Rosicrucian Pyramids

This was part of our "Sunday Drive" ROAD TRIP."  

You can read all about that trip, and see the route I recommend, HERE

Unfortunately this is all that can be seen from the road.  This pyramid is 30 ft tall!

5801 Clymer Rd, Quakertown PA

I wish I had read this article sooner. 

 "Despite the “No Trespassing” signs that surround the property, visitors are allowed on site, but only during the daylight hours, and pets are prohibited. No appointment is necessary." [Please double check - this could change at any time!]

The Fraternitas Rosae Crucis was formed in 1858 by doctor, occultist, and writer Paschal Beverly Randolph. This order is the oldest of the modern Rosicrucian movements and is considered the main Rosicrucian organization today.

In 1920, Reuben Swinburne Clymber revived The Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, settling on land in Bucks County Pa.  In addition to the three large pyramids, there is a 

  large stone building named  The Beverly Hall, for the fraternity's founder.

In 1965 the order re-enacted the building of a pyramid in Hackett Park, Easton

Because we did not know we were allowed on the grounds, all of my photos are taken from the car. (at dusk.  So even if I had known we were allowed, we were really a bit late to be visiting "during daylight hours only"

But I found this great youtube video that shows a beautiful tour of the grounds and inside of the large pyramid.   

The pyramids are part of a cemetery, so if you do visit, please be very respectful!
"The Rosicrucian Fraternity believes the soul cannot be free if it remains in the body, and thus, cremation is the fastest and most sanitary way of freeing the soul. However, cremation is not required for members, Kracht said.

When someone does prefer to be cremated, their remains are placed in the garden and marked with a rosebush, much in the waysomeone’s burial site in a cemetery is marked with a gravestone. This is why the garden has so many roses."   http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/lifestyle/20170803/in-east-rockhill-century-old-fraternity-memorial-garden-and-pyramids

"Philadelphia apparently has a long tradition of Rosicrucian activities. Sometime in the late 17th century a German mystic came to Philadelphia to establish a colony of Rosicrucians (of the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis sort). A group of revolutionaries, including George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine reportedly formed a Rosicrucian group in Philadelphia."  http://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2014/04/18/pyramids-of-the-fraternitas-rosae-crucis/

I believe this is probably the Conspiracy Theory version he references.  It's pretty ridiculous, I couldn't make it the whole way through his paranoid spiel.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNW-3FUmFM

"Most of the stories on the internet, sometimes accompanied by video and ominous voice-overs, are fanciful at best. Conspiracy theories abound, as do exaggerations. Even seemingly reputable sites get carried away speculating about these pyramids"
http://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2014/04/18/pyramids-of-the-fraternitas-rosae-crucis/


Services here are open to the public
http://www.soul.org/pilgrimage-to-beverly-hall/beverly-hall-corp