About Rosicrucian Order AMORC

The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), also called Rosicrucian Order, is a worldwide mystical, Rosicrucian, educational, humanitarian and fraternal organisation. Members are known as students. The AMORC association was founded by H. Spencer Lewis, 1915 in New York to support and organize the activities of a legendary Rose-Croix Order. The headquarters moved to San Jose in 1927. It is the largest Rosicrucian organization operating in North America and Europe. The teachings Of AMORC are based on the development of the physical, mental, emotional, psychic, and spiritual aspects of life. AMORC is governed by The Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, it is responsible for the worldwide coordination of AMORC. The highest chief of this organisation is called Imperator. He is responsible for coordinating and representing the Order worldwide. The Rosicrucian Order AMORC is a large international organization and has over 250,000 members in 85 countries around the world. The headquarters complex and Egyptian Museum located in San Jose are very popular tourist attractions.

Modern Rosicrucian Groups

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, various groups called themselves Rosicrucian. Almost all of them claimed to be authentic heirs to a historical Rosicrucian tradition. The largest and most successful Rosicrucian organization was the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), it was founded by H. Spence Lewis and located in large headquarters in San Jose. The group called the Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded by the Dane Carl Louis von Grasshof 1909-1912. Rosicrucian Fellowship is said to be inspired by the Rosicrucians, so hence the name fellowship. Fraternitas Rosae Crucis (FRC) was founded in 1912 by Reuben Swinburne Clymer. Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA) was founded around 1860 by the freemason R.W. Little. He claimed to have encountered some Rosicrucian documents deriving from the authentic Rosicrucian order. Other various groups include the, Confraternity of the Rose Cross (CR+C), the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship, Societas Rosicruciana, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Lectorium Rosicrucianum (LR), Order of the temple of the Rosy Cross (OTRC), Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis (SRICF), Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) and others as well.