T H E

R EA L H I S T O RY
OF TH E

R O S I C R U C I A N S

FOU N D ED ON T H EI R O WN '
MA N I F E S T O E S ,

A N D ON FA C T S A ND D OC U M EN T S C O L L EC T E D F R O M T H E

WRI T I NG S OF I N I T I AT E D BR E T H R E N .

A RT H U R E D WA R D WA I T E ,

A UTH O R O F
T H E M YS T E R I E S OF M A G IC : A D IG E S T O I" T H E W R IT I NG S

OF E L I P IIA S L E V I, ET C .

xx x/ [T H [ L L U S T R A T l o zv s .

L O N D O N

G EO R G E R E D WA Y ,
YO R K S T R E E T , C O V E NT G A RD E N .

1 8 87 .
 A NA LYS I S OF C ON TEN TS .

PA G E
P fac
re e I n u e n c e of th ati o ns

co nne cte d w ith t

ance c nc e rning o of th e Ro i s cru cian li
Pre te nsi o n s o f th

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m if "

from
A .

De riv ations of the name the suppo sed

f nd Ch istian Rose n
ou er r ,
c re utz De rivati o n fr omR 03 an d Crux
H isto y f th t m R
r o e er os i n A l ch e my De r ivati o n fro m R osa
a n d Cr x Ou t he Ro se i n S ym bo lis m t he Cr o ss i n S y mbo lism
u , ,

a n d o n th e si gn i ca n ce o f th e ir u n i n wi th spe ci al re fe re nc e to
o ,

the Ro man ce f th e R o se a nd the Paradise o f the Divi ne

o

Co me dy

H A PT ER TH E FI RS T
C .

On th s tat
e f M ystic l Phi l s phy i G ma y t t h cl s
e o a o o f th n er n a e o e o e

S ix t th C t y P p t ti
een e n ur f N - Plat ic t aditi s
er e ua on o eo on r on
R v l ti i R ligi
e o u on S ci c
n ed Phil s phyPa a ls s
on, en e ,
an o o r ce u

an d his s u cce ss o rs Ri se of the S pi ri tual A lche mi sts

C H A PT ER TH E S E O
C
ND .

The P rophe cy of Paracelsu s an d the Un ive rsal Re fo rmatio n o f the

W h ol e W id e W o ld r

C H A PTER TH E T H I RD .

The F m a a Frate r nita ti s o f i to ri us Orde r

th e M e r o of t he Ro sy Cro s s,

add ss dre e to t he learne d i n general and the G overnors o f

Eu r o p e
vi A NA L YSIS OF CON TE N TS .

PA GE

C H A P T ER TH E F OU R T H .

The Co n fe ssi on o f the Ro sicru cian Fr at er ni ty add ss d

,
re e t o th e
learn e d o f Eu ro pe

C H A PTER TH E F I FTH .

The Chy mi cal M a iag

rr e of Chris tian R o se n cre u t z

C H A P TER TH E S I XT H .

the Co nn e cti on o f the R o sicru cian Claims W ith tho se o f A lch emy
an d M agic F an aticis m a n d F o lli e s o f t h e R o sicr u cian M an i

fe st o e Disc pan ci e s b e tw e e n th e U n ive r sa l R e fo rmati o n an d

s re

t h e F ama F a te n i t ati s R e ligi o u s Opi n i o n s o f th e S o ci e ty

r r

S ci e n ti c a n d P hil o s o phical P r e te n si o n s D o ct i n e f t h e M a r o

c r o c o sm o an d
s f t h e M ic r o c o s m o s The o r y f El e m e ntals
o o

D o ctri ne f S i gnatu e s Physical Tran smu tati o n s Th e G r eat

o r

Elixi r

C H A PT ER TH E S E V E N TH .

an F at n ity A b s n c f his
On the A n i qu i y o f t h e R o sicr u ci
t t r er e e o

ta te nth c e n t y R es a ch s f
t o ri c al r c e s b e f o r e th e s ev e n e ur e r e o

S ml er Th M iliti C
e if Evan g lica A b s d p e te n si n s
e a ru c e ra e ur r o

of M H a g avr J n ningsTh T mplars n d the R si

r r e e e e a o

c cians
ru

C H A PTER TH E E I G H TH .

T h e o ri e s a t the a u th o rship o f the R o sicru cian M anife sto s The

s o e a

sto ry o f Christian Ro se n c e u t n t histo rically tr u e Claim s o f

r z o

Ta u l r u s J oachim J u n g
e , a n d E gidi s G u ttman n Cas e o f
e, u

J ohann Vale nti n A n d eas S k e tch f hi Life P e dile ctio n for

r o s r

S e c e t S o ci e ti e s Di g s t o f the Evid n c e add c e d t o pro ve that

r e e u

A n dre as wr ot e th e R o sic r u ci a n M an if e s to e s Exami nati o n f o

this Evid e n c e F u tili ty an d R epu lsiv n e ss f P fe sso B uhle e o ro r

s

hypo th e sis F acts o f t h Cas e -A tenable hyp oth e sis Charac

e

t e o f t h e R o sic ru cian M ys te y
r r

C H A PT ER TH E N I NTH
P ss of R o sic u ci anism in G e many A n dreas Libavi u s H i
r o gr e r r s

h ostile criticis m Ec h o f the G o d-illu minate d Br th erho o do o

R C Th e Op e n Le tte o R e p or t o f J u lianu s de Campis

. . r r

F ama R e mi ssa a d F at s R o se ee Cr u cis C o n fe ssi o R e c e pta

r re

V ici o u s atta ck by J han n Val e n ti n A l b ti Oth e-pamphl e ts

o er r

o f t h e P e ri o d
 . A NA L YSIS O F CON TE N TS .

PA G E

C H A P TER TH E T E NTH .

Ro sicru cian A pol ogi sts : M ichae l M aie H i s i mportance i n the r

c ontr ve rsy Pu blicatio n o f S ile ntiu m Po st Clamore s S ymb o la

o ,

A u reee M e nsae an d The mis A u re a C u ri o u Coll o qu y a nd Echo

,
s

Co llo qu ii o n the R o sicr u cian S o ci e ty W as M ichae l M ai e r

R o sicru cian S o ci e ty R eapp ea an c e

t he f o u n d e r o f a p s e u d o - r

o f th e O d e r -Law s o f th e B
r th e rho od a pu blish e d by ro s

S i nc e ru s Re na tu s

C H A PT ER TH E E L EV E NTH .

Ro sicru cian A po l gists : o dd -G rande u of the K entish

Ro b e r t Fl u r

M ystic G e n l gy an d lif e Bi bli o graphical matte r F lu dd s

ea o

De fe n ce f th e Ro sic u cians A n alysis o f this pu b licati o n

o r

H o stil e c riticis m o f M ers e nn e Fl u dd s Re j o in d er -Epistle

f o m the Ro si c ru cian S o cie ty to G e rman N e o phyte Co smi

r a

ca l phil o s o phy o f R o b e rt F l u dd

C H A P T ER TH E T W EL T F H .

Ro sicru cian A po l gists Tho mas VaughanThe myste ry which sur

o

ro u nds hi m Lis t f his W ri ti ngs H i translati o n o f t he F ame

o s

a n d C nfe ssi n H i s
o pi ni n co nce n ing the O de o f which he
o o o r r r,

was no t a me m be r

C H A PT ER TH E T H I R TEEN T H .

Ro sic ru cian A po lo : gis ts

n H yd o n Jh o e -
Au to biographyTalbo t s

Life o f H e yd o n Bibli ography Th e R si e C ro ss U n c ove re d

o

The Ro sic ru cians in England Tr ue narrative o f a G e ntl e

man R C J oh n H e yd n nc u nte rs th spi ri t Eu te rpe
"
. . o e o e

V oyage to the Land o f the Ro sic rucian s

C H A PT ER TH E FOU R TEEN T H .

icru cianism in F ran ce G abri e l

N au de s rma ti o n o n t h e
I nfo

Ros
tr uth o f the Ro sic ru cians S trange manife sto placar de d o n

t he wall s o f Par is - Th e U nk n o w n an d N o ve l Ca bala o f the

Bre thr e n o f the Ro se C o ss F rightfu l C mpac ts be tw e e n
r o

t he d evi ls a n d th e so -
call d illu mi nati e

C H A PT ER TH E F I F T EE NTH .

Co n ne ctio n be tw ee n the Ro sicr u cians n d Fr e e mas o ns F u tility o f a

Pro fe sso Bu hle hypo the sis Th e Ro se -C ss d gr e e in F e e

r

s ro e r

mas on ry I ts m d e rn o rigi n o
 A NA L YS I S OF CON TEN TS .

PA G E
C H A P T ER TH E S I XT EEN T H .

M o d ern R o sicru cian S ocieti e s M i grati on of ans

tru e R o sicru ci
e as twa d C opy o f th e a d missi n
r f S i gis mu nd B st om i nt
o o ac r o

the R o sicru cian B th e h o dTh English R si c ru cian S cie ty

ro r o e o o
I t Laws and Obj e ct -H arml ss natu e f th e ass ciati on
s s e r o . o

I n c mp e te n cy f i t me mbe s The Ro sic cian s i n Li te rat e

o o s r ru ur

an d Legen d

Con clu si on

A dditional N o te s
A pp e n dix o f A ddi ti o nal D o c u me nts Pr e fac e t o th e F ama F rate r

ni ta ti s Cu ri o u s A p ologu e R o sic r ucian Pr ay e r t o G o d

 .
P R EF A CE .

ENE A TH the br o ad tide o f human histo ry th er e ow

the st e althy u n d ercurr ents of the s ecr et s o ci et i e s ,

w hich fr e qu ently d e termi n e in the d e pths the cha ng e s t hat

take plac e up o n the surfac e Th e s e s o ci e ti e s hav e e xist e d
in all ag e s an d am o ng all n a t i o ns and traditi o n has i nv ari
,

ably ascrib e d to th em the p o ss e ssi on o f imp or t a nt k no w

l edge i n the r e ligi o us sci en tic or p olitical o rd er acc o rdi ng
to the v ar i Ous charact e r o f th eir pr e t e n si o n s The myst ery .

which en c o mpass e s th e m has i n v e s te d th em with a magical

glam our and charm that to s om e e xt en t will acc ou n t for
the ex travaga n t gr o wth o f l eg en d ab o ut the A n ci en t

Mys te ri e s the Te mplars the F re emasons and the Ro si

, , ,
.

crucia n s ab o v e all w ho w er e the m o s t si ngular i n the

, ,

nat ur e o f th eir o st e nsibl e claims and in t he unc ertainty

which e nv el o pes t h em .

A hal o of p o e tic spl n d o ur says H eck e thorn 1 sur

e , ,

r o u n ds the Or de r o f the Ro sicr u cia n s ; the magic lights o f

fan cy play r oun d th eir grac eful day-dr e ams whil e the ,

myst ery i n which th ey shr o ud e d th ems elv e s l en ds additi on al

at tracti o n to th eir hist o ry Bu t th e ir brillian cy w as that
.

o f a m e te o r . It j ust ash e d acr o ss the r ealms o f im agi n a

ti o n and i n t e ll ec t an d va nish e d for e v er ; n ot h o w ev er
, , ,

with ou t l eavi ng b ehi n d s o m e p ermanen t and l o v e ly tr ac e s

o f i t s hasty pas sag e P o etry and roman c e are d e eply
.

1
S e c re t S o ci e ti e s o f all A ge s an d C o un tr i e s .

A
 HI ST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCI A N S .

i nde bt e d to t he R o sicrucia n s fo r man y a fasci nati ng cr e a

ti o n . The lit er at u r e o f e v ery E ur o p e an c o u n try c o n tai n s
h un dr e ds o f pl e asi ng cti o n s W h o s e machi n ery has b e en ,

b o rr ow e d fr o m th e ir syst e m o f phil o s o phy th o ugh that ,

its elf has pass e d away .

The facts an d d o cu m en ts c o n c ern i n g the F r at e r n ity o f

t he R o s e Cr o ss o r o f th e G o ld en an d R o sy Cr o ss as it is
, ,

call e d by S i gmu nd R icht e r ar e abs o l u t ely u nk n o w n t o

'
1
,

En glish r e ad e rs E v e n w e ll
. i n fo rm e d p e opl e w ill l earn
-

w ith asto n ishm en t the ext en t and vari e ty o f the Ro si

crucia n lit eratur e w hich hi t h ert o has lain buri e d i n rar e
pamphl e ts writt en i n the o ld G erma n t o n gue and i n the
, ,

Lati n c o mm en tari e s o f the lat e r alch emists The stray .

gl e ams o f casual in formati o n w hich may be gl eane d fr o m

p o p u lar en cycl op aedias ca n no t be said to c o nv ey any r e al
kn o wl edge whil e the e ssay o f Th omas D e Q ui n c ey o n the
,

R o sicr u cian s an d F r ee mas o ns th o ugh val uable as the ,

w o rk o f a s o v er eig n pri nc e o f English pr o s e c o mp o siti o n ,

is a m ere tran scrip t fr o m an expl o d e d G erman savant ,

wh o s e facts are t o rture d i n the in t er ests o f a s o m ewhat

arbitrary hyp o th e sis The o nl y w rit er in this c o u n try who
.

claims t o hav e tr e at e d the subj e ct s eri o u sly a nd at l en gth

'

is H argrav e Jenn i n gs w ho in The R o sicrucians th e ir
, , ,

R it e s an d Myst eri e s & c c o m e s fo r ward as the hist o ria n
,
.
,

o f the Ord e r This b o ok h o w e v er so far fro m affo rdi ng

.
, ,

an y i n fo rmati o n o n the qu e sti o n s it pr o fe ss e s t o d e al with ,

k e e ps guard o v e r 2 the s e cr e ts o f t he F rat ern i ty an d is

,

1
Di e W a rh a fft e u n d v o llk o mmen e , Ber e i tu n g de s P hi lOS Op h i S Ch e n
S t e i n s , der Br u de rsc hafft au s de m Or d e n de s G u ld e n - u n d- R o s en

C reu t z e s . 1 710 .

2
N0 s tu d e n t o f o cc u l t phil o s o phy ne e d fear th at w e sh all mo s t
c ar e fu lly k e ep gu ar d s tan ding s en try (so t o sp eak )o ver th o s e o th er
a n d m o re r e c o n di t e sys te ms which a r e c o nn e c te d wi th o u r s u b j e c t .
 PR E FA CE .

simply a mass o f ill-digest e d e r uditi o n c o n c erning P hallicism

a n d F i r e-Wo rship the R o u n d To w er s o f Ir ela n d an d S erp en t
,

S ymb o lism o ffer e d w ith a charlata n ic ass u mpti o n o f s e cr e t

,

1
k no wl e dg e as an exp o siti on o f R o sicrucian phil o s ophy .

The pr o fo u n d i n t er e st n o w ma n ife st e d i n all bran ch e s o f

mysticism the t en de n cy in partic u lar o f ma ny cultur e d
, , ,

mi nds t o w ards th o s e m e taphysical c o n c epti on s w hich are at

the bas e o f the alch e mical syst e m the v ery g en e ral s u spici o n ,

that o th e r s e cre ts than that o f man ufacturi ng g old are to be

fo u n d i n t he P an d o ra s Box o f H erm e tic and R o sic rucian

all eg ori e s mak e it e vid e n t that the tim e has c om e to

2
,

c oll e c t the mass o f mat erial which exists fo r the elucidatio n

o f this curi o u s pr o bl e m o f E ur o p ea n hist o ry an d t o d epict ,

t he myst eri o u s Br o th e rh o o d as th ey are r e ve al e d i n th eir

o w n ma nife st o s an d i n the writi n gs o f th o s e m e n who w e r e

dir e ctly or in dir ectly i n c onn e cti o n w ith th em S u ch a .

p ublicati o n w ill tak e the subj ect o u t o f the han ds of nu

quali e d writ e rs and o fthe s elf-c o nstitu te d p on t iffs o f dark
,

n e ss and myste ry w ho trad e up o n the ign o ra n c e and curi o sity

o f th e ir r e ad e rs .

A s the r e sult o f c o n sci en ti o us r e s e arch e s I hav e succ ee d e d ,

1
In re vi ewin g a n large d e di ti o n o f this wo rk p u b lish e d i n 1 8 7 9
en
, ,

t h e Westmi ns ter R ev i ew r e mar ks I n t h e R o sic ru ci an s w e h a ve

c ome acr o ss p erhaps the m o s t ab su r d b o ok that i t ha s e ver b e en o u r

fort u n e to re vi ew I t a ffo r ds a gre at d e al o f disj o in te d i n fo rma
.

ti o n o n ve r y man y su bj e c ts bu t t h e o n e s u bj e c t o n which w e
,

h av e vai n ly s o u gh t in fo rmati o n in it s page s is t he H is to r y o f t he

R o sic r u cian s The wh o l e bo o k is an ab s u r d j u m b l e o f pa ss a e s

g
.

a n d ill u s trat i o n s fo r m o s t o f which n o au th o r i ty is o r c o u ld b e

, , ,

giv en . A n d th ro u gh t h e wh o l e r u n s a v e r y u nwh o l e s o m e u n d er
cu rr en t W R N S v ol lvi p 2 5 6
.

. . . .
, . . . .

2
On this p o in t se e A S u gge s t iv e I n qu i r y in to t he H e rme tic
M ys te r y an d A lch e m y pu b lish e d ano ny mo u sly i n the y e ar 1 8 50
,

in Lo n d o n an d H i t c h ock s R e mar ks o n A lch e m y als o anon ymo u s

, ,
,
N e w Yo r k 1 8 6 5, .
 HIST OR Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA N S .

in disc ov eri ng s ev eral t rac t s an d man uscripts i n the Library

o f the British Mus e um w h o s e e xist enc e so far as I am
, ,

awar e has b e en u nk n o w n t o pr evi o us i n v e stigat o rs whil e

, ,

o th e rs
,
in cludi ng differ en t c opi e s an d acc o unt s o f the
Un iv ersal Refo rmati on as w ell as o rigi nal edi t ion s of the

,

Chymi cal Marriage o f Christian R o sy Cr o ss

which are
,

n o t i n the Library Catal o gu e th o ugh l e ss g e n erally o bscur e

, ,

I hav e met with i n a l ong s eri es o f G erman pamphl e ts

b el o ngi ng t o the rst quart er o f the s e ve n t e en th c en tury .

Th e s e with all o th e r imp o rtan t an d availabl e facts an d

,

d o cum en ts I hav e car efully c o ll e c t e d an d n o w publish th e m

,

i n the pr e s en t v o lum e e i t h e r summaris e d or i n ex tenso

,

acc o rdin g to th e ir val u e an d I o ffer for the rs t tim e i n

,

the lit e ratur e o f the subj e c t the R o sicr u cia n s r e pr e s en t e d

by th ems elve s I cl aim tha t I hav e p erfo rm e d my task in

.

a sy mpath e tic b ut impartial man n er purge d fr o m the bias

,

o f an y particular th e o ry an d ab o v e all u n c o n t ami n at e d by

,

the pr et e n si o n to sup e ri o r k n o wl e dg e which claima n ts hav e

,

n e v er b een able to substan tiat e .

 I N TR O D U C T I O N .

In c ru c e su b sp h e ra v it s api tia v a
en en er .
H ermetic A x i o m .

La r o se
i

to u t temps l embl me de la be au t e de la
qu i a t de

v i e de l amo ur e t du plaisi r e xp r i mai t mys t iqu e m en t t ou te s l es p r o

, ,

te s tat i on s man if e st e s a la ren aiss an c e R n u ir la r o s e a la .

,

c ro ix tel tai t l e pr o b l eme p ose p ar la H au te I n itiat io n Eli p lza s

,
.
f

L em

d erivati o n s are o ffer ed of the n am e R o si oru

H REE
c i an The rst which is c e rtai nly the m o st o bvi o us
.
, ,

d edu c e s it fr o m the o st en sibl e fo u n d er o f the o rd er Chris ,

tia n R osenkr euz e I shall sh o w h o we v er t ha t the hist o ry

.
, ,

o f this p ers o n age is e vid en tly mythical or all e g o rical an d ,

th erefor e this explan ati o n m erely akes the i n quiry a st ep t

backward to the qu e sti on What is the etym ol ogy o f ,

R o senk re u z e The s e c o n d d erivati o n pr op o s e d is fr o m the

Lati n w o rds R03 dew and Crux cr o ss ,
This has b e en
, ,
.

c ou n t en an c e d by M o sh eim w ho is fo ll o w e d by Ree s En ,

cycl op aedia an d o th er publicati o n s The argu m e n t in its

,
.

favo ur may b e fairly r epr es en t e d by the foll o w ing qu o ta

ti on Of all n atural b o di e s dew was d ee m e d the m ost ,

p ow er ful diss olv en t o f g o ld 5 an d the cr o ss i n ch emical ,

language was equival en t t o light ; b ecaus e the gur e o f a

,

cr o ss e xhibits at the sam e tim e the thr ee l e t t ers o f which

the w o rd lux o r light is c o mp o u n d e d
,
N o w lux is call e d
, .
,

the s e ed o r m en struum o f the red drag on o r i n o th e r , ,

w o rds that gr o ss an d c o rp or e al light which wh e n pr o p erly

, , ,
 HISTOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA NS .

dig es t ed an d m o di ed pr o duc e s g o ld H en c e i t foll o ws if

,
.
,

this etym o l ogy b e admit t e d tha t a R o sycru ci an phil o s o ph er

,

is one who by the in t erve nt i o n an d assis t a n c e of the dew ,

s eeks for light or i n o t h e r w o rds the substan c e call e d the

, , ,

1
Phil o s oph er s S t o n e

.

This opi ni on e xagg erat e s th e imp o rt an c e attribut e d t o

the de w o f the alch e mists The u n iv e rsal diss o lv e n t has
.

g ur e d u nd er vari o us n am es o f which ms is by n o m ea n s ,

m o st gen eral ; the c o mpr eh ensiv e L exic o n A lchymi ae d oe s
n o t m e nti o n it A cc ordi ng to Gas t o n le D o ux i n his
.
,

D icti o n n air e H e r m

t iqu e D ew simply so call e d sig ni e s
, , ,

M ercury ; D ew o f the P hil o s o ph ers is t he matter o f the

s t on e wh en u n d e r th e ma nip u lati on o f the ar t ist an d chi ey ,

d u ri ng its circ u lati on s i n the phil o s o phical egg The W hit e .

and Cel e s tial D ew of the Wis e is the phil o s o phical st o n e

p erfe c te d to the W hi t e M o sh e im d eriv e d his o pi ni o n fr o m
.

P e t er Gass e di and fr o m a wr i te r i n E us ebi u s R en an do t s

n 2
,

Co n fe re n c e s P ubliqu e s 3 w ho c o nfe ss e s that h e k n e w n o

,

thi ng whats o ev er o fthe R o sicrucia n s till the task o fsp e aki ng

o n the s u bj e c t was imp o s e d o n him by the Bureau d A d

dresse . H e says D e w th e m o st p o w erfu l diss o lv e n t o f

,

go ld w hich is to be fo u n d am o n g n atural and n o n-c orr o sive

s u bstan c es is n o thi n g els e bu t light c o agu lat e d an d r e n d e r e d
,

c o rp o r e al w h en it is artistically c o n c o ct e d and dig e st e d i n

its o wn v e ss e l d uri n g a s u itabl e p e ri o d it is t he tr u e me n
str u um o f the R e d D rag o n i e o f g o ld the tru e matt e r o f
, . .
, ,

the P h il o s o ph ers The s o ci e ty d esiri n g t o b e qu e ath to

.

p o st erity the i neffac e abl e sign o f this s e cr e t ca u s e d th em to

ad o pt the n am e F rres de la Roz e Cui te The mys t ic triad .

1
M o sh e i m , Bo o k iv , s e c t l
. . .

2
E x amen P hil o s ophi es F lu ddan ee , s ect . 1 5, op . iii 26 1 .

3
Co n fer e n c e s du Bu r eau d A ddre sse ,
p

v ol . v .
, . 5 09 .
 IN TRO D UC TIO N .

o f t he S o ci ety , F R C . has b e en acc ordingly i nt erpr e t e d

. .
,

F r a tr es B or is Cocti the Br o th erh oo d o f the Co n c o ct e d o r

,

Exalt e d D e w, bu t the e xpla n ati o n has littl e pr obabil ity i n

its elf
.

S e v eral ch emists says P ern etz i n his D icti o nn air e

, ,

M ytho H ermtiqu e
-
hav e r egard e d the de w o f May an d
,

S ept emb er as the mat t e r o f t he M agnum Op us i n u en c e d ,

d ou btl e ss by the Opini o n o f vari o us au th o rs that dew was

the r e s erv o ir o f the u n iv ersal S pirit o f Natur e But .

w h en we s eri ou sly s t udy the t exts o f the tru e phil o s oph e rs ,

wh er ein th ey mak e r efer en c e to dew w e are s oo n c o nvi n c e d ,

tha t th ey o nly sp eak o f it by a similit ud e an d that th eirs is ,

m e tallic that is it is the m ercurial wat er sublimat e d i nt o

, ,

vap o ur wi thin the vas e an d pre cipitat e d at the b ot t o m i n

,

t he fo rm o f n e rai n Thus wh en th ey writ e o f the dew

.

o f the m o n th of May th ey are r eferring to that of th eir

,

phil o s ophic S pri ng w hich is go vern e d by the g emin i o f the

,

alch e mical Z o di ack which di ffers fr o m the o rdinary astro no

,

mical Z o di ack Phi lalethe s has p o sitiv ely said that th e ir

.

dew is th eir m ercurial wat er risi n g fr o m putre facti o n .

The thir d d erivati o n is that w hich was g en erally ad o pt ed ,

e v en fr o m the b egi nni n g by writ ers di r e ctly o r i n dir e ctly

,

c onnecte d with the Ro sicr u cian s It d e duc e s the t e rm i n .

qu esti on fr o m the w ords raga r o s e an d crux This is san c

, ,
.

ti on e d by vari o u s e diti o n s o f the s o ci e ty s a u th or itative

d o cu m en ts which charact e ris e it as the Br o e der schafft des

,

R o o s e n Cr eu tz es that is the R o s e -Crucia n s o r F r a tr es

, , ,

Rosatoe Crucis acc o rdin g t o the
, Co nfe ssi o R e c epta t erms ,

q u it e e xcludi n g the c o n c epti o n o f dew which i n G erman is ,

Thau while i n Lati n the B r o th ers o f the D e w y Cr o ss w o u ld

,

be F ratres Rom tae Cr ucis This d erivati o n is als o supp o rt e d

.

by the s u pp o s e d symb o l o f the Ord e r w h o s e e mbl em

, ,
 HIS TO R Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA N S .

m onogram o r j e w el
, ,

says G o dfrey H iggi n s , is a R ed
R o s e o n a Cr o ss thus ,

Wh en it c an d o n e i t is surm o u nt e d with a gl ory and

be
plac e d o n a calvary Wh en it is w o rn app en d e d an d
.

mad e o f c or n elian gar ne t ruby o r r ed glass the calvary

, , , ,

1
an d gl o ry ar e g en erally o mi tt e d .

Mr H argrav e Jen nings w ho b orro ws the wh ol e of this

,

passag e 2 with o ut ack n o wl e dgm ent of any ki n d als o t ells ,

us that the j ew el o f the R o sicr u cian s is form e d of a
tran sparen t r ed sto ne w ith a r e d cr o ss on o n e sid e an d a
re d r o s e o n the o t h er thus it is a cruci e d r o s e
.

A ll d erivati o ns h o w e v er ar e t o s o m e e xt en t d o ub t fu l
, ,

an d t e n tativ e .The o fcial pr o clamati o n s o f the S o ci e ty

ar e c o n tai n e d i n the F ama F rat er n i t ati s an d i n t he C o n ,

fessio F rater ni tati s which i n th eir o rigi n al e diti o n s app e ar
, , ,

to d e scrib e it si m ply as th e F ra teoni tas de R C w hil e the

'
.
,
.

i n itials o f its fou n d er are giv e n as C R The Ch e mical . .

N u ptials o f Christia n R o s e n Kr e u z e publish e d an onym o usly ,

at S trasb o u rg i n 1 6 1 6 an d u n d e n iably c o n n e ct e d with the

,

o rd er s e em t o id e n tify it as the Br o th e rh o o d o f the R o s e

,

Cr o ss an d its fo u n d er as F at h e r R o sycr o ss Th e s e d e sig n a

,
.

ti on s at any rat e w er e imm e diat e ly ad o pt ed i n G erman y ,

an d t h ey app e ar i n th e subs e qu en t e di t i o n s o f b ot h ma n i

1
A n a c alypsis , ii p 2 4 3
.
, . .

Th e R o sic
r u cian s &c p

3
, .
, . 281 . Ed 1 8 70
. .
 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICRUC IA NS .

li lium . Le t the K N OW L ED G E o r TH E A R CA NA be the k ey

to th e e I g i v e th ee the
. Lo , A rcan um ! d w mml zii w . . . .

s qqhk a x O p en if th o u can s t Is n o t this t he h o o f

g . . .

o f the R ed Li o n o r th e dr o ps o f the H ipp o cr en e fo u n tai n ?

B eneath t his barbar ous j arg on w e disc er n h o w e v er an , ,

anal ogy with the Ro s e symb o lism C lassical traditi o n i n .

forms u s t hat the R ed R o s e sprang fr om the bl o o d o f

A d o nis bu t P egasus was a wi ng e d h o rs e which spra ng
,

fro m the bl o o d o f M e dusa and the fo u nt ain o f H ipp o cr ene

,

was pr o duc ed by a s tr o k e of the h oo f o f P e gasus .

I n Engl an d the ps e ud o nym o u s auth o r o f the S u mmuf n

B on um w ho is supp o s e d to be R ob ert F ludd giv e s a pur ely
, ,

r eligi o us e xpla n ati o n o f the Ro s e Cr o ss symb ol ass erti ng ,

it t o m ea n the Cr o ss sprinkl e d with the r o sy bl o o d o f
1
C hris t The g ene ral c o n ce n su s o f o pi ni o n is pr efe rabl e
.

t o fa n ciful i n t e rpr e tati o n s and w e may th er efo r e safe ly

,

tak e the w o rds R osa an d Crane as e xplan at o ry o f the n am e

R o sicrucia n an d by F ra tres R C we may u n d e rsta n d
,
.

.

F ratr es Rosece Cruci s d e spit e the sil e n c e o f the ma n ife st o s

,

an d t he pr o t e s t s o f i n dividual alch e mists .

The n ext q u e sti o n which o cc u rs is the signicanc e o f this

c u ri o us embl em - a R ed R o s e af x e d to a re d or acc o rdi n g , ,

t o s o m e auth o rs a g o ld e n cr o ss ,
This q ue sti o n cann o t .

be d e n it ely a n s w e r e d The c haract eristic sign o f a s e cr e t

.

s o ci e ty will be n at u rally as myst e rio us as its elf i n the sp ecial

m ean in g which the s o cie ty may attach to it bu t s om e i ntelli ,

ge nc e c o nc er nin g it c an p erhaps be gl ea n e d fr o m its an aly

sis with u ni v e rsal symb olism N o w the R o s e an d the .
,

C r o ss i n th e ir s eparat e sign ica n c e ar e e mbl ems o f the

, ,

m o s t palmary im po rtan c e an d the high e s t a ntiq u ity .

