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M.R. Osborne

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M. R. Osborne
Born
Michael Robert Osborne

1969 (age 56–57)
EducationUniversity of Birmingham (BA, MA, Theology)
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Translator
  • Solicitor
Notable workThe Lessons of Lyons (2021)
The Brazen Serpent: Chaos and Order (2022)
Websitemrosborne.org

Michael Robert Osborne (born 1969) is an English writer, translator, and solicitor whose books concern Christian mysticism, Western esotericism, and philosophical alchemy. He is best known within Rosicrucian and Martinist study circles for English-language editions of eighteenth-century manuscripts associated with the Élus Coëns order founded by Martinez de Pasqually. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, ESSWE, Authors Guild, and a practising Solicitor in England and Wales.

Career

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Osborne has authored multiple published works exploring the relationship between Western esotericism and Christian orthodoxy. His research includes analysis of the alchemical influences on William Blake and the theoretical connections between reported haunting experiences and time-slip phenomena. In Brazen Serpent: Chaos and Order he examines the "divine code" concealed within the biblical Nehushtan myth, and its association with the so-called 23 enigma.[1][2][3] His work The Brazen Serpent[4] was described by The Times Literary Supplement as "a good fit for those seeking spiritual enlightenment through alchemy, philosophy and Christianity."[5] Montreal-based broadcaster Jonathan Stewart of the Gnostic Wisdom Network expressed the view that the publication of Osborne's translation of Pierre Fournié's What We Have Been, What We Are, And What We Will Become[6][7] "was anticipated for over a decade."[8][9][10]

Osborne is noted for his collaboration with Rose Circle Books on the English language editions of eighteenth-century manuscripts from the Order of Knight-Masons Elect Priests of the Universe. This collection includes The Lessons of Lyons,[11][12] theTreatise on the Reintegration of Beings[13] by Martinez de Pasqually, The de Grainville Manuscripts (also known as the Manuscript of Algiers).[14] Piers Allfrey Vaughan,[15][16] Grand First Principal of New York State, has commented on Osborne's work describing it as, "Well-researched and well-written."[17] In 2022 he also published the first full colour restored edition of the Most Holy Trinosophia and the first translation into English of the text since Manly Palmer Hall's 1933 version.

Osborne is a member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA) and Director of Studies of the Society's Pythagoras College.[18] In 2018, he won the prestigious Companion of Christian Rosenkreutz Prize[19] for both his research papers on The Lessons of Lyon.[20][21] The prize is described in The Square Magazine as an award in recognition of "Outstanding researches and scholarship rendered to the society."[22] He contributes to Watkins' Mind, Body & Spirit Magazine,[23] an internationally recognised publication on various subjects from contemporary spirituality to mysticism.[24]

Three of Osborne's books have been the subject of long-form review essays on Via Hygeia, a specialist online "bibliotherapy" project devoted to wisdom and esoteric literature: The Most Holy Trinosophia (2021 edition),[25] The Alchemy of William Blake ("Alchemy for the Algorithmic Age"),[26] and Rosicrucian Death ("Wittgenstein and Bergson at the Café").[27]

Publications

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  • Osborne, M.R., The Lessons of Lyons (Rose Circle Publications, 2021, ISBN 979-8-89269-864-1)
  • Osborne, M.R., The Brazen Serpent: Chaos and Order (Rose Circle Publications, 2022, ISBN 979-8-89298-315-0)
  • Osborne, M.R., The Most Holy Trinosophia: A Book of the Dead (Rose Circle Publications, 2021, ISBN 979-8-88955-013-6, Library of Congress Number 2021917880)[28][29]
  • Osborne, M.R., Son of Perdition: The Magic and Hubris of Simon Magus (Rose Circle Publications, 2022, ISBN 979-8-89292-601-0)
  • Osborne, M.R., Pierre Fournie: What We Have Been, What Are And What We Will Become (Rose Circle Publications, 2022, ISBN 979-8-89269-867-2)
  • Osborne, M.R., Allegory in Stone: A Short Study of the Shakespeare Monument (Rose Circle Publications, 2022, ISBN 979-8-88796-954-1)[30]
  • Osborne, M.R., Time Slip Phenomena: The Ghosts of the Trianon, The Legend of Lucy Lightfoot and the Haunting of William Hogarth (Whitestone Esoteric, 2023, ISBN 979-8-89217-790-0)
  • Osborne, M.R., Martinez de Pasqually: Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings (Rose Circle Publications, 2023, ISBN 979-8-89269-869-6)
  • Osborne, M.R., The de Grainville Manuscripts (Rose Circle Publications, 2024, 979-8892698832)
  • Osborne, M.R., The Alchemy of William Blake: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence and 'An Allegory on the Spiritual Condition of Man' (Rose Circle Publications, 2024, ISBN 979-8-89504-366-0)[31]
  • Osborne, M.R., The Threefold Anglican Ministry in the Writings of Thomas Cranmer, Richard Hooker and Jeremy Taylor (Whitestone Esoteric, 2024, ISBN 979-8-89660-925-4)
  • Osborne, M.R., William Laud (1573–1645) Writings the Church, Ministry and Sacraments (Whitestone Esoteric, 2024, ISBN 979-8-89660-627-7)
  • Osborne, M.R., Rosicrucian Death - The Manner and Meaning of Death in Modern Rosicrucianism (Rose Circle Publications, 2025) ISBN 978-1-0369677-03
  • Osborne, M.R., John Thornborough - Lithotheorikos, Sive Nivhil, Aliquid, Omnia (Whitestone Esoteric, 2026) ISBN 978-1036960056

