The Brotherhood of Light

The RC Lineage

Collegium Invisibile

Multiple strands weaving together

• Egyptian
• Hermes
• Greek
• Pythagorean
• Alchemy
• Theurgy
• Sumerian
• Torah
• Solomon
• Essene
• Christ
• Gnostic Grail
• Druid
• Arthurian
• A Course in Miracles
• Rosicrucian
• St. Germain
• Golden Dawn
• Masonic

Antediluvian

ante- (prefix meaning ‘prior to in time’) +‎ Latin dīluvium (“a flood”) +‎ -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns)

~10,000–4000 BCE (??)

• Mystery ?????
• Lemurian–Atlantean Proto-Schools (mythic)

Mesopotamian–Egyptian

~4000–1000 BCE

• Sumerian Astrotheurgy – priest-kings of Anu, Enki, and Inanna. Astrology, the Great Calendar, sacred kingship.
• Babylonian Magi – keepers of star lore, numerology, ritual cosmology.
• Egyptian Mysteries (Thoth–Isis–Osiris)

Hebrew–Zadokite Stream

~1000–100 BCE

• Melchizedek Lineage – Priest-King of Salem, initiator of Abraham.
• Prophetic Mysticism – Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel: visionary encounters, chariot mysteries, angelic orders.
• Kabbalah – Sefer Yetzirah, Tree of Life vision begins to crystallize.

The Essenes

• The Essenes – desert mystics, practicing purification, angelic contact, apocalyptic gnosis.
• Preparing for the incarnation of the Messiah

Christ

~30–300 AD

• Yeshua the Nazarene – teacher of direct union with the Father, miraculous embodiment of Love, Way of the Heart.
• Mary Magdalene & John – carriers of the inner, mystical, esoteric current.

The Gnostic Grail

• Joseph of Arimathea – brings the Grail (symbolic or literal) to the Isles.
• Gnostic Schools – Valentinus, Basilides, Thomasine, Sethian. Mythic cosmologies, poetic paradox, Sophia wisdom.

Hermes Trismegistus

• Hermetic Corpus crystallized – Egypt-Greek fusion

Arthurian, Troubadours, Druids

~300–1200 AD

• Druids
• Arthurian Mythos
• Mystical Monasticism – Chartres, Cistercians, Cluny.
• Troubadour and Amorati poets

Templars

• The Temple Legend – Templars as custodians of esoteric Christianity and the Grail.

Alchemical Renaissance

1200–1600 AD

• Alchemy spreads through Europe: Flamel, Lull, Paracelsus, Basil Valentine.
• Medieval and renaissance magic, grimoire magic, Solomonic magic
• Kabbalah re-emerges in Christian esotericism.
• Rosicrucianism – 1614–1616: Fama, Confessio, Chymical Wedding
• Inner Temple: Sanctus Spiritus

Modern Occult & Esoteric Orders

1700–1900 AD

• St. Germain appears as wandering alchemist, master of transmutation and immortality.
• Golden Dawn (1887) – formalizes magical initiation: qabalah, tarot, Enochian, ritual.
• Steiner’s Rosicrucian Christianity – cosmic Christ, etheric vision, sacred science.

• A Course in Miracles / Way of Mastery

Egypt, Chaldea, and Sumer

• Thoth-Hermes: Archetype of the divine scribe and initiator.
• Isis, Osiris, Horus: Prefiguration of the mystery of death, dismemberment, and resurrection.
• Enki & Inanna: Mythic descent, retrieval of wisdom, and the bridal chamber.

The Ankh, the Winged Sun, the Star

The Hebrew Stream: Melchizedek, Enoch, and the Prophets

• Enoch/Metatron: Scribe of Heaven, lifted into divine light-body.
• Melchizedek: High Priest of the Most High, archetype of eternal priesthood.
• The Prophets: Bearers of the living Word; keepers of inner covenant.

The Ark, the Menorah, the Flaming Sword. The roots of sacred kingship and mystical priesthood.