1
E ls ewh er e h e i nt er pr et s t he l ett er s F B C t o mean F aith . .
,

R e li gi o n , an d C h a r i t y Co n fe r e n c e s P u b liqu e s v

. S e e R e n an do t , , .
,

p . 5 09 .
 IN TR OD UC TI ON

Th er e is a S ilv er R o s e call e d Tamara P ua i n the Paradis e

, ,

of t he Brah ma n s This P aradis e i s a garden i n h eav en

.
,

t o which c el e stial spirits are rst admitt e d o n th e ir asc en t

fr o m the t err e strial sph er e The R o s e c ontain s the image s.

o f tw o w o m e n as br i ht an d fair as a p e arl
'

g , ; but th e s e

tw o ar e o n ly o ne th o ugh app eari n g as if distinct acc o rdi n g

,

to the m e dium c el e stial or t err e strial thr o ugh w hich th e y

, ,

ar e vi e w e d I n t he rst asp e ct she is call e d the Lady o f

.

the M o uth i n the o th er the Lady o f the T o ngu e o r the

, , ,

S pirit o f T o ngu e s I n t he c e n tr e o f this S ilv e r R o s e G o d

.
,

has his p erma nen t r e sid en c e

.

A c o rr e sp on d e n c e w ill b e r e adily r e c o g nis e d b e t w ee n this

divin e w o man o r virgi n tw o and y et o ne w ho s eems t o ,

typify the L o go s the S pirit o f W isd om and the S pirit o f

, ,

Tru th and th e tw o-e dg e d sword o f the S pirit i n the

A p o calyps e the S ap i entia guoe as are A lzfissimii p rodiit as
, ,

it is call ed i n the sublim e A dv en t an tip ho n o f the Lati n

Church .The mystical R o s e i n the c e n tr e o f the all eg o r ical
gard en is c o n ti n ually me t w ith i n l ege n d B uddha is .

said to have b een cr u ci e d for r obbi ng a gard en o f a

1
o w er ,
an d aft e r a c o mm o n fashi o n o f myth o l o gy t he ,

divi ne A vatar o f the I n dian s is h en c efo rth id en ti e d with

the o bj e ct fo r w hich he s uffe r ed an d h e b e c o m e s hims e lf ,

a o w e r a R s e a P adma L o t u s r Lily Th u s h is
,
o ,
o ,
e ,
.

t he R o s e cr u ci ed an d w e m u st l o ok t o t he far E ast fo r
,

th e o rigi n o f t he R o sicr u cia n e mbl e m A cc o r din g t o .

G o dfr ey H iggin s this is the R o s e o f I su ren o f Tam ul
, , ,

an d o f S har o n cr u ci e d for the salvati o n o f me n

,

cru cie d he c o n ti n u e s , i n the h e av e n s at the v er nal

e qu i n o x I n this c o nn e cti o n w e may r e m e mb er the

.

1
Th e same s to ry is to ld o f I n d ra w ho w a s c r u ci e d ,
b y t he
k e ep er s o f t he H in do o P aradis e fo r h avin g r o bb e d i t .
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR U CIA N S .

G n o stic l eg en d that Christ was cruci ed i n the Empyr e an

an d as Nazar e th acc ordi n g to S t J er o m e sign i ed the
, ,

o w e r and was si tu at e d in Carm el the vi n eyard or gard en

, ,

of G od J esus of Na z are th by a c o mm on ext en sion o f the
, ,

symb olism is s o m etim e s id en ti e d as this cruci e d o w er l

,
.

I n classical fabl e the gard en of Midas the Ki ng of the

, ,

P hrygian s w as situat e d at the fo o t o f M o u n t Bermi on an d

, ,

was gl o ri ed by the pr e s enc e of r o s es with sixty p e tals which ,

exhal e d an e xtra ordi n ary fragranc e N o w the r o s e was .

,

sacr e d t o D i on ysius o r B acchus an d B acchus en d o w e d

, ,

Midas with the p o w er o f tran smu t i n g ev e ry thi ng i nt o go ld

s o h er e is a dir e ct c o nn e cti o n b etw ee n the R o s e an d A lch e my .

I n the M e tam o rph o s e s o f A pul e ius Lucius is r e st or e d to ,

his huma n shap e by d e v o uri n g a chapl et o f r o s es Ev ery .

w h er e the same typ ol o gy m e et s us The P eruvian Ev e .

sin n e d by plucki ng r o s e s which are als o call ed F rute del ,

A r bor 2
A me ss en g e r fr o m h eav en ann o u n c e s to the
.

M exica n Ev e that she w ill b ear a S o n w ho shall bruis e the

s erp en t s h e ad he pr e s en ts her with a R o s e an d this gift

was foll o w e d by an A ge o f R o s es as i n I n dia t h ere w as the ,

A ge o f the L o tus .

Th ere are o ccasi on al allusi on s t o the R o s e in the H ebr ew

S crip t ur e s but it is us ed as a p o e tic imag e rath e r t han an
,

arcan e symb ol an d as such it has b een always i n high

,

3
fav o ur with p oe ts .

q
1
P r o f e ss o r M ax M u ll e r
c on sid e r s t h e wo r d 666 to b e A r yan 01) ,

an d o r i gin ally t o h av e m e an t si m ply a sp r i g o r o we r .

2
M e xic an A n t iq u i t i e s v o l vi p 1 20,

. .
, . .

3
I n P e r si a i t is c o nn e c t e d wit h th e n i gh t i n gal e Tr a di ti on .

says th at th e b ir d u tte r s a plain t i v e c r y w h e n e v e r th e owe r is

g at h e r e d a n d t h at i t will h o v er r o u n d t h e pl an t i n t h e sp r in -
, g t im e ,

t ill o v erp ower e d wi th i t s fragran c e i t falls s e n s e l e ss t o th e gr ou n d

, , .

The R o s e is s u pp o s e d t o b u r s t fo r t h fr o m i t s b u d at t h e o p e n i n g
s ong o f th e n i gh t in gal e Yo u may plac e a h an dfu l o f fr agr an t h e r b s
.
 IN TR OD UC TI ON .

I n the w e st it app e ars fo r the rst tim e i n all eg o rical lite r a

t u re as the c e ntral gur e i n the fo ur squar e gard en o fthe -

m
ancien t R o an c e o f the R o s e
The rst part ofthis p oem .

was wri t t en by Guillaum e de L o rris b efo re the y ear 1 2 6 0 an d ,

it was c o mpl e te d by J e a n de M e u n g wh o s e d e at h o cc urre d ,

i n the y e ar 1 31 6 acc o rdi ng t o the ge ne ral o pi ni on

,
This .

e xtra o rdi n ary w o rk o n c e o fu n iv er sal p o pularity is s u pp o s e d

m
, ,

by s om e o f its c o mm en t ato rs to admit o f an alch e ical i nt er

p r et at i o n an d o p e n,
ly pr o fe ss e s th e pri n cipl e s o f t he M agnum
Opus .
1
The gard en or uergi er which c o n tain s the R o s e is
, , ,

richly sculptur e d o n its o uter walls with symb olical gur e s of

H atr e d Tr e as on M e anne ss Co ve t ou s n e ss A varic e En v y
, , , , , ,

S adn e ss A ge H yp o crisy P o v e rty all the vic e s an d mis eri e s

, , ,

o f m ortality Idl en ess o p en s the gat e t o him M errim en t

.
,

gr eet s him and dra w s him i n t o the dan c e and th en he ,

b eh olds the G o d of L o ve acc o mpani e d by Doug-Regars a , ,

y o uth w ho carri es his b o ws an d arr o ws by B e auty W e alth , , ,

B o u n ty F rank ne ss Co urt esy &c The l o ver w hil e he is

, , ,
.
,

c o nt emplati ng the l o v elin ess o f the R o s e ,

Qu i si ve rme ill e e t si ne
e st

D e s fo i lle s i o t qu atr e p a ir e ,

Qu e N atu r e p ar gr an d m e st i re
I o t a ssis e s ti r e a t i re .

an d owe r s b e for e t he n igh t i n gal e s ay t h e P e r sian p o e ts Y e t he

,
.

wish e s n o t in his co n s tan t an d fai t hfu l h ear t for more than th e swe e t
, , ,

br eath o f his b e lo ve d R o s e -F r i e n d F lo wers an d F lower Lo re

.

, .

Th er e is a P er si an F eas t o f R o s e s which la s t s th e wh o l e t i me th e ,

owe r is in b loom .

1
S e e in p art ic u lar t he v ers e s 1 6 9 1 4 t o 1 699 7 a n d the sp e e ch o f ,

G e n iu s .

J e an de M e u n
g s ays Lan gl e t du F r e sn o y in his
, H is to i r e de
la P hil o s ophi e H erm t iqu e o u r ish e d at t h e Co u r t an d at P ar is in

,

t h e p on t i c a t e o f J o h n X X I I a n d a cc o r din
g to t h e fashi o n o f t h e
.
,

t im e s was a ddic te d t o the cu r i o u s sci en c e s an d i n par ticu lar t o ,

H e rme t ic P h i l o s o phy H e c omp o s e d tw o tre at is e s c all e d N atu re s

.

R e mo n s tr an c e s t o t h e A lch e m is t an d
Th e A lch e m is t s A n swe r

,

to N at ure .

 HIS TO R Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

Le coe otd ro i te c o mm e j o n s ,

Et p a r d e ss u s si e t li b ou to n s ,

S i qu i 1 n e cli n e n e n e p e n t

.

L o d o r de l u i e n t o r s e sp e n t

La s o at i sm e qu i e n is t ,

To u te 1a pla c e r e pl e n i st 1
,

is pi er c e d by the shafts o f the d e ity bu t he ,

spit e o f his s ufferi ngs aban d o n his pr oj e ct ,

p o ss e ss the Ro s e and afte r impris o n m en t

,

adv en tur e s ,

Lac on clu si o n du R o mman t

E st q u e v o u s v o y e z c y l A m a n t

Qu i p r e n t l a R o s e a so n pl aisir ,

E n qu i e st o i t to u t so n d si r .

It w ill r e qu ir e n o acq u ai n ta n c e w ith the m e th o ds o f the

symb olists to disc ern the sig nica nc e o f this all e g o ry
La R ose d A mour la guerdon gracieur 2

c est .

Bu t a lit t l e lat er th e sam e e mbl em r eapp ears i n the sublim e

p o e m o f D a nt e . The P aradis e o f the Diuina Commedi a

1
A mo n gs t h e k n o p p e s I ch e s e one

So fai re th at o f t he r e mn an t n on e
,

N e p r e is e I h a lfe so w e ll a s i t,
W h an I avis e i n my wi t ,

F o r i t so w e ll wa s e n l u mi n e d
W i th c o l o u r r e d a s we ll n e d
,

A s n atu r e c o u ld i t mak e fa i r e ,

A n d i t h ath l e av e s we ll fo u r e p a i re ,

Th at ki n d e h at h set th ro u gh his k n owi n g

A b o u t th e r e d r o s e s sp r in gi n g ,

Th e st alk e wa s a s r ish e r igh t ,

A n d th e r e o n s to o d t h e k n o pp e u p r igh t .

Th at i t n e b owe d u p o n n o sid e ,

Th e sw o t e s me ll sp ru n g so wid e ,

Th at i t di e d all t h e pla c e ab o u t .

C H A U CE R , Th e R o mau n t o f t he Ro se .

2
Bai f S o nn e t t o C h ar l e s I X .
 IN TR OD UC TI ON

c o n sists says Eliphas L evi s er i e s o f K abbalistic circl e s

of a
, ,

divi de d by a Cr o ss lik e Ez e ki e l s p an tacle a Ro s e bl o ss oms

,

i n the c en tr e o f this Cr o ss an d it is for the r st tim e that ,

w e n d the symb o l o f the R o sicrucian s pu blicly an d alm o st

cat eg o rically r e v e al e d .

The passag e r eferr e d t o so far as r egards the R o s e , ,

foll o ws

Th e r e is inh eave n a li gh t wh o s e go o dly shi n e ,

M ak e s t h e Cr e ato r visi b l e t o all

C r eate d t h at i n s e e i n g hi m al on e
,

H a v e p ea c e an d i n a ci r cl e sp re a ds so fa r ,

Th at t he ci r c u m fer e n c e we re t o o l o o s e a z o n e
To gi r dl e in t h e s u n A ll is o n e b e am .
,

R e e c t e d fro m t h e s u mm i t o f t h e r s t ,

Th at m o v e s which b e i n g h e n c e an d vi go u r tak e s
, .

A n d as s o m e c l i th at fro m t h e b o tto m e y e s

,

H i s image m i r r o r d i n t h e c r ys ta l o o d

,

A s if t o ad m i r e his b r av e app ar e ll in g
Of v e r d u r e a n d o f o w e r s so r o u n d ab o u t , ,

E y e i n g t h e li gh t o n m o r e th an m illi o n th r o n e s
, ,

S too d e m i n en t wh at e v e r fr o m o u r e ar th
, ,

H a s t o t h e ski e s r e t u rn d H o w wid e t he lea v e s

.

E x ten d e d t o th e i r u tm o s t o f this R OS E , ,

W h o s e lo we s t s te p e m b o s o m s s u ch a spa c e
Of ample r a dian c e Y e t n o r ampli tu d e ,

N o r h ei gh t i m p e d e d bu t my V i ew wit h e a s e
,

T o o k i n th e fu ll di m e n si o n o f th at j o y .

N e ar o r re m o te wh at th e n av a ils w her e Go d
, ,

I mme di a te r u les 1 an d N atu r e awe d s u sp e n ds

, , ,

H er sway ? I n to th e y e ll ow o f t h e R o s e
P eren n ial w hich i n b r igh t e xpan sive n e ss
, , ,

Lays for th i t s gr a d u al b l o o m i ng r e d o l e n t ,

Of p r a is e s t o th e n e ve r -win ter in g su n .

Be atr ic e l e d me .

1
Co mp ar e t h e Or i en ta l l ege n d , p r e vi ou sly ci t e d , o f th at S ilve r
R o s e i n which G o d h a s H i s p er man en t r e sid e n c e I t is a n e x tr a .

o r di n ar y i n s tan c e o f id e nt i t y i n th e c e l e s t i a l sy m o lis m o f E a s t a n d b
We s t .
I 6 HI S TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

In fashi o n as a s n ow -whi te R o s e lay th en

B e fo r e m y V i e w t h e s ai n tly mu l t i tu d e ,

W hich i n his o w n b l o o d Ch r is t e sp o u s e d M e an whil e .

Th at o t h e r h o s t th at s o ar al o ft t o gaz e
A n d c e l e b rat e H i s gl o r y wh om t h e y l o v e ,

H o v e r e d ar o u n d a n d lik e a tro o p o f b e e s
,

A m id t h e v e rn al swe e t s ali gh t i n g n ow ,

N o w cl u s t e r i n g wh ere th e i r f ragr an t l ab o u r gl o ws ,

F l e w d own war d t o t h e m i gh ty o w e r a ro s e
F r o m th e r e d u n d an t p e tals s tr e am in g b a ck
U n to th e s tea dfas t dwe lli n g o f t h e i r j o y .

F a c e s h a d th e y o f am e an d wi n gs o f go ld
,

Th e r e s t w as whi te r th an th e d r iv e n s n ow .

A n d as t h e y i t te d d o wn i n t o t he owe r ,

F ro m r ange t o r ange fan n i n g t h e i r pl u m y l o i n s ,

W hisp e r e d t h e p e ac e an d ar d ou r which th e y w o n
F ro m th at s o f t wi n n owi n g S h a d o w n on e th e v a s t
.
,

I n t e rp o si ti o n o f s u ch n u me r o u s igh t s
Ca s t fro m ab o v e u p o n t h e o we r o r vi e w
, ,

Ob s tr u c t e d au gh t . F o r t h ro u gh t h e U niv er s e
W h er e ve r m e r i t e d C e l e s tial Li gh t
,

G lid e s fr e e ly a n d n o o b s ta cl e p re v en ts
, .

CA R Y S DA N TE The P ara dis e xxx xxxi

, , .
, .

Not with o ut as t onishm en t will i t be disc o v er ed con ,

ti nu es L evi ,
that the Roman de la Rose an d the Divi n e
Co m edy are tw o o pp o sit e fo rms o f the sam e w ork
in itiati on i nt o i n t ell e ctual i n d ep en d enc e satir e o n all con ,

t emp orary i n s t ituti o n s an d all ego rical fo rmu lati o n s of the

gr eat s e cr ets o f the R o sicrucia n S o ci ety Th e s e imp o rt an t .

man ife stati o n s o f o ccultism c o i n cid e with the ep o ch o f the

d ow nfall of the T emplars sin c e Je an de Meu n g or Clopi n el
, ,

c on t e mp o rary o f D an t e s o ld age o urish e d duri ng his

,

m o s t brillian t y ears at the Co urt o f P hilipp e le Be] The .

R o ma n c e o f the R o s e is the e pic of a n ci en t F ranc e It

.

is a pr ofo u n d w o rk i n a trivial guis e as l e arn e d an ex p osi ,

t i on of the mys t eri es o f o ccultism as tha t of A pul eius The .

R o s e of F lamel o f J e an de M e u n g an d o f D an t e bl o ss o m e d
, , ,

-
o n th e sam e r o s e t r e e .
1 8 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

R o sa , an d
it was part ly tran sferre d as w ere o th er ,

embl ems o f H olda ,

F r e yj a and V e n us t o the Mad o nna
, , ,

w ho is fr e qu e n tly call e d by the G erma n s Mari en- Rosch en

'

But th er e has b een a t en d en cy to ass o ciat e the Whit e

R o s e wi t h the Virgi n Mary that b ei n g chi e y ch o s en fo r
,

he r fe as t - days whil e the m or e ear thly feeli ngs ass o ciat e d

,

with the F rau R o sa ar e still r e pr e s e nt e d in the sup er

,

st iti o n s c o nn e ct e d with the R ed Ro s e .

I n G erm an y it app e ars as the symb o l of sil en c e It was .

sculpture d o n the c eiling o f the ba n qu e t hall t o warn the

gu e sts agai n s t the r ep etiti o n of what was h eard b en eath it .

The Whit e R o s e was e sp e cially sacr e d to sil en c e It was .

carv e d in the c en tr e of the R efe c t o ry o f the a n ci ents for the

sam e r eas on and the expr e ssio n S ub Rosa which was e qui
, ,

val e n t am ong the R o mans t o an i n vi olabl e pl e dge o rigin at ed ,

in the anci en t d e dicat i o n o f the o w er to A phr o dit e an d ,

i t s r e c on s e cra t i o n b y C upid to H arp o cra t es the t u t elary ,

d e i ty o f S il en c e to i n duc e him t o c o nc e al the am o urs o f

,

t he g o dd e ss o f l o v e .

I n m e di aeval alch emy R o sa signi e s Tartarum and i n ,

the t w e lft h Clavis o f B asil Val en t in e t h er e is a v as e o r

y o ni wi t h a p oi n t e d li ngam risi n g fr o m its c ent r e and ,

havi ng o n e ach sid e a sprig surm o u n t e d b y a Ro s e A b o v e .

is the w ell-k n ow n e mbl e m

which symb olis e s the a cc o mplishm en t o f the M agnum Op us ,

whi l e t hr o ugh an Op en wi n d o w the sun an d m o o n sh e d

d o wn th eir b en ig n i nu en c e and c on cur i n the consumma
'
t i o n o f the i ne able act 1
.

1
See A ddi t i on al N ot e s , N o 2
. .
 IN TROD UC TION

The sam -
e R o e symb o l is
s to be fo un d i n the hi er oglyphics
o f Nich o las F lamel

Th e mys t ic R o s e
Of H er m i e l o r e , which iss u e s r i gh t an d fai r , b
S tran ge vi rtu e s ci r cli n g wi t h t h e s ap th e re i n ,
Be n e ath t h e U n i v e r s a l S pi r i t s re ath ,

b
F r o m t he M er c u ri al S t o n e .

F in ally , i n 1 5 9 8 , H en ry K hu n rath,
a supr em e alch emical
ad ept publish e d his A mphi theatrum S api en ti ae IEtern ae
,

,

c o n tain i ng n i ne singu lar p antacles o fwhich the fth is a R o s e

,

o f Light i n wh o s e c en tr e t h er e is a h u man fo rm ext endi ng

,

its arms i n the fo rm of a cr o ss and thus r ev ersing the ,

o rd er .

The Cr o ss is a hi e r ogram o f if p o ssibl e s t ill high er , ,

a ntiquity than the oral e mbl em I t is at any rat e m o r e .

u n iv ersal an d c on tai n s a l o fti er an d m o r e arcan e si ni

g
can c e Its e arli est fo rm is the Crux A nsata
.
,

w hich acc ordi ng to s o m e au t h ori t i e s signi e d hidd en

, ,

w isd om an d the life o f the w orld to c om e ; acc o rding t o

,

o th ers it is the li ngam 5 as the hi er o glyphic sign o f Venus

,

it is an an ci en t all egorical gur e and r epr e s ents the m et al

,

c opp er i n alch emic al typ ol o gy The Crux A nsata an d the

.

Tau

are met with m o s t Egyp t ian m on um en t s In the la tt er

on .

form i t was an e mbl e m o f the cr eative and g enerative

e n e rgy an d acc o rdi ng t o P ayn e K night was e v e n i n e
, , p r , ,

Christ i an tim e s a s1 gn o f sal v a t i on

,
.
20 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA NS .

The Cr o ss , the sym b o l

sym b ols was us e d als o by of

,

the Chald aeans 5 by the P h oen ician s w ho plac e d i t o n th e ir ,

c oi n s 5 by the M exican s wh o paid h o n o ur t o it an d r epr e ,

s ent e d th e ir G o d o f the A i r n ail ed an d imm olat e d t h er e on 5 ,

by the P eruvians w ho i n a sac r ed chamb e r of th eir palac e

, ,

k ept and v en era t e d a spl en did sp e cim en carv e d fr o m a

si ngl e pie c e of ne j asp e r or marbl e 5 an d by the British
D ruids It was e mblaz o n e d o n the ba nn er s o f Egypt and
.
,

i n tha t c o u n try as i n Chi n a was us e d t o i n dicat e

,
a la n d ,

o f c o r n and pl e n ty Wh e n divid e d i n t o fo ur equal seg
.

m en ts it symb olis e d the prim e val ab o d e o f man the tradi ,

ti o n al Paradis e o f E d e n It en ter ed in to the m o nograms o f .

O siris o f Jupit e r A mm o n , an d o f S atur n ; the Christian s

,

su b s equ en tly ad o p t ed it an d the Labar u m o f Con sta nti ne ,

is id e n tical with the d evic e o f Osiris It is e qually c ommo n .

i n India and acc o rdi n g to Co l o ne l W ilford is e xactly the

, , ,

C r o ss o f the Manich e e s w ith l e av e s o w ers and frui t s , , ,

sp ri ngi ng fr o m it It is call e d the divi n e t r ee the tr ee o f

.
,

the g o ds the tr e e o f life an d k n o wl e dg e an d is pr o ductiv e

, ,

of all thi ngs g o o d and d e sirabl e 1 .

A cc ordi n g t o G o dfr ey H iggins w e mus t go to the

Buddhists fo r the o rigi n o f the Cr o ss and t o the Lama ,

o f Thib et wh o tak e s his n am e fr o m the Cr o ss call e d

, ,

in his language Lamh

The Jamba o r c o smic tr e e which
.
, ,

Wilford calls the tr ee o f life an d k no wl e dge gur e s i n ,

th eir maps o f the w orld as a cro ss 8 4 j o ganas (a n sw ering
t o th e 8 4 y e ars o f the , life o f H im w ho was e xalt e d up on
'

the Cr o ss ) or 42 3 mil e s high i n cludi n g t he thr e e st e ps

, ,

o f the Calvary with which aft er t he o rth o d o x Cath o lic

, ,

1
Asiat ic R e s ear ch e s x 1 24 , . . C h r is i n c r o ss is n o t i h
Th e p r e - ta
fr e qu en tly ass o ci ate d wi th a tr e e or t
re e s B lf.o u r,
Cycl o p o f
a .

I n di a i p 89 1

. . .
, ,
 IN TR OD UC TIO N .

fashi on it w as i nvariably r epre s en te d The n eoph y te o f

, .

the I ndia n I n itiati o n s was san cti e d by the sig n o f a Cr o ss ,

which was mark e d o n ev ery part o f his b o dy A ft er his .

p erfe c t r egen erati o n it was agai n set up on his for eh e ad T

an d i n v e rt e d up o n his br east 1
.

The paschal lamb of the J e w ish pass o v e r was r o ast e d o n

a cr o ss -shap ed w o o d en spit and with this sign E z eki e l
,

o rd er e d the p e o pl e to be mark e d w ho w er e t o b e spar e d by

the d e str oy er Thus it g u re s as a symb o l o f salvati o n

.
,

bu t classical myth o l o gy att ribu te s its in v ent i o n to Ixi on ,

w ho w as its rst victim A s an i n strum en t o f su fferin g

.

and d e ath it is n o t h o w ev er t o be fo und o n anci en t m o n u

, , ,

m en ts It had n o o rth o d o x shap e am o ng the Roma n s wh en

.

appli ed t o this purp os e and the vic tims w er e eith e r ti e d o r

,

n ail e d
b ei ng usually l eft t o p erish by thirst and hu ng er
.
2
,

I n the Christ en d o m o f b o th the East and W e st this divi n e

symb o l has a histo ry to o g en erally k n ow n to n ee d re capi t u
lati o n h er e On this p o i nt the s t ud en t may c o nsult the
.

Dic t i on ary o f Christia n A n tiquiti e s wh er e a mass o f ,

i nformat i on is c o ll e c t e d .

The fo ll owi ng i nt er esti ng passag e will sh o w the c o nne c

ti on which exists b e t ween the Cr o ss an d alch emy In .

c omm o n ch emistry says P erne tz,

cr o ss es fo rm charact ers ,

w hich i n dicat e the crucibl e vin egar an d dis t ill e d vi negar

, ,
.

But as r egards h er metic sci en c e the Cr o ss is the symb o l

,

o f the fo ur e l e m en ts A n d as the phil o s o phical st o n e is

.

c omp o s e d o f the m o s t pure subs t a n c e of the gr o ss er

el em en ts th ey hav e said I n cruce salus salvat i o n is i n
, ,

the Cr o ss 5 by c o mparis o n with the salvati on o f o ur s o uls

p u rchas ed by the bl o o d o f Je sus Christ w ho hu ng o n the
1
H is to r y o f I n i ti ati o n s .

H i in s A n a c alypsis i pp

gg , .
, . 5 00, 5 03 .
 HIS TOR Y OF T HE R O SICR UCIA N S .

t r ee o f the Cr o ss S om e o f th e m h av e ev en push ed th eir

.

audaci ty fur t h er an d fear n o t t o e mpl o y the t erms o f the

,

N ew T e s t am en t t o fo rm th e ir all eg ori e s and enigmas .

J e an de Ro qu et aillad e k nown u n d er the nam e o f Jean de

,

Rap e S cissa an d A rn aud de Vill en euv e say i n t h eir w o rks

, ,

o n the c o mp o siti o n o f the S t o n e o f t he P hil o s o ph ers I t is

n ee dful tha t the S on o f Man be lift e d up o n the Cr o ss
b efo r e b eing gl ori e d ; to sig nify the v ola t ilisa t io n o f the
1
x e d and ign eo us par t o f the m att er .

I hav e bri ey t rac e d the typ ol o gical his t ory o f the Ro s e

an d Cr o ss . It is o bvi o us as I hav e alr e ady r em arke d t ha t
, ,

the a n t iqui t y o f t h e s e e m b l ems is n o pr oo f o f the an tiqui t y

o f a s o ci e t y which w e nd t o be using th em a t a p eri o d

subs equ en t to the Ren aissan c e It d oe s no t e v en supp o s e

.

that s o ciet y s ini t iati o n i n t o the hi e ratic s e cr et s which the
e ld e r w o rld may hav e summaris e d in t h o s e particular
symb ols In the cas e which is i n qu e s t i o n such a k now
.
,

l e dge w o uld i nv ole the a n tiquity o f the Ro s1 eru el ans ,

b e caus e it is o nly a t a tim e l o ng subs e qu en t to t h e ir r st

p u bli c app e ara n c e tha t t h e pas t h as b e e n su i ei e n tly dis
e n t o mb e d to u n c o v e r the signica n c e o f i t s symb ols to
uninitiat ed stud ent s Can a c orr e sp ond en c e be establish e d
.

b et w een t he m e ani ng o f the Ro s e an d the Cr o ss as t h ey are

us e d by the ancient hi er o grammatists an d that o f the ,

Ro s e- Cr o ss as i t is us ed by the R o sicrucian F rat ernity ?

This is the p oi n t to be asc er taine d If a c o nne cti o n t h er e
.

be th en i n s o m e way w e may not k n o w wha t the s e cr et

, , ,

has b een han d e d d ow n fr o m generat i on to generati on and ,

t he myst eri o us b r o t h erh o o d which ma n ife st e d its e xiste nc e

sp on t an eously at the b eginni ng o f the s e ven t een t h c en t ury ,

is ai liated wi th the hi er oph an t s o f Egyp t and I ndia who , ,

1
D ic t i o nn a i re M y th e -
H e rm t i qu e .
 IN TROD UC TION . 2 3

almo s t i n the n ight o f tim e d e vis e d th eir all egori es an d

,

e mbl ems fo r the bli n d v e n era t i o n o f t he v ul gar an d as

light s to th o s e w ho kne w .

I n the fth b ook of the H is t oir e de la Magi e Eliphas ,

L evi pr o vide s the foll owi ng c o mm en tary o n the R o sicrucian

symb ol
The R o s e which fr o m tim e imm e m orial has b ee n
,

the symb o l of be auty an d life of l o v e an d pl easur e , ,

e xpr e ss e d i n a mystical ma n n e r all the pr o t e s tati o n s o f

the R en aiss anc e It w as the esh r e v o lti ng agai n s t the

.

o ppr e ss i o n o f the spirit it w as Natur e d e clari n g h ers e lf to

,

be lik e grac e the daught e r o f G o d i t wa s l o v e r efusi ng

, , ,

t o be sti e d b y the c e libat e i t was life d e siri ng t o be n o

,

l o nger barr en it was human ity aspiri ng t o a natural r eligi on

, ,

full o f l o ve and r eas o n fo und e d o n the r e v elati o n o f the

,

h arm on i e s o f e xis t e n c e o f which the R o s e was for initiat e s

the living an d bl o o ming symb o l The R o s e in fact is a
.
, ,

p an tacl e 5 its fo rm is circular the l e av e s o f

, th e c o r o ll a are

h eart -shap e d a nd are supp o rt e d harm o n i o usly by o n e

,

ano th er 5 its c o l o ur pr es en ts the m o st d elicat e shad e s o f

primitiv e hu es 5 its calyx is purpl e an d g o ld The .

c on qu es t of the R o s e was the pr obl em o ffer ed by i n itiat i o n

to sci enc e whil e r e ligi o n t o il e d t o pr ep ar e an d e stablish
,

the univ ersal exclusiv e and d e n itiv e triumph o f the

, ,

Cro ss .

The r eu ni on o f the R o s e and the Cr o s s such was the

,

pr obl e m prop o s e d by supr e m e i n i tiati o n an d i n effe ct , , ,

o ccul t phil o s o phy b ei ng the u n iv ersal synth esis sh o uld

, ,

tak e i n t o acc o un t all the ph en o m en a o f B e i n g .

This ex tr em ely sugge stive ex pla na t i o n has the charact er

i sti c i ng enuity of the hi e r ophants o f th e o s o phical sci e n c e ,

but i t has n o application wh at s oe ver to the o s t en sibl e or

 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

asc ertai n abl e aims o f the R o sicru cian ad epts It is the .

p r o duct o f i n te ll e c t ual subtl e ty an d the p oe tic gift o f dis

c e rn i n g curi o us an al o gi e s 5 it is quit e b e sid e th e purp o s e o f
s eri o u s hist o rical i n q u iry an d my o bj e ct i n q u o ti ng it h er e
,

is t o sh o w by the m er e fact of its e xist e n c e that the wh o l e

qu e sti o n o f the sign ican c e o f the Cru ci ed R o s e i n its ,

c o nn e cti o n w ith the s o ci e ty is o n e of pur e c o nj e c tu r e that

, ,

n o R o sicrucia n ma n ife st o s an d n o a ck no w l e dg e d Br o th e r

have e v er giv en any e xplanati o n c on c e rn i ng it an d that n o ,

pr e sumpti o n is affo rd e d by the fact of its ad opti on fo r the

a n tiqu i t y o f the s o ci e ty or for its c onn e c t i o n with u niv ersal
symb olism .

