This book explores the work of Jos phin P ladan, his "L'Ordre de la Rose-Croix Catholique" and the legendary "Salons de la Rose+Croix" art exhibitions. Considerable emphasis is placed on the "Rose+Croix de Toulouse", the alleged forerunner of P ladan's Rosicrucian movement. Also included are a number of chapters dedicated to the successors of Jos phin P ladan, most notably mile Dantinne and the Belgian "Ordo Aureae & Rosae Crucis" La Rose]Croix Universitaire, La Rose+Croix Universelle] and the Pythagorean "L'Ordre d'Herm s T tram giste". The final chapter is reserved for one of Dantinne's successors, Martin Erler and the O.R.A. "Ordo Rosae Aureae"]. And furthermore..., douard de Lapasse, -Firmin Boissin, -Dr. Adrien P ladan, Papus, the Martinist Order, "Groupe Ind pendant d'Etudes Esot riques", Stanislas de Guaita, "Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose+Croix", Erik Satie, Jean Delville, Lodge KVMRIS, Gustav Meyrink, Alois Mail nder, Karl Weinfurter, the Asiatic Brethren, John Yarker... and many, many others