Take a look at page 37 of TTTTA and we find the "Rose of Charity", prominently, "R C". But might there be yet further color to convince one entertaining the obvious thought?
Google "Rose of Charity" and "Rosicrucian" and you may be led to an essay by Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple of The Synagogue of Sydney. Dr. Apple ties the Rose of Charity to the Rosy Cross, Rosicrucianism, the "Lilly of Charity" and the "word" or first breath of Masonry. An excerpt of Dr. Apple's essay:
Let's keep it simple for now.....Lilly. Back to page 37 of TTTTA and we find not only Rose of Charity or allusion to Rosy Cross, but we find the Lilly as well....the Lilly of Charity:
One last point. There is italicized on page 37 the word "it" referring to the Rose of Charity. In my interpretation, Mr. Gann wanted us to focus unusual attention on the Rose of Charity or, in my thinking "R C."
Page 37 seems very important in TTTTA as it was in Petter Amundsen's discussions of the hidden importance of Rosicrucianism in Shakespeare. Again, the 37 degrees of the 3 4 5 Pythagorean triangle.
Jim
So, let's do a word count on rose in TTTTA. Ignoring the one time it appears in the Foreword, the main numbered pages of 1 through 417 gives you......37 occurrences of the letters 'rose.' You know, rose, or arose, or roses, or rosejar..... Yeah, I know, just a coincidence.
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