Les ‘Gnoses Chymiques’ de Christian Rose-Croix

Abstract

The contribution aims to present a modern interpretation of the Chymical Wedding by a self-taught Dutch esoteric author, Jan Van Rijckenborgh (1896-1968). Head of the Dutch Rosicrucian Association (founded by Max Heindel) to begin with, he then founded his own movement, the Lectorium Rosicrucianum or International school of the Golden Rosycross, in the early 1930s. After considering the place of the Rosicrucian Manifestos in the life and work of Jan Van Rijckenborgh, it will be worth analysing how the author combined the alchemical and symbolic elements in the Wedding to provide a radically new form of teaching, paradoxically blending hermetic and gnostic dualism. Last but not least, attention will be paid to the way the Rosicrucian movement founded by Jan Van Rijckenborgh is facing its heritage nowadays.

Keywords

• Andreae
• Chymical Wedding
• Rosicrucianism
• Jan Van Rijckenborgh
• Lectorium Rosicrucianum
• Golden Rosycross