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Group of early 17th-century philosophers who
claimed occult powers and employed the
terminology of alchemy to expound their
mystical doctrines (said to derive from
Paracelsus). The name comes from books
published in 1614 and 1615, attributed to
Christian Rosenkreutz (`rosy cross'), most
probably a pen name but allegedly a writer
living around 1460. Several societies have
been founded in Britain and the USA that
claim to be their successors, such as the
Rosicrucian Fraternity (1614 in Germany, 1861
in USA).