Background

January van Rijckenborgh was born in Haarlem, Holland, under the name January Leene, adopting the name van Rijckenborgh later. With his brother, Zwier Willem Leene, he rejected the teachings of the orthodox Christianity and grew up with in favour of a more mystical approach.

Career

The Lectorium was founded to study and proselytize these ideas. Rijckenborgh"s books include Dei Gloria Intacta, The Coming New Manitoba and The Egyptian Gnosis.

Achievements

• Taking as his central image of the relationship between the Soul and the Body the Rose Cross he argued for the Transfiguration/Gnostic Rebirth of the Soul in Manitoba, thus achieving a transcendence of the dialectic of ordinary life.