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Commemoration of Christian Rosenkreutz

December 17 · Hermeticism and Rosicrucianism · Contemporary esotericism

Fixed date

Esoteric and historical meaning

Memory of the opening of the legendary founder's tomb according to the Fama Fraternitatis: the illuminated tomb without a sun is an image of the inner light and the hermetic work.

Operative mechanics — ritual acts

·Meditation in the dark with a single lamp, seven minutes for each of the seven symbolic sides of the tomb.
·Reading of the Emerald Tablet.
·Hand-transcription of an alchemical axiom.

Traditional foods

·Pure water
·Unleavened bread

Offerings

·A rose placed on a drawn cross

Taboos to respect

·Do not speak of the experience for seven days
·Do not seek immediate results

Associated symbols

Rose-cross · Seven-sided tomb · Pelican