ROSKILDE 



Fludd (q.v.), to England. The 

 keystone of the Rosicrucian arch 

 is an idealised form of alchemical 

 philosophy. The sign of the order 

 was a rosy cross, and its name is 

 derived by some authorities from 

 dew (ros), regarded as a solvent of 

 gold, and identified with light 

 because the figure of a cross (crux) 

 contains, in various presentations, 

 the three capital letters of the word 

 lu.r= light, or knowledge. 



Rosicrucianism, in one form or 

 another, still exists. The Societas 

 Rosicruciana in Anglia has head- 

 quarters in London and has pub- 

 lished Transactions. France has its 

 Ordre de la Rose-Croix and other 

 bodies claiming knowledge of Her- 

 metic mysteries. The doctrines 

 of the Rosicrucians, who were 

 pledged to heal the sick without 

 fee or reward, appear to have in- 

 cluded the thesis that fire is the 

 universal means of analysis ; that 

 the kingdoms of grace and nature 

 are governed by the same divine 

 laws ; that the world is a great 

 musical instrument, and the " bar 

 mony of the spheres " a true thing 



Astrology, magic, and demono 

 logy were vaguely taught, and it 

 is said that the initiated claimed 

 the power of seeing and communi- 

 cating with elementary beings, 

 " children of the elements," invi- 

 sible to grosser eyes, as well as the 

 possession of the elixir vitae. To 

 them, or to ideas associated with 



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Masson, vol. xiii) 

 suggested that the 

 foundation of 

 R o s i c r u cianism 

 was laid in a ro- 

 mance by a 

 German theo- 

 logian, John 

 Valentine Andrea 

 (1586-1654). -See 

 Freemasonry: 

 Mystery. 



Bibliography. 

 The R., their Rites 

 and Mysteries, H. 

 Jennings, 1 870, 4th 



Eoslin, Scotland. Ruins of the castle. Top. right. 



interior of the chapel, looking east 



down to 1443. It 

 gave its name to 

 the treaty of 1658, 

 which gave to 

 Sweden all the 

 Danish possessions 

 beyond the Sound 

 Pop. 9,700. 



Roslavl. Town 

 of central Russia. 

 It is in the govt., 

 and 70 m. S.E., 

 of Smolensk, on 

 the Orel-Vitebsk 

 r!y. There is con- 

 si der able trade 

 grain, skins, 



ed. 1907 ; Real History of the 

 R., A. E. Waite, 1887 ; Catalogue 

 Raisonne of Works on the Occult 

 Sciences, F. Leigh Gardner, with 

 Intro, by W. Wynn Westcott, 1903; 

 The Arcane Schools, J. Yarker, 

 1909 ; History of the R. Order in 

 America, H. S. Lewis, 1915. 



Roskilde. Seaport of Denmark, 

 on the island of Zealand. It stands 

 at the head of Roskilde Fiord, 20 m. 

 by rly. W. of Copenhagen, a 

 junction on the line to Korsor. It 

 has a splendid cathedral, founded 

 in 1074, and rebuilt in the 12th 

 century, containing the tombs of 

 many of the Danish monarchs. 

 Until devastated by plague and 

 fire, it was the most important 

 town of Denmark, and the capital 



them, are attrib 

 uted Shake- 

 speare's Ariel, the 

 machinery of 

 Pope's Rape of 

 the Lock, 

 Fouque's Undine, 

 Lytton's Zanoni 

 and A Strange 

 Story, and Scott's 

 White Lady of 

 Avenel. DeQuin- 

 cey (Works, ed. 



Roskilde, Denmark. The cathedral, from the head of the 

 fiord. Top, left, interior of chancel, with high altar 



fat, and tobacco. 

 Flax and hemp are cultivated in 

 the district. Pop. 28,000. 



Roslin OR ROSSLYN. Village of 

 Midlothian, Scotland. It stands on 

 the N. Esk, 6 m. S. of Edinburgh, 

 with a station on the N.B. Rly. It 

 has a castle built on the site of a 

 seat of the Sinclair family. The 

 chapel is celebrated for its elegant 

 carvings, especially the beautiful 

 prentice pillar. It was built in the 

 15th century and was the burial 

 place of the lords. Roslin was made 

 a burgh in 1456, but later its im- 

 portance declined.- There are some 

 small manufactures. The place 

 gives the title of earl to the 

 family of St. Clair-Erskine. In 

 1303 there was fighting between 

 the English and the Scots on 

 Roslin Moor. Pop. 1,800. See 

 Rosslyn, Earl of. 



Rosmead, HERCULES GEORGE 

 ROBERT ROBINSON, IST BARON 

 (1824-97). British administrator. 

 Born Dec. 19. 1824, he entered 

 the civil service 

 in Ireland in 

 1846, after a 

 brief army car- 

 eer, and eight 

 years later 

 became presi- 

 dent of Mont- 

 serrat. Gov- 

 ernor of Hong 

 Kong, 1859-65, 

 and of Cey- 

 lon, 1865-72, in 



1st Baron Rosmead, 

 British administrator 



Elliott <fc Fry 



