Max Heindel’s mysticism is set firmly in the western tradition of the Gnosis. Following a series of disappointments and ill health, Heindel claims to have been visited by a Spiritual Being, who he identified as an Elder Brother of the Rosicrucian Order. From this entity he received a compelling explanation of the spiritual evolution of both the Cosmos and Humanity, couched in terms best suited to the logical, linear mind of western culture. ‘The Rosicrucian Mysteries’ is an elementary exposition of these teachings and training methods, and a perfect introduction to the philosophy of this important teacher of the Western Mystery Tradition.

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Max Heindel (born Carl Louis von Grasshoff, July 23, 1865 – January 6, 1919) was a Danish-American Christian occultist, astrologer, Rosicrucian initiate and mystic. In 1907, Heindel claimed that he was visited by a spirit that revealed to him a number of mystical facts that inspired Heindel to form an organization called The Rosicrucian Fellowship in California. His writings are heavily influenced by Theosophy and he used to addend lectures by Dr Rudolf Steiner which also influenced his works.