Rosicrucianism

She had long studied occult and spiritualist writings, including Rosicrucianism and Buddhism, and in 1889 she joined the Swedish Lodge of the Theosophical Society.

Rollins was practicing yoga and reading spiritual texts—books about Buddhism, Sufism, and especially Rosicrucianism, a complicated belief system based on esoteric manifestos devised by a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages.

In this he’s in league with untold numbers of 20th- and 21st-century artists who have found creative inspiration in programs like Neoplatonism, Theosophy, the kabbalah, Rosicrucianism and astrology.

But there’s no evidence that he subscribed to any recondite program like Rosicrucianism or Masonry, or that he used his skills to communicate private messages.

He speaks of Moses, Elias, and Ezekiel as the prophets and founders of Rosicrucianism.