Source: New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
Description:
Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistant for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World. He is coauthor with Tamra Lucid of The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic.
He explores the true origins of Rosicrucianism, arguing that the famous manifestos were a radical literary and cultural intervention rather than an ancient secret order. Pontiac situates their emergence within the religious, political, and intellectual upheavals of 17th-century Europe, particularly during the Thirty Years’ War. Ronnie reframes Rosicrucianism as a decentralized countercultural movement that spread ideas through symbolism, imagination, and culture rather than hierarchy or initiation.
Timeline:
00:00:01 Introduction: Rosicrucian origins and misconceptions
00:09:38 Religious conflict and the Holy Roman Empire
00:18:20 Emperor Rudolph II and Hermetic culture
00:28:22 The Rosicrucian manifestos and public reaction
00:38:33 Alchemical marriage and political mythology
00:47:56 Defeat of Bohemia and shattered hopes
00:56:10 Counterculture and horizontal transmission
01:05:48 The dangers of intellectual hierarchy
01:14:21 Living Rosicrucian principles in practice
01:28:49 Conclusion
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