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The CriticIFcthe Goths of Alaric years later des- Imre a rose and a St. Andrew's Cross,troyed the temple of Eleusis for ever. I.ove of mystery and symbolismFar different in nature though religious characterised the Rosicrucians. Light, in origin were the Assassins.” a sect symbolized by a cross, is the centre of of renegade Mohammedans known as their philosophy, their regard for the Ishmaelites. Their founder, Hassan rose is but a development of a symbol-Sabah. more famous as “The Old Man jSn? which has a long history in religion,— of the Mountains, seized the fortress art and literature, of Alamut on the borders of Irak in thetwelfth centurv and established a reign The “Illuminati.”of terror. His followers took the name Of political secret societies, one of or of Hashashim, because their chief in- the most famous is that of the Ilium-dy toxicated them with hashish (hentp inati. Founded on May 1, 1770. bys seed) and duped them with visions of a Adam Weishaupt. Professor of Canon -lse luxurious Paradise before they under- l aw at the University of Ingoldstadt. itof took their murderous tasks. formed an influential society of politicalu- highbrows of the eighteenth centurv. .. .,al The Hand of the Old Man. Weishaupt taught a clever mixture of , nd The hand of the Old Man ol the idealism and revolution. The former „ 1'lt;■ Mountains lay heavy upon the Courts of appealed to the religious, the latter to , ”rs rid Europe. Philip Augustus of France the discontented. Property is theft is a sa' °f Would not stir abroad without a special one of his doctrines, a definition of 11 an guard against it. Richard Cocur dc Lion which a famous Socialist once said was uti'ized it to murder his rival Conrad of 'his sole treasure, hut one more precious cs Montferrat. Pope Innocent II. excoin- than the millions of Rothschild. All [ill municated an emperor for killing the members of the Illuminati had to adopt [us Duke of Bavaria by the same weapon, classical names, and Weishaupt signifi-nd Chiefs yet more ferocious succeeded cantly chose that of Sjiartacus.” the ,,Hassan, till in 1256 the Mongols under leader of the Roman rebel slaves. r'~ Hulaeu, the nephew of the groat Gcng- In 17,% the Illuminati were suppressed• his Khan, rid the world of these odious by the Bavarian Government. But they sectaries who bequeathed their name to bad made significant converts. Cag-B the English Dictionary. liostro confessed before the Holy See hisAnother famous mediaeval socicly membership. Mirabeau was initiated owed its origin not to the necessity of into its highest mysteries and adopted religion nr the ambition of a despot, but the name “Leonidas; Robespierre him- gtml* to the demand for justice. The centri- self is claimed as one of its great names. jntcr( fuual tendencies of Feudalism made for But the cream of all secrets was an(j q anarchy, and in the thirteenth century skimmed by D’lsraeli in his character- js nfn the Imperial Assizes no longer adminis- istic remark upon Acquaviva. the six-tcrcd iti Germany a common justice. As teenth century Jesuit who ruled every gjr official justice was not to he had. a so- Cabinet in Europe before he was thirty- cjje(| ciety known as the Vehmgcrichte set seven. “What a rareer!” exclaims the jn pa. about organizing unofficial justice in envious D'Israeli. “What a career! The |,js , Westphalia. secret sway of Europe! That was in- frjemiThe members of the Vehmgcrichte in- deed a position!” Butchrented a secret language: many of their kct| jthis Britis he w has nfrom tour iMr.writings hear the mystic initials S.S.S. G.G.. whose meaning is still obscure. Their solemn and forbidding ritualDO YOU KNOW? m.forms a sombre episode in Scott's . . ■ \imp Of Geierstein. So powerful Mr' Max Pemberton is writing a play being.Mine ny ut-icrMcui. . n , r mnnL-cgrew the league that princes and minis- w1' Sa™el Pc'’'s « J,s cenlrrt figure. ters eagerly enrolled themselves among * . '.its .00.000 members. In 1470 the Vchm- Ms«r Arthur Pinero, Mr . Pett R.dge, a '« 1gerichte summoned the F.mpcror himself “r. Lew.s Hind, and Mr Clement 'to appear hefore them, hut the excellent Shorter were all students at the B.rk- -civil institutions of Maximilian and heck CollcK‘'. whlch has J|ls celebrated ,Charles V. rendered “wilde justice no lts centenary. |longer nccessarv; hut the society existed .« fitfully till, in iRii. French legislation M,ss Clemencc Dane is busy writing3f dissolved its last Court in Munster. a aew, 0yeI- Dane has tempor-. , arily forsaken her Devonshire home for1lt;a Fraternity of the Rosy Cross. Tonbridge. TheBut of all secret societies, the most • • • * gestio:romantic is the Fraternity of the Rosy Mr. Compton Mackenzie, who recently deranj Cross. The Rosicrucians owe their ex- transferred his home (and gramophone) ninety to istencc nartlv to the wide snread interest from Herm to the neighbouring island of cause of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Jethou. is writing another novel, entitled food re alchemy, cabalism, and astrology, and “The Heavenly Ladder. that ;i- partly to a joke. About 1610 there ap- * * * * '‘on Ily peared three hooks called “The Fame of The Green Hat is to be the title (Blsu ly the Fraternity. “The General Refor- of Mr. Michael Arlen's next novel. ises t) to mation of the World,” and the “Con- * * * * inductid fession of the Fraternity of the Rosy , W- H. Ancell. the architect of fact, se Cross. Their nroliable author. Valen- th« Nationa Deposit Friendly Society doctor |y tine Andrea of Herrenberg. wrote them 'Uildmg m Queen s Square, which was over e as a satire on the philosophical follies of Pened by the Duke of York, served take ‘ the time. He descrilied how a certain wl,h distinction during the war. He was is saf. )V Rosenkreuz. after travelling among lw,cc mentioned in despatches and was able 1 Arabian philosophers in 1.178. founded a awarded the M C. for gal antry at from,mystical Reform Society. He died at \Pres; Before '?c war. Mr. Ancell dc- nOTi * the age of 106. and his tomb fsavs «« very fine Positivist church at protecAndrea) was discovered in 1604 with Liverpool. medic1strange inscrintions and a manuscript inletters of gold. Men took the satire seriously and annlied in thomttnds to inin a society which did not exist. The Rosicrucians generally derive their name from their mythical founder. “Rosenkreuz.” Most probably the Rosv Cross owes its origin.to the. fact...that the coat of arms of Valentine AndreaGfa/rtia^Attjxrftor* to srrdvTvary cuat
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