Could you have become a pupil of the School of the Golden Rosycross?

No entrance ritual here and no oath: the Dutch school founded at Haarlem asks for a way of life. It says so itself in its frequently asked questions. Seven questions, each set beside what it publishes.

The Lectorium Rosicrucianum, or International School of the Golden Rosycross, comes from the Netherlands, where it took shape between the 1920s and the 1940s around Jan van Rijckenborgh. It is not the German Golden and Rosy Cross of 1710. It is a living organisation: we report only what it publishes itself, and one historian’s notice. Nothing is sent anywhere.

1. Are you eighteen, and is the decision yours alone?

The school: “You must be aged at least 18 years, to ensure that your decision to establish a connection with the School is yours alone.”

Yes Perhaps No

2. Would you begin with a loose connection, before committing?

Two options: “a loose connection by means of membership”, or, for those who feel ready to walk the path, “active pupilship”.

Yes Perhaps No

3. Would you live as a vegetarian?

The school: “The pupils practice a vegetarian way of life”.

Yes Perhaps No

4. Would you give up alcohol and every drug?

The school: they “abstain from all forms of drugs and narcotics, including alcohol”. According to Introvigne, tobacco too.

Yes Perhaps No

5. Would you accept a preparatory period of one to two years?

According to Introvigne, pupils take on the full commitment only after a preparatory period of one to two years.

Yes Perhaps No

6. Would you seek to purify your thoughts and feelings, not only your plate?

The school speaks of “the path of purification, which includes the purification of all aspects of the personality being”, from the physical to the mental.

Yes Perhaps No

7. Would you switch off the television?

According to Introvigne, the practice of life also includes avoiding the unhealthy influences of television. The school does not say so in its FAQ.

Yes Perhaps No

The school’s FAQ (goldenrosycross.org), read on 2 October 2026. M. Introvigne’s notice (CESNUR), flagged where it is the source.

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Where this information comes from

The school’s answers are taken from its FAQ, goldenrosycross.org/faq, read on 2 October 2026. It says there that it is funded by contributions and donations, and is non-profit.

The length of the preparation, tobacco and television come from Massimo Introvigne’s notice for CESNUR (1997–98, in French), cesnur.org, which then counted about 15,000 adherents. We have not read the school’s books, which are in copyright, and we do not describe its inner degrees.

This test sets your answers beside what the school publishes. It does not belong to the Lectorium Rosicrucianum, gives no access to it and does not replace its own information: to become a member, the school itself is the one to ask.