Rosicrucian Enlightenment
Rosicrucian Enlightenment

Author: F.A. Yates

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1136353895

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This is Volume IV of the selected works of Frances Yates. In the early 17th century, a new movement was proclaimed throughout Europe, announcing the universal reform of religion, science, art, and society. The main proponents of this movement were the esoteric Rosicrucians. Europe was a world in transition and Rosicrucianism was but the latest movement to capture the public imagination. Concerned with spiritual illumination and intellectual knowledge the movement continued to have widespread influence long after it was supposedly over, as can be traced in the works of Isaac Newton and Fraof modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition.

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited

Author: Ralph White

Publisher: SteinerBooks

Published: 1999-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1584205261

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In 1995, to honor the role of Central Europe in the spiritual history of the West, the New York Open Center invited students of Rosicrucianism and the Western Mystery traditions to the Czech Republic to discuss the historical backgrounds of Rosicrucianism. Two years later a second meeting was held in Prague to celebrate the Hermetic world of Rudolf II. The result is this book: in which John Matthews addresses the relationship between the Grail and the Rose; Christopher Bamford speaks of the prehistory of the Rosicrucian reformation in the late Middle Ages--among women mystics, alchemists, Cathars, Franciscan spirituals, as well as in Luther and the great Paracelsus; Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke tells the wild tale of John Dee's mission to central Europe; Joscelyn Godwin unfolds the paradigmatic Rosicrucian life of Michael Maier; Claire Goodrick-Clarke recounts influence of Comenius; Paul Bembridge speaks of Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell; Robert Powell describes the roles of Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Rudolf II; and Christopher McIntosh speaks of the Rosicrucian Legacy. Also included are the texts of the two Rosicrucian Manifestos--the Fama and the Confessio. Illustrated.

The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason
The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason

Author: Christopher McIntosh

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-01-02

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1438435614

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This new edition of Christopher McIntosh's classic book on the Golden and Rosy Cross order is eagerly awaited. The order stands out as one of the most fascinating and influential of the high-degree masonic and illuminist groups that mushroomed in Europe from the 18th century onward. Active mainly in the German-speaking lands, it recast the original Rosicrucian vision and gave it renewed vitality. At one point it became politically influential when the Prussian King, Frederick William II, was a member of the order. Historians have often perceived the Golden and Rosy Cross as having had a conservative, anti-Enlightenment agenda, but this study – drawing on rare German sources – shows that the matter was more complex. The members of the order practiced alchemy and operated a degree system that was later imitated by later orders such as the Golden Dawn. Like the latter, the Golden and Rosy Cross exerted a wide and enduring cultural influence. Both the alchemy of the order and its powerful ritual system are insightfully described in Christopher McIntosh's clear and compelling style.

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited

Author: John Matthews

Publisher: SteinerBooks

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780940262843

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A collection of writings based on the Rosicrucian Enlightenment, a movement which went underground during the Thirty Years' War and lives on today as part of contemporary spiritual movements.

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment

Author: Frances Yates

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1134498373

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First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason
The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason

Author: Christopher McIntosh

Publisher: Brill's Studies in Intellectua

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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This the first comprehensive study of the eighteenth-century German Rosicrucian revival and, in particular, of the Gold und Rosenkreuz (Golden and Rosy Cross) order. It examines the order's relationship to the Enlightenment and its influence on the cultural, political and religious life of its age.

True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order
True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order

Author: Paul Foster Case

Publisher: Weiser Books

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780877287094

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This is a thorough presentation of the Rosicrucian system of initiation by Dr. Paul Foster Case. He explains that Rosicrucianism is based upon earthly organizations, but on personal unflodment, and clearly describes the distinctive marks of a Rosicrucian. The treatise is divided into two main parts by Dr. Case. The first is a careful examination and interpretation of the principle Rosicrucian maneifestos, the Fama Fraternitatis and the Confessio Fraternitatis. The second part is an explanation of the Rosicrucian grade system, as applied to the diagram of the Tree of Life and tarot attributions. By participating in the outlined procedures, aspirants are put on the right track of preparing themselves for union with the Higher Self, which may or may not include group work with an outer order or fraternity. The first editions of 1927, 1928 and 1933 were of limited publication. The fourth and most complete expansion of the text by Paul Case was finished in 1937, revised by him in 1953 just before his death and published in by Weiser in 1985. It represents the full maturity of his thought on this subject.

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment

Author: Frances A. Yates

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780415220477

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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians

Author: Magus Incognito

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1616403829

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The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians is one of the many titles attributed to William Walker Atkinson writing under a pseudonym. The book presents the history and background of the Rosicruscians, a mystical brotherhood which uses Christian symbology to communicate otherworldly ideas and meanings. Atkinson, writing as Magnus Incognito, supplies a guide to the beliefs and teachings of the brotherhood, including how to ascend to higher planes, sexual satisfaction as spiritual enlightenment, and the meaning behind auras. Interestingly, much of the Rosicrucisans is taken verbatim from another Atkinson work The Arcane Teachings.MAGNUS INCOGNITO is an alias and pen name of American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932). He only used the pseudonym once, obviously wishing to emphasize the writer's anonymity. Atkinson was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, including "Yogi," some of which are likely still unknown today.

A Rosicrucian Utopia in Eighteenth-Century Russia
A Rosicrucian Utopia in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Author: Raffaella Faggionato

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-18

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1402034873

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This is the first investigation of the history of Russian Freemasonry, based on the premise that the facts of the Russian Enlightenment preclude application of the interpretative framework commonly used for the history of western thought. Coverage includes the development of early Russian masonry, the formation of the Novikov circle in Moscow, the ‘programme’ of Rosicrucianism and its Russian variant and, finally, the clash between the Rosicrucians and the State.