Rosicrucian

[Sarah]

One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th,claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versedin the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, itwas stated, several hundred years.

[Becky]

Rosicrucianism is the [theology] of a [secret society] of mystics,
said to have been founded in late medieval Germany by
Christian Rosenkreuz. It holds a doctrine built on esoteric truths of the ancient past, which, concealed from the
average man, provide insight into nature, the physical
universe and the spiritual realm.
It is symbolized by the [Rosy] Cross.

[Marquetta]

A member of a secretive 17th- and 18th-century society devoted to the study of metaphysical, mystical, and alchemical lore. An anonymous pamphlet of 1614 about a mythical 15th-century knight called Christian Rosenkreuz is said to have launched the movement.