The r e s e arch e s o f vari o us writ e rs all m or e or l e ss co m

,

p e t e nt h av e d e nit ely e stablish e d t he Crux A nsata as

,

typical o f the mal e an d femal e g en erativ e o rga n s i n the

act o f u n i o n the Egyptian Tau with its varia n ts as typ ical
, ,

o f the masculi n e p o t e n cy an d the R o s e as the fe mi n i n e

,

e mbl e m .Th e n by a n atural t yp ol o gical e v oluti o n the

Cr o ss cam e to sig nify the divi n e cr e ativ e e nergy which
fe cu n dat e d the o bscur e matrix o f the prim e val subs tan c e
an d ca u s e d it to b ri n g fo rth the u n iv e rs e The simpl e.

u n i on o f t he R o s e an d the C r o ss sugg e s t s the sam e m e a n i ng

as the Crux A nsata but the cruci e d Buddhistic Ro s e may

,

be a symb o l o f the asc e t icism which d e s t r o ys n a t ural

d esir e Th er e is littl e c orr e sp o nd en c e i n e ith er cas e with
.
, ,

k n o wn Rosicrucia n t en ets and th er efor e the d evic e o f t he

, , ,

R o s e C r o ss is s e parat e d fr o m a n ci e n t symb o lism a n d is ,

e i ther a pur e ly ar bitrary an d t hus u n e xplai n abl e sig n or

'

its sig nic an c e is t o be s o ught els e wh er e .

N o w I purp o s e to sh o w that t he R o sicrucian s w e r e

,

u n ite d wi th a m o v em ent which o rigi n ati ng i n G e rma n y

, , ,

was d estin e d to r e vo luti o nis e the w o rld o f th o ught and to

 HI STORY OF THE ROSI CRUCI A NS .

C H A P TE R 1 .

ON TH E S TA TE OF M Y S TI CA L P H I LOS OP HY I N G E RM A N Y
A T TH E CL OS E OF TH E S I X TEEN T H CE N TU R Y .

TH E traditi o n s o f the N eo -Plat on ic phil o s ophy with i t s ,

e lab orat e th e urgical syst em w er e to s o m e e x te nt p erpe

,

tu at ed t hr o ugh the wh ol e p eri o d o f the Middl e A g e s for ,

b e sid e the o rth o d o x th eo l ogy of the grea t La t i n Church ,

an d amidst the clam o ur o f sch o lastic phil o s o phy w e nd ,

the s e cr e t th eo s ophy of the m agician the Kabbalis t and , ,

the alch emic al ad ept b o rr owi n g dir e ctly or i n di r e ctly fr o m

, ,

this pro lic fo untain o f e xal te d mysticism The trac e s of .

its i nu en c e are disc o v erabl e i n A ugusti ne in A lb er tus ,

Magnus in S t Th o mas the a ngel o f the sch ools and i n

, , ,

o th e r shi ni n g lights o f w e s t ern Chris t end o m whil e the ,

m etaphysical prin cipl e s o f J o hann e s S c o tus Erig ena e ven ,

so e arly as the cl o s e o f th e n inth c e nt ur y w er e an actual ,

revival of this phil o s ophy H e transla te d the ex t ra o rdinary

.

w orks o f P s eud o-Di onysius on the c el e s t i al hi erarchi es the ,

divine n ames &c which w er e an applicat i o n o f Plat onism

, .
,

to Christia nity 1 an d pr o v e d a rich mi n e t o the mystics
,
.

1
Tenn e man

s
M an u al of the H is to ry of P hil o s o phy , ed . Bo h n ,
p . 2 07 .
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

This tran slati o n was large ly circula te d an d h eld i n the

high est r eput e m ore e sp e cially i n G ermany wh er e the
, ,

A r e o pagit e was app e al e d t o as an auth ori ty by E ckhart at

the b egi nn i n g o f the fo u rt e en th c en tury A t this tim e .

G ermany was a s tr o n gh o ld o f mysticism which acc ordi ng , ,

t o U eber w eg was at rs t chi ey d e v el o p ed i n s erm o n s b y

1
,

m o nks o f the D o minica n Ord e r ; i t s aim was to advan c e

Chris t ia n ity by e di fyi ng sp e culati o n and t o r end e r i t c om ,

pr e h en sibl e by the tra n sc en d en t u se of the r eas on The .

auth o r an d p e rfe ct er of this en tire d ev el o pm ent was Mast er

E ckhart ,
w ho taught that the cr e a t ur e apart fr o m the
A bs olut e that is fr o m G o d was n o thi ng t ha t t im e S pac e
, , , , , ,

an d the plurality which d e p en ds o n th e m ar e als o n o thi ng ,

i n th e ms elv e s an d that the duty o f man as a m o ral b e i ng

,

is to ris e b ey o n d this n ot hi n gn e ss o f the cr ea t ur e an d by ,

dir e ct i n t uitio n to plac e hims elf i n imm ediat e u ni on with

2
the A bs o lut e .

Eckhar t w as fo ll o w e d by Taul er a gr e at ligh t o f G erma n ,

mysticism an d o ne pr ofo u n dly v ers e d i n the mys t eri es o f

,

the spiri t ual an d i n t eri o r life A c e ntury la t er with the .

,

r e vival o f P lat on ism cam e the Cardi n al Nic o l as Cusan us

, ,

a man o f rar e sagacity nd an abl e math e matician w ho

a , ,

arra ng e d and r epublish e d the Pythag o r e an id eas to which ,

he was m u ch i n cli n e d i n a v e ry o rigi n al ma nn e r b y the

, ,

3
aid o f his math ematical k n o wl edg e This r e pr es en t ativ e .

o f t he mysticism o f E ckhart pr o vid e d Gi o rdan o Bru n o

wi t h the fu ndam en tal pri n cipl e s o f his sublim e and p oetical

c o n c epti on s Bru no r en ew e d the th eo ry o f n umb ers and
.
,

gav e a d etail e d e xpla nati on o f the d e cadal syst em With .

him G o d is the gr e at u ni t y which is d ev el o p e d i n the

,

1
H is t . of P hil . Tran s , M o r ris , i , . p . 46 8 .

2
I bid .
,
p . 469 .
3
Te n n e man , p . 257 .
 M YS TICA L L O S O PH Y
PHI IN G E R MA N Y

w orld and i n humanity as u n ity is d ev el op ed i n the

,

1
i nde n it e s eri e s o f n umb ers .

The d e ath o f Gi ordan o Bru n o i n the y e ar 1 6 00 bri ngs us

t o a p eri o d o f palmary imp orta n c e an d i nt er e st i n the
hist ory o f r eligi on sci en c e an d phil o s ophy The r evival
, , .

o f l ear n i ng had for s o m e tw o c e nt u ri e s b een illumi n ati n g

an d e nlargi n g the i n t e ll e c t ual h o riz o n o f Eur op e 5 the

R efo rm ati on was sl o wly r em o vi ng in s ev eral c o u n tri e s th o s e

ch e cks which had hi n d er e d fr e e d o m o f i n q uiry o n most
sp e c u lat iv e subj e cts 5 that which had b een practis e d i n the
privacy of the study might be displ ay e d alm o st on the
h o us e top that which had b een whisp er e d at the S ab b ath
,

o f the S o rc er ers c o uld b e ca n vass e d w ith impu n i t y i n the

marke t plac e The S pi rit o f the age w hich had d ethr o n ed

.

the c rucix bur nt ca n dl e s b efo r e the bus t s o f P lat o an d

,

Pl o ti nus The r ev oluti o n in th eo l ogy was fo ll o w e d by a

.

g en eral r ev o l t agai n st the o ld phil o s o phical auth oriti e s the ,

s e eds o f which r ev o lt mu st be l ook ed for a t the tim e wh en

A rist o tl e an d the P e ripat e tic s u cc e ss o rs w er e en thr o n e d up on
the ash e s o f the sch o liasts w ho pr e t e n di n g t o fo ll o w A ris
,

to tle had p erv e rt e d an d disgur e d his d o ctri ne s

,
A s the .

birthplac e o f the R efo rmati on G ermany enj oy ed a gr eat er

,

shar e of i nt ell e ctual u nr estrai nt than any o th er c o u n try o f

Eur o p e an d it was a cha o s o f c o nicti n g o pi n i o ns o n all
,

d ebat e abl e t o pics The o ld li ne s w er e l o o s e n ed the o ld

.
,

t ests faili ng the chain of traditi o n w as br e aki ng at e v e ry

,

p oin t a spirit o f r e stl e ss fev erish i n qui ry was abr o a d an d

, ,

daily n ew facts w e r e e xpl o di ng old m e th o ds C op ern icus .

had r ev oluti o nis e d astr o n o my by his disc o v ery o f the tru e

s olar syst em Galil eo alr e ady had i n v en t e d the th erm o m et er
, ,

an d was o n th e thr e sh o ld o f a gl o r io us futur e a c e n tury

5
Co u si n
1
Co u r s e of t h e H is t o f M e d
, ii p 48
. . .
,
. .
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

previ o usly Columbus had o p ene d the s t ill illimit abl e vist as
o f the w es t er n w o rld 5 gr e at mi n ds w er e app eari ng in e v ery

c o u ntry ; amids t a th o us and blu n d ers the i n d ep en d en t ,

s t udy of the Bibl e was pursu e d wi t h d e light an d ent husiasm ,

an d i n e v e ry ci t y the h e ar t s o f an e ma n cipat e d p e o pl e w er e

gl owi ng wi t h h op e an d exp e c tat i o n a t the pr o mis e of the

fu t ur e .

N o w i n an age o f pr o gr e ss o f d o ubt and of gr e at in

, , ,

t ell ectual a c t ivity i t is si ng u lar t o r emark the alm o st i n

,

variab l e pr eval en c e of mys t icism i n o n e o r o th er o f its ma n i

fo ld ph as es an d the cl o s e of the sixt een th c e ntury b e h eld
,

spr eadi n g o v er the wh o l e o f G erman y an d passing th e n c e

i nt o D en mark F ra n c e En glan d and Italy a mighty sch ool
, , , ,

o f mysticis m in the gr e a t multitud e o f magicia n s alch e mists , ,

&c .
,
who dir e ctly o r in dir e c t ly w er e fo ll o w ers o f the
r e n o w ne d P arac elsus .

The su b lim e dru n kard o f H o h en h e im the c o n t e mp o rary ,

o f A grippa bu t gra n d e r i n his a spira t i on s v as t er in his

, ,

capacit i es and if p ossibl e still m ore u n fo rtu n at e tha n the

, , ,

brillian t pupil o f Tri themius was the int ell e c t ual pr o duct
,

o f the gr e a t sch oo l o f K abbalism r e pr e s e n t e d by R e uchli n

and Picus de Miran d o l a H e unit e d t o his th e o r e tical

.

kn owl edge o f th e o s o phical mys t eri e s an unrivalle d practical

acquai n ta n c e wi t h e v e ry fo rm o f magic an d was as much ,

an i nn o va t o r in o ccult sci en c e as a r e fo rm e r i n m e dici n e .

F or all o rth o d o x alch e mis t s , magici an s , an d pr o fess o rs o f

hidd e n k nowl e dg e Parac elsus is a grand hi er ophan t s e c o n d
,

o n ly to the traditi o n al H erm e s H is bri e f and turb ul e nt

.

car e er cl os e d tragically i n the y e ar 1 5 4 1 but the w o rks ,

which he l e ft s e cur e d him a v as t p o s t hum o us audi enc e and ,

the aud acity o f his sp e cula t i o ns w er e u n d o ub te dly i nstr u

m en t al i n the e mancip at i o n of the G erman min d fr o m the
inu en c e o f traditi o nal auth ori t y .
 M YSTICA L PHIL O S OPHY I N G ERMA N Y .
31

A t the six t een t h c en tury th en w e n d the

cl o s e of the , ,

discipl es of P arcelsu s s eeki ng aft er the pri n cipl es o f th eir ,

mast er and by th e l ight o f e xp rim tal r s arch

e e n e e -1 The .

s e cr et of the t ran smutat i on of m etals or o fthe magnum op us , ,

and applyi ng t o ch emistry the usag es of K abbalism an d

an ci en t as t r o l o gy 1 2 The u n iv ersal m edicin e which i n
. .
,

clude d the Cath olic on or Elixir o f Life an d the P an ac e a the , ,

rst in s u ri ng t o its p oss ess or the pr o l o ngatio n o r p erp e tuity

o f e xist en c e the s e c o n d r e s t o ri n g str en gth an d h ealth t o de
,

bilit ate d or dis e as e d o rganisms 3 The P hilo s0phi e S t o n e 2

. .
,

the gr e at an d univ ersal sy n th e sis which c o n ferr e d up o n the

ad e pt a sublim er k no w l edg e t han that o f tran smu tati on or o f

the Gr e a t E lixir but o n which b o th o f th es e w er e de
,

3
p end en t This s t o n e says a m o d ern writ er who fairly
.
, ,

i nt erpr et s the m o r e exalt e d an d spiritual sid e o f H erm etic

tradit i o ns is the fo u n dati o n o f abs olute phil o s o phy 5 i t is
,

the supr em e an d imm o v e abl e r e as o n To n d the .

4
P hi lo s0phi c S t on e is t o hav e disc o v e r e d t he A bs olu t e ,

1
I f th o u co mprehen dest p ract ic e s o f K abbalist s an d the
n ot t he
p rime val as trologer s G o d has n o t ma d e th e e for the spagi r ic n or h as
, ,

n atu r e e l e c t e d t h ee for th e o p e rat i o n o f V u lc an Para c e ls u s De .

,

Ti n c tu r a P hy si c oru m
.

2
Th e r e is a gr eat differe n c e b e t w e en th e S t on e o f t h e P hi loso
p her s a n d t he P hi lo sop hick S to n e Th e rs t is t he S u b j e c t o f P hi l
.

o sop hy c o n sid e r e d i n t h e s tat e o f i t s r s t P re p ar at i o n i n which i t is

, ,

tru ly a s ton e sin c e i t is s o lid h ard h ea vy b ri ttl e fran gi b l e

, , , , , .

Th e P hi losop hi ck S to n e is t h e s ame S to n e o f the P hilosop her s Wh e n ,

by the s e cre t magister y it is e xal te d t o the p erfe cti on o f the thi rd

o r d e r tr an s mu t i n g all i mp e r f e c t me ta ls i n t o p u r e go ld o r s i lv er a cc o r d
, ,

i n g t o t h e n atu re o f t h e ferm en t adj o in e d to i t

The H erm e tic al .

Tri u mph

.

3
Th e ba s e m e tals a r e tr an s mu te d i nto p erf e c t go ld b y t h e p o s
sesso r o f t h e P h ilos 0 p hi ck S to n e an d t h e E lixi r o f Li f e a cc o r di ng , ,

t o Be rn ar d Tr evis an is t he re s o l u t i on o fth e sa me s to n e in to mer c u r ia l

water which is als o t he a ur u m p ota bi le o f the wis e

, .

4
Elip has L evi D ogm e e t R i tu e l de la H a u te M agi c
,

M ys ter i e s of M agic pp 1 9 9 201 ,

.
,
.
 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA NS .

that is the tru e raison d tr e of all exis t en c e s
,
Thus t he .

i n itia te aspire d to tha t i n fallibl e k n o wl edg e an d wisd o m

which is afford e d by divin e illu mina t i o n his s earch fo r ,

w hich is s o m etim e s sp o k en o f as t he s e arch fo r the quad

ratur e o f the circl e t hat is fo r the e x t ent or ar e a o f all
, ,

s el en ces huma n an d divi n e .

A m o n g th e c o n c o urs e o f i n quir e rs an d the clam o ur o f sup

,

p o s ed an d pr et en d e d disc ov e r ers th e r e r o s e gradually in t o

,

d es erv e d pr o mi n en c e an adva nc e d sch oo l of illumi n ati w ho , ,

e mpl o ying the t e rmi n o l o gy o f the tur ba p hilosog ahorum u n d e r ,

the pr et en c e o f alch emical pursuits app ear to hav e c o n c e al e d

a m o r e e xal t ed aim The chi e f r epr e s en t a t iv e o f t his s e ct

.

at the en d o f th e sixt een t h c en tury was H enry K hunrath ,

an d the w o rk i n which its pri n cipl e s are m o st ad e qua t ely

e xpr e ss e d is th e A mphi the at rum S api en t i ae IEt ern ae .

The stud e nt is dir e ct e d by th e s e writ e rs fr o m the pur suit o f

mat erial gold t o the disc ov ery o f i n c o rruptibl e and purely
spiritual tr e asur es and t h ey pr et en d to pr o vid e a mystical
,

k ey o r I ntroi tus ap ertas to the cl o s e d P alac e o f the K i ng ,

i n which th e s e t r e asur e s ar e c o n t ain e d P hysical tran smu

.

tati o n the o n e an d supr em e e n d o f the practical alch e mist

, ,

si nks i n t o c o mpl et e i n si gni canc e 5 n e v erth el ess it is p er ,

fo rm ed by the ad ept an d is a lan dmark i n his sublim e pro

gr ess R ej e c ti n g the ma t erial th eo ry e v e n for this i nfe ri o r
.

pr o c ess th ey d e clare its at t ai n m ent imp o ssibl e for the u n

,

spiritual man an d j ust as the alch e mical n o m en cla tur e is

,

mad e u se of in a tran sgured s en s e so the t ermi no l o gy o f ,

m etaphysics app ears to be pr e ss e d i n t o the s ervic e o fa co n

c epti o n far tra n sc e ndi n g the n o ti on s c o mm o nly c o n v e y e d by

the w ords wisd o m S pirituali t y &c

, ,
.

The r e sul t of t his si ngul ar divisi o n in the camp o f the

alch emists was th e i n e vi t abl e m en tal c onfusi o n o f that gr e at
 CH A P TER II .

TH E P R OP H E CY OF P A R A CE L SU S , A N D TH E U N I V E RS A L
R E F OR M A TI O N OF TH E W H O LE W I D E W OR L D .

ighth chapte r o f his Tr e atis e

P A R A CE L S U S , i n the e on

Me tals gav e utt eran c e t o the fo ll o wi n g pr og n o sticati o n
,

Quod Deus p ate eri sinet, guod autem maj oris momenti
u ti li us

est, oulgo adhu e la tet usgu e ad E li ce A r ti stes a doen ta m, guando

is oeneri t G o d w ill p e r mit a disc o v ery o f the high e st

.

imp o rtan ce t o be mad e it m u st be hidd e n till the adv e n t o f

,

the artist Elias I n the rst chapt er o f t he sam e w o rk he
.
,

say s H oc i tem seru m est nihil est a bscondi tu m guool non sit
r ete endu
g m; ideo, p ost me oeni et cu u sj magnale nu nda m oioit gui
mu lta r eoelabit . it is tru e th e r e is n o t hi ng c onc e al e d
A nd ,

which shall n o t be disc o v e r e d 5 for which caus e a mar

v ell o ns b ei n g shall c om e aft e r m e w ho as y et liv e s n o t an d
, ,

w h o shall r e v e al ma ny thi ngs Th e s e passage s hav e b e e n
.

claim e d as r eferri ng t o the fo u n d e r o f the R o sicrucia n

ord er and as pr o ph e ci e s o f this charact e r a re usually the
,

o utc o m e o f a g en e ral d e sir e rath e r tha n o f an i n divid u al

i nspir ati o n th ey ar e i n t e r e sti ng evid en c e that th en as n o w

,

ma ny th o ughtful peo pl e w er e l o oki ng fo r a n o th er savi o ur o f

s o ci e ty A t the b egi nning of the s e v ent ee nth c en tu ry a
.

gr e at an d ge n eral r efo rmati o n says B uhl e a r e formati o n

, ,

far m or e radical an d m o r e dir e c t e d to the m o ral impr o ve

m en t o f ma nki n d than that acc omplish e d by L u th er w as ,

b eli ev e d to be imp ending o ve r the huma n rac e as a me c e s ,

 TH E PR O PHE CY OF PA R A CEL S US . 35

sa ry fo r eru n ne r to the day o f j u dg me n t . The c o me t o f

1 5 7 2 w as d e clar e d by P arac els u s t o be the S ig n and har

bi nger o f the appr o achi ng r e v o luti o n and it will be r eadily
,

b eli ev e d that his i nn um erabl e discipl es w ould w elc o m e a

s e c ret s o ci e ty wh o s e vast claims w er e fo u n d e d o n the phil o
S o phy o f the mast er w h o m th ey als o v e n e rat e d as a supr e m e
,

facto r i n the appr oachi n g r e formati o n P arac els u s ho w

.
,

e v er had r e c o rd e d a still m o r e p r e cis e pr e dicti o n n am e ly

, , ,

that s o o n aft er t he d e c e as e o f the Emp er or R ud o lph ,

th e r e w o uld be fo u n d thr ee tr e as u r e s that had n ev er

b e en r ev e al e d b efo r e that tim e . It is claim e d tha t
th es e tr eas ur es w er e the thr e e w o rks which I pr o c ee d t o
lay b efo re my r e ad e rs i n this an d i n the two s u cc ee di ng
chap ter s .

S o m ewh er e ab o ut the y e ar 1 6 1 4 a pamphl et w as pub

li she d a n o n ym o u sly i n G e rma n call e d Die R e fo rmati on
,

der Ga nz en W e it en W e lt which acc o rdi ng to D e Qui nc e y
, , ,

c on tain e d a disti n ct pre positi on t o i n augu rat e a s ecr e t

s o ciety havi n g for its o bj e ct the g eneral w e lfar e o f man
,

ki nd This d escripti o n is simply untr u e 5 the U n iv ersal

.

Reformati o n is an a musi n g and satirical acc o u n t o f an

ab or tiv e att empt mad e by th e go d A p oll o to d eri v e assistan c e
t o w ards the i mp rov e m en t of the age fr o m the w is e men of
antiq u ity an d m o d er n tim e s It is a fairly lit eral tra nslatio n
.

o f A dv e rtis e m e n t 7 7 o f Bo ccali n i s

Ragg u agli di Parn ass o ,

Centuria P rima 5 its i n t er n al c onn e cti on with R o sicrucia n

ism is n o t cl e ar bu t it has b een g en erally r epri nt e d with the
,

s o ci ety s manife st os alch emical i n t erpr e t ati on s hav e b een
,

plac e d o n it and it is cit e d by vari o us auth ors as th e rst

,

publicati on o f the F rat er n ity I hav e d et ermi n e d to i n clud e

.

i t i n this c o ll e cti o n of auth oritativ e d o cum ents and have,

mad e u se fo r this p u rp o s e o f t h r ee v e rs i o n s alr e ady exis ti ng

 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

i n English li teral tra n slati o n fr o m th e Italian m ade

. The ,

by H enry E arl o f M on m o uth has b e e n tak en as the bas e

1
,
.

I have c o mpare d it with the o rigin al an d with the lat e r ,

v ersi on s which app ear e d in 1 7 04 an d 1 7 06 an d wh er e

2 3
, ,

p ossibl e I hav e abridg e d i t by the elisi o n o f u nne c e ssary

,

an d e mbarrassi n g pr o lixiti e s .

It is n eedl ess t o say that the u nfortu n at e Traj an o

B o ccalin i had no c o nn e cti on hims elf wi t h the R o sicr u cian

B r oth erh oo d The rst Ce n t u ria app e ar e d i n 1 6 1 2 at
.

V e n ic e an d he met his tragical an d vi o l en t d e ath i n the

,

foll ow ing y e ar .

A Universal Reformation o f the Whole Wide World ,

by order

ll i bli h d b h S v en S ages f G reece

o f the God A p o o,
s p u s e y t e e o

and so me other Li tterati .

The Emp e r o r Justi nian t hat fam e d c ompil e r o f the

,

D ige sts an d Co d e the o th e r day pr e s e n t e d t o A p o ll o for

, ,

the r o yal appr o bati o n a n ew law agai n st s e lf-m u rd er

,
.

A p o ll o was migh t ily ast o nish e d a nd fe tchi ng a d e ep S igh , ,

he said Is the goo d g o v er n m en t o f manki nd Justi nian

, , ,

t h en fall en i n t o S O gr e at dis ord er that men do v olu ntarily

kill th ems elv e s ? A nd wh e r e as I hav e hith er t o giv en p en
si o ns to an in nit e n umb er of m o ral phil o s o ph ers o nly that ,

1I R a u a li
.
gg g di P arn ass o o r A dv ertis em e nt s fr o m P arnass u s
,

in Tw o C e n tu r i e s , wi t h t h e P o lit ick Tou chs to n e P u t i n to En glish .

by the R igh t H o n o u rab le H enr y Earl o f M on mou th F ol 1 6 5 6

. . .

2
A dv e r tis e me n t s fro m P arn a ss u s W r i tt e n o ri gin ally i n I talian
.

b y th e famo u s Traj an o Bo ccalin i N ewly d o n e i nto En glish and .

,

adap te d to t he P r e s e nt Ti m e s 3 v o ls 8 v o
.

1 7 04 A p o o r an d . . .

par aph ras t ic r en d e r in g .

3
A d vi c e s f r o m P ar nass u s i n Tw o C e n tu r i e s w i t h t h e P o li t ick
, ,

To u chs to n e an d an A pp en dix t o i t W r i tten b y Traj an o Bo cc ali n i

. .

Tr an slate d b y s e v e ral h an ds L on d o n
.

F ol 1 7 06 Th e b e s t a s r e . . .

g a r ds s tyl e bu t l e ss li te ral th an th e ver si o n b y th e Earl of M o nmou th

, .
 TH E UN IVER SA L R E FO R MA TION .

by th eir w o rd s and writi ngs th ey may m ak e me n l ess ap

pr e h en siv e o f d eath are things n ow r e duc e d t o such calamity
,

that ev en th ey w ill n ow liv e n o l onge r who c o uld n o t fo r

,

m erly fram e th e ms elv e s to be c ont en t to di e ? A n d am I

amongst all the dis ord ers o f my Li tterati all this w hil e

supin ely asl e e p 2 To this J u sti n ia n a n s w er ed that th e ,

la w w as n e c e ssary an d that many cas e s o f vi ol en t d e aths

,

havi ng happ en e d by man y men havi n g d e sp erat ely mad e

th ems elv e s a w ay w o rs e w as t o be fe ar e d if s o m e o pp e r
,

tun e r em edy w ere n o t fo u n d o u t agai n s t S O gr eat a dis ord er .

A p oll o th en b e gan dilige n tly t o i nfo rm hims elf an d ,

fo un d that the w o rld was so impair ed that man y valu ed n o t

,

th eir liv es n o r e stat e so th ey might be o u t o f it The dis

, .

o rd e rs n e c e ssitat e d his Maj e sty t o pr o vid e agai n st th e m

w ith all p ossibl e sp ee d and he abs olut ely r es olv e d t o i n stitu t e

,

a s o ci ety o f the m en m o st fam ou s i n his d o mi ni o n s fo r w is

dom an d g oo d life .Bu t i n the e n tran c e i n t o so we ighty a
b u siness he me t w ith i n s up erabl e di i culti es fo r am on gst ,

so ma n y phil o s o ph e rs an d t he al mo st i n n it e n umb e r o f
,

v e r tu o si he c o u ld n o t n d so much as o n e wh o was e n d o w e d
,

with half t he r e qu isit e q u alicati on s to r efo rm his fe ll o w

cre atures his Maj e sty k n o w i ng w ell that men ar e b ett er
,

impr o v e d by the e x emplary life o f th eir r efo rm ers than by

th e b e st r u l e s that c an b e giv e n I n this p e n u ry of ttin g
.

p ers on ages A p oll o gav e the charge o f the U n iv ersal R efo r

,

mati o n to the S e v e n W is e M en o f Gr ee c e w h o ar e o f gre at

,

rep u t e i n Parn ass u s an d are c o n c e i v e d by all men t o hav e

,

fou n d the r e c eipt o f washi n g black mo ors whit e which ,

a ntiqu ity lab o u r e d aft er i n vai n The Gr e cian s w ere re

.

j o i c e d at this n ews fo r the h o n o ur which A p o ll o had d o n e

their n ati o n but the Lati n s w er e grie v e d thi nki ng th em
, ,

s elve s th ereby m u ch i nj u re d Wh erefo r e A p o ll o well k n o w

.
,
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA N S .

i n g tha t p rej u dic e again st r efo rm ers hi n d ers the fr u it that is

t o be h o p e d by r e formati o n an d b e i ng n aturally giv e n to
,

app eas e his subj e c t s imbitt er e d mi n ds m o r e by givi ng t h e m
satisfacti o n th en by that l egislativ e p o w er with which men
ar e n o t l e ase d withal b e caus e t he y ar e b o u n d t o ob e y it that
p , ,
'

he might sati s e the R o ma n s j o i n e d i n c o mmissi o n with th e

,

S ev en S ag e s o f Gr ee c e Marcus an d A nn aeu s S en e ca an d i n
, ,

fav ou r to the m o d e r n Italian phil o s o ph ers he mad e Ja ee p o ,

Mazz oni da Ce s en a S e cr e tary o f the Co n gr egati o n an d ,

h on ou r e d him with a v o t e i n th e ir c o n sultati o ns .

On the fo urteen th o f the las t m o nth the s ev en wis e men ,

with the afo r e said additi o n acc ompa n i e d by a trai n o f the

,

ch o ic e st v ertu osi o f this S tat e w en t t o th e D el ck Palac e

, ,

the plac e appr o priat e d for t he R e fo rmati o n The Li tter ati .

w er e well pl eas e d to see the gr eat n u mb er o f p edan ts w ho , ,

bask et s i n ha nds w e n t g ath e ri n g u p the s e n t en c e s and

,

ap o th egms which fell fr o m th o s e wis e men as th e y w e nt

al o n g The day aft er the s ol e m n e n tran c e th e y ass embl e d
.

fo r the r st tim e an d tis said that Thal e s the Mil e sia n t he

,

,

rst o f the Gr e cian sage s spak e th u s ,

The busi n e ss m o s t wis e phil o s oph ers ab ou t which w e

, ,

ar e met is the gr e at e st that c an b e tr e at e d o n by h u ma n

,

u n d ersta n di ng 5 an d th o u gh th e r e b e n o thi n g hard e r th en

t o set b o n e s that hav e b e en l o n g br o k e n w o u n ds that ar e

,

stule d an d i n curabl e ca n c ers y e t diieu lti e s which ar e

, ,

abl e t o affright o th er s o u ght n o t t o mak e u s d e spair for the ,

imp o ssibility will i n cr e as e o u r gl o ry an d I do assur e y o u

,

that I hav e alre ady fou n d ou t the tru e an ty do t e again st the

p oys on o f th e s e pr e s en t c o rrupti o n s I am sur e w e do all
.

b eli e v e that n o thi ng h ath m o r e c o rr u pt e d this age th en hid

de n hatr e ds feig ne d l o v e i m pi e ty a nd t he e rdi o u sn ess o f
, , p ,

do u bl e-d e al er s u n d e r the sp e ci o us cl o k e o f simplicity l o v e ,

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to re ligi o n and charity A pply y o u rs e lv e s to th e s e e vils

,
.
,

gen tl e m e n 5 mak e u se o f r e an d raz o r lay c orr o siv e plas ,

t ers to th e s e w o u n ds which I disc o v er u n t o yo u an d man ,

ki n d which by r e as o n o f th e i r vic es that l e ad th e m the high

, ,

w ay t o d eath may b e said t o be giv e n o v e r by physi ti an s

, ,
'

w ill s o o n be made who le b e c om e S i n c e r e an d plai n i n th eir

,

p r o c e e di ngs tru e i n what th ey say and such i n th eir

, ,

san ctity of life as th ey w e r e i n form er tim e s The tru e an d .

imm e diat e c u r e th en fo r th e s e pr e s en t e vils c on sists i n

, ,

n e c e ssitati ng m e n t o liv e with ca n d o u r o f mi n d and p u r ity

o f h e art w hich ca nn o t b e b e tt e r e f
,
fe ct e d th e n by maki ng
that littl e win d o w i n m en s b r easts w hich his Maj e sty hath

o ft e n pr o mis e d to his m o st faithfu l v er t u o si fo r w h e n th o s e

who u se such art i n th e ir pr o c e edi n gs shall be fo rc e d t o sp e ak
and act havi ng a wi nd o w w h er e by o n e may see i n t o th e ir
,

h earts th ey will l earn the exc ell en t virt u e o f b e i ng and n o t

, ,

app e ari ng to be 5 th ey will c o n fo rm d e eds to w o rds and th e ir ,

t o n gue s t o si n c erity o f h e art 5 all men will ban ish li e s an d

fals eh o o d an d the diab o lical spirit o f hyp o crisy w ill
,

aban d o n ma ny w h o are n o w p o ssest with S O fo u l a e nd

.

