The
Rose Cross Lamen was the most important teaching symbol of the outer
order of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an eighteenth century
magickal society. Based on the Rosicrucian Rose cross, it is a kabbalisitc glyph
containinga number of formulas, among them all of the "King scale"
colors assigned by the GD to the Tree
of Life, the four elements, alchemical elements, and the planets of the
zodiac. In the center of the cross is a rose with twenty-two petals symbolizing
the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and colored accordingly, which is often used
as a device for creating sigils.
Additionally,
it serves as a symbol of office of Chief Adept.