Christian Rosenkreuz
These were: According to the narrative in the Fama Fraternitatis, Christian Rosenkreuz was a medieval German aristocrat, orphaned at the age of four and raised in a monastery, where he studied for twelve years.
Under his direction a Temple, called Sanctus Spiritus, or "The House of the Holy Spirit", was built for the members to return to and meet each year.
In his tomb, discovered 120 years later by a Brother of the Order, it is described that his body was in a perfect state of preservation – as Rosenkreuz had earlier predicted — in a heptagonal chamber erected by himself as a "compendium of the universe".
Inside the tomb were illustrations on the ceiling and the floor representing the heavens and terrestrial worlds, with the seven walls containing various books and instruments belonging to the order.
: Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem ("Visit the interior of the Earth; by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone").
The writer, poet, and playwright Maurice Magre (1877–1941), for example, treated Christian Rosenkreuz as a real person, however made no reference to any source verifying his claim.
Their castle allegedly stood in the Thuringian Forest on the Border of Hesse, and they had embraced Albigensian (i.e., Cathar) doctrines, combining Gnostic and Christian beliefs.
Some occultists including Rudolf Steiner, Max Heindel[6] and (much later) Guy Ballard, have stated that Rosenkreuz later reappeared as the Count of St. Germain, a courtier, adventurer, and alchemist who reportedly died on 27 February 1784.
Steiner once identified one of Rembrandt's paintings "A Man in Armour" as a portrait of Christian Rosenkreuz,[citation needed] apparently in a 17th century manifestation.
As directly stated in the Confessio: "We speak unto you by parables, but would willingly bring you to the right, simple, easy and ingenuous exposition, understanding, declaration, and knowledge of all secrets.