The o pi n i o n o f Thal e s w as so w e ll appr o v e d by the w h o l e

Co n gr egati o n that it w as u n a n i m o u sly v o t e d j u st a n d ,

S e cr e tary Mazz o n i w as c o m ma n d e d to giv e A p oll o a sudd en

acc o u n t th e re o f w ho p e rfe ctly appr o v e d the o pin i on an d
, ,

c omman d e d that th e y sh o u ld b egin that ve ry day t o mak e

w i n d o w s i n the br e asts o f manki nd B ut at the very in .

stan t that the s urgeo n s t ook th e ir i n strum e n ts i n ha n d ,

H o me r Virgil P lat o A r ist o tl e A v err o e s and o th er e mi ne n t

, , , , ,

Li tter at i w en t to A p o ll o an d sai d hi s Maj esty m u st n e e ds

,

k no w that the p r i m e m e a n s w h e reby me n do go v ern the

wo r ld with facility is th e r e p u tati o n o f th o s e w ho c o m
'

mand an d th e y h o p e d hi s Maj e sty w o uld be t en d e r o f t he

,
 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

cre dit w hich the r ev er en d P hil o s o phical S y n o d and the

h on o urabl e Co lledg o f V ertuo si had u niv ersally o btai ne d for
san ctity o f life an d ma nn ers If his Maj e sty sh o uld u n ex .

e ct e dly Op en e v e ry ma n s br e ast h

p t e phil o s o ph ers w h o ,

fo rm erly w er e m o st highly e st e em e d ran e vid en t hazard o f

b ei ng sham e d an d that he might p eradv e n tur e n d fo w le st
, , ,

fa u lts i n th o s e wh o m he had h eld to be immaculat e Th er e .

for e b efo re a bu sin e ss o f such imp o rtan c e S h ould be tak en

,

i n ha n d th ey e n tr e at e d that he w o uld a fford his v ertu o si a

,

c o mp e ten t tim e to wash an d cl e an s e th e ir s o uls A p oll o .

w as gr e atly pl e as e d by the advic e o f so fam o us p o e ts and

phil o s oph ers an d by a p u blick e dict pr orogu e d the day o f
, , ,

i n cisi on for e ight days duri ng which e ve ry on e did so att en d

,

the cl ean si n g o f th e ir s o uls fr o m all fa llaci e s hidd en vic e , ,

hatr e d an d c o un t erfeit l o ve that th er e w as n o m o r e h oney

, ,

o f r o s es succ ory cassia sc en a scamo ny n o r l axativ e

, , , , ,

syrups to be fo u n d i n any gr o c er s o r ap o th ecary s sh o p i n

all P arn assus 5 and the m or e curi o u s did o bs e rv e that in the

part s wh ere the P latoni cks P eripateti cks and M o ral Philo , ,

s oph ers did l i v e th er e was t h en such a sti nk as if all the

,

privi e s of the c o u n try had b e e n empti ed wh ere as the ,

quart ers o f Latin and I t alia n p o ets sm elt o n ly o f cabbadg

p orr a ge .

The tim e all o tt e d for the general purging was alr eady
past wh en the day b e fo r e the o p era t i o n w as to b egi n
, , ,

H ipp o c rat e s Gal en Co r n elius Ce lsus an d o th e r the m o s t

, , , ,

skilful P hysitians of t his S tat e w en t t o A p o ll o an d said , ,

Is it p o ssibl e S ir e you that are the L o rd of the Lib e ral

, ,

S ci en c e s that this Micr o c o sm o s mus t b e d e fo rm e d which

, ,

is so n obly and miracul o usly fram ed fo r the adva nt ag e o f ,

a few ig noran t pee ple ? F o r n o t o nl y the wis er s o rt o f

men but ev e n t h o s e o f an i n differ ent capaci t y w ho hav e
, ,
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p ut us all i n t o such c o n fu si o n S o it cl e arly app ears that

.
,

t he d epravati o n o f m e n s s o uls by avaric e ambi t i o n an d

, ,

tyra nn y hath o ccasi o n e d the pr e s en t i ne qu ality and if it

, ,

b e tr u e as w e all c on fe ss it is that the w o rld is an i nheri

, ,

tan c e l eft t o ma nki n d by o n e fath er an d m o th er fr o m ,

wh o m w e are all d e sc en d e d lik e br e thr en what j us t ic e i s ,

it that men sh o uld n ot all hav e a bro th er s shar e ? W hat

gr e at e r dispr o p o rti o n can be imagi n e d th e n tha t this w orld

sh o u ld be such that s o me p oss e ss m or e than th ey can
g o ver n and o th ers hav e n ot so much as th e y c o uld go v er n ?
,

But that w hich d o th i n n it e ly aggravat e this dis o rd e r is ,

that usually v e rtu o us me n are b e ggar s wh er e as wick e d and ,

ign o ra n t p eo pl e are w e althy F r o m t he r o o t o f t his

.

i n e quality it th en aris e th tha t the rich are i nj uri o us t o the

,

p o o r an d that the p o o r e nvy the rich

, .

N o w ge n tl e m e n that I hav e disc o v er e d the malady un t o
, ,

y o u it is e asi e t o apply the m e dici n e

, To r e fo rm t he age .

no b ett e r c o urs e c an be t ak e n th e n t o divid e the w o rl d

an e w all o tti n g an e q u al part t o e ve ryo n e an d that w e

, , ,

may fall n o m o r e u p o n the lik e dis o rd ers I advis e that , , ,

fo r the fu tur e all b u yi n g an d s elli n g be fo rbidd e n t o t he

, ,

e n d that th e r e may b e e stablish e d that parity o f g oo ds th e

,

m o th er o f p u blick p e ac e which my s e lf an d Oth er law ,

mak e rs hav e fo rm erly so much lab o ur e d t o p ro c ur e .

S o l o n s o pin i o n s uffer e d a l o n g d ebat e an d th o ugh it

was n o t o n ly th o ught g o o d bu t n e c e ssary by Bias P erian d er , ,

an d P ittac u s it was gai n said by all th e r e st an d S e n e ca s

, ,

o pi n i o n p r e vail e d w ho w ith s u bsta n tial r e as o n s c o n vi n c e d

,

th e ass e mbly that if th e y sh o u ld c o m e t o a n ew divisi o n o f

,

th e w o rld o n e gr e at dis o r de r w o u ld n e c e ssarily fo ll o w that

, 5
t o o m u ch w ou ld fall t o the S ha re o f fo o ls an d to o littl e to ,

gallan t men ; an d that pl agu e fam i n e an d w ar w e r e n o t , ,

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G o d s s e v e r est sc o u r g e s for the aficti o n o f manki n d w o uld

,

b e t o e n rich villai ns .

S ol o n s o pi n i o n b e i n g laid asid e Chil o argu e d as fo ll o ws

,

W hich o f y o u m o st wis e phil o s o ph ers d o th no t k n o w

, ,

that the imm o d erat e thirst aft er g o ld ha th n o w adai es ll e d

the w o rld w ith all t he mischi e fs w hich w e se e and fe e l .

What w ick e d ne ss ho w ex e crabl e s o e v e r it be w ill me n n o t

, ,

w illi ngly c o mmit if th er eby th ey may acc um ulat e rich e s ?

,

Co n cl u d e th er efo r e u n a nim o u sly with me that n o b e tt er

, , ,

w ay c an be fo un d o ut w h er eby t o extirpat e all the vic e s

,

w ith w hich o ur age is o ppr est th en for e v er t o ban ish o ut ,

o f the w o rld the t w o i n fam o us mettals g o ld an d silv e r fo r , ,

so the o ccasi o n o f o u r pr e s e n t dis o rd ers b e i n g r e m o v e d th e ,

e vils w ill n e c e ssarily c e as e .

Th o u gh Chi le s o pi n i o n had a v ery sp e ci o u s app earan c e

,

it w o u ld n o t b e ar the t e st for it was said that men t o o k so , ,

m u ch pai n s t o get go ld an d silv er b e caus e th e y are the

m e asur e a n d c o u n t erp o is e o f all thi n gs an d that it w as ,

r e quisit e fo r man t o hav e s o m e m e ttals o r o th e r thi n g o f ,

p r ic e by w hich he might p u rchas e what w as tti ng fo r

,

him that if th e r e w e r e n o s u ch thi n g as go ld o r silv er he

, ,

w o uld m ak e u se o f s o m e thi n g i n st e ad o f th e m w hich , ,

ris in g i n val u e w o uld b e e qu ally c o v e t ed as w as plai nly

, ,

s e en i n the I n di e s w h e r e c o ckl e-sh e lls w er e mad e u se o f

,

i n st e ad o f m o ney an d m o r e v allue d than e ith er go ld o r

,

S ilv e r Cl eo b ul u s partic u larly b e i n g v er y h o t i n r e fu ti n g

.
, ,

this opi n i o n sai d w i th much p e rturbati o n o f mi n d

, ,
My
Mast e rs ba nish ir o n o u t o f the w o rld fo r that is the mettal
, ,

w hich hath pu t u s i n t o the pr e s en t c o n diti o n G o ld an d .

silv e r s erv e the pu r p o s e o rdai ne d by G o d wh er e as ir o n , ,

which Natur e pr o d u c e d for the maki ng o f pl o w-S h e ars ,

spad e s an d matto cks is by the malli ce a nd mischi e f o f

, ,
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCI A NS .

p ut us all i n t o such c o n fu si o n S o it cl e arly app ears that

.
,

t he d epravati o n o f m e n s s o uls by avaric e ambi t i o n and

, ,

tyrann y hath o ccasi o n e d the pr e s en t i n e quality and if it

, ,

b e tr u e as w e all c on fe ss it is that the w o rld is an i nheri

, ,

tan c e l eft t o ma nkin d by o n e fath er an d m o th er fr o m ,

wh o m w e are all d e sc en d e d lik e br e thr en what j us t ic e is ,

it tha t men sh o uld n ot all hav e a br o th er s shar e ? W hat

gr e ater dispr o p ortio n can be imagi n e d th e n tha t t his w orld

sh o uld be such that s o m e p o ss e ss m or e than th ey can
go ver n and o th ers hav e n ot so m u ch as th ey c ou ld g o v e r n ?
,

But that w hich d o th i n n it ely aggravat e this dis o rd er is ,

that u sually v e rtu ou s me n ar e b eggars wh e r e as wick e d an d ,

ign o ra nt p e opl e are w e althy F r o m t he r o o t o f t his

.

i n e quality it th en aris eth that the rich are i nj uri o us t o the

,

p o o r an d that the p oor e n vy the rich

, .

N o w g en tl e m e n that I hav e disc o v er e d the malady u nt o
, ,

y o u ,
it is e asi e to apply the m e dicin e To r e fo rm the age .

n o b e tt er c o u r s e ca n be tak e n th e n t o divid e the w o rl d

an e w all o tti ng an e q u al par t t o e veryo ne an d that w e

, , ,

may fall n o m o r e u p on the lik e dis o r d e rs I advis e that , , ,

fo r the futur e all b u yi n g an d s elli ng be fo rbidd e n t o t he

, ,

e n d that th e r e may b e e stablish e d that parity o f g o o ds the

,

m o th e r o f p u blick p e ac e w hich my s elf an d o th e r law ,

mak e rs hav e fo rm erly so much lab o ur e d t o p r o cur e .

S o l on s o pi n i o n s uffe r e d a l o n g d e bat e an d th o ugh it

was n o t o nly th o ught go o d but n ec e ssary by Bias P erian d er , ,

an d Pittac u s it was gai n said by all the r e st an d S en e ca s

,

,

o pi n i o n p r e vail ed w ho with s u bsta n tial r e as o n s c o n vi n c e d

,

the ass e mbly that if th ey sh o u ld c o m e to a n ew divisi o n o f

,

the w o rld o n e gre at dis o rd e r w o uld n e c e ssarily fo ll o w that

,
5
t o o m u ch w o u ld fall to the sha re o f fo o l s a n d to o littl e t o
,

gallan t men ; an d that pl agu e fam i n e an d war w e r e n o t , ,

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G o d s s ev e r e st sc o u rg e s for the a fict i o n o f man ki n d w o uld

,

b e t o e nrich villai ns .

S o l o n s o pi n i o n b e i n g laid asid e Chil o argu e d as fo ll o ws

,

W hich o f y ou m o st wis e phil o s oph e rs d o th no t k n o w

, ,

that the imm o d erat e thir st aft er g o ld ha th 11 0W adai es ll e d

the w o rld w ith all t he mischi e fs w hich w e se e and fe el .

What w ick e dne ss ho w ex e crabl e s oe v e r it be w ill m en n o t

, ,

w illi n gly c o mmit if th er eby th ey may acc um u lat e rich e s ?

,

Co n cl u d e th er efo r e u n a nim o u sly with m e that n o b e tt er

, , ,

w ay c an b e fo un d o ut w h er eby t o e xtirpat e all the V ic e s

,

w ith w hich o ur age is o ppr est th en for e v er to ban ish o ut ,

o f the w o rld th e t w o i n fa m o us me tt als g o ld an d silv e r fo r , ,

so th e o ccasi o n o f o u r p r e s en t dis o rd e rs b e i n g r e m o v e d the ,

e vils w ill n e c e ssarily c e as e .

Th o u gh Chi le s Opi n i on had a v ery sp e ci o u s app e aran c e

,

it w o u ld n o t b e ar the t e s t fo r it was said that men t o o k so

, ,

m u ch pai n s t o get g o ld an d S ilv er b e caus e th e y are the

m e asur e an d c o un t erp o is e o f all thi ngs an d that it w as ,

r e qu isit e fo r man t o hav e s o me m e ttals o r o th er thi ng o f ,

p ric e by w hich he might p u rchas e w hat w as tti ng for

,

him that if th e r e w e r e n o s u ch thi ng as g o ld o r silv er he

, ,

w o u ld mak e u se o f s o m e thi ng i n st e ad o f th e m w hich , ,

ris i n g i n val u e w o uld b e e qually c o v e t ed as w as plai nly

, ,

s e en i n the I ndi e s w h er e c o ckl esh ells w er e mad e u se o f

,

i n st ead o f m o n e y an d mo r e v allu ed than e ith er g o ld o r

,

silv er Cl e o b ul u s partic u larly b e i n g v er y ho t i n r e fu ti ng

.
, ,

this o pi n i o n sai d w i th much p er turbati o n o f mi n d

, ,
My
Mast er s ba nish ir o n o u t o f the w o rl d fo r that is the me ttal
, ,

w hich hath pu t us i n t o the p r e s en t c o n diti o n G o ld an d .

silv er s erv e the pu r p o s e o rdai n e d by G o d wh er e as ir o n , ,

which Natur e pr o d u c e d for the maki n g o f pl o w-sh e ars

spad e s an d matt o cks is by the malli ce a nd mischi e f o f
, ,
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

This i s a truth v ery w ell k n o wn to pri n c e s 5 an d th o ugh it

be cl ea rly s een that th ey do n o t o bs er v e it he is a fo o l ,

that b eli e ve s th ey do n o t o u t o f car e l e ss ne ss I who hav e .

,

l o ng studi e d a p oint o f so gr e at w e ight am p erswad e d that

,

ign o ra n t an d raw men and men of n o m erit are pr eferr e d

, ,

b efo r e l e ar ne d an d d e s erving p ers on s n ot o ut o f any fault

,

i n the pri n c e but (I bl u sh t o say it ) thr o ugh d e fault o f the

,

v er tu o si. I ack no wl edg e that pri nc e s sta nd i n n ee d o f

l earn e d o ffic ers an d me n o f e xp eri e n c e d val or but th ey ,

lik e w is e n e e d faithful s erva n ts If d es ervi n g men an d men

.

o f val o r w e r e l o yal i n pr o p o rti o n t o th e ir capacity we ,

sh o uld n o t c o mplai n o f the pr e s ent dis ord ers i n s eei ng u h

d e s e rvi ng dwarfs b e c o m e gr e at gian ts i n fo ur dai es spac e
,

ign o ra n c e s eat e d i n the chair o f v e rtu e and fo lly i n val o r s

,

t rib un al .

Tis c o mm o n to all men t o o v e rrat e th e ir o w n
w o rth but the v ertu osi do pr esum e so m u ch up o n th eir
,

o w n g o o d parts that th ey rath e r pr e t en d t o add to the

p ri n c e s r ep u tati o n by acc epti ng pr e fe rm e n ts th e n t o r e c eive
cr e dit th e ms e lve s by acc ep t i n g his m u ni ce n ce I hav e .

k no wn many so foolishly e n am o ur e d o f th eir o w n w o rks

that th ey hav e th o ught it a gr e at er happin ess for a pri n c e
t o hav e an o ccasi o n o f h o n o uri n g th e m th e n g o o d luck fo r

t he o th e r t o m ee t w ith so lib eral a pri n c e S uch me n ao

.
,

k n o w l edgi ng all fav o urs c o n ferr e d up on th em as d ebts paid

t o th e ir d e s er t s pr o v e so u ngrat efu l to th e ir b en efact o rs i n
,

th e ir n ec e ssity that th ey ar e abh o rr e d as p er dio us and are ,

ca u s eso f thi s gri evan c e th a

, t pri n c e s s ee k d elity i nst e ad of
m o r e shin i ng acc omplishm e n ts that th ey may be s e cur e o f
,

gratitud e w h en th e y sta nd i n n ee d o f it
.
.

P eria n d er havi ng nish e d his disc o urs e Bias spak e ,

th u s M o st wis e phil o s oph ers all o f yo u sufci en tly

,

k no w that the re as o n o f the w o rld s d e pravity is o n ly be

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ca u s e mankin d hath so sham efu lly aban d o n e d th o s e h o ly

laws w hich G o d gav e th e m to o bs erv e w h en he b e st o w e d
t he w h o l e w o rld u p o n th em for a habitati on ; n o r did h e

plac e the F r en ch i n F ra n c e the S pan iards in S pai n the

, ,

D u tch i n G erman y an d b o u n d u p the fo w l e n d i n h ell fo r

,

any o th er r e as o n but the a dva n tag e o f that g e n eral p e ac e

which he d e sir e d might be o bs erv e d thr o ugh o ut the wh o l e

w orld . But avari c e and ambiti o n (sp u rs w hich hav e
alwai es egg e d o n m e n t o gr e at e st wick e d n e ss caus i ng
) ,

n ati o n s to pass i nt o o th e r m e n s c o u n tri es hav e cau sed

,

th es e e vils which w e en d e av o u r to amen d If it be tr u e .

,

as w e all c onfe ss it is that G o d hath d o n e n o thi ng i n vai n

, ,

w h erefo r e thi n k y o u hath H is D ivi ne Maj e sty plac e d the

, ,

inacc e ssibl e P yr en e an m o u n tain s b e tw e en the S pan iards

an d Italia n s ,
the r o cky A lp e s b e t w een the Italia n s an d

G erma n s the drea

,
dfu l English Cha n n el b e t w e en the F r en ch
an d English ,
t he M e dit erra n e a n S ea b e t w een A frica an d

E u r o p e ? W hy hath he mad e the i n n it e spaci o u s riv er s

o f Eu phrat e s I n d u s Ga n ge s an d th e r e st sav e o nly that
, , , ,

p e o pl e might be c o n t ent to liv e i n th eir o wn c o u n tri e s by

r e as o n of the di fcul t i e s o f fo rds an d passage s ? A n d the
D ivi ne W isd o m k no w i n g that the harm o ny o f u n iv e rsal
,

p eac e w o uld be o ut o f tu n e an d that the w orld w o uld be

,

ll e d with in curabl e dis eas e s if men sh o uld exc eed th e ir

,

all o tted b o u n ds add e d the multit u d e an d vari ety o f lan

,

guage s to all the fo r e-m en ti o n e d imp edim en ts w ith o ut ,

which all men w o uld sp e ak t he sam e t o ngu e as all ,

cr eatures of the sam e sp e ci e s si n g bark or bray afte r , ,

o n e and the sam e ma nn e r Tis th en ma n s b old ne ss i n

.

b e ari ng thro ugh m ou n tai n s passi ng o v e r the br o ad e st an d

,

m o st rapid riv ers and e v e n man ife stly an d rashly hazard

,

i ng hims e lf a nd all his substa n c e by cr o ssi ng t he larg e st

 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

s e as i n a littl e w oo d e n v e ss el which caus e d the a n ci en t

,

R o man s n o t t o m e n t io n an y o t h e r n a t i o n s t o m i ne o th e r
, ,

m en s affairs and disc o mp o s e th eir o w n n o t b ei n g satis e d

,

w ith th e ir d o mi n i o n o v e r the w h o l e o f Italy The tr u e .

r em e dy th en for S O gr e at dis o rd e r is rst to fo rc e e v e ry

, , ,

n ati o n t o r e tur n t o th e ir o w n c o u n tre ys a n d th e n t o pr e , ,

v en t the lik e c o nfusi o n i n fu tu r e I am o f Opi ni o n that all

,

bridge s b u ilt fo r the m o r e c o mm o di o us passi ng o f riv e r s

sh o uld be abs o lut ely br o k en do w n that the w ays o v er the
,

m o u ntai n s S h ou ld b e quit e d e str o y ed and the m o u ntai n s ,

mad e m o r e i nacc e ssibl e by man s in d u stry th e n o rigi nally

by n atur e 5 and I w ou ld hav e all n avigati o n fo rbidd en u p o n

s ev er est p en alty n o t allo wi ng so much as the l e ast b oats t o
,

pass o v e r riv ers .

Bias his o pi n i on was regard e d with unusual att en ti o n ,

but afte r b ein g w e ll e xami n e d by the b e st wits o f the

A ss embly it was fo u n d n o t t o be g o o d for all th o s e philo so
, ,

p h e r s k n e w that th e gr e at e s t e n miti e s b e t w e e n n ati o n an d

n ati o n ar e n o t n ati o n al but o ccasi o n e d by cu n n i ng pri n c e s

, ,

w h o ar e gr e at mast ers in the pr o v e rb Divide et i mp era an d , ,

that that p erfe cti on o f ma nn ers b ei n g fo u n d i n all nati on s

j o y n e d t o g e th e r which was n o t t o be h ad i n a ny partic u lar
on e ,
trav el is n e c essary t o acquir e the c ompl e t e wisd o m
which ad o r n ed the Gr eat U lyss es N o w t his is a b ene t
.
,

e n tir ely o wi n g t o n avigati o n which is v e ry n e c e ssary to m an

,

ki n d w e r e it on e ly for that G o d havi ng cr e at e d this w orld

, ,

o f an alm o s t i n c o mpr e h en sibl e gr e a tn e ss having ll e d it ,

with pr eti o u s thi ngs and en d ow ed e v e ry pr o vi n c e with

,

s o m e wha t o f particular n avigatio n tis by that wo n d erfu l ,

art r e duc e d to so small an ext e nt that the aro matics o f

M o lucca th o ugh ab o v e ft een th o usan d m il es fr o m Italy
, ,

s eem to the Italia n s t o gr o w in th eir o wn gard en s .

 HISTOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

o rdai n a me decin e for his impati en t which is imp o ssibl e to

be us ed and which w o uld afflict him m o r e th en his dis e as e
,
.

Th er e for e is it the r e quisit e d u ty o f r efo rme rs to pr o vid e a

sur e r em edy b efor e th e y tak e n o tic e o f the w o u n d 5 it is n ot
o n e ly fo o lish n e ss but impi e ty t o d e fam e men by publishi ng

th e ir vic es an d to sh ew the w o rld that th eir maladi e s are

,

grow n t o s u ch a h eight that th ey ar e past cur e Th er efo r e .

the Gr eat Tacitus w ho al w ays sp eaks t o the purp o s e if he b e

,

righ t ly u n d erst o o d d o th i n this particular advis e men

, .

Omi tter e p oti us p r oera li da et adu lta vi ti a, guam hoe assegui , ui

p m eret, gui bus flagi tti is i mp ares

a la Th o s e w h o esse mus .
1

w o uld fell an old o ak ar e ill-advis ed if th ey b egi n wi t h

l o ppi n g the to p b o ughs 5 o u r tru e m eth od gen tl e m en is t o , ,

lay the ax e t o the r o o t as I do n o w i n a f rmi n g that the

, ,

r efo rmati o n of the pr e s en t age c o n sists wh olly i n th e s e few

w ords REW A R D TH E G OOD A N D P U N I S H TH E BA D
.

H er e Cl eob u lus h eld his p e ac e w ho s e o pi ni o n Thal e s ,

Mil esius did with such vi o l en c e o pp o s e as sh o w e d ho w

'

danger ou s a thi ng it is to o en d th o ugh by sp e aki ng the ,

truth th o s e who hav e the r ep u t e t o be g o o d an d wis e fo r

, ,

he with a ery c o u n t e na n c e br o k e fo rth i n t o th e s e w o rds

Mys elf and the s e g entl e m en m ost wis e Cl e o bulus wh o s e
, , ,

o pi n i o n s y o u hav e b ee n pl e as e d t o r ej e ct as s o phis t ical an d

m ee r chim eras did e xp e ct fr o m y o ur rar e wisd o m tha t you

,

had br o ught s om e n ew and miracul o us B e z o ar fr o m the

I n di e s fo r cur e o f t h e s e pr e s en t e vils wh er eas y o u hav e pr e ,

p o u n d e d that for the easi e s t r em e dy Which is the hard es t

and m o st imp o ssibl e tha t c o uld e v er be fan ci e d by the
prim e pre t en d ers to high myst eri e s Cai u s P lin ius and ,

A lb er tus Mag n us Th e r e is n o t any o f us my Cl e o b u l u s

,

, ,

that did n o t k no w b e for e y ou w er e pl eas e d t o pu t u s in

,

1
a ci tu s
T , Li b 3, A n n
. .
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mi n d o f it that th e r efo rmati o n o f the w o rld d ep en ds

,

wh olly up on r ewardi ng such as are g o o d an d pu n ishi ng the

wicked B ut giv e me l eav e to ask you w ho ar e th o s e tha t
.
,

i n this o ur age ar e p erfe ctly g oo d an d w ho exactly ill I

,

w o u ld als o k n o w w h eth er y o u r e ye can disc er n that which

c o uld n ev er yet be fo u n d o u t by any m an livi ng how to k now ,

tru e go o d n ess fr om that w hich is c o u n t erfe it D o n o t yo u .

k n o w that m o d er n hyp o crit e s ar e arriv e d at that h eight of

cu nn i ng that i n this o ur u nhappy age th o s e ar e acc o u nt e d
, ,

to b e c u n n in g e st i n th eir wick e dn ess w h o s e e m m o st exactly

g o o d an d that r eally p e rfe ct m e n w ho live i n si n c erity and

, ,

si ngl en e ss of s ou l with an u n disg ui s e d and u nar ti cial

,

go o dn e ss are th ou ght t o be sca n dal o u s a nd S illy ? E very

,
,

o n e by n atural i n sti n ct l o v e s th o s e tha t are g oo d and hat e s

th o s e that are w ick e d but pri n c es do i t b o th out o f i nstinct

,

an d i n t er e st an d w h e n hyp o crit e s or o th e r cu n ni n g ch e a t ers

,

are list e n e d u nt o by gr e a t me n whil e g oo d men are ,

suppr ess e d an d u n d ervalu e d it is n o t by the pri n c e s o w n

,

el e cti o n b u t thr o u gh t he ab u s e o f o th e rs T ru e v ertu e is .

k no w n o ne ly an d r e ward e d by G o d by wh om als o Vic es are ,

disc o v er e d an d pu n ish ed H e o n ely p e net rat e s i nt o the

.

d epths of m en s h e arts an d w e by m ean s of the win d o w I

, ,

pr op o s ed migh t als o hav e l ook e d th er ein had n ot the

,

e n emy o f man ki n d s o w n tar e s i n the el d wh e r e I s o w e d

the grai n o f g o o d advic e But n e w laws ho w g o o d an d

.
,

wh o l e s o m e s oev er hav e alw ai es b een an d e ve r will be with

,

st o o d by th o s e v iti o u s p eo pl e w ho are th e re by pu nish ed .

The r e as o n i n g o f Thal e s gav e mighty satisfacti on to the

A ss e mbly an d all o f th em tur n e d th eir e y e s up on P e rian
,

der who thi n ki n g hims elf ther e by d e sir e d t o sp e ak his

, ,

Opi n i o n b egan thus The vari e ty of o pi n i on s which I

,

have h eard c o n rms me i n my fo rm er t en e t that fo u r parts ,

 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR U CIA N S .

of ve w ho ick p erish b e caus e the physi ti ans k now n ot

are S

th eir dis eas e 5 such err o rs are i n d ee d e xcusabl e b ecaus e ,

men are easily d e c e iv e d i n ma t t ers o f m e r e c onj ect u r e but ,

that w e w ho are j udg e d by A p ollo t o be the salt o f the

,

e ar th sh o uld n ot k n o w the e vil u n d e r which the pr e s en t age

,

lab o urs r e d o u n ds much to o ur sham e sin c e the malady

, ,

which w e ought to c u r e li e s n o t hidd en i n the v ei n s but is so ,

man ife stly k no wn to all men t ha t it s elf cri e s al o ud fo r h elp .

A n d y et by all the r e as o n s I hav e h e ard all edg e d m ethi n ks

, ,

o u o ab o u t t o m e n d the arm wh en it is the h e art that

y g
is stula d
G en tl e men si n c e it is A p o ll o s pl easur e that
.
,

w e sh o uld do so si n c e o u r r e putati on stan ds up o n it an d

, ,

chari t y to o u r so a fict e d age r equir es it at o ur ha n ds let ,

us I b es ee ch yo u tak e fr o m o u r fac e s the mask o f r es p e ct

, , ,

which hath b een hith ert o w o rn by us all an d let us sp eak ,

fr eely The fatal err o r th e n w hich has so l o ng c on rm e d

.

ma nki n d i n th eir u n happi ne ss is this that while t he vic e s,

o f the gr e at hav e br o u ght the w o rld i n t o c o n fusi o n a r e ,

formati on o f privat e m en s faults has b een th ou ght su i ci ent

to r et ri e v e i t But the falsho o d avaric e prid e an d

.
, ,

hyp o crisi e o f privat e men are n o t the vic e s (th o ugh I co n

fess th e m t o be han i o u s e vils w hich hav e so m u ch d e prav e d
,

o ur age fo r t t i n g pu n ishm e n ts b e i ng by the law pr o vid e d

,

fo r e v ery fault an d fo ul acti o n man is so o b e di en t to the

,

laws an d so appr eh ensiv e o f j ustic e that a fe w mi nis ters

th er eo f mak e milli on s of m en t r embl e and men live i n such ,

p e ac e that the rich can n o t with o u t much da ng er to th e m

,

s elve s oppr ess the p o o r an d e v e ry o ne may walk safely

, ,

b o th by day an d n ight with g o ld i n th eir hand n ot o nely ,

i n the str eets but e v en in the highways But the w orld s

.

mo st da nge ro us in rmi ti es ar e disc o v e re d wh en pu b liqu e

p e ac e is dist u rb ed an d w e m u st all o f us c o nfe ss th at the
,
 TH E UN IVER SA L R EFO R M A TIO N 53

a mbitio n avaric e and diab olical e n gage me nt which the

, ,

s w o rds of s o m e p ow erfu l pri n c e s hav e usurp ed o v er the

state s o f th o s e l e ss p o w erful is the gr e at scan dal o f the
pr e s en t tim e s Tis this g en tl em e n which hath ll e d the
.

