cults: Rosae Crucis (probably from ~12th c.), Alumbrados (Spain, late 15th c.), Roshaniya (Afghanistan, 16th c.), Bavarian Illuminati (Germany, ~1776) Sun symbolism and Astrotheology/Astrolatry ( cosmology , mythology and the links to spiritualism) were an extremely important priesthood element of these societies and many others around the world too (to this