References

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  1. ↑ Osborne, M.R. (2024). The Alchemy of William Blake: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence and 'An Allegory of the Spiritual Condition of Man'. Bayonne, NJ: Rose Circle Publications. p. 285. ISBN 979-8-89480-155-1.
  2. ↑ Osborne, M.R. (2023). Time Slip Phenomena: The Ghosts of the Trianon, The Legend of Lucy Lightfoot and the Haunting of William Hogarth (1st ed.). Bayonne, NJ: Rose Circle Publications (published 2022). p. 104. ISBN 979-8-89217-790-0.
  3. ↑ "The Brazen Serpent". Online Book Club. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  4. ↑ University of Oxford (August 1, 2021). "The Brazen Serpent: Chaos & Order". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ Uzoamaka, Christabel (September 2, 2022). "The Brazen Serpent". Times Literary Supplement, London. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ University of Oxford (September 30, 2022). "Pierre Fournie: What We Have Been, What We Are And What We Will Become". The Bodeian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ Stewart, Jonathan (26 August 2023). "Fournie". The Gnostic Wisdom Network. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024. Alt URL:https://archive.org/download/Fournier/Fournier.mp3
  8. ↑ "The Rev. Deacon Jonathan Stewart - Apostolic Johannite Church". Apostolic Johannite Church.
  9. ↑ "The Gnostic Wisdom Network". The Gnostic Wisdom Network. September 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ Vaughan, Piers A. (5 February 2023). "Abbe Fournie: What We Have Been, What We Are and What We Will Become". Rose Circle Books. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Catalogue, British Library. "Martinès de Pasqually, approximately 1715-1779". British Library. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  12. ↑ University of Oxford (March 30, 2021). "The Lessons of Lyons". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  13. ↑ University of Oxford (January 30, 2023). "Martinez de Pasqually: Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings into their Original Property, Virtue and Divine, Spiritual Power". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ University of Oxford (February 28, 2024). "The de Grainville Manuscripts: Elus Coens Ritual and Instruction from the Eighteenth Century". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  15. ↑ Legends of the Craft (January 10, 2025). "Legends of the Craft". Legends of the Craft. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  16. ↑ The Writers Guild (January 14, 2025). "Piers A. Vaughan". The Writers Guild. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Piers A. Vaughan – Legends of the craft".
  18. ↑ Pythagoras College (January 10, 2025). "The Cripps Building". St John's College. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  19. ↑ The Square Magazine. "Book Review". The Square Magazine. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  20. ↑ Osborne, M.R. (July 2017). "Martinez de Pasqually and the Transmission of Power". Metropolitan Study Group. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  21. ↑ M.R., Osborne (16 December 2017). "The Lessons of Lyons". Salon Rose Croix. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "Companions of Christian Rosenkreutz". 2016.
  23. ↑ Watkin's Mind Body Spirit (November 1, 2024). "Who Is M R Osborne? (Article: Interview with the author of The de Grainville Manuscripts)". Watkin's Magazine. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  24. ↑ "79, Autumn 2024 – Watkins Mind Body Spirit".
  25. ↑ "A Via Hygeia Bibliotherapy Book Review of Michael Robert Osborne's 2021 Edition of The Most Holy Trinosophia". Via Hygeia.
  26. ↑ "Alchemy for the Algorithmic Age: A Via Hygeia Bibliotherapy Book Review of Michael Robert Osborne's The Alchemy of William Blake". Via Hygeia.
  27. ↑ "Wittgenstein and Bergson at the Café: A Via Hygeia Bibliotherapy Book Review of Michael Robert Osborne's The Rosicrucian Death". Via Hygeia.
  28. ↑ University of Oxford (August 1, 2022). "The Most Holy Trinosophia: A Book of the Dead". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  29. ↑ Osborne, M. R. (2023-11-02). The Most Holy Trinosophia: A Book of the Dead. Rose Circle Publications. ISBN 979-8-88955-013-6.
  30. ↑ University of Oxford (October 24, 2022). "Allegory in Stone: A Short Study of the Shakespeare Memorial". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  31. ↑ University of Oxford (September 1, 2024). "The Alchemy of William Blake: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence and An Allegory on the Spiritual Condition of Man". The Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
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