20light%20beyond%20death.pdf

These are in Adobe Acrobat Format.

I don't hold any particular views one way or the other on this information, except to say that a much of it conforms to the ancient wisdoms. I would be interested to hear members opinions.


With best regards,

Adrian.