, ,

world w ith hatre d and s u spici o n an d hath dele d it w ith so ,

much bl o o d that men w ho w e re cr eat e d by G o d with hu man e

, ,

h earts and civil i n cli n ati on s are b e c o me rav en ou s W ild e ,

b easts t e ari n g o n e an o th er i n pi e c e s with all s orts o f i n

,

huma nity The ambiti on o f th e s e men hath chang e d

.

publik e p eac e i n t o m o st cru el w ar v er t u e int o vic e the l o v e , ,

w h i ch w e o ught t o hear o u r n eighb o urs i nt o such i n t e sti n e

hatr e d that th ough ly o n s app e ar ly on s to th e ir o wn sp eci e s
, , ,

y e t the S c o t ch t o th e En glish th e Italian s to the Ge rman s , ,

the F r e n c h t o th e S pa n iards a n d e v e ry n ati o n t o a n o t h e r , ,

app ear n o t men and br e thr en but cr e atur es o f an oth e r ki n d ,

so tha t j u stic e b ei n g o ppr e ss e d by the i n e xplicabl e ambi

ti o n of p o t ent me n o ur rac e which w as b o r n br ou ght u p

, , , ,

an d did liv e l o n g u n d e r the g o v e r n m e nt o f wh o l e s o m e laws ,

w axi ng n o w cr u el to its elf liv e s with the i n sti n c t o f b easts , ,

r eady t o o ppre ss the w e ak er Th eft which is u n d o ubt e dly .

bas e is so p ers ec u t e d by the laws that t he st eali n g o f an

,

e
gg is a capit al fault y e t p o w e rful m e n are so bli
,
n d e d w ith
ambiti on as to r ob an o th er man per di ou sly o f his wh o l e
stat e which is n o t th o u gh t to be an ex e crabl e mischi ef but
,

an n o bl e o cc u pati o n an d o n ely t for ki n gs ,

Tacitus the .
,

mast er o f p o licy that he may w i n the g o o d will o f pri n c es

, ,

is n ot asham e d t o say I n summa F or tuna i d cegui s gu od ,

valli di us, et sua r eti nere p r i v a tes domus , de a li en is certar e,

regia m laudem esse .

1
If it be tru e as all p oliticians agr ee , ,

that p eopl e are t he pri n c e s ap e s ho w c an th o s e who o b e y

,

liv e v ertuo u sly q u ie t w h en th eir c o mman de rs do s o ab o u n d

Ta ci tu s L i b V A n n
1
, . . .
 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SI CR UCIA N S .

in vic e . To b er e av e a p o w erful pri n c e o f a ki ngdome is a

w eighty b u si n e ss w hich is n o t to be d o n e by o ne man
al on e To e ffe ct so fo u l an i n t en t th ey must er a m u ltit u d e
.

o f me n w ho that th ey may n o t fe ar t he sham e o f st e ali n g

, ,

th eir n eighb ou rs g o o ds o f murth e ri n g me n an d o f ring

, ,

citi e s cha ng e the n am e o f bas e thi ef i n t o that o f gallan t

,

s o u ldi er an d vallian t c o mman d e r A n d t hat which aggra

.

vat es this evil is that e v en g o o d pri n c e s are forc e d to r u n

up o n the sam e r o cks to d e fe n d th eir o wn e stat e s fr o m the
rav e n o usn e ss o f th e s e harpycs an d to r egai n what th ey hav e
,

l o st an d to r e v eng e th ems elv e s o f th o s e that hav e i nj u r e d

,

th em hav e i n r e priz al go t p o ss e ssi o n o f th eir d omin i o n s till

, , ,

lur e d o n by gai n th e y b e tak e th ems e lve s to the sam e sham e

,

ful trad e Thus the m eth o d o f p lu n dermg o th ers of th eir

.

kingdo m es is b e c o m e a r e putabl e art an d huma n e w it, ,

mad e t o admir e an d c o nte mplat e the miracl e s o f H e av en

an d the w o n d e rs o f the e arth is w h o lly t u r n e d t o i n v en t
,

stra t ag ems and to pl o t tr eas o n s w hil e the han ds w hich w e r e

, ,

mad e to cul t ivat e th e e arth that feeds u s are empl oy e d i n,

the e x ercis e o f arms t hat w e may k i ll o n e a n o th e r. This .

is the w o u n d w hich hath bro ught o u r age t o its last gasp ,

an d the t r u e way to r em e dy it is fo r pri n c e s w ho u se s u ch

d eali ngs to am en d th e ms elv es an d to be c on t en t with th e ir

,

o w n fo rtu n e s fo r c ertai n ly it app e ars v ery s t ra ng e that th e r e

, , ,

sh ould be any ki ng w h o ca nn o t sati s e hi s ambiti o n w ith the

abs ol u t e c o mmand o v er twen ty milli o ns o f m en P ri nc e s
.
,

as
y o u all k n o w w ,
e r e o rdai n e d by G o d o n e arth fo r t h e

g o o d o f manki n d 5 th er efor e it w o uld do well n ot o n e ly t o

,

b ridl e th eir ambiti o u s lus t aft er the p o ss e ssi o n s of o th ers ,

but I think it n e c e ssary tha t the p e culiar e ngagem en t which

s o m e men pr et en d th e ir sw o rds hav e o v er all e s t at e s be ,

cut up by th e r o o t an d I advis e ab o v e all thi ngs tha t the

,
 TH E };UN IVER SA L R E FO R MA TIO N .
55

gre at ness o f prin cipaliti e s be limit ed it b eing imp o ssi bl e,

that o v ergro wn ki ngdo ms sh ou ld be g o v ern e d with that

e xact car e a nd j ustic e which is r e quisit e t o t he p eo pl e s

g o o d an d w hich p r i n c es are b o u n d t o obs erv e Th ere n eve r

, .

w as a v ast m on a r chy w hich w as n o t i n a sh o rt tim e l o st by

the n eglig e n c e o f its g o v e r n o rs .

H er e P eria n d e r e nd ed wh o m S ol o n thus opp os e d

,
The
tru e caus e Pe rian d er o f our pr e s en t mischi efs which yo u
, ,

have m entio ne d w ith s u ch lib e rty of sp ee ch was n ot omitt ed

by us o ut o f ig no ran c e but o u t o f pr u d en c e The dis
,
.

o rd e rs o u sp e ak o f b ega n wh en the w o rld was rs t

y
p eo pl ed and y o u k n o w that the m o st skilful physi tian
,

canno t r e st or e sight to o n e b o r n bli n d I m e n ti o n this .

b ecau s e it is much the sam e thi ng to c u re an i nrm e ye as

t o r efo rm a n tiquat e d e rr o rs F o r as the skilfu l physi tian
.

b etak e s hims elf t o his cau t ers the rst day he s ee s the dis
t emp er e d eye wat er bu t is fo rc ed to l eav e that pati ent i n
,

d es erve d blin dn e ss w ho n egl e ct ed to s eek a c u r e till his

sight w as quit e l o st so r efo rm ers S h o u ld o pp o s e ab u s e s with
,

s ev e r e r em e di e s the v e ry rst h o ur that th ey c o mm en c e for ,

w h en vic e and c orru pti on hav e got d eep r o o ti ng it is wis eli er ,

d o ne to t o l e rat e the evil th en to go ab o ut to r e m e dy it o u t

,

o f tim e wi t h da n g er t o o ccasi o n w o rs e i n c o n v eni en c e s it

, ,

b eing m o r e da ng er o u s to cu t an old w en th en it is mis

b e c oming to let it stan d M o r eo v e r w e are h er e t o call
.
,

to mi n d th e dis o rd ers o f p r ivat e men an d to u se m o d e sty

,

i n so d o i n g b ut t o be S il e n t i n wha t c o n c er n s pri n c e s for

, ,

th ey havin g n o sup eri o urs i n this w o rld it b el o ngs o n ely to

G o d t o r eform th em H e havi ng giv en th e m t he pr ero gativ e
,

to c o mma n d u s th e gl ory t o o b ey
,
S ubj e cts th er efor e
.
, ,

S h o uld c orr e ct the faults of th eir rul e rs o n ely by th e ir o w n

g o dly living for the h e arts o f pri nc e s b ei ng i n the han ds

,
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA N S .

of t he A l mighty w he n p e o pl e d e s erv e ill fro m H i s Divin e

,

M aj e sti e h e r ais e th up P har o ahs agai n st th e m an d o n the , ,

c o n trary m ak e s pri n c e s t en d er -h e art e d w h e n p e o pl e by

, ,

th eir d elity an d o b e di en c e d es e rv e G o d s assista n c e .

W hat S o l o n said was m u ch c o mm en d e d by all the

h ear ers an d th en Cat o b e gan thu s Y o ur o pin io n s
, ,

m o st wis e Gr e cia n s ar e m u ch t o be admir ed an d hav e

, ,

ab u n dan tly j u stie d the pr ofo u n d e st ee m w hich all the

L itterati hav e o f y o u 5 the vic e s c o rr u pti o n s and ulc erat e d , ,

w o un ds u n d e r w hich the age la nguish e s c o uld n ot be b ett er

disc o v e r e d an d p o i n t e d o ut N o r ar e y o ur o pi n i o n s which .
,

ar e full o f h u ma n e k n o wl e dg e gai n -
said h er e for tha t ,

th e y ar e n ot exc ell en t but fo r that t he malady is so habitu,

at e d in the v ei n s and is e v e n so gr ou n d ed i n the b o nes

, ,

tha t the c o n stituti on o f ma nki nd is w o r n ou t a nd th e ir ,

vital v e rt u e yi elds to the str e ngth o f the dist emp e r ; i n

sh ort the pati e n t spits n o thi ng but bl oo d and putr efac ti o n
, ,

a n d the hair falls fr o m his h e ad The physiti an ge nt l emen .

, ,

b ath a hard par t to p lay w h en the sick man s maladi e s ar e

many and o n e so far di fferi ng fro m an o t h e r tha t c o oli ng

,

m e dici ne s and s u ch as ar e go o d fo r a ho t liv er are n o u ght

, ,

for the st o mach an d w e ak e n i t too m u ch

, Truly this is .

j u st ou r cas e fo r the maladi e s which m ol e s t o ur age e qual

,

the stars o f h e av e n and ar e m o r e vari o u s tha n the o w e rs

,

o f th e eld I the r e fo r e thin k this c u r e de sp erat e an d

.
, , ,

that the pati en t is t o tally incapabl e o f huma ne h elp W e .

must hav e r e c ours e to pray ers and t o o th er divi ne h elps ,

which i n lik e cas e are us u ally impl o r e d fr o m G o d ; this is

.

t he tru e n orth -star w hich i n th e gr e at e st difcul t i es l eads

, , ,

me n i nt o the harb o ur o f p erfe cti on for P auoi p rudentia , ,

honesta a b deter i or ibus, u tili a a b noai is discer na nt; p lures ali aram
eventis docentu r .
1
If we appr o v e this c o n sid er ati o n we shall
1
Ta c .
, Li b . iv .
, A nn .
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earth o ne ly t o e xtirpat e th o s e disc omp o s e d and wild e w its ,

th o s e u n t u n abl e a n d bl o o dthirsty s o uls th o s e h et er o d o x ,

an d phan tasti ck b r ai n s w ho b e i n g o f a d e prav e d j u dgm e n t

, , ,

are n o thi n g bu t mad m e n w h o s e ambiti o n w a s b o u n dl e ss

, ,

an d prid e w ith o ut e n d a n d that w h e n m a n ki n d sh o uld

, ,

thr o u gh th eir d e m erits b e c o m e u n w o r thy o f any m ercy

,

fr o m the A lmighty H e w o uld be pl eas e d t o pu nish th e m

,

with the sc ourg es o f plagu e s w o rd a n d fami n e rath er tha n

, , ,

to d eliv e r ma nki n d u n t o t he g o o d will an d pl e asur e o f th o s e

i ns o l en t an d w ick ed r u l e rs w ho b e i n g c o mp o s e d o f n o thi ng
, ,

bu t bli n d z e al a n d diab o lical fo lly w o uld p u ll the w o rld i n ,

pi e c e s if th ey c o u ld c ompass t he b e stial capric e s th ey h o urly

hatch i n th eir h e ads .

Cat o s o pi n i o n had this u nlucky e n d w h e n S en e ca thus ,

b egan R o ugh d e ali n g is n o t s o g re atly r e quisit e i n

r efo rmatio n as w o u ld s e e m by man y o f y o ur disc o urs es ,

e sp e cially wh e n dis o rd e rs hav e g r o w n t o s o gr e at a h e ight

5
o n th e c o n trary th ey o ught lik e w o u nds w hich ar e s u bj e ct
, ,

to c o nv u lsi o n s t o b e dr e st w ith a light ha n d

, It is a .

sca n dal t o the physi ti an that the pati e n t sh o u ld die with

his pr escripti o n s III his b o dy sin c e all me n w ill c o n cl u d e
,

that the mede ci n e hath d o n e him m o r e harm th en his

malady It is a rash advic e to go fr o m o n e e xtr em e to
.

an oth er passin g by the du e m edium 5 ma n s n atur e is n ot

,

capabl e o f vi ol e n t mutati o n s an d if it be tr u e that the ,

w o rld hath b een falli n g many th o usa n d y e ars i nt o the pre

s en t i n r mi ti es h e is a v ery fo o l w ho thi nks t o r e st or e it
,

to h ealth i n a fe w da y s M o r e o v e r i n r e fo rmati on the

.
,

c o n di t i on s o f th o s e w ho do r eform an d the qualiti es o f ,

t h o s e that ar e to be r efo rm ed o ught to b e e xactly con ,

sider e d . W e that are the refo rm e rs are phil o s oph ers an d

me n o f l e ar ni n g and if th o s e t o be r e fo rm e d be o n ely
,
 TH E UN I VER SA L REFORMA TION

stati on ers pri n t ers su ch as s ell pap e r p e n s an d i nk o r

, , , , ,

o th e r such thi n gs app e rtai n i n g t o l e ar n i n g w e m a v ery

y ,

w ell c o r re ct th e i r err o rs but if w e offe r t o r e ctify the fau lts

,

of o th er tra de s w e shal l c o mmit w o rs e e rr o rs an d b e c o m e

, ,

m ore ridicu l o u s th e n t he sh oe mak er w ho w o u ld j udge o f

c ol ou rs an d durst c e n s u r e A p ell e s his pict u r e s This I
, .
,

m u st say is a d efe ct fre qu en t i n u s Litt erati w ho fo r fo ur

, , ,

cuj us that w e hav e i n o u r h e ads pr e t e n d t o kn o w all thi n gs ,

,

an d are n o t awar e that w h e n w e rst sw erv e fr o m o u r b o o ks

w e r u n ri o t an d say a th o u sa n d thi ngs fr o m th e p u rp o s e

,
.

I say this g en tl em e n b e caus e n o thi ng m ore o bviat e s r efe r

, ,

mati o n s th en t o w alk th e r e i n i n the dark w hich happ e n s ,

wh en r e form ers are n o t w ell acqu ai n t e d with the vic e s

o f th o s e with wh o m th ey hav e t o d e al The r e as o n is
.

appar en t for n o thi n g mak e s men m o r e o bstin ate i n th e ir

,

e rr o rs th e n w h e n th e y n d th e ir r e fo rm er s ill -i n fo rm e d o f

th eir d efe cts N o w w hich o f us is acquai n t e d with the

.
,

fals eh oo d o f n o tari e s the pre varicati o n s o f adv o cat es the

, ,

sim on y o f j u dges the tricks o f att o rn eys the ch e at s o f

, ,

ap o th e cari es the l ching o f tail o rs the r o gu ery o f b u tch ers

, , ,

an d the ch e ati n g tricks o f a th o u sa n d o th e r ar ti cers ? A nd

y e t all th e s e e xc e ss e s m u st be by u s c o rr e ct e d w hi ch a r e so ,

far fr o m o u r pr o fe ssi o n that w e shall app ear lik e so man y

bli n d fell o w s fu mbli ng to st o p a l e aky cask which S pills the
wi ne o n e v ery side This gen tl em en is e n o ugh to c o n
.
, ,

v i ncc u that r e fo rmati o n is o n ly lik e ly t o pr o c e e d w ell

y o

wh en marin e rs disc o urs e o f n avigati o n s o u ldi ers o f war , ,

sh eph erds o f sh ee p an d h erdsm en o f b u ll o cks It is m a n i

,
.

fe st pr esumpti o n i n us to pr et e nd to k n o w all thi ngs ,

an d mecr malic e t o b e li ev e that i n e v ery o cc u pati o n th er e

are n o t thr e e or fo ur h o n e st me n My Opi n i o n th e r efo re

.
, ,

is t hat w e o u ght to s en d for a fe w o f each pr o fe ssi on of

,
 HIST OR Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA N S .

k no w n pr o bity and w o r th and that e v ery o n e sh o uld cor

,

r e ct his o w n trad e 5 by this m e an s w e shall publish t o the ,

wo rld a r e fo rmati on w o r t hy of o u rs e lv e s an d of the pr e s en t

e xig en ci e s .

P ittachu s an d Chi le e xt o ll e d this sp e e ch t o the ski e s an d ,

s eei ng the o th e r phil o s o ph ers of a c o ntra ry s en tim en t p r o ,

t est e d b efo re G o d an d the w o rld that th ey b eli e v e d i t w as

imp o ssibl e to nd o ut a b ett er m e an s fo r the r efo rmatio n
o f ma n ki n d e t did th r st f th e ir c o mpa n i o n s abh o r it
y , e e o

m or e tha n C at o s pr o p o sitio n and w ith gr e at i ndig n ati o n

t old S en e ca th ey much w o nd e r e d that he by taki n g m o r e ,

r e fo rm ers i nt o th eir n umb er S h o u ld so far dish o n ou r,

A p o ll o w ho had th o ught th e m n ot o n ly s ufci e n t but

,

e xc e ll e n tly t for that busi n e ss It was n o t w is ely advis e d

.

t o b egi n t he g ene ral r e fo rmati o n by publishi n g th e ir o w n

w eak n e ss fo r all re s o luti o n s w hich d etract fr o m the cr e dit

,
.

o f the p u blish e rs wa n t that r eputati o n w hich is t he v e ry

s o u l o f b u sin e ss It w as stra ng e a man who w as the v e ry

.

prim e sage o f Lati n writ ers sh o uld be so lavish o f auth o rity ,

w hich sh o u ld be gu ard ed m o r e j e al o usly th e n w o m en s

h on o r si n c e the w is e st me n did all agr ee that t w e n ty

,

p ou n d o f bl oo d tak en fr o m the life-vai n w as w e ll i mplo ye d

to gai n but o n e o u n c e o f j u risdicti o n .

The wh o l e A ss embly w er e mightily afflict e d wh e n by the ,

r e putat i on o f S e ne ca s Opin i o n th ey fou n d smal h op e s o f

,

ef fe c t i ng the r e fo rmatio n for th ey r elyed litt l e o n Mazz on i

, ,

who was but a n o vic e 5 which t h o ugh M az z o n i did by man y

sign s p erc eiv e y et n o whit disc o urag ed he sp o k e thus
, , ,

It was n o t for any m erit o f mi ne m o st w ise phil o s oph ers , ,

that I was admitt e d by A p oll o i nt o this r e v er en d c ongr ega

ti o n but o ut o f his Maj e sti e s sp e cial fav o ur ; an d I v ery
,

w e ll k n o w that i t b e tt er b e c o m e s me t o u se my e ars tha n

 TH E UN IVER SA L R E FO R MA TIO N .

my t ongu e and c ertainly I S h ou ld n ot dare t o o p en my

,

m o u th up o nany o th e r o ccasi o n 5 bu t r e fo rmati o n b e ing the

b u si n ess i n han d an d I lat ely c o mi ng wh e r e n o thi n g is
,

sp o k en o f but r eformati o n an d r e fo rm e rs I d e sir e that ,

'

e v ery o n e may h o ld th eir p e ac e an d that I alo n e may be

,

h eard to sp eak i n a busin ess w hich I am so v erst in that I

may b o ast mys elf to be the o n ely Eu clid o f this math e
matick Give me l eav e I b e s e e ch y o u to say that you
.
, , ,

i n r elati ng y o ur Opi n i o n s s e em t o me t o be lik e th o s e in

,

di scretc p hysi ti an s w ho l o s e tim e i n c o n s u lti n g and disput

i ng with o ut havi n g s e en the sick party o r h e ard fr o m his
,

o w n m o uth th e acc o u n t o f his dis e as e Our b u si n e ss

.
,

g e n tl e m e n is t o c u r e the pr es en t age o f the fo u l i n rmitie s

,

u n d e r which she lab o urs 5 w e hav e all lab o ur e d t o n d o u t

the r e as o n s o f the maladi e s an d its pr o p er r e m e dys bu t ,

n o n e o f u s hath b e en so w is e as t o V isit the sick party I .

th er efo r e advis e that w e s en d for the pr e s ent A ge t o c o m e

hith er an d be exami n ed that w e i n t err o gat e it o f its S ick
,

n e ss an d that w e se e t he ill -a f
,
fect e d parts n ak e d for this ,

w ill mak e the c u r e easie w hich y o u n o w thi n k d e sp erat e
,
.

The wh o l e A ss e mbly was so pl e as e d at Mazz o n i s m o ti o n

,

that the r e fo rm ers imm e diat ely c o mma nd e d the A ge t o b e

s en t fo r w ho was pr es en tly br o u ght i n a chair t o the
,

D elphi ck P alac e by the fo ur S e as o n s o f the y e ar H e was .

a man fu ll o f ye ars bu t o f so gr e at and str on g a c o mpl exi on

,

that he s e em e d lik ely to liv e yet ma ny ag e s o n ely he was ,

sh ort br eath ed an d his v oyce was v e ry w e ak at which the

, ,

phil o s oph ers m u ch w o n d e ri n g ask e d him what was the

, ,

r e as on that he wh o s e r uddy fac e was a sig n o f much

,

n at ural h e at an d vig o r a n d o f a g o o d st o mach w as n e v e r

, ,

thele ss so fee bl e ? A n d t h ey t o ld him that a hu n dr e d y e ars

b efor e his fac e w as so y e ll o w that he s ee m ed to ha v e the

 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

j aun dic e yet he S p o k e fr e ely an d s eem e d t o be str o n ger

, ,

th en he was n ow and si n c e th ey had s e n t for him t o cur e

,

his inrmity he sh o uld sp e ak fr eely of his gri efs

,
.

The A ge a n sw er e d thus S oo n aft e r I was b o r n ,

gen tl em en I fell i nt o th es e maladi es un d er which I n ow

,

lab o u r My fac e is fr e sh an d r u ddy b ecaus e p eopl e hav e

.

p et er e d it an d c o l o ur e d it w ith lak e s 5 my sickn e ss r c

s e mbl e s the ebbi ng an d o wing o f the sea which alwai es ,

c o n tai n s the sam e wat er th o ugh i t ris e s an d fals with this

, ,

variati o n n o t w ithsta n di n g that wh en my l o o ks are o ut

,

w ardly g o o d my malady is m or e gri ev o us i n wardly (as

,

at this pr e s en t) bu t wh en my fac e l o oks ill I am b e s t

, ,

withi n A s fo r the i n rmiti es w hich t o rm en t me do

.
,

bu t tak e o ff this gay j ack e t wh er e with s o m e g o o d p eo pl e

,

hav e c o v er e d a r o tt en carcass and Vi e w me n ak e d as I was

,

mad e by Natur e .

A t th e s e w o rds the phil o s o ph e rs stript him i n a tric e ,

an d fo u n d that this mis e rabl e wr e tch was c o v e r e d all o v e r

fo ur i n che s thi ck wi t h a scurf o f app e ara n c e s Th ey cau s e d .

t e n raz o rs to be fo r thwith br o ught u n t o th e m an d fell t o ,

shavin g it off with gr e at dilig e n c e but th ey fo u n d it so far ,

e at e n i n t o his v e ry b o n e s that i n all th e h u g e c o l o ssus th e r e

was n o t o n e i n ch o f g oo d liv e esh at which b ei ng struck , ,

with h o rr o r an d d espair th e y put o n the pati en t s cloaths

,

agai n an d di smi st him Th en c o nvi n c e d that the dis e as e

, .
,

was i n c u rabl e th ey S hut th ems elve s up t ogeth e r and

, ,

aban d o n i n g the cas e o f publik e affairs th ey r es o lv ed to ,

pro vid e fo r the safe ty o f th eir o w n r ep u tati on s Mazz oni .

w rit what the r est o f the r efo rm ers dictat e d a Man ife st o , ,

w h er e i n they wi t ne ss e d to the w o rld the gr e at car e A p oll o

e v e r had o f the vir t u o us liv e s o f his Li tt e rati an d o f the
,

w el far e o f all ma nki n d als o what pai n s the Refo rm ers had
,
 TH E UN IVER SA L R E FOR MA TION .

tak en i n c o mpili ng the G en eral R eformati on Th e n .

,

c o mi ng to particulars th ey x t the pric e s o f sprats cab

, ,

biges an d pumpki n s
,
The A ss e mbly had alr e ady u n d er
.

written the Refo rmati on wh en Thal e s pu t th e m in mi n d

t hat c ertai n higlers who s o ld p e as e an d black-cherryes
, ,

vi nt e d s u ch small m e asur e s that it was a sham e n ot to tak e

o r d e r th er e i n Th e A ss e mbly than k t Thal e s for his adv er
.

ti se ment an d add e d t o th e ir r efo rmati o n that the m e as u r e s

,

sh o u ld be mad e gr eat er Th en the palac e gat e s were

.

thr o wn o p en and the G en e ral R e fo rmati o n w as r e ad i n t he

, ,

plac e app o in t e d fo r such p u rp o s e s t o the p e o pl e ass embl ed ,

i n gr e at n u mb ers in the mark e t-plac e an d w as so g e n erally ,

applau d e d by e v ery o n e that all P arn ass u s ran g with S h ou ts

o f j o y fo r t he rabbl e ar e satis e d w ith t r i e s whil e m e n o f
, ,

j u dgmen t k now that vi tia erunt donec homines as l o n g as

1

th ere b e men th er e will be vic e s that men live on e arth

n o t i nd ee d w e ll bu t as littl e ill as th e y may an d that the
, ,

h eight of human wisd o m li e s i n the discr e ti o n t o be c o n t en t

w ith l eavi ng the w orld as th e y fo un d it .

1 Tac .
, Li b . iv .
,
H is t .
 CH A P TER I II .

TH E F A M A F R A TE R N ITA TI S OF TH E M ER IT OR I OU S OR D ER OF

TH E R OS Y C R OS S , A DD R E S S E D TO TH E LEA R N ED IN

GE N ERA L ,
A N D TH E G OV ER N OR S OF E U R OPE .

TH E o rigi n al e diti on o f the U niv ersal R eforma t i on co n

tai n e d the ma n ife s t o b e ari n g t he ab o v e titl e b u t which the ,

n o tary H asc lme yer d e clar e s t o hav e e xist e d i n ma n u sc ript

as e arly as the y e ar 1 6 1 0 as w o u ld als o app e ar fr o m a

,

passage i n the Cass e l e ditio n o f 1 6 1 4 the e arli e st w hich I ,

hav e b ee n abl e to trac e It was r e pri nt e d with the Co n

.

fe ssi o F r atern itati s an d t he A llg em e i n e Re fo rmati o n

der Ga nz en W e lt at F ran c kfurt-o n-the-May n e i n 1 6 1 5 .

A D utch tran sla t i o n was als o pu b lish e d i n this y e ar an d ,

by 1 6 1 7 t h e r e had b e en fo u r F ran ckfurt e diti o ns the last ,

o mitti ng the
U niv ersal R efo rmati o n which th o ugh it

, ,

r e c e iv ed an elab o rat e alch e mical elucidati o n by Brotoffer 1 ,

s eems gradually t o hav e dr opp e d o u t of n o tic e Oth e r .

e diti o n s, says B u hl e fo ll o w e d i n the y e ars imm e diat ely
,

s u cc eedi ng but th e s e it is u nn e c essary t o n o tic e I n the

, .

titl e-page o f the third F ran ckfu rt e diti o n stands F irst

p r i n ted a t C asse l i n th e y e ar 1 6 1 6 Bu t t h e fo ur
. rst w o rds
apply to the origi n al e diti on the fo ur last to this ,
2
.

1
E lu c i dar i u s M aj o r , O d er Ek l e u c hte r u ngc u b er di e R e for mat i o n
de r gan z e n W e i te n W e l t D ur ch Ra dt ic hs Br o t o ffc rr .

1617 .

2
De Q u in c e y , R sic r u ci an s an d F r e ema s o n s
o

.
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SI CR UCIA N S .

his subtilty and craft d o th sh ew hims e lf i n hin d eri ng ev ery

,

g oo d purp o s e by his i nstrum en t s an d c o n t ent i o us wav e ri ng

p eopl e .

To such an i nt en ti o n o f a g e n eral r efo rmati on the m o st ,

g odly an d highly -illumin at e d F ath er o u r Br oth er C R C , ,

. . .
,

a G erman the chi ef an d o rigi n al o f o u r F rat ern ity hath

, ,

much an d l o ng tim e lab our ed w ho by r eas o n o f his p o v e r ty , ,

i h of
(alth o ugh d e sc e n d e d o f n o b l e par e n ts ) n t e fth y e ar ,

his age was plac e d i n a cloyster wh ere he had l e ar n e d i h ,

differ e ntly the G reek an d Lati n t o ngu e s an d (u p o n his ,

e ar n e st d e sir e an d r e qu e st b e i n g y e t i n his gr o wi n g y e a r s
) , ,

was ass o ciat e d to a Br o the r P A L who had d et er mi n e d ,

. . .
,

t o go t o the H oly La n d A lth o ugh this B r o th e r dy e d i n

.

Cipr u s and so n e v e r cam e to J e rusal e m y e t o ur Br o th e r

, ,

C R C did n o t r e tur n but shipp e d hims elf o v e r an d w e n t

. . .
, ,

to D amasc o mi n di n g fr o m th e n c e t o go t o J e r u sal em
,
But .

by r e as o n o f the feebl en e ss o f hi s b o dy he r emai ne d still

th er e an d by his skill i n physic he o b t ai n e d much fav o u r
,

w ith the Turk s an d in the m ea n tim e he b ecam e ac quai nt ed

,

with the Wis e M en o f Damcar i n A rabia and b eh eld what ,

gr e at w onders th ey wr o ught and ho w Natur e was disc ov er e d ,

u n t o th em .

H er eby was that high a nd no bl e spirit o f Br o th e r C R C . . .

so stir e d up that J er u sal e m was n o t S O much n o w i n his

,

mi n d as D amasc o 5 als o he c o uld n ot bridl e his d e sir e s

1

an y l o n ge r b u t mad e a bargai n with th e A rabia n s that

,

th ey sh o uld carry him for a c ertai n sum o f m oney to D amcar .

