Rosicrucian: Questions and Answers/With Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order [Hardcover]

H. Spencer Lewis (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 358 pages
• Publisher: Amorc; 17th edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912057599
• ISBN-13: 978-0912057590
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,675,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A splendid introduction, January 5, 2000

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This review is from: Rosicrucian: Questions and Answers/With Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order (Hardcover)

Former Rosicrucian Imperator H. Spencer Lewis (with the help of editors in later editions) presents the ideals of AMORC eloquently and engagingly in this volume. The first section is devoted to the traditional AMORC history; as promised, whether one accepts the story at face value or not, it is a fascinating one. The second section is devoted to what are now called FAQs: numerous questions about the Order are answered readily, and many a misassumption is cleared up in just a paragraph or two. Well worth the read if one is interested in what's behind those magazine ads.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad as a synthesis of AMORC teachings, but bad history, May 12, 2004

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ben scaro (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosicrucian: Questions and Answers/With Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order (Hardcover)

This volume is an accessible text answering most of the questions an aspiring member of AMORC might have had. Well pitched and a testament to Lewis's marketing and promotional skills.

However the 'history' provided is generally poor, and I would check with empirical sources before taking many of Lewis's assertions as fact. His comments on the Masonic Rosicrucian bodies are both highly inaccurate and blatantly sectarian, for example.

So, an interesting read, and a good window on a particular period of Rosicrucian history, but don't treat it as gospel . . .

5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves closer review, May 25, 2004

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Daniel H. Schmidt (Temecula, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosicrucian: Questions and Answers/With Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order (Hardcover)

Preconceived attachments to history are hard to dissolve. I've followed AMORC and Rosicrucian/Masonic/Templar history since 1969 and know of a number of alternative histories outside of the mainstream, which changes every day. There is a lot more to RC History than the surface examinations made by those who have written "outside of the box"... and so I would suggest when reading this that more than a cursory examination be given based off other historical accounts. Some of the history in this book are hints for examination. This is your choice. A lot of RC History is based on examinations by Yates, Manly P. Hall and former or even pretended GD authorities and the like and associations that claim authority in name only. History is always based on external events that are readily apparent... This is not to say there is no right to this type of examination, nor that what may be said may not be true from their authors pespectives, since the histories they refer to are exactly as they appear to be, based on their associations, however there is more to this history written by Harvey Spencer Lewis than can be openly discussed, and there are other histories that are in the process of being written now, that are more in support of this examination of RC history than against it. So simply reserve your judgements and preconceived opinions and be open. Just a thought... I've made these same mistakes in the past myself in this regard. Now 30 years later only to find there was more truth than fiction in it.