The Essene-Temple-Gnostic

• Essenes: Carriers of inner Torah, solar calendar, mystical baptism, messianic expectation.
• John the Beloved, Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea: Bearers of the inner flame post-crucifixion.

• The Gnostic Gospels: Sophia, the Aeons, the Pleroma, the divine spark in man.

Christ

• Jeshua’s Passion = Initiation through Death, Descent, and Resurrection.
• The Cross becomes the Tree of Life.
• the Rose blooming from the Cross.

France, Avalon, Albion

• Mary Magdalene and the Holy Family in Southern France
• The Grail enters the Celtic stream: The Fisher King, Perceval, Merlin, Arthur.
• Druidic wisdom and Christic gnosis merge into The Matter of Britain.

Christian Rosenkreutz and the Invisible College

• CRC = Archetypal founder of the modern esoteric order.
• Rosicrucian Manifestos (17th century):
• The Invisible College

• St. Germain: Alchemist, avatar, protector of Europe,.

The Modern Orders: Golden Dawn, Anthroposophy, Theosophy, AMORC

The Present Flame: You

The Invisible College

"Our Building . . . shall remain inaccessible co the godless world." - the Fama

There are legitimate secret societies of spiritual transmission.

Many societies each under many names.

The Invisible College

The Rosicrucians

The Temple of the Rose Cross

The Rosicrucian Brotherhood

The Hidden Fraternity

Crowley wrote to A.E. Waite who told him of a hidden brotherhood - was he speaking literally or figuratively..?

Christian Rosenkreutz (CRC)

• Founder and mythic progenitor of the Rosicrucian Order
• First appears in the Fama Fraternitatis (1614), said to have lived 106 years, traveled to the East (Damascus, Egypt, Morocco), and learned sacred wisdom before returning to Europe to found the Fraternity of the Rose Cross.
• His tomb, discovered by later brethren, contained secret teachings inscribed in Latin and the phrase “Jesus mihi omnia” (Jesus is everything to me).

St. Germain

• Immortal alchemist, Adept of Light, Ascended Master
• Associated with Rosicrucians, Theosophists, and the Comte de Saint Germain in the 18th century.
• Said to possess the Philosopher’s Stone, to never age, and to have appeared across centuries.
• Often seen as the Master of the Violet Flame, guardian of spiritual transmutation.
• Speaks through channeled works in the modern era as a guide of the New Age and planetary evolution.

Francis Bacon

• Philosopher, statesman, and rumored Rosicrucian Grand Master.
• Some believe he authored the Rosicrucian manifestos or was part of the hidden Order.
• Alleged by some to have used the Shakespeare plays as vessels of esoteric wisdom.
• Seen as an architect of the modern Hermetic revival and “father” of the scientific method guided by spiritual principles.

Paracelsus (1493–1541)

• Swiss physician and alchemist; reformer of medicine.
• Deeply aligned with Rosicrucian spirit: blending Hermetic, medical, and mystical knowledge.
• Saw disease as spiritual imbalance, championed the doctrine of signatures.

John Dee (1527–1608)

• Astrologer, alchemist, magus, and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I.
• Sought angelic communication via the Enochian system.
• May have been a proto-Rosicrucian or spiritual forerunner, blending Hermeticism and Christian mysticism.

Jacob Boehme (1575–1624)

• German Christian mystic and theosopher.
• Writings influenced Rosicrucian thought, especially ideas of divine polarity, Sophia, and inner transformation.
• Known for visions and spontaneous mystical insight.

Joseph of Arimathea

• Keeper of the Grail in the Gnostic lineage.
• Brings the vessel to Avalon/England, planting the seed of Christic mystery in Celtic lands.

• Yeshua (Jesus) – The Logos, the Christos behind the Rose Cross.
• Mary Magdalene – Bearer of Sophia’s flame; apostle to the apostles.
• Melchizedek – High priest of Light, eternal and unbegotten.