Does the CR+C teach Christian mysticism?
Being a mystical order, the CR+C teaches a mystical approach to the student’s spiritual quest. It’s a process of awakening to who we already are, to our spiritual essence. This process of mysticism is universal and beyond, or independent of, any religion. If there is or was any relationship between the two, it has been mysticism influencing religious thought. There might be some confusion in this regard coming from the name of the founder of Rosicrucianism. Father CRC (Christian of the Rose Cross), by his birth and upbringing, was a Christian. After his journey to the East and after forming the first Rosicrucian cell, he chose to present some of the Rosicrucian concepts in the context of the dominant religion of his time, Christianity. Later, his successors kept the name of CRC in respect of their founder and the R+C Tradition. These factors alone could be responsible for an improper association of “Christian mysticism” with Rosicrucianism, typically by a casual reader.
