CHAPTER IV.

VeHV4 arid AdonU — Key or Myth Centre of the Rosicrucian Emblem the Crucified Rose — Meaning of the Adonis Myth — Its Solar Origin — The Rose Emblem for Adonis — The Hermetic (>ystal and Rosewater — ^The Crucified Truth — Light, Life, and Logos — ^As the Crucified Rose — ^The Secret of Immortality derived from the Conservation of Energy — The Phoenix and the Palm tree— The Rose Cross the last degree in Masonry— The Paradise of Dante— The Rose Dante's Divine Word or Logos .........
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