Glossary - exWitch Australia (formerly 'Born Again Pagan')

ANCIENT AND MYSTICAL ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS (AMORC)

A modern American organization, based in San Jose, California, that claims Rosicrucian origins. It is an international Order that offers teaching to its members by correspondence course.

Founded by the late H. Spencer Lewis who claimed he knew all the secrets of alchemy - It is claimed that he once gave a public demonstration of the Transmutation of base metal into gold - and could, at will, view the 'Akashic Records', the occult history of our planet.

see also: ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY; ROSICRUCIANS

PLEASE NOTE:
One of the major problems with 'defining' Paganism and/or its beliefs and practices is that it is an 'organic' movement, in that it is undergoing constant change and re-evaluation from within, and as such any 'one-size-fits-all' approach to understanding Paganism will be found wanting.

Due to the very 'organic' nature of Paganism, and the many differing Paths and Traditions within it, in many cases no one defintion may be universally accepted by all Pagans. Therefore, where such cases of possible conflicting and/or contradictory meanings of certain terms occur I have endevoured to give not only the generally accepted meaning, but also any major 'variations' in belief and/or practice.

Christians who believe this difference in meaning of certain key terms, beliefs and practices to be unique to Paganism need to remember that such conflicts also arise within the Body of Christ - the Church. Take for instance the differring practices amongst Christians concerning Baptism and the different attitudes towards women in the clergy.

- Jean-Luc