Editing Fama Fraternitatis (section)

==The Legend==
The ''Fama'' tells the story of the "Father C.R." (later referred to in the text as "C.R.C.") and his ill-fated pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]]; his subsequent tutelage by the secret sages of the East, the wise men of ''Damcar'' {{citation needed span|([[Dhamar, Yemen|Dhamar]])|date=August 2024}} in [[Arabia]], from whom he learned the ancient [[esoteric knowledge]] which included the study of [[physics]], [[mathematics]], [[Magus|magic]] and [[kabbalah]]; his return through [[Egypt]] and [[Fes, Morocco|Fes]], and his presence among the ''[[alumbrados]]'' in Spain. It is thought in [[occultism]] that Rosenkreuz's pilgrimage seems to refer to transmutation steps of the [[Magnum opus (alchemy)|Great Work]].

After his arrival in [[Germany]], Father C.R. and other Brothers established an [[esoteric]] Christian Fraternity: "The Fraternity of the Rose Cross". The Brothers of the Fraternity were sent on mission throughout the world, having as their first priority to use their [[esoteric knowledge]] to cure the sick free of charge ("[[wikt:gratis|gratis]]"), not wearing any special clothing, and met once each year in the mysterious "House of the Holy Spirit".

The Legend shows an agreement with six articles that they drew up prior to their separation, bounding themselves one to another to keep:

# That none of them should profess any other thing than to cure the sick, and that gratis. 
# None of the posterity should be constrained to wear one kind of habit, but to follow the custom of the country.
# Every year, upon the day C., they would meet together at the house Santi Spiritus, or write the cause of their absence.
# Every Brother should seek a worthy person to succeed him after his death.
# The word CR should be their seal, mark, and character.
# The Fraternity should remain secret one hundred years.

Although Father C.R.C. is often identified as the allegorical character of [[Christian Rosenkreuz]] from the ''[[Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz]]'', the ''Fama Fraternitatis'' does not identify him as such in the text.