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The Lectorium Rosicrucianum is a new religious movement which considered itself a worldwide school of Esoteric Christianity. It was founded in 1935 by Dutch mystics Jan van Rijckenborgh, his brother Zwier Willem Leene and Catharose de Petri. The school teaches a form of modern Christian Gnosticism which is based upon the ideas and imagery of Rosicrucianism, the beliefs of the Cathars and other forms of religio-mystical thought such as Hermeticism and Alchemy. Although suppressed by the Nazis during the war, the Lectorium Rosicrucianum now counts about 15,000 members and has branches in countries all over the world including Europe, North America, South America (particularly Brazil), Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. ==History== In 1924, the brothers Jan and Wim Leene became members of the American movement Rosicrucian Fellowship, founded in 1909 by Max Heindel. In 1929, they directed the head of the branch in the Netherlands. Joined by Henriette Stok-Huizer in 1930, they founded together an independent group in 1935 under the name of 'Rozekruisers Genootschap' (Rosicrucian Society); however, they fixed the official date of founding of the LR on 24 August 1924, in Haarlem. After the death of Wim Leene in 1938, Jan Leene and Henriette Stok-Huizer wrote the doctrine of the group, using pen-names: respectively Jan van Rijckenborgh and Catharose de Petri.〔Faivre, 1996, p. 246.〕 Rijckenborgh published a book based on the seven letters mentioned in the Biblical book of Revelations and entitled ''Dei Gloria Intacta''. During the World War II, the group was persecuted by the Nazis.〔 In 1945, they created the School of the Rose-Croix d'Or (Lectorium Rosicrucianum). In 1954, the two founders met in France Antonin Gadal, an important figure in the Cathar revival. In 1957, he created the French branch of the LR and immediately became its president, used a field in Ussat-les-Bains to organize conferences and created a museum. Jan Leene died in January 1968, and Henriette Stok-Huizer directed the movement, after an important internal crisis which caused the departure of the son of the founder of the group, Hank Leene, with many students and the departure of the leader of the French branch, which led to the creation of the Sivas Esoteric Community.〔Faivre, 1996, p. 247.〕〔The German name of this movement was: Esoterische Gemeinschaft Sivas〕 After Stok-Huizer's death in 1990, the direction of movement was entrusted to a panel of 13 members, the "International Spiritual Directorate" (ISD). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lectorium Rosicrucianum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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