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Symbolic designs on the lid of the Pastos in the vault of the Adepts, c

RGL212699 Symbolic designs on the lid of the Pastos in the vault of the Adepts, c.1895 (coloured ink on paper) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pastos was the tomb in which lay the mythical figure of Christian Rosencreutz, the legendary, perhaps allegorical, founder of the Rosicrucian Order; these symbolic designs show two aspects of the Christ, the lower in the form of the Crucified Jesus and the upper in the form of Alpha & Omega; the meaning of the symbols was explained to each new Adept in the Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical Rosicrucian order active in Great Britain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; Adepts constituted the third and highest rank in the organisation of the order; Pastos A©tait la tombe dans laquelle reposait le personnage mythique de Christian Rosencreutz, le lA©gendaire, peut-Aªtre allA©gorique, fondateur de l'ordre de la Rose-Croix ; ces dessins symboliques montrent deux aspects du Christ, le bas sous la forme de JA©sus crucifiA© et le haut sous la forme d'Alpha & Omega ; la signification des symboles a A©tA© expliquA©e A  chaque nouvelle adepte de l'ordre de la Golden Dawn, un Ordre rosicrucien magique active en Grande-Bretagne au cours de la fin du XIXe et du dA©but du XXe siA¨cle; les Adeptes constituent le troisiA¨me et plus haut rang dans l'organisation de l'ordre;); English, out of copyright

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Symbolic diagram of the Garden of Eden before the Fall of Man, c

RGL212690 Symbolic diagram of the Garden of Eden before the Fall of Man, c.1892 (coloured ink on paper) by Burnett, Elizabeth (fl.1890s); Private Collection; (add.info.: artist was wife of William Wynn Westcott (1848-1925); based upon the Kabbalistic Tree of Life; presented to initiates of the 3=8 Grade of Practicus; Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn;); English, out of copyright

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The Baphomet of the Templars, illustration of a stone casket found at Essarois (Burgundy

DGC405782 The Baphomet of the Templars, illustration of a stone casket found at Essarois (Burgundy) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: le Baphomet des Templiers, releve d'un coffret trouve a Essarois (Bourgogne); Knights Templar legend; illustration from the Worship of Priapus by Richard Payne Knight (1750-1820) published in 1786 for the Dilettanti Society and reprinted with additions in 1865;); Prismatic Pictures ; English, out of copyright

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