1
Damasc u s k n own cit y d en om in at e d D amc ar are co n
an d the un

t i n u al ly c on fu s e d i n t h e G er man e di t i o n s Bro t h e r C R C e v i . . . .

de n t ly did n ot p r o j e c t a j o u rn e y t o Dama sc u s which he h a d al r e a dy ,

re a ch e d 5 n e v e rt h e l e ss t his is t h e n ame a pp ear in g i n t his pl a c e a n d ,

I h av e d e cid e d o n r e tai n i n g i t fo r re a s o n s wh ich w ill s u b s e qu e n t ly

b e ma d e e vid e n t .
 FA MA F R A TE R N I TA TIS .

He w as but of ixt een y e ars wh en he cam e

t he g
ae of S

thith er yet o f a str ong D utch c o nstituti on

,
Th ere the .

Wis e M en r e c e ive d him no t as a strang e r (as he hims elf

wit ness eth ) but as o n e w h o m they had l o n g exp e ct e d 5
,

th ey call e d him by his n am e an d sh ewed him o th er s ecr et s ,

o ut o f hi s clo ster w h er e at h e c o uld n o t but migh t ily

y ,

w o n d er .

H e l e arn e d th er e b e tt er the A ra bia n t ongu e so that the ,

y e ar fo ll o wing he tran slat e d the b o o k M i nt o go o d Lati n ,

which he aft er wards bro ught w ith him This is the plac e .

w h er e he did l e arn his Physick and his Math ematics wh er e o f ,

the w o rld hath much caus e t o r ej o ic e if th e r e w er e m o r e ,

l o v e an d less envy .

A ft er t hr ee y e ars he r e tur ne d again with g o o d c on s e n t ,

shipp e d hims elf o v er S inus A ra bi cus i n to Egypt wh er e he ,

remai n ed n o t l ong bu t only t o ok b ett er n o tic e th er e o f the

,

pla nts and cr e atures H e sail ed o v er the wh o l e M edi

.

t erran ea n S ea for to c o m e u nt o F ez wh er e the A rabian s ,

had dir e ct e d him .

It is a gr e at sham e u nt o us that w is e men so far ,

r em o t e the o n e fro m the o th er sh o uld no t o nly be o f ,

o n e o pi n i o n hati ng all c o n t e n ti o us w riti ngs bu t als o be so

, ,

w illi ng an d r e ady u n d er the s e al o f secresy to impart th eir

, ,

s ecr ets to o th ers Ev ery y e ar the A rabian s an d A frica n s

.

do s en d o n e t o a no th er i nq uiri ng o n e o f an o th e r o ut o f
,

th eir arts if happily t h ey had fo u n d o ut s o m e b ett er

,

thi ngs or if exp eri en c e had w e ak ene d th eir r e as o ns

, .

Ye arly th ere cam e s om e thi ng t o ligh t wh ereby the Math e

mati es P hysic an d Magic (for in th o s e are th ey of F e z
, ,

mo st skilfu l ) w er e am en d e d Th er e is n o w-a-days n o wan t

.

o f l e ar n e d men i n G erma ny Magician s Cabalists P hysi , , ,

c i ans
, an d P hil o s o ph e rs w e r e t h er e but m or e l o v e and
,
 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

ki nd n ess am ong th em o r that the m o st par t o f th e m w o u ld

,

n o t k ee p th e ir s e cr e t s cl o s e o nly t o th e ms e lv e s .

A t F e z he did get ac qu ai nta n c e w ith th o s e which are

c omm o n ly call e d the E l em en tary i n habi t a n ts who r e v eal e d ,

u n t o him man y o f th e ir s e cr e ts as w e G erman s lik e w is e ,

migh t gath er t og e th e r ma ny thi ngs if th e r e w e r e the lik e

u n ity an d d e sir e o f s e archi n g o u t s e cr e ts am o n gst us .

Of t h e s e of F ez he o ft e n did c o n fe ss tha t th e ir Magia ,

was n o t alt og e th er pur e an d als o that th eir Cabala was

,

dc le d w ith t h eir R eligi o n 5 but n o t w ithsta n di n g he , ,

k n ew ho w t o mak e g o o d u se o f the sam e an d fo u nd still ,

m o r e b ett e r gr o u n ds fo r his faith alt og e th er agr e eabl e ,

with the harm o ny o f the w h o l e w o rld an d w o n d erfully ,

impre ss ed i n all p eri o ds o f tim e Th en c e pr o c ee d e th that .

fair Co nc ord that as i n e v ery s e v eral k e r nel is c on tain e d a

,

w h o l e g o o d tree or fruit so lik e wis e is i ncl u d e d i n the

,

littl e b o dy o f man the w ho l e gr e at w o rld w ho s e r eligi on

, , ,

p o licy h e alth m emb ers n atur e la n guage w o rds an d

, , , , , ,

w o rks are agr e ein g sympathizi n g an d i n e q u al t un e an d

, , ,

m el o dy w ith G o d H e av e n and E arth ; an d that which is

, ,

disagr e ei ng with th e m is e rr o r fals eh ood an d o f the d e vil

, , ,

who al o n e is the rst middl e an d last caus e o f strife

, , ,

bli nd n ess and dark n e ss i n the w o rld A ls o might o n e

,
.
,

e xami n e all an d s e v e ral p e rs o n s up o n the e arth he sh o uld ,

nd that w hich is g oo d an d right is al w ays agr eei n g with

its elf but all the re st is sp o tt e d with a th o usan d err on eo us
,

c on c eits .

A ft e r two y ears Bro t h er R C d e part e d the city F e z . .

,

an d sail e d with man y c o stly thi ngs i n t o S pai n h o pi n g ,

w ell as he hims elf had so w ell an d pr o tably sp en t his

,

tim e in his t rav el tha t the l earn e d in Eur o p e w o uld highly

,

r e o c e with hi m and b egi n t o rul e an d o rd e r all th eir

j y ,
 FA MA F R A TE R N I TA TIS .

st u di e s acc ordi ng to th o s e s u r e an d s ou n d fo u n dati on s .

H e th er e fo r e c o n ferr e d w ith the l e ar n e d i n S pain sh e wi ng ,

u nt o th em the e rr o rs o f o ur arts an d ho w th ey m i ght be ,

c o rr e ct e d and fr o m wh enc e th ey sh ould gath er the tru e

,

I nditi a o f the tim e s to c o m e an d wh e r e i n they o ught t o

,

agree w ith th o s e things that are past ; als o how the faults
o f th e C hurch an d t he wh o l e P hi losop hi a M oralis w er e t o

be am en d ed H e sh e w e d th e m n e w gr o wths n ew fruits
.
, ,

an d b e asts w hich did c o n c o rd with o ld phil o s o phy an d

, ,

pre scrib ed th e m n ew A x i o mata w h ereby all thi n gs might

,

f ully be r est or e d But it was to th e m a laughi ng matt er

.
,

an d b ei n g a n e w thi n g u nt o th e m th ey fe ar e d that t h e ir ,

gre at n am e w o u ld be l e ss en e d if th e y sh o uld n ow agai n

b egi n to l ear n and ackn o wl e dg e th eir man y y ears err ors

,

t o w hich th ey w er e accust o m e d and wh e r ewith th ey had ,

gain ed th em eno u gh Who so l o v eth u n qui et ne ss let him

.
,

be r eform e d (th ey said ) The sam e s o ng was als o su ng t o

.

him by o th er n ati o n s the which m ov e d him the m or e

,

b ecaus e i t happ ene d to him c o n trary to his e xp e ctati o n ,

b ei ng th en r e ady b o u n tifu lly t o impart all his arts an d

s e cr ets to the l e ar ne d if th ey w o uld hav e but u n d ertak en
,

t o writ e the tru e an d i n fallibl e A x i o mata o u t o f all ,

faculti es sci e n c e s an d arts an d wh ol e n atur e as that

, , , ,

which he knew w o uld dir e c t th e m lik e a gl ob e or circl e to , ,

th e o ne ly middle p o i n t an d centrum an d (as it is usual ,

am on g the A rabian s ) it sh o uld o n ely s erv e t o the w is e

and l e arn e d for a r u l e that als o th er e might b e a s o ci e ty
,

i n E ur o p e which might hav e g o ld silv e r an d pr e ci o us , ,

st on es su i ci e n t fo r to b e st o w th em o n ki ngs for th eir

,

n e c e ssary us e s an d lawfu l purp o s e s w ith which [s o ci ety] ,

such as be g ov ern ors might be br o ught u p for to l earn all

that which G o d hath s u ffer e d man to kn ow an d th er eby ,
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA NS .

to be abl e d i n all tim es o f n eed to giv e th eir c o u n s el u nt o

en

th o s e tha t seek i t lik e the H e ath en Oraclc s

, .

V erily w e mus t c onfe ss tha t the w orld i n th o s e days

was alr e ady b ig with th os e gr e at c omm o ti o n s lab ouri ng t o ,

be d eliv er e d o f th e m and did bri n g fo rth pai nful w o rthy

, ,

men who brak e with all forc e thr ough dark n ess an d bar
,

bari sm an d l e ft us who succ e e d e d t o fo ll o w th em

,
As .

su r e dly they hav e b ee n the upp erm o st p oin t i n Trygono igneo ,

wh o s e am e n ow sh ould be mor e an d m o r e brighter and ,

shall u n d o ub t edly giv e t o the w orld the last ligh t .

S uch a o n e lik ewis e hath The o phras tu s b e en i n v o ca t i o n and

calli ngs alth o ugh he was n o n e o f o u r F ra t er n ity y et n ev er
, , ,

theless hath he dilig en tly r ead o v e r the B o ok M wh er eby ,

hi s sharp i ng enium was exalt e d 5 but this man was als o

hi n d ered in his c o urs e by th e multitud e o f the l ear n e d an d
wis e-s eeming men that he was n ev e r abl e p eac eably to
,

c onfer with o t h ers of the kn o wl edg e an d u n d erstan di ng he

had o f Natur e A n d th e refo r e in his wri t i ngs he ra t h er
.

m o ck e d th es e busi e b o di es and d o th n o t sh ew th e m alt o

,

geth er what he was 5 y et n ev er th el ess t h e r e is fo u n d with

, ,

him w ell gr o und e d the afor e-nam e d H arm onia which with ,

o u t d o ubt he had impar t e d t o th e l e arn e d if he had n o t ,

fo und th em rath er w o r t hy of su bt il v exa t i on th e n t o be in

struct e d i n grea t er ar t s an d sci en c es H e t hus with a fr ee .

an d car e l e ss life l o st his tim e and l eft u n t o the w o rld th e ir

,

fo o lish pl e as u r e s .

But that w e do n o t forg et o ur l o vi n g F a th er Br ot h er ,

C R he aft er ma ny pai nful trav els an d his frui t l e ss tru e

.
, ,

in s truc t i o n s r e turn e d agai n i n t o G ermany the which he

, ,

h e artil y l o v ed by r e as o n of the alt era t i o n s which w er e

,

sh ortly t o c om e and o f the stran ge and dan g er o u s conten

,

ti on s Th er e alth ough he c o uld hav e bragge d with hi s art

.
, ,
 FA MA F R A TE R N I TA TI S .

bu t sp e cially o f the t r a n smutati o n s o f m etals y e t did he ,

e st ee m m o r e H e av en a rid men the citiz e n s th er eof than

, , ,

all vai n gl ory an d p o mp .

N e verth el e ss he b uild e d a tti ng an d n eat habi t ati o n i n

, ,

the w hich he r umi n at e d hi s v oyag e an d ph i l o s o phy an d re ,

duced th em t ogeth er i n a tr ue m e m o rial I n this h o u s e h e .

sp en t a gr eat tim e i n the math ematics and mad e ma ny ne ,

i nstru m en ts ea: omni bus huj us artis p artibus wh er e o f th er e is

, ,

but littl e r emaining to u s as h ere aft e r yo u shall u nd ersta nd .

A ft er v e y e ars cam e agai n i n t o his mi n d the wish e d fo r

R efo rmati o n 5 and i n r egard [ o f it
] h e d o u bt e d o f the ayd

an d h e lp o f o th ers alth ough h e hims e lf w as pai nful lusty

, , ,

an d u n w ear i so m 5 h o ws o e v e r he und ert oo k with s o m e few ,

adj oy n ed w ith him to att e mp t the sam e

,
W h er e for e he .

d e sir ed to tha t en d t o hav e o ut o f his rst clo yster (to the

which he bar e a gre a t a ffe cti on )thr ee o fhis br e thren Br o t h er ,

G V Bro th er I A and B ro th er I O w ho had s om e m or e

. .
, .
,
. .
,

k nowl edg e of the art s than at that tim e ma n y o th er s had .

H e did bi n d th o s e thr e e u n t o hims elf to b e faithful dili , ,

gen t and s e cr e t as als o to c o mmit car efully t o w riti n g all

, ,

that which he sh o u ld dir e ct and i n str u ct th e m i n to the ,

en d that th o s e which w er e t o c o m e an d thr o ugh e sp e cial ,

r ev elati o n sh ou ld be r e c e iv e d i nto this F rat e r n ity might n o t ,

be d e c e iv e d of the l east sillablc and w o rd .

A ft er this mann er b ega n the Frat er n ity o f the R o si e

Cro ss rst by fo ur p e rs on s o n ely an d by th e m w as mad e
, ,

the magical lan guag e an d writi n g w ith a larg e dicti o n ary , ,

whic h w e yet dayly u se to G o d s prais e and gl o ry an d do

,

n dc gr e at wisd o m th e r e i n They mad e als o the rst part

.

o f the B o o k M bu t i n r e sp e ct that that lab o ur was t oo h e avy

, ,

an d t he u n sp e akabl e c o n c o u rs e o f th e sick hi n dre d th em ,

an d als o w hilst his n e w bu il di n g cal le d S ancti Sp iri tu s)w a s

(
 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

n ow n ish e d th ey c o n clu de d to draw an d r e c eiv e yet o th e rs

,

m or e i n t o th eir F ra t er n ity To this e n d w as ch o s en.

Br o th e r R C his d e c e as e d fath er s br o th er s son 5 Br o th e r

. .
,

B a skilful pai nt e r 5 G G an d P D th e ir s e cr e tary all

.
,
. .
,
. .
, ,

G ermain s exc ept I A so i n all they w e r e e ight i n n u mb er

.
, ,

all batch el ors an d of v o we d virginity by wh o m was c oll ect e d ,

a b o o k or v olumn o f all that which man can d e sir e wish o r , ,

hOp e for .

A lth ough w e do fr eely co n fe ss that the wo rld is much

now

am end e d w ithin an hu n dr e d y ears yet w e are assur e d that ,

o ur A x i o mata shall imm o vably r e mai n u n t o the w o r ld s e n d

,

an d als o th e w o rld i n h er high e st an d last a e shall n o t

g
attai n to see anythi ng e ls e ; fo r o u r R OTA t ak e s her b egi nn in g
fr om that day wh en G o d spak e F i a t an d shall e nd wh en he
shall sp eak P ereat 5 y e t G o d s cl o ck strik e th ev e ry mi n ut e

,

wh e r e ours scarc e strik e th p erfe ct h o urs W e als o st e dfastly .

b elc ev c that if o u r Br ethr en and F ath ers had liv e d i n this

,

o ur pr e s en t an d cl e ar light th e y w o uld m o r e r o ughly hav e

,

han dl ed the P e p e Mah om e t scrib e s artists an d s o phist ers

, , , , ,

an d sh o w e d th ems elv e s m o r e h elpfu l n o t simply with sighs ,

an d wishi ng o f th e ir e n d an d c o n summati o n .

Wh en n o w th e s e e ight Br e thr en had disp o s ed an d

o rd er e d all thi n gs i n such ma nn e r as th er e was n o t n o w ,

n e e d o f an y g re at lab o u r an d als o that e v ery o ne was

,

su fci en tly in str uct e d an d abl e p erfe ctly to disc o urs e o f

s e cr et an d manife s t phil o s o phy they w o uld n o t r emai n any ,

l on ger t oge th er but as in the b egi nn i ng they had agr e ed

, , ,

th ey s eparat e d th ems elve s i n t o s ev e ral c o u n tri e s b e caus e ,

that n o t o nly th e ir A x i omata might in s e cr e t be m or e pr o

fou n dly e xami n e d by the l e arn e d but that they th ems e lv e s , ,

i f in s o m e c o u n try o r o th e r th ey o bs erv e d a ny t hi ng or p er ,

ce i v e d s o m e e rr o r might i n fo rm o n e a n o th e r o f it
, .
74 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

1 b o v e all o th e rs i n high e st u n ity gre at e st se cre sy an d m o st , ,

ki nd n ess o ne t o w ards an o th er .

A ft er such a m o s t laudabl e s o rt t h ey did S p end t h e ir

liv e s bu t alth ough th ey w e re fr ee fr o m all dis e as e s an d
,

pain yet n otwithstandin g th ey c o uld n o t liv e and pass

, , ,

th eir tim e app oi nt e d o f G o d The rst o f this F rat er nity .

which dy e d and that i n Engla nd was I O as Br o th er C

, ,
. .
,
.

l o ng b efo r e had for et o ld him 5 he was v ery exp er t an d w ell ,

l earn ed i n Cabala as his B o o k dalled H wit n ess e th

,
In .

Engla n d h e is much sp o k en of and chi e y b e caus e he cur ed ,

a y o u ng Earl of N orfolk o f the leprosi e Th ey had con .

clud ed tha t as much as p o ssibly c o uld be t h eir burial plac e

, , ,

sh o uld be k ept s e cr et as at this day i t is n o t kn o wn u n t o

,

us what is b e c o m e o f s om e of th em y et ev ery o n e s plac e ,

was suppli ed wi th a t s ucc e ss o r But this w e will con .

fe ss e publickly by th es e pr e s e n t s to the h o n o ur of G o d th at , ,

w hat s e cr e t s o ev er w e hav e l e arn e d o u t o f the b ook M ,

alth o ugh b e for e our ey e s w e b eh o ld the imag e an d pa tt er n

o f all the w o rld e t ar e th er e n o t sh e w n u nt o us o u r mis
y ,

fo rtun es n or h o ur of d e ath the which o nly is k n o w n t o

, ,

G o d H ims elf w ho th er e by w o uld hav e us k ee p i n a co n

,

ti nu al r e adi n e ss B ut h er e of m or e i n our C o n fe ssi o n wh er e

.
,

w e do se t d o w n thi r ty-s e v en r e as o n s wh e r efo r e w e n o w do

mak e k n o w n our F rat ern i t y an d pro ffe r such high mys t eri e s
,

freely wi th o ut c on strai nt an d r e ward A ls o w e do pr o

, .

mis e m o r e g o ld th en b o th the I n di e s bri n g to the Kin g o f

S pai n for E ur o p e is with child and wi ll bri n g fo rth a
, ,

s t r o ng child w ho shall s t an d i n n ee d o f a gr e at go dfath er s

,

gift .

A ft e r the d e ath of I O Br o th er R C r e s t e d n o t bu t
. .
,
. .
, ,

as s oo n as he c o u ld call ed the r e s t t o ge th e r and t h en as

, , ,

w e supp o s e his grav e was mad e alth o u gh hith ert o w e (wh o

, ,
 FA MA F R A TE RN I TA TI S .
75

wer e the lat est)did n o t k now wh en o ur l ovi n g F ath er R C . .

di ed and had n o m o re bu t the b are n am e s o f the b egi nn ers

, ,

and all th eir succ ess o rs t o us Y et th er e cam e i n t o o ur

.

m em ory a s ecr et which thr o ugh dark and hidd en w o rds

, ,

an d S p ee ch e s o f the hu n dr e d y e ars Br o th e r A the succ e ss o r

, .
,

o f D (w ho was o f the las t an d s e c o n d r o w o f succ e ssi o n

.
,

an d had liv e d am o ngst ma ny o f us ) did impart u nt o us o f ,

the t hird ro w an d succ e ssi on 5 o th erwis e w e must c o n fess ,

that aft er the d e at h of the said A , n on e o f us had i n an y .

mann er kn own anythi ng o f Br o th er C R an d o f his rst . .

,

fe ll o w-br ethr en th en that which was ext an t of th e m i n o ur

,

phil o s ophical BI BLI OT H ECA am ongst which o u r A X I OM A TA

,

was h e ld for the chiefe s t R OTA M U N D I for the m o st arti

,

ci al an d P R OTH EU S for the m o st pr o tabl e

,
Lik ewis e we .
,

do not c ertai n ly kn o w if th es e o f the s e c o n d ro w hav e b een

o f lik e wisd o m as the rst an d if th ey w e r e admi tt e d t o all
,

thi ngs .

It shall be de clar e d h er eaft er to the gen tl e r e ad er n ot

o n ely what w e hav e h eard o f the b u rial o f Br o th er R C but . .
,

als o i t shall be mad e man ife st p u blicly by the fo r esight , ,

sufferanc e an d c omman dm en t of G o d wh o m w e m o st faith

, ,

fully ob ey that if w e shall be a n sw er e d discree tly and

,

C hristian- lik e w e will n ot be asham e d t o set fo rth p ublickly

,

i n pri n t o u r n am e s an d sur n am e s our m ee ti ngs o r anythin g

, ,

els e that may be r e quir e d a t o ur han ds .

N ow the true and fu n dam ent al r elati on of the n ding

,

o ut o f the high - illumi n at e d man o f G o d F ra : C R C is ,

. . .
,

this z A ft er that A i n Galli a N ar bonensi was d e c eas ed

.
,

th er e s u cc eed e d i n his plac e o u r l o vi ng Br o t h er N N This . .

man aft e r he had r e pair e d u n t o u s t o tak e the s o l e m n o ath

,

o f d elity an d se c r es
y i nf o rm e
,
d us bona d e that A had , .

c omfo r t e d him in t elli ng him that this F rat e rn ity sh o u ld

,
76 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

ere l o n g n o t r e mai n so hidd e n b ut sh o uld be t o all the ,

wh ol e G erman n ati o n h elpful n e e dful and c o mm endabl e

, , ,

o f t he which he was n o t i n a nywis e i n his e stat e asham e d .

The y ea r fo ll o wi ng aft e r h e had p erfo rm e d his sch o o l

,

right an d was mi n d e d n o w t o trav el b ei ng for that pur

, ,

p o s e su f ciently pr o vid e d wi th F ortun atus purs e he th ou ght

,

( h e b e i n g a g oo d archit e ct ) t o alt e r s o m e thi n g o f his b u ild

i ng an d t o mak e it m o r e t
,
I n such r en ewi ng he light e d
.
,

up on the M e m o rial Tabl e which was cast o f brass e an d

, ,

c o ntai n eth all the n am e s o f the Br e thr en with s om e fe w ,

o th e r thi ngs This he w o u ld tran sfe r i n t o a n o ther m o r e

.

tting vau lt for wh er e or wh en Br o th er R C di ed or i n

, . .
,

what c o unt ry he was buri ed was by o u r pr e d e c e ss o rs co n

,

ceale d an d u nk n o wn u n t o u s I n t his t abl e st u ck a gr e at n ail e

.

s om ewha t str o n g so that wh en it was wi t h fo rc e drawn o ut

,

it t o ok with it an i ndiffe r en t big s t o ne o ut o f the thi n wall

o r plaist eri n g o f the hidd en d oo r an d so u n lo c k e d fo r
,

u n c o v er e d the d o o r wh e r e at w e did with

, j y
o an d l o n gi n g
thr o w d o wn the r est o f the w all an d cl ear e d the d o or up o n ,

w hich was writt en i n gr e at l e tt e rs

P os t CXX A n ne s P atebo,

w ith th e y ear L o rd u nd e r it Th er e fo r e w e gav e G o d

o f t he .

thanks an d let it r e st that sam e night b e caus e rst w e

, ,

w o uld o v erl o o k o ur Rota b u t w e r efe r o urs e lv es agai n t o

t he Co n fe ssi o n , for what w e h e r e p u blish is don e for the
h elp o f th o s e that ar e w o rthy bu t t o the u n w o rthy G o d
, ,

w illin g it w ill be small pr o t

, F or lik e as o ur d o o r was
.

aft e r S O ma n y y ea r s w o n d erfully disc o v er e d als o th er e shall ,

b e o p e n e d a d o o r to Eu r o p e (w h en the wall is r e m o v e d ) ,

which alr e ady d o th b egi n t o app e ar an d wi t h gr eat d esire ,

is exp e ct ed o f many .
 FA MA F R A TE R N I TA TIS .

I n the m o rn i ng fo ll o w i ng w e o p en e d the d oo r and th ere ,

app e are d t o o u r sight a vau lt o f s e v en sid e s and s e v e n

c o rn ers e v e ry sid e v e fo o t bro ad an d the h e ight o f e ight
, ,

fo o t
. A lth o ugh the sun n e v e r shi ne d i n this va u lt n ev e r ,

theless it was e n light en e d w ith a n o th e r su n which had

, ,

l e ar n e d this fro m the s u n and w as S it u at e d i n the upp er ,

part i n the c e n t e r o f the S i eli ng I n t he mi dst i n st ead o f .

,

a t o mb-st o n e w as a r o u n d alta r c o v e re d with a plat e o f

, ,

brass an d th er e o n this e ngrav e n

,

A C R C . H oe universi c omp endium u nius mihi

. . .

sep u lchru m feci .

Ro un d ab o ut the rst circl e or brim st oo d ,

Jesu s mi hi omnia .

I n t he
middl e w e r e fo ur gu r e s i n cl o s ed ,
in circl e s ,
wh o s e
circumscripti on w as ,

1 . N eguagua m Va cuum .

2 Legi s Jugum
. .

3 Li bertas E v a ngeli i
. .

4 . Dei G lor ia I n ta cta .

This is all cl e ar an d bright as als o t he s e v en th sid e an d t he ,

tw o h e p tag o n s S o w e kn eel e d d o w n alt o g e th er an d gav e

.
,

than ks to th e s o l e w is e s ol e mighty an d s ol e e t e r n al G o d
, , ,

w ho hath ta u gh t us m o r e tha n all m e n s w its c o uld hav e

fou n d o ut prais e d be H i s h o ly n am e This va ult we parte d

,
.

i n thr ee parts t he u pp e r part o r si eli ng the w all or sid e

, , ,

the gro u nd o r o o r O f the upp e r part y o u shall u n d er

.

sta n d n o m or e at this tim e but tha t it w as divid ed acc o rd

i ng to the s e v en sid e s i n t he trian gl e which was i n t he bright
c en te r 5 bu t what th e r ein is c o n tai n e d yo u (that ar e d esir o us
o f o u r S o ci e ty G
) shall o d w i lli n g b e h o l d th e sam
,
e w ith ,

y ou r o wn e y e s E v ery sid e o r wall is part e d i n t o t en

.

squar e s e v e ry o n e with th e ir s e v eral g ur e s and s en t en c e s

, ,
 HIS T OR Y OF TH E RO SI CR UCIA N S .

as th ey ar e truly sh e w e d an d set fo rth concentratum h er e i n

ou r b o o k The b ot t o m agai n is part e d in the tria n gl e bu t
.
,

b ecaus e th er ei n is d e scrib e d the p o w er an d rul e o f th e I n

feri or G o v er n o rs w e l e av e t o ma n ife s t the sam e for fe ar o f
, ,

the ab u s e by the e vil and u ng odly w o rld Bu t th o s e that are .

pr o vide d and s t o r ed w ith the H e av en ly A n t id o t e do with o ut ,

fear or hurt t r e ad o n an d bruis e the h e ad o f the o ld and e vil

,

s erp en t w hich this our age is w ell tt e d for Ev ery sid e or

,
.

w all had a d o o r for a ch es t wh er ei n th er e lay div ers thi ngs

, ,

e sp e cially all o ur b o oks w hich o th e rwis e w e had

,
b esid es ,

t he Vocabu lari o of Th eophras t us P arac elsus o f H o h e n h e im ,

an d th e s e which daily u n falsi e th w e do participat e H er e .

i n als o w e fo u n d his I tinerar ium an d Vi ta w h e n c e this ,

r elati on for the m o st par t is tak en I n an oth er ch e s t w er e .

l o o ki ng-glass e s of divers virtu e s as als o i n o th er plac es w er e

,

lit tl e b ells burni ng lamps and chi ey w o n d erful articial

, ,

s o ngs g ene rally all was d o n e to tha t en d t hat if i t sh o uld ,

happ en after many hundrc d y e ars the F ra t er n it y sh o uld c o m e

, ,

t o n o thi n g th ey m i gh t by this o n e ly vault be r e st o r e d agai n

,
.

N o w as w e had n ot yet s e en the d e ad b o dy o f o ur car e

,

ful and wis e F a t h er w e th er e fo re r em o v e d the altar asid e 5

,

th e n w e lift e d up a stro ng plat e o f brass an d fo u n d a fair ,

and w o r thy b o dy wh o l e and unc o n sum e d as the sam e is

, ,

her e liv e ly c o u nt e rfe it e d 1

with all the o rn am ents an d
,

attir e s I n his ha n d he h eld a parchm e n t call e d T 2 the

.
,

1
The illu s trat i on which is h e r e r e fe rre d t o is sin gu lar ly e n o ugh, ,

n o t r e p r o d u c e d i n t h e t e x t o f t h e tr an sl at i o n an d i t is als o a b s e n t
,

from t h e Du t ch v e r si on of 1 6 1 7 A s th er e a re n o o th e r e di t i o n s o f
.

th e F ama F ra t er n i t at i s i n t h e L i b rar y o f th e Br i t ish M u s e u m ,

I als o a m u n ab l e t o grat ify th e c u r i o si ty o f my r e a d er s b y a c o py o f

the o r igin al e n gra ving .

2
I n t h e E n glish t ran slat i o n the l e tt e r I h a s be en s u b s t i t u t e d b y a
typ o graphical err or o r b y an erro r o f tran scr ip ti on for th e T which
,

is f ou n d i n all the G e r man e di t i o n s .

 FA M A F R A TE R N I TA TI S .
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w hich xt u nt o the Bibl e is o ur gr e at e st t re as u r e which

ne ,

o u ght n o t t o b e d e liv er e d t o the c e n sur e o f the w o rld At .

t he e n d o f this b o ok sta n d e th this fo ll o wi n g E logi u m .

Gra nu m p ecto ri J esu i nsi tum .

C R C ex n o bili atqu e spl e n dida G erman i ae R C fa milia

. . . . .

or i u n dus v i r sui secu li divi n is r ev elati o n ibu s subti li ssi mi s

, ,

i magi nati o n ibu s i n defe ssi s lab o ri bu s ad c oelesti a atqu e

,

h umana myster i a 5 arcanav e admi ssu s p ostqu am su am (qu am

A rabic o at A frica n o i tin eribu s c o llej erat )pl u s q u am r egiam ,

atqu e i mp eratori am G az am su o s e cul o n o n du m co nv e ni en

te m p o st er i tati e r u e n dam c u sto di v i ssc t ct jam su ar um
,

A rtium u t e t n o mi n is de s ac co nj un ctissimos h er e d e s
, ,

i nsti tu i sset mu n d u m mi n utum o m n ib u s mo tibu s magn o

,

illi respo nde n tem fabri casse t ho cqu e tan d em pr eteri tar um ,

p r a ese n t i u m e t fu t u r,
ar um r e r um c o mp en di o e xtract o c e n t e , ,

n ari o maj o r n o n m o r b o q u e m ips e n u n quam c o rp o r e ex

, (
p ert u s erat n u n quam ali o s i nfestar e sin ebat) ull o pellen te
,

scd S piri ti s De i e v o can te i llu mi natam a n imam (int e r ,

F ratrum ampl e xu s e t u ltima o sc u la ) deli ssimo Cr eat o ri

Dc o r e ddi disset P at er de li ct i ssi mu s F rat er suav i ssimu s
, , ,

r sece pt o r deli ssi mu s ami eu s i n te er i mu s a suis ad 1 2 0

p g , ,

an u o s hi e absco n ditu s est .

U n der ne ath they had subscrib ed th ems e lve s

H F ra I A . F ra C H electione F raternitatis cap u t
. . . . . .

N F ra G V M P C
. . . . . .

W F ra . F R C . . . Jun ior heeres S Sp iri tu s . .

R F ra . F B . . . P A . .
,
P i ctor et A r chi tectus .

Q F ra . G G . . . P I . .
,
Ca balista .

S e cu ndi C irculi .

1 . F ra . P . A . S uccessor, F ra . I . O .
, M a themati cu s .

2 . F ra . A . S u ccessor , F r a . P D
. .
 HI S TO R Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

3 . F ra . R . S uccessor P atr is C . R . C
.
,
cu m Chri sto
tri ump hantis .

A t th e en d w as writt e n ,

E u Deo nasci mur , in Jesu morimur , p er Sp iri tu m S anctum

revivisci mus .

At that tim e was alr e ady de ad Br o th er I O an d , . .

Bro t h er D bu t th eir burial plac e w h e r e is it to be fo u n d ?

.
,

W e d o ubt no t but o u r F ra S enior ha th the sam e and s o me.

,

e sp e cial thi ng layd i n e arth an d p erhaps lik e w is e hidd e n , .

W e als o h op e that this o ur e xampl e w ill stir u p o th ers

m o r e dilig en tly to e n quire aft e r th eir n am e s (which w e
have th er e fo r e publish e d ) and to s e arch fo r the plac e o f
,

th e ir burial ; the m o st pa rt of th em by re as o n o f th e ir ,

practic e an d physick are y e t k no w n an d p rais e d am o n g

,

v ery o ld fo lks 5 so might p erhaps o u r G A Z A be e nlarg e d ,

or at l e ast b e b e tt e r cl e ar e d
, ,
.

Con c e r n i ng M inutum M undum w e fo u n d it k ep t i n ,

an o th er littl e altar truly m o r e n er th e n can b e imagin e d

,

by any un d e rsta n di ng man but w e will l e av e him un ,

d e scrib e d u n till w e shall be tr u ly an sw er e d up o n this ou r

tr ue-h earte d F A M A S o w e hav e c o v er e d it agai n with th e
.

plat e s an d se t the altar th er e o n shut the d o o r an d mad e

. ,

it sur e w ith all o u r s e als Mor eo v er by i n st ructi o n an d

.
, ,

c o mman d of ou r R OTA th er e are c o m e t o sigh t s om e b ooks

, ,

am o ng w hich is c o n tai n e d M (which w er e mad e i n ste ad o f

h o us eh o ld car e by the prais e w o rthy M F i n ally w e .
,

d epart e d the o n e fr o m the o th er an d l eft the n atural h e irs ,

i n p o ss essi o n o f o u r j e w e ls A nd so w e do e xp e ct the .

an s w e r and judgm e n t o f the l earn e d an d u n l e arn e d .

H o w b eit w e k n o w aft e r a tim e th er e will n o w be a

gen eral r efo rmati o n b o th of divi n e an d human e thi n gs
, ,

acc o rdi ng to o ur d e sir e an d t he e xp e cta ti o n o f o th e rs 5 fo r

 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCI A N S .

aft er his fall hat h r e c eiv ed it and as M o s es and S ol o m o n ,

us e d it als o it o ught n ot much to be d o ubt e d of or c o n

, ,

tr adi ctc d b y o th e r Opi n i o n s or m e ani ngs 5 but s eein g the

,

tr u th is p eac eab l e bri e f an d always lik e h ers elf in all

, ,

things an d e sp ecially acc o rd e d b y with Jesus in omni p arte

,

an d all m emb ers an d as H e is the tru e imag e of the

,

F ath er so is she H i s imag e so it shal n ot b e said This

, , ,

is true acc or ding to P hil o s o phy bu t tr u e acc ording t o ,

Th eo l ogi e 5 an d wh er ei n P lat o A ris to tl e Pythag oras and , , ,

o t h ers did hit the mark an d wh er e in En o ch

,
A braham , ,

Mo s e s S ol om o n did e xc el but e sp ecially wh er ewith that

, , ,

won d erful b oo k th e Bibl e agr e e th A ll that sam e con .

c urr e th t o g eth e r an d mak e th a sph e r e o r gl o b e w h o s e t o tal

,

parts are e qui distan t fr o m the c en t er as h ereo f m or e at ,

large and m o r e plain shal be sp o ken o f i n Christi anly

Co nfer en c e (i n den B oe ck e de s L e v en s) .

B ut n ow c o n c e r ning and chi e y i n this o ur age the

, ,

u n g o dly an d acc u rs e d g o ld - maki n g which hath g o tt en so ,

m u ch the u pp er han d wh er eby u n d er c ol o ur of it man y

, ,

r u n agat e s an d r o guish p e o pl e do u se gr eat villai n i e s an d ,

c o z en an d abus e the credit w hich is giv e n th e m 5 yea n ow ,

adays men of discr eti on do h o ld the tran smutat i on of

m etals t o be the high e st p o i n t an d fastigium i n phil o s o phy .

This is all th eir i nt en t an d d esir e an d that G o d w o uld be ,

m o st e st ee m e d by th e m an d h o n o ur e d which c o uld mak e

gr eat s t or e of go ld the which w ith u npr em e dita te pray ers
,

th ey h o p e t o obtai n of the alkn o wi n g G o d an d s e arch er o f

all h e arts 5 bu t w e by th e s e pr e s en ts publickly te sti e that ,

t he tru e phil o s o ph ers are far o f a no th er mi n d e e st ee mi n g ,

littl e the makin g o f gold which is but a p aragon for , ,

b e sid es tha t th ey hav e a th ousand b et t er things W e say .

 FA A/A F R A TE R N I TA TIS .

with our l ovi ng F ath er C R C P hy aur ium nisi quantum . . .

,
.

aurum for u nt o him the wh o l e n atur e is d et e ct e d ; he

,

d o th n ot r ej o ic e that he can mak e g old an d that as , ,

saith Christ the d e vils are o b edi ent u n t o him but is

, ,

glad t hat he s eet h the H e av en s o p en the a ng els of G o d ,

asc en di ng an d d esc en ding an d his n am e wri t t en i n the ,

b ook o f life .

A ls o w e do t esti e that u n d er the nam e of Chymia many

, ,

b o oks an d pictur e s ar e set fo rth i n Contumeli am glories Dei ,

as w e w il n am e th e m i n th e ir due s e as on an d wil giv e t o ,

t he p u r e -h eart ed a catal ogu e or r egist e r o f th e m W e pray .

all l earn e d men to t ak e h ee d o f th e s e ki nd e o f b oo ks fo r ,

the En e my n e v e r r e st e th but s o w et h his w eeds til a ,

str onger on e d oth r o o t th em o u t .

S o acc o rdi ng to the wil an d m e an ing o f F ra C R C

,
. . . .
,

w e his br e thr e n r e qu e s t agai n all the l e arn e d i n Eu r o p e who

shal r e ad (s en t fo rt h in v e language s ) this o ur F ama an d
Confessi o that it w o uld pl e as e th em with go o d d elib erati o n
,

t o p o n d e r this o ur o ffer an d t o exami n e m o st n e arly an d

,

sharply th e ir arts an d b eh o ld the pr e s en t tim e with all

,

diligen c e and t o d e clar e th e ir mi nd e e it h er communicato

, ,

consi li o o r si ngulatim by pri n t

, A nd alth o ugh a t this tim e .

w e mak e n o m en ti o n e ith er o f o u r n am e s or m e e ti ngs ye t ,

n e v e rth e l e ss e v e ry o n c s o pi ni o n shal assur e dly c o m e t o o ur

ha nds in what languag e so ev er it be n o r any b o dy shal

, ,

fail w h o s o giv e s but his n am e t o sp e ak with s o m e o f u s

, , ,

e ith e r by w o rd o f m o uth or e ls e if th e re be s o m e l ett

, , ,

i n writin g A nd this w e say for a truth that wh o s o ev er

.
,

shal e arn estly an d fr o m his h e art b e ar affe cti o n u nt o us it

, , ,

shal be b en e cial to him i n goods b o dy and s o u l ; bu t , ,

he that is fals e -h e art e d o r o n ely gr e e dy o f rich e s th e sam e

, ,
84 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

rs t of all sh al n ot be abl e in any man n er of wi se to hurt

us bu t bri ng hims elf t o u tt er m in e and d estruc t i on A ls o
,
.

o ur buildi n g ,
alth o ugh on e hundr e d t h o usa n d p e opl e had

v ery n e ar s een an d b eh eld the S am e shal for e v er r emai n

,

u nt o uch ed u n d es tr oy e d and hidd e n to the w ick e d w o rld

, , .

S ub umbra a laru m tuara m, Jehova .

 CH A P TER IV .

TH E C O N F E S S I ON OF TH E R OS I CR U C I A N F R A TER N ITY ,

A DD R ES S E D TO TH E L EA R N ED OF EU R OP E .

TH E tra nslati o n o f this man ife st o which foll o ws th e

F ama i n the e diti o n accr e dit e d by the gr e a t n am e of
Eug e ni u s P hilale thes is pr o lix an d car el e ss : b ei n g mad e
n o t fr o m the Lati n o rigi n al but fr o m the lat er G e rma n v er

si o n A s a r elic of English R o sicrucian lit erat ur e I hav e

.

w ish e d to pres erv e i t and havin g subj e ct ed it to a s e arch

,

ing r e visi o n thr o ugh o u t it n o w r e pr es en ts the o rigi n al w ith

,

sufci e nt d elity for all practical p u rp ose s The Co n fe ssio .

F rater nitati s app ear e d i n the y e ar 1 6 1 5 i n a Lati n work
e n titl e d S e cre ti ori s Phil o s o phi es Co n siderati o Br e vi o a
Philipp e a Gab ella P hilo s0phi ae stu di o s o c o n scrip t a ct
, ,

nun c primum u na cum Co n fe ssio n e F r ater ni tati s R C i n . .

,

lucc m e dita Cass ellis c x c u debat G W e sseli us a 1 6 1 5

, ,
.
, .

Quart o . It was prefac e d by the fo ll o w i ng adv ertis em en t .

H er e g en tl e r e ad er yo u shall n de i nc o rp ora t e d i n ou r
, ,

Confessi o n thirty-s ev e n r eas o ns o f o u r purp o s e an d i nt s u

ti o n the which acc ordi ng t o thy pl e asur e th o u mayst s eek
,

o u t and c o mpar e t o g e th e r c o n sid e ri n g w ithi n thys e lf if they

,

be su fci e n t t o allur e th ee V erily it r e quir e s n o small

.
,

pai ns to i nduc e any o n e to b eli e v e w ha t d o th n o t yet app ear ,

but w h en it shall be r e v eal ed i n the full blaz e o f day I ,

supp o s e w e sh ou ld be asham ed o f su ch qu esti o ni ngs A nd .

as w e do n o w s e c ur e ly call the P o p e A n tichrist which w as ,

 HI S TO R Y O F TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

fo rmerly a capital o ffen c e i n every plac e so w e kn o w ,

c ertain ly that what w e h er e k ee p s ecr e t w e shall i n the futur e

thu n d e r forth wi t h uplift ed v o ic e the which r e ad er with , , ,

us d esir e with all thy h e art that it may happ en m o st

sp ee dily . F R A T R ES R C . .

Confessio F raterni tatis R C . . ad E ruditos Europoe .

C HA PTE R I .

W hats o e ve r yhav e h eard 0 m o rt als c o nc er ning o ur

o u , ,

F rat er nity by th e trump e t s o u n d o f the F ama R C do n o t . .

,

e ith e r b eli e v e it hastily o r wilfully susp e c t it

,
I t is J eh o vah .

w ho s eei ng how the w o rld is falli n g to d e cay an d n e ar t o

, ,

its en d d o th hast en it agai n t o its b egin n i n g i nv erti ng the

, ,

c o urs e o f Nat ur e and so what h er e t o fo r e hath been s o ught

,

with gre a t pain s and dayly lab o r H e d oth lay o p en n ow to

th o s e thinkin g of n o such thi ng o fferi ng it t o the willi ng and
,

thrusti ng i t o n the r eluc t an t that it may b e c om e to the g o o d

,

that which will sm oo th the tr o ubl e s o f human life and bre ak

the vi o l en c e o f u n exp e c t e d bl o ws o f F o r t u n e b ut t o the un ,

go dly t hat which will augm e nt th eir si n s and th eir pu nish

m en t s .

A l th o ugh w e b e li ev e o urs elv e s to hav e su fci ent ly nu

fold ed to yo u i n the F ama the n atu r e o f o u r ord er wh er e i n ,

w e foll o w the will o f o ur m o s t e xc ell en t fath e r n or can by ,

an y b e susp e c t e d o f h e r e sy n o r o f any at t e mpt against the

,

c o mm on we alth w e h er eby do c o n d emn the East and the

,

We s t (m ea ni ng the P o p e an d Mah o m e t)for th e ir blasph emi es

agai n st o ur L o rd J e su s Christ an d o ffer to the chi ef h e ad
,

o f the R o ma n Empir e o ur pray ers s e cr et s and gr eat tr ea

, ,

s ur e s of gold . Yet w e hav e th o ught g oo d fo r the sak e o f

CON FE SSION OF R O SICR UCIA N FR A TER N IT Y . 87

the l earn e d t o add s o m e w hat m o re to this an d m ak e a b ett er ,

e xpla n ati o n if th er e b e a n yth in g t oo d e e p hidd e n a n d se t

, , ,

d o w n o v er dark i n the F ama o r fo r c e rtain r eas o n s alt o

, ,

g e th e r o mitt e d w h,
er e by w e h o p e t he l e ar n e d will b e m o r e

a ddicte d u n t o us an d e asi er t o app ro v e o ur c o u n s el

,
.

C H A PTE R II .

Co n c e r ni n g the am en dm en t o f phil o s ophy w e hav e (as ,

mu ch as at this pre s en t is n e e dful ) d e clar e d that the same

is alt ogeth er w e ak an d fau lty 5 n ay whilst man y (I k no w ,

n o t ho w all e dg e that she is s o u n d an d str o n g to us it is

) ,

c ertain that S he fe tch e s her last bre ath .

But as c omm o nly e ve n i n the sam e plac e wh e r e th e r e

breake th fo r th a n ew dis e as e n atur e disc o v e r eth a r em e dy
,

agai n st the same S O amidst so man y i n rmi ties o fphil o s o phy

,

ther e do app e ar the right m ea n s an d u n t o o u r F ath erlan d

,

sufci ently o ffer e d w h e r eby S he may b ec o me s o u nd agai n

, ,

and n ew o r r e n o vat e d may app e ar t o a r e n o vat e d w o rld .

N 0 o th er phil o s o phy w e have th en that w hich is the h ead

o f all t he faculti e s sci e n c e s a nd arts the w hich if w e b e
, , ( ,

h o ld o u r age ) c o ntai n e th muc h o f Th e ol o gy an d M e dici n e ,

but littl e o f J u rispr u d e n c e ; w hich s e arch eth h e av en an d

e arth with e xq u isi t e a n alysis o r t o sp e ak bri e y th e r e of
, , ,

w hich d o th s ufci en tly man ife st t he M icro smus man wh er e of ,

if s o m e o f the m or e o rd erly i n the n u mb er of the l ear ne d

S hall r e sp o n d t o o ur frat e r n al i n vitati o n th ey shall n d ,

am o ng u s far o th e r and gre at e r w o n d ers th en th o s e th ey

h er et ofo r e did b elie v e ma r v e l at an d pr o fe ss
, ,
.

C HA P TE R III .

W h er efor e ,
to d e clare bri e y o u r m e a ni n g h ereo f it be ,

c o me s us to lab or car e fu lly that th e s u r pr is e o f o u r chal

 HIST OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

l e nge may be tak e n fr o m yo u t o sh e w plai n ly that s u ch

,

s e cr e ts are n o t lightly e st eem ed by u s an d n o t to spr e ad an ,

o pi n i o n abr o ad am o n g the vulgar t hat the st o ry c o n c e r n i n g

th e m is a fo o lish thin g F or it is n o t abs u rd to s u pp o s e

.

m a ny are o v e rwh elm e d with the c on ict o f t h o ught w hich is

o ccasi o n e d by o ur u n h o p e d graci o us n e ss u n t o wh o m (as y et) ,

be u nk n o w n the w o nd e rs o f the sixth age o r w ho by r ea so n , ,

o f t he c o u rs e o f the w o rld e st ee m the thi ngs to c o m e lik e

,

u n t o t he pr e s e n t an d hi n d er e d by the o bstacl e s o f t he ir
, ,

a e liv e n o o th e rwis e i n the w o rld th e n as men bli n d who

g , , ,

i n the light o f n o o n disc er n n o thi ng o n ely by fee li ng

,
.

C HA P TER IV .

N o w c o n c er n i n g the rst part w e ho ldjg that t he m e dita

,

ti o n s o f o ur Christian fath er o n all s ubj e cts which fr o m the

cr e ati o n o f the w o rld have b ee n i n v e n t e d br o u ght fo r th , ,

a n d pr o pagat e d by h u ma n i n g e n uity thr o ugh G o d s r e v e la

,

ti o n o r thr ou gh the s e rvic e o f A n g els o r spirits o r thr o u gh

, ,

the sagacity o f u n d e rsta n di n g o r th ro u gh the e xp er i e n c e o f

,
"
l o ng obs e rvati o n ar e so gr e at that if all bo o ks sh ou ld
, ,

i

p erish an d by G o d s almigh t y s ufferanc e all w riti ngs an d

,

all l e arni ng sh o uld be l o st yet p o st erity w ill be abl e th er eby

,

t o lay a n e w fo u n dat i o n o f sci e n c e s an d t o e r e ct a n ew ,

citad el o f tr u th ; t he which p erhaps w o uld n o t be so hard

t o do as if o n e sh o u ld b egi n t o pull d o wn an d i dc str oy the

o ld rui n o us buildi ng
,
th e n en larg e the for e-c o ur t aft er
, ,

w ards bri ng light i n t o t he privat e chamb ers an d th e n ,

chang e the d o o rs s tapl e s an d o th er thi ngs acc o rdi ng to o ur

, ,

int en ti o n .

Th er e fo r e it m u st n o t b e exp e c t e d that n ew c o m ers shall

,

attain a t o nc e all o u r w e ighty s e cr ets Th e y mu st pr o c ee d .

 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R OSICR UCIA NS .

C H A P TE R V .

If th er e be any b o dy n o w which o n t he o th e r sid e w il

c omplai n o f o u r discr e ti o n that w e o ffer ou r tr e asu r e s so
,

fr e e ly and in discrimi n at e ly an d do n o t rathe r r egard m or e

,

the g o dly wis e o r pri n c e ly p ers o n s th e n the c o mm o n p e o pl e

, , ,

with him w e are in n o wis e a n gry (fo r the accusati on is n o t

with o ut m o m e n t ) but w ithall w e afrm that w e hav e by n o

,

m e an s mad e c o mm o n p ro p erty o f o u r arca na alb eit th ey ,

r e s ou nd i n v e la ng u age s withi n the e ars o f the v ulgar ,

b o th b e caus e as w e w ell k n o w th ey will n o t m o v e gr o ss

, ,

wits an d b e caus e the w orth o f th o s e w ho shal be acc ep t e d

,

i n t o o ur F rat er n ity w ill n o t be m easur e d by t h e ir curi o sity ,

but by t he rul e and patt e rn o f ou r r ev elati o n s A th o u san d .

tim e s the u n w o rthy may clam o ur a th o usand tim e s may ,

pr e s e nt th e ms elv e s ye t G o d hath c o mma n d e d o u r e ars that

,

th ey sh o uld h e ar n o n e o f th em an d bath so c o mpass e d u s

,

ab o ut w ith H i s cl ou ds that u n t o u s H i s s e rvan ts n o , ,

vi o l e n c e c an be d o ne ; w h er efor e n o w n o l onger ar e w e
b eh eld by human ey e s u nl ess th ey hav e r e c e iv e d strength
,

b o rr o w e d fr o m the e agl e .

F o r t he r e st it hath b ee n n e c e ssary tha t the F ama sh o uld

,

b e set fo rth i n e v ery o n e s m o th e r t on g ue l est th o s e sh o uld

,

n o t b e d efra u de d o f the k n o w l e dg e th e r e o f wh o m (alth o ugh ,

th ey be u n l e arn e d ) G od hath n ot e xcl u d e d fr o m the happi

n e ss o f this F rat e r n ity which is divi ded i n t o d egr e e s ; as
,

th o s e w hich dw ell i n Dam car w ho hav e a far differen t

,

p o litick o rd e r fr o m the o th er A rabian s ; fo r th ere do g o v ern

o n ely u n d e rsta n di n g m e n w ho by the ki ng s p ermissi o n

, , ,

mak e particular la w s acc o rdi n g u nt o which e xampl e the

,

g o v ern m en t shall als o b e i n stitut e d i n Eu r o p e (acc o rdin g to

t h e d e scripti o n set d o wn by o ur Christia nly F ath er ) w h en ,
CONFESSIO N OF R OS I CR UCI A N F R A TE RN I T Y .
9 1

tha t shal c o me to pass which must pr e c ed e wh en o u r ,

Trump et shall r es o u n d w ith full v o ic e an d w i th n o pr ev ari

cati o n s o f m ea ni ng w h e n n am ely th o s e thi ngs o f w hich a
, , ,

few n o w w hisp er an d dark e n w ith e nig mas shall o p en ly ll ,

the earth e v en as aft er ma n y s e cr e t cha ngs o f pi o u s p e o pl e

,

again st the p op e s tyra nny and aft er timid r epr oo f he w ith

, ,

gr eat vi ol en c e an d by a gr e at o n s e t was cast d o w n fro m his

s eat an d ab u n da n tly tr o dd e n u n d e r fo o t w h o s e n al fall is ,

r es erve d fo r an age w h en he shall be t o r n i n p i e c e s w ith

n ails an d a n al gr o a n shall e n d hi s ass s brayi n g th e

, ,

w hich as w e k n o w is alr e ady ma n ife st t o man y l e ar ne d

, ,

me n i n G erman y as th eir t o k e n s an d s e cr e t c o ngratulati o n s

,

b e ar w itness .

CH A PTER VI .

W e c o uld h er e r elate an d d eclar e what all the tim e fr o m

t he y ear 1 37 8 (wh e n o u r Christia n fath er w as b o rn )till n o w

hath happ en ed w hat alt e rati o n s he hath s e en i n the w o rld

,

th es e o n e hu n dre d and six years o f his li fe w hat he l eft ,

after his happy d eath to b e att empt e d by o ur F ath ers and

by us b ut br evity which w e do o bs erv e will n ot per
, , ,

mit at this pr e s e n t to mak e r eh earsal o f it 3 it is e n ough for

tho s e which do n o t d espis e our d eclarati o n to hav e t ouch e d
up on it th er eby to pr epar e the way fo r th eir m o r e cl o s e
,

u n i on and ass o ciati o n wi th u s Tr uly t o wh o m it is per .

,

mitted to b eh o ld r e ad an d th e n c efo r w ard t each hi ms elf

, ,

th o s e gr ea t charact ers which the L o rd G o d hath i n scrib e d

u p o n the w o rld s m e chan ism an d which H e r ep eats thr o ugh

the m u tati o n s o fE mpir e s such an o n e is alr e ady o urs tho u gh

, ,

as yet u n k n ow n to hi ms elf ; an d as w e k no w he will n o t

n egl e ct o ur i n vitati o n so i n lik e ma nn e r w e abj ur e all
, , ,

dec eit fo r w e pr o mis e tha t n o man s upright n e ss a nd h o p es

,
92 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA NS .

shall d e ce iv e him w ho shall mak e himself k nown t o u s u n d e r

t he s e al o f secr esy an d d e sir e o u r familiarity But to t he .

fals e an d to imp o st ors an d t o th o s e w ho s e ek o t h er thi ngs

,

th en wisd om w e w it ness by th es e pre s e n ts p ublikely w e

, ,

can no t be b etray e d u n t o th e m t o o ur hur t n or be k n ow n t o ,

th em with o u t the will o f G o d bu t th e y shall c ertainly be

,

partak ers o f that t e rribl e c o mmi n ati o n sp ok en of i n o u r

F ama an d th e ir impi o u s d esig n s shall fall back up on th e ir
,

o w n h e ads w hil e o u r tr e as u r e s shall r e mai n u n t o uch e d till

, ,

the Li o n shall aris e an d e xact th e m as his righ t r e c e iv e an d ,

i mplo y th e m fo r the e stablishmen t p f his ki ngd o m .

CH A PTER V II .

On e thi ng sh o uld h e r e 0 m o rtals b e e s t ablish ed by us

, , ,

that G o d hath d e cree d to the w o rld b efo r e her e n d which ,

pre s e n tly th er e up o n shall en su e an i n ux o f truth light

, , ,

a n d gra n d e ur such as he c omma n d e d sh o uld acc ompa ny

,

A dam fr o m P aradis e an d sw e e t en t he mis ery o f man

Wh e r efo r e th e re shall c e as e all falshoo d dark n e ss an d ,

b o ndage w hich littl e by littl e with the gr eat gl ob e s re

, ,

v o luti o n hath cr ept i nt o the arts w o rks an d g o v e r n m en ts

, , ,

o f men dark e ni n g the gr e at e r part o f th e m

,
Th en c e hath .

pr o c ee d e d that i nn um erabl e div ersity o fp ersuasi o n s falsiti e s , ,

an d h e r e si e s which mak e s ch o ic e difcult t o th e wis e st men

, ,

s ee in g o n the o n e part th ey w er e hi nd er e d by the r e puta

t i o n o f phil o s oph ers a nd o n the o th er by the facts o f e x peri
e n c e which if (as w e trust ) it can b e o n c e r e m o v e d and i n
, ,

st ead th er eo f a si n gl e an d s elf-sam e rul e be i n stitut e d th en ,

th e re w ill i n d ee d r emai n tha nks u n t o th em which hav e

tak en pai n s th er e i n but the sum of the so gr e at w o rk shall
,

b e at t ribut e d to the bl e ss e d ne ss o f o ur age .

 HISTOR Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA NS .

CH A PTER IX .

Th es e charact ers and l et t ers as G o d hat h h er e and t h ere

,

i n c orp orat e d th em in the S acr e d S criptur e s so h at h H e ,

impri nt e d th e m m o st manife stly o n the w on d erful w o rk o f

cr eat i o n o n the h eav en s the e arth an d on all b eas t s so
, , , ,

t hat as the math ematicia n pr e dicts e clips e s so w e progno s ,

ti cat e the o bscura t i on s o f the church an d how l o ng th ey ,

shall last F r o m th e s e l e tt ers w e hav e b orr o w e d o ur

.

magi ck wr i t i ng and th en c e hav e mad e fo r o urs elv e s a n ew

,

langu ag e i n which the n atur e o f thi ngs is expr ess ed so

, ,

that it is n o w o n d er that w e ar e n o t so el o qu en t in o th er
t ongu e s l east o f all in this Lati n which w e k no w t o be by
, ,

n o m e a n s i n agree m e n t with that o f A dam and o f En o ch ,

but to hav e b een c on t ami nat e d by the c onfusi o n o f Bab el 1

.

C HA PTER X .

But this als o mus t by n o m e an s be omit t e d that whil e , ,

th er e are yet s o m e e agl e s fe ath ers i n our way the which ,

do hi n d er o ur purp o s e w e do e xh or t t o the s o l e on ely

, , ,

assidu o us and c o n tin ual study o f the S acr e d S criptur e s

, ,

fo r he t ha t tak eth all his pl e as ur e s t h er e i n shall k no w that

he hath pr epar e d for hims elf an e xc ell en t way t o c o m e in t o
o u r F rat e r n ity for this is the w h o l e sum o f o u r Laws that
, ,

as th er e is no t a charact er in that gr eat miracle o f the w o rld

which has n ot a claim o n th e m em o ry so th o s e are n ear e st ,

and lik e st u nt o us w ho do mak e the Bibl e the rul e o f th e ir

life the en d o f all th eir s t udi e s an d the c o mp en dium o f
, ,

the u n iv e rsal w o rld fr o m wh o m w e r e quir e n o t that it

,

sh ou ld be c on ti nually in th e ir m o uth but that th e y sh o uld ,

1
Th e or iginal re ads B a by lon is f
con u si one, by th e c o n fu si on of

Ba b yl on .

CON F E S S I OZV O F RO SICR UCIA N FRA TERNIT Y .
95

appr opriat ely apply its t ru e in t erpr etati o n to all ages of the
wo rld for it is n o t our cust o m so t o d ebas e the divin e
,

o racl e that whil e th er e are i nn um e rabl e e xp o u n d ers o f the

,

sam e s om e adh er e to the o pin i on s of th eir party s om e

, ,

mak e sp o rt of S criptur e as if it w er e a tabl e t o f wax t o be

i n di erently mad e u se of by t h eo l o gia n s phil o s o ph ers
'

, ,

d o ct ors and math ematician s Be it o urs rath er t o b ear

,
.

wit n e ss that fr o m th e b egi nn i n g o f the w orld th er e hath

,

n o t b een giv e n t o man a m o r e e xc ell en t admirabl e an d , ,

wh ol e s o m e b o o k th en the H o ly Bibl e ; Bl ess e d is he w ho

p o ss e ss e s it m o r e bl e ss e d is he w ho r e ads it m ost bl e ss e d
, ,

o f all is h e w h o tr u ly u n der st an deth it whil e h e is m o st ,

lik e to G o d who b o th u n d ersta n ds and o b eys it .

CH A PTE R X I .

N ow wh at s o ev er hat h b een said i n the F ama t hr o ugh ,

hatr e d o f imp o st ors agai n st the tran smutati o n o f m etals

,

an d th e s u pr e m e m e dici n e o f the w o rld w e d e sir e t o b e so ,

un d erst o o d that this so gr e at gift of G o d w e do i n n o

,

manner set at n aught bu t as it bri ngeth n o t always with

,

it the k n o wl edg e o f Natur e w hil e this kn o w l e dg e bringeth

,

forth b o th L that an d an i n nit e n umb e r o f o th e r n atural

miracl e s it is right that w e be rath er e ar n e st t o attain to

,

the k n o w l e dg e o f phil o s o phy n or t empt e xc ell e n t wits t o

,

the ti n ctur e o f m e tals s o o n e r th e n t o th e o bs ervati o n of

Natur e H e m u st n e e ds be i n satiabl e t o wh o m n e ith er

.

p ov e rty dis eas e s n o r da nge r can any l o nge r r each who as

, , , ,

o n e rais e d ab o v e all m e n hath r u l e o v e r that which d o th

,

an gu ish a fflict and pain oth ers yet will giv e hims elf agai n
, , ,

t o idl e t hi ngs wi ll b u ild mak e wars an d d omin eer be

, , , ,

caus e he hath o f go ld s ufci e n t an d o f silv er an i n exhaust

,
9 6 H ISTO R Y O F TH E RO SICR UCIA NS .

ibl e fo un t ai n G o d j udg eth far o t h erwis e w ho exal t eth

.
,

the l o w ly an d cast e th the pr o ud i n t o o bscurity

, t o t he
sil en t he s en d e th his a n g els to h o ld sp e e ch with th em but ,

t he babbl ers he driv e th i n t o the wild er n e ss wh i ch is the ,

j udgm en t du e t o the R o man imp o st or w ho n o w p o ur e th

his blasph e mi e s with o p en m o uth agai nst Christ n or y e t ,

i n the full light by which G erman y hath d e t e c t e d his cav e s

,

an d sub t erra n e a n passag e s will abstai n fro m lyi ng that

, ,

t h er eby he may full the m e asur e o f his si n and be fo u n d ,

w o rthy of the ax e Th er efo r e one day it will c o m e to

.
,

pass tha t the m o u th o f this vip er sh all be st opp ed an d his

, ,

tripl e cr o w n shall be br o ugh t t o n o ught o f which thi ngs ,

m o r e fully w h en w e shall hav e met t og e th e r .

CH A PTER XII .

F or c o n clusi on of o u r Co n fe ssi o n we must ear n e stly ad

m o nish yo u that y o u cast away if not all y et m o st o f the
, , ,

w o rthl e ss b o o ks o f ps eu d o chymists to wh o m it is a j e st to
,

apply the M o st H oly Tri n ity to vain thi ngs or t o d e c eiv e ,

men with m o n s t r o us symb ol s and en ig mas o r to pr o t by ,

'

the curi o sity o f the cr edul o us o ur a e d o th pr o duc e many

g
such o n e o f the gre at e s t b e i ng a s tage-play er a man wi th
, ,

s u f ci en t i n gen uity for imp o si ti o n s u ch d o th the e ne my o f

human w elfare mi ngl e am o ng the g o o d s e e d th er eby t o ,

mak e the truth m or e difficult t o be b eli e v e d which i n her ,

s elf is simpl e an d n ak e d whil e falsho o d is pr o ud haughty

, , ,

an d c o l our e d with a l u str e o f s ee mi ng g o dly an d huma n e

wisd o m Y e t hat are wis e e sch e w such b ooks and hav e

.
,

re c o urs e to us who s eek n ot y o ur m o n eys b u t offer u n t o

, ,

y o u m o st willi ngly o u r gr e a t tre asur e s W e hu nt n o t aft e r

.

y o ur g o o ds wi t h inv en t e d lyi ng tin c t ur es b ut d esir e t o ,

mak e yo u partak ers o f o u r g o o ds W e do n o t r ej e ct par

.
98 HIS T OR Y OF TH E ROSICR UCIA NS .

b e led away by such u n exp e ct ed gr e at rich e s i n t o an ef

fe mi n
ate, i dl e lux uri o us and p omp o us life do n ot disturb o u r
, , ,

sacr e d sil en c e by y our clam o ur but thi nk that al th ou gh

, ,

th er e be a m e dici n e which might fully cur e all dis e as e s yet ,

th o s e wh o m G o d wish e s to try or to chastis e shall n o t be

ab ett e d by such an Opp o rtu n ity so that if w e w e re abl e to
,

e nrich an d instruct the wh o l e w o rld and lib e rat e it fr o m

,

inn um erabl e har dships yet shall w e n e v er b e manife st e d

,

u nt o any man u nl ess G o d sh o uld fav o ur it yea i t shall be

, ,

so far fr o m him w ho thi nks t o b e partak e r o f o u r rich e s

agai n st the will o f G o d t ha t he shall s oon er l o s e his life i n

s e eki ng us th en attain happin ess by ndi ng u s
, .

F R A TE R N I TA S R C . .
 CH A PT ER V .

TH E CH Y M I CA L M A R R IA G E o r CH R I S TI A N R OS EN CR EU TZ .

TH E wh ol e R o sicrucian c on tr o v ersy c en tr e s i n this publica

ti o n which B u hl e d escrib e s as a c o mic r o ma n c e o f e xtra
,

o rdi n ary tal en t I t was rst publish e d a t S trasb ourg in
.

the y e ar 1 6 1 6 but as will b e s een i n the s e v e n th chapt e r

, , ,

it is s u pp o s e d to hav e exist e d i n ma nuscript as e arly as

1 601 - 2 th u s a nt e dati n g by a l o ng p eri o d the o th e r R o si
,

crucia n b o oks Tw o e diti o n s o f the G erma n o rigi nal are

.

pre s erv ed i n the Library o f the British M u s eum b o th b e ar ,

i ng the dat e It w as tran slat e d i nt o En glish for the

rst time i n 1 6 9 0 u n d e r the titl e of The H erm etic
,

R o man c e : or The Chym i cal W e ddi n g Writt e n i n H igh .

Dutch by Christian R ose n cre u tz Tra nsla t e d by E F ox

. .

croft lat e F ell ow o f K i ng s Co lledge in Cambridge

,

.

Lic en s e d an d en t er e d acc o rdi ng t o Ord er Pri n t e d by A . .

S o w l e at the Cr o ok e d Bill e t i n H o ll o w ay-La ne S h o r e dit ch

, ,

a n d S o ld at t he Thr e e -
K eys i n Nags -
H ead -Co urt Grac e ,

chu rch stre e t
It is this tra n slati on i n substan c e that
.
,

is c ompr e ss ed by the o missi o n o f all irr el evan t matt e r and

,
'

disp en sabl e pr o lixiti es which I n ow o ffer to the greader

, .

Ch mi sch e H o chz e i t : Ch r is t i an i R o se n c r e u t z
1
A nn o 1 459
y . .

E rstl i c k G e dr u c k tz or S tras o u rg b
A nn o M D X V I
. . C . . Th e s e c on d
e ditio n was p r i n t e d b y Co n ra d E c he r .
 HIS T OR Y OF TH E ROSICR UCIA NS .

The Chymical M arriage o

f Christi an R osencr eutz . A nno 1 45 9 .

A c
r a na p u bli ca ta v i lescu n t, et gr a ti a m p r op ha na ta a mi tta nt .

Er go : ne M a rga r i tas ob
j i ce p or eis, s ea A si no subster ner e r osa s .

TH E F I R S T BOOK .

The F irst Day .

On an e e v ni ng b efor e E ast er-day I sat e at a t abl e and , ,

havi ng i n my h u mbl e pray e r c on v e rs e d with my Cr e at o r an d

Me di i
tat o .
c o n sid er e d ma n y gr eat myst e ri e s (w h er eof the F ath er o f
Lights had sh e w n me n o t a few ) an d b ei ng n o w r eady t o ,

pr epar e in my h ear t t o g eth er with my d ear P aschal Lamb

, ,

a small u nl e av en ed u ndeled cak e all o n a sudd en aris eth so

, , ,

h o rribl e a t emp est t hat I imagi n ed n o o th er but that thr ou gh

, ,

its mighty fo rc e the hill wh er eo n my littl e h o us e was

,

fo u n d e d w o uld y all in pi e c es But i n asmuch as this and .

,

the lik e fr o m the d e vil (w ho had d o n e me ma ny a spight )

,

was n o n ew thi n g t o me I t oo k c o urage and p e rsist e d i n

, ,

my m e ditati o n till s o m eb o dy t o uch e d me o n the back ,

wh er e up o n I was so hug ely t erri e d that I durst hardly l o o k

ab o ut me yet I sh ew e d mys elf as ch eerfu l as human e frailty
,

wou ld p ermit N o w the sam e thi ng still twitchi ng m e

.

s ev eral tim e s by the c o at I glan c e d back and b eh o ld it was

,

P raecon i ssa a fair an d gl o ri o us lady wh o s e garm ent s w e r e all sky e

,

c ol our and curi o usly b espan gl e d with g o ld en stars I n her

,
.

r ight ha n d she bar e a tr u mp e t o f b e at en g o ld wh e r e o n a ,

Nam e was i ngrav en which I c o uld w ell r ead but am fo rbidd en

as y et t o r ev e al I n h er l eft han d she had a gr e a t bu n dl e of
.

l et t ers i n all la nguag e s which she (as I aft erwards u n d e r

,

st oo d) was t o carry i nt o all c o u n tri e s S he had als o large .

and b e autiful wi ngs full o f e y e s thr o ugh o ut wh er e with she

, ,
 H ISTOR Y O F TH E ROSICR UCIA N S .

Un d ern eath s t oo d S p ons zis an d Sp onsa .

De N up tns . As
s oo n as I r ead this l e tt e r I was lik e t o hav e fain t e d ,

a way all my hair st o o d o n e n d a n d c o ld sw e a t trickl e d

, ,

d own my wh o l e b o dy F or alth ou gh I w ell p erc e iv e d that

.

this w as t he app o i nt e d w eddin g wh er eo f s eve n y e ars b efor e

I was acquai nt e d i n a b o dily visi o n an d which I had with
.

gr e at e ar ne stn e ss att en d e d an d w hich lastly by the acc o u n t

, , ,

an d calculati o n o f t he l nn e ts I fo u n d so to be ye t c o uld
p a , ,

in I n ev e r fo r e- see that it must happ en und e r so gri e v o us

E gg
i
gg pg t s

and p eril o us c o n diti o n s F or wh e r e as I b efo r e imagi n e d

.

that t o be a w ell-c o m e gu e st I n ee d e d o n ely t o app e ar at

,

the w e ddi ng I was n o w dir e ct e d t o D ivi n e P r o vid e n c e o f

, ,

which u ntil this tim e I was n e v er c er t ai n I als o fo u n d .

,

the m o r e I e xami n e d mys elf that i n my h e ad th e r e w as ,

o n e ly gr o ss misu n d e rsta n di ng a n d bli nd n e ss i n myst e ri o us

imgiii
o
,
a

thi ngs so t hat I was n o t abl e t o c o mpr eh en d e v e n th o s e

,

thi ngs which lay u n d e r my fee t an d which I daily co n

ig iiiii g
l
i ,

v e rs e d with much l e ss that I sh o uld be b o r n to the s e arch

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,
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i ng o ut and u n d erstan di ng o f the s e cre ts o f Natur e si n c e , ,

mm in my Opi n i on Na tur e might e v erywh e r e nd a m o re v e r

g
a a
,

t uo u s discipl e t o wh o m t o i ntrus t her pr e ci o us th o ugh

, ,

t emp o rary and chan g e abl e tr e asur e s I fo u n d als o that my .

b o dily b ehavi o ur o u t ward c o nv ersati o n an d br ot h erly l ov e

, ,

t o ward my n e ighb o ur was n ot d uly purg e d and cl e a n s e d .

M oreo v er the t ickli ng of the e sh ma n ife st e d its elf wh o s e

, ,

a ffe cti on was b ent o nly t o p o mp brav ery and w o rldly , ,

prid e no t to the go o d of man ki nd ; and I was always con

,

triv i ng ho w by this ar t I might i n a sh o r t t im e abu n dan tly

i ncr eas e my advantag e r e ar stat ely palac es make mys elf

, ,

an e v erlastin g n am e an d o th er the lik e car n al d e sig n s

,
.

B ut the o bscur e words c o n c er n i ng the t hr ee Te mpl e s did

par ticularly a fict me w hich I w as n o t abl e to mak e o ut b y
,
 M A RR IA GE O F CHRISTIA N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 03

any aft e r-S p e cu lati on Th u s sticki ng b e t w een h o p e an d

.

fear e xamin ing mys e lf agai n and again an d n ding o n ly

, ,

my o wn frailty an d i mp o t e ncy and e xc e e din gly amaz e d at ,

the for e -m e n ti o n e d thr e at en i n g at l e ngth I b e t oo k mys elf

,

t o my us u al c o u r s e A ft er I had nish e d my m o st fe rven t

.

pray er I laid me d o w n i n my be d that so p ercha n c e my P

, ,
reces ~

go o d ange l by the Divi n e p ermissio n might app ear an d (as ,

it had fo rm erly happ en e d )i n struct me i n this a ffair w hich , ,

to the prais e o f G o d did n o w lik e w is e fall o u t

,
F o r I was .

y e t scarc e asl ee p wh e n m e -
th o ught I t o g e th e r with a n u m Vi i
, p s o er .
mm m so u
berle ss m ultit u d e o f m en lay fe tt e r e d with g r e at chai n s i n
,

a dark d unge o n wh er ei n w e s w arm e d lik e b ee s o n e o v er T m

, u ,
cm m s'
an o th e r and th u s re nd er e d e ach o th e r s aficti o n m or e
,

g ri e v o us B u t . alth o u gh n e ith e r I n or a n y o f t h e ,
r e st ,

c o u ld see o n e j o t ye t I c on ti nually h eard o n e h eavi ng him

,

s elf ab o v e the o th er wh en his chain s o r fe tt ers w er e b e c o m e

,

e v e r so littl e light e r N o w as I w ith t he r e st had c o n

.

tinu ed a g o o d w hil e i n this aficti o n a n d e a ch w as sti ll ,

r epro achi ng the o th er with his bli nd ness an d captivity at ,

l ength w e h e ard many t rump ets s o u n di ng t oge th er an d ,

k e ttl e-dr u ms b e ating so articially th er et o that it r ej o y ced ,

us e v en i n o u r calamity .

D u ri ng this n o is e the c o v e r o f the du n geo n was lift e d u p ,

and a littl e light l et d o w n u n t o us Th en rst might tru ly I ll t ti

. us ra o ,

hav e b e en disc e rn e d the b u stl e w e k ept fo r all w en t p esl e ,

m esl e an d he who p erchan c e had t oo much h e av e d u p him

,

s elf was forc e d d o w n again u n d er the o th ers fee t I n

.

bri ef e ach o ne str o ve to b e upp erm o st n eith er did I li nger

, , ,

but with my w eighty fett ers slipt fro m u n de r the r est an d

, , ,

t h en h e av e d mys elf up on a S t on e h o w b eit I was s e veral ,

tim e s ca ught at by o th ers fr o m w h o m as w ell as I might

, , ,

I guard e d mys elf w ith hands and fe e t W e imagine d tha t .

 HISTOR Y O F TH E R OSICR UCIA NS .

we sh o uld all be set at lib erty which y et fell o ut quit e

,

o t h erwis e fo r aft e r the n o bl e s w ho l o o k e d up o n us thr o ugh

,

the h ol e had r e cr e at e d th ems e lv e s with o u r struggli n g a ,

e n o -
c rtai h ary h e ad e d man call e d t o us t o be quie t and , ,

having obtai n e d it b egan thus t o say o n

,

I f wre tch e d mor tals wo u ld f orb ear

Th e m s e lv e s t o so u ph o ld ,

Th en s u r e o n th e m m u ch go o d c o nfer
M y ri gh te o u s M oth e r wo u ld
Bu t si n c e t h e s ame will n o t i n s u e ,

Th e y m u s t i n c ar e a n d s orro w r u e ,

A n d s t ill i n p r is o n li e .

H owb e i t m y d e ar M o th er will
,

Th e ir fo lli e s o v e r -se e,

H er ch o ic e s t goo ds p e rmi tti n g s t ill

To o m u ch i n Li gh t t o b e .

W h e re for e i n h o n ou r o f th e feas t
,

W e t his d ay s ol e mn iz e ,

Th at so h er gra c e may b e i n c r e ast ,

A go o d d e e d sh e ll d e vis e

F o r n o w a c o r d sh a ll b e l e t d own ,

A n d w ho so e e r c an h an g t h e re o n

S h a ll fre e ly b e r el e as t .

He had scarc e d o n e sp e aking wh en an A nt i en t Matr o n

c o mman d e d her s ervan ts to let d ow n t he c ord s e v en tim e s
i n to the du nge on an d draw u p w h o ms oe v er c o u ld ha ng up o n
,

it G o o d G o d that I c o uld s ufci e ntly d e scrib e the h u rry

.

that ar o s e am on gst us e v ery o n e str o v e t o r e ach the c o rd ,

an d o n ly hi n dre d e ach o th er A fter s e v e n mi n ut e s a littl e

.

b e ll ra ng wh e r e up on at the rst p ull t he s ervan ts dr ew u p

,

fo ur A t that tim e I c o u ld n ot c o m e n e ar the c ord havi n g

.
,

to my hug e misfo rt u n e b etak e n mys elf to the st o n e at t he

wall wh e re as the c o rd d e sc en d e d i n the mi ddl e The c o rd
, .

S ecun d a . w as let d o wn the s e c o n d tim e but div er s be cause th eir chai n s

, ,

w e re to o h eavy an d th eir ha nds to o t en d er c o uld n ot k e ep

, ,

h old o n it an d br o ught d o wn o th ers w ho e ls e might have

,
 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

W h en e v e r y shall e qu al be
o ne

N o n e we al thy n o n e i n p e n u r y
, .

W h o e e r r e c e ive t h gr eat c o mm an ds

H at h w o r k e n o u gh t o ll his h an ds
W ho e e r wi th m u ch h at h t r u s te d b e e n

,

Ti s w e ll if h e m ay s a v e his ski n

W h e re f o r e y o u r l ame n tat i o n s c e as e
, ,

W h at is t t o w ai te fo r s ome fe w d ay e s ?

The c o v e r w as n o w agai n put to and l o ck e d the trump et s ,

a n d k e ttl e -dr u ms b egan afr e sh yet the bitt er lam en tati o n ,

o f t he pris o n e rs was h e ard ab o v e all a n d s o o n caus e d my ,

e y e s t o r un o v e r Pr e s en tly the A n ti e n t Matr o n t o g et h e r

.
,

w i th her so n sate d o w n a nd c o mma n d e d t he R e d ee m e d

, ,

sh o uld be t o ld A s s o o n as she had w ritt en d o w n t h eir

.

n umb e r i n a g o ld -
y ell o w tabl e t she d em an d e d e v ery on e s
,

S ec retarus
n am e this was als o w ri tte n d o w n by a littl e page H avi ng .

vi e w e d us all she sigh e d an d said t o her so n

, ,
A h ho w ,

hartily am I gri ev e d fo r the p o o r m e n i n th e dung e on I

w o uld t o G o d I durs t r el eas e th e m all Wh er e u n t o her .

so n r epli e d Mo th e r it is thus o rdai n e d by G o d agai n st

, ,

Wh o m w e may n o t c o n t en d I n cas e we all o f us w e re l o rds

.
,

and w e r e s e at e d at tabl e w ho w o uld th e r e b e t o bri n g up

,

t he s e rvic e A t this his m o th e r h e ld he r p e ac e bu t s o o n ,

aft e r she said W ell let th e s e be fr ee d fr o m th e ir fett ers
, ,

which was pr e s e n tly d on e an d I th o ugh am o n g the last

, , ,

c o uld n o t r efrain but b o w e d my s elf b efo r e the A nti en t

,

Matr o n thanki n g G o d that thr ou gh her had graci o usly

,

v o u chsafe d to bri ng me o u t o f dark n e ss i n to light Th e .

r e st did lik e wis e t o the satisfacti o n o f th e matr on Lastly .

,

to e ve ry o n e was giv en a pi e c e o f g o ld for a r e m e mbra n c e ,

and t o sp en d by the way On the o n e sid e th er e o f was

.

stamp e d the risin g su n ; o n the o th e r th es e thr ee l ett er s

D L S ; th e r ewith all had lic e n s e to d e part t o his o w n
b u si n e ss w ith this i n timati o n that we to the glory of G od
, ,
 M A R R I A GE OF CH RI S TI A N R OS E N CRE U TZ . 1 07

should bene t our n eighbours, and r eserve in silence wha t we had

been intrusted wi th, w hich w e pr o mis e d to do
d epart e d o ne l an d
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fr o m an o th er B e cau s e o fthe w o u nds the fe tt ers had caus ed t ti

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a s

me I c o u ld n o t w ell go fo rw ard which the matr o n pr es en tly

, ,

espyi n g calli n g me agai n t o h er sid e said t o me My so n

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, ,
i ,

let no t this d e fe ct a fict th ee b ut call t o mi n d thy i n rmi

,

ti e s an d thank G o d w ho hath p ermitt e d th ee e ven i n this

, ,

wo rld to c o m e i n t o so high a light

, K e e p th es e w o u nds.

for my sak e .

Wh ereu p o n the tru mp ets b egan agai n t o s o u n d which so ,

affrighte d me that I aw o k e an d p erc e iv e d that it w as o n e ly Em g t

, er e
ti ac o'
a dre am which yet was so impr e ss ed o n my imagi n ati on
,

that I was p e rp et u ally tr o ubl e d ab o u t it and m eth o ught I ,

was still s en sibl e o f the w o u n ds o n my fee t By all th e s e .

thi ngs I w e ll u n d e rsto o d that G o d had v ou chsafe d me to be 5 mm 0

pr esen t at this myst eri o us an d hidd e n Weddi ng wh er e fo r e ,

w ith childlik e c o n d en c e I r e t u r ne d than ks to H i s Divi n e

Maj e sty an d be s ou ght H i m that H e w ou ld pr es e rv e me i n P ti
,
re ca o .

H i s fe ar daily ll my h e art w ith wisd o m an d u n d e rst an d

,

i ng an d g raci o u sly c o n d u ct me t o the d e sir e d e nd Th e r e

, .

up o n I pr epare d mys e lf for the w ay pu t o n my w hit e

f
ti
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,

linnen c o at gird e d my loyn s w ith a bl o o d-r ed ribb o n

, ,

b ou n d cr o ss -ways o v e r my sh o uld e r I n my hat I stuck .

four re d ro s es that I might the s oo n e r by this to k en b e

,

tak en n o tic e o f am o ngst the thr o ng F o r fo o d I t oo k .

br e ad salt and w at er w hich by the c o u n s el o f an u n d er

, , ,

stan ding p ers o n I had at c er t ai n tim e s u s e d n o t with ou t ,

pro t i n the lik e o cc urr en c e s B efo re I part e d fr o m my

, .

c o ttag e I rst i n this my w e ddi n g garm en t fell d o w n up on

, , ,

my k ne e s and b es o ught G o d t o v o uchsafe me a g o o d issu e

,
.

I mad e a v ow that if a nythi n g sh o uld by H i s Grac e be re V t m o u .

veal ed to m e I wo uld i mplo y it n eith er to my o w n h o n o u r

,
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

n or auth ority in the w o rld but to the spr e adin g o f H i s

,

n am e an d the s e rvic e o f my n e ighb o ur

, With this v o w I .

d e part e d o ut o f my c ell wi t h j oy .

The S econd Day .

I was hardly go t o u t o f my c ell in t o a forr es t wh en me

th o ught the wh o l e h eave n and all the e l em ents had
trimm e d th e ms elv e s agai n st this we ddi n g E v en the birds .

chan te d m o r e pl e asa n tly t h e n b efo r e an d the y o u ng fawn s ,

skipp e d so m e rrily that th ey r ej o ic ed my old h e art an d ,

m o v e d me als o t o si ng w ith such a l o ud v o ic e thr ou gh o ut

p er S y l v am ,
the w h o l e fo rr e st that it r e s o u n d e d fr o m all parts the
, ,

hills r ep e ati n g my last w o rds u n til a t l e n gth I e spyed a

,

curi o us gr ee n h e ath whith er I b et o o k mys elf o u t o f the

,

fo rr est Up on this h e at h st o o d thr ee tall c edars which

.
,

a ffo rd e d an exc e ll en t shad e wh er eat I gre atly rej oyced for

,
.
, ,

alth o ugh I had n o t g o n e far my e arn est l o ngi ng mad e me

,

fai n t A s s oo n as I cam e s om ewhat n igh I e spye d a tabl e t

.
,

fast en e d t o o ne o f th e m o n which the fo ll o wing w o rds w e r e

,

w ritt e n in curi o u s l e tt ers

G o d sav e th e e S tran ger ! I f th o u has t h e ard a nythi ng
,

c o n c er n i n g the n uptials o f the Ki ng c on sid er th es e w o rds ,

.

By u s d o th the B r id egr o o m o ffe r th ee a ch o ic e b etw e en

fo ur e ways all o f which if th o u d o st n o t si nk d o w n i n the
, ,

w ay can bri ng th ee to his r oyal c ou rt The rst is sh o rt

,
.

but da ng e r o u s an d o n e which will l e ad th e e i nt o r o cky

,

plac es thr o ugh which it w ill be scarc ely p o ssibl e t o pass

, .

The s e c o n d is l o ng e r a nd tak e s th e e circuit o usly ; it is

,

plai n an d e asy if by t he h elp o f the Magn e t th o u t u r n e st

, ,

n e ith e r t o l e ft n o r right The third is that tr uly ro yal

.

w ay which thr o ugh vari o u s pl e asur e s an d pag e an ts o f o u r

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C o u mb a I was n o t awar e sitti ng up o n the tr ee espye d an d t h er e
, ,
a l b a arb o ri
i i
mer c ur al with cam e d o w n b etaki ng h ers elf v ery familiarly to me t o
, ,
i n si den s
wh o m I willi ngly impart e d my foo d which she r e c eiv ed
.

, ,

an d with her pr e tti ne ss did agai n a littl e r e fr e sh me Bu t .

as s o on as her en e my a m o st black R av e n p erc e iv e d it b e

, , ,

straight dar t e d d o wn up o n the d ov e an d taki n g n o n o tic e ,

o f me ,
w o uld n ee ds fo rc e away her m eat w ho c o uld n o t ,

o th e rwis e guard h e rs elf but by igh t W h er eup on b o th .

,

t o g eth e r ew t o w ard the S ou th at which I was so h u g ely

,

i n c en s e d an d gri e v e d that with o ut thi nki ng I mad e hast e

, ,

aft e r the lthy R av en an d so agai n st my will r an i n t o o n e

, , ,

o f t he fo r e- m en ti o n e d ways a wh o l e eld s l ength The

.

Rav en b ei ng thus chas e d away and the D o v e d eliv e r e d I rs t

, ,

o bs e rv e d wha t I had i n c o n sid e rat e ly d o n e an d that I was ,

alr e ady en t er e d i n t o a w ay fr o m whic h u n d er p eril o f p u n

, ,

i shmen t I durs t n o t r e tir e an d t h o ugh I had s t ill wh er e

, ,

with to c o mfort mys e lf yet that which was w orst of all was
, ,

that I had l eft my bag and br ead at the Tr ee and c o uld ,

n ev er r e tri e ve th em fo r as s o o n as I turn e d mys elf ab o ut

, ,

a c o n trary wi n d was so s t r o n g agains t me t hat it was r e ady

'

t o fell me but if I w en t fo rward I p erc e iv e d n o hindra n c e

, , ,

wh er efo r e I pat i en tly t ook up my cr o ss got up o n my fe et , ,

an d r e s o l v e d I w o uld u se my utm o st e n d e av o ur to et t o my
g
j o ur ney s end b efo re night No w alth o ugh ma ny appar en t

.
,

C ompassu s .
by ways sh o w e d th ems elv e s I s t ill pr o c ee d e d with my com
,

pass an d wo uld n o t budg e o ne s t ep fr o m the m eridian li n e

, .

H o wb eit the w ay was o ft en tim e s so rugge d that I was i n

,

n o lit t l e d o ubt o f it .I c o nstantly th ou ght up o n the Do v e

an d R av e n an d y et c o uld n o t s e arch o u t the m e ani n g u n til
, ,

Di v e rso ri u m . up on a high hill afar o ff I espyed a stat ely P or t al to which , ,

Occasu s .
n o t r egardi ng t hat it was dista n t fr o m t he w ay I was i n I ,

(9 has ted b e caus e the sun had alr eady hid hims elf u n d e r the
,
 M A R RI A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CRE U TZ . 1 1 1

hills and I c o uld els ew h ere see no abidin g plac e w hich I

, ,

v erily ascrib e o nly to G o d Who might hav e p ermitt e d me ,

t o go forward an d withh eld my ey e s that so I might hav e

,

gaz e d b esid e this gat e to w hich I n ow mad e mighty hast e , ,

an d r each e d it by so much daylight as t o tak e a c omp e t e n t

vie w o f it It w as an exc e e di ng R oyal b e au tifu l P o rtal

.
, ,

wh e r eo n w er e carve d a multitu d e of m o st no bl e gur e s and

d e vic es ev e ry o ne o f which (as I aft erwards l e ar n e d )had its
,

p e culiar signicati o n A b o v e was x e d a pr etty large

.

Tabl et wit h t h e s e w o rds P roca l hinc p r oca l i te p rofani and T b l i

, , , a u a n

p mm s crl o s'
m or e that I was fo rbidd en to r elat e A s s oo n as I was .

c om e u nt o the p ortal th er e str eight st epp e d forth o ne i n a P tit

,
or or .

sky-c o l ou r e d habit wh om I salu t e d i n fri en dly ma n ner

,
.

Th o ugh he thankfully r e tu r n e d my gree ti ng he i n s t an tly ,

d eman de d my L e tt er o f I n vitati o n 0 ho w glad was I Li t . e rae con

i V 0ca on s
tha t I had br ought i t with me H o w e as ily might I hav e

forgo tt en it as cha n c e d to o th ers as he hims elf t o ld me I , .

quickly pr e s ent e d it wh e re with he was n ot o n ly satis e d

, ,

but sh o w e d m e abun da n c e o f r e sp e ct sayi ng Co m e in , , ,

my Br oth er an acc eptabl e gu est you ar e t o me withal

,

e ntr e a t i n g me n o t t o withh o ld my n am e fr o m him .

H avi n g r epli e d that I was a Br o th e r of the R ED R OS I E N m en

-
o
th i au or s .

CROS S he b o th w o n dr e d an d s e em e d to r ej o y ce at it an d th e n
, ,

pro c ee d e d th u s My br o th e r hav e you n o thi ng ab o ut yo u ,

wh er ewith to p u rchas e a t ok en I a n sw er ed my abili t y was

small bu t if he saw anythi n g ab o ut me he had a min d to
, .
,

it was at his s ervi c e H avi ng r equ est e d o f m e my b o ttl e o f Emit q

.
, a ua
T m e ss e
wat er an d I gra n ti ng it he gav e me a g olde n t ok en wh ere on
, , ,

st o o d th e s e l e tt ers S C en tr eatin g me that wh en it s t o od S tit ti an c a

ti
.
, ,
.

t cons an a
me l n g o o d st e ad I w o uld r em emb er hi m
, A ft e r wh i ch p . s on su s
h c ar us

I ask e d him ho w many w er e got i n b efor e me which he S

.

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als o t old me and lastly o u t o f m eer fri endship gave me a , ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

D i pl ma
o s eal ed l et ter t o the s e c on d P o rt er H avin g li nger e d s o m e
. .

tim e with him the night gr ew o n wh er eup o n a gr e at , ,

b e ac on u p on the gat e was imm ediat ely re d that if any ,

w er e still up on the way he migh t mak e hast e thith e r ,

.

The r o ad wh er e i t nish e d at the castl e was e ncl o s e d w ith

C till m
as walls an d plan t e d wi t h all s orts o f e xc ell ent fruit tr ee s
u .
,
.

On e v e ry third tr ee o n e ach sid e la n t er n s w er e hun g up ,

w h er e i n all t he ca n dl e s w er e light e d wi th a gl o ri o us t orch

by a b e autifu l Virgi habit e d

n i n S -
ky e c ol o ur which was so
, ,

n o bl e an d maj e stic a sp e ctacl e that I d e lay e d l o n g e r th e n

Th L d y
e was r e quisit e A t l e n gth aft er an ad v an tage o u s i n str uc
a
C h mb l i
.
,
a er a n
ti o n I d epart e d fr o m th e rst p o rt e r an d s o w e n t o n t he
, ,

w ay u n til I cam e t o the s e c on d ga t e which was ad o r n e d

, ,

P t
or a with imag e s an d mysti ck signi cati on s I n the a fx e d
d
.

secun a
Tabl t st d D a te et da bi tu r o oli s U n d er t his gate lay a
.

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a e a .
e o o .

C t L t erribl e Ly o n ch ai ne d w ho as s o on as he e spl e d me ar o se
u s os eo .
, , , ,

an d mad e at m e with gr e at r o ari n g wh e r e up o n the s e c o n d ,

2 P t it
or p o rt e r w ho lay u p on a st o n e o f marbl e a w ak e d an d wish
or .
, , ,

i ng me n ot t o be tr o ubl e d n o r affright e d dr o v e back the ,

ly o n an d havi n g r e c e iv e d the l e tt e r which I r e ach e d him

, ,

w ith tr embli n g han d he r e ad it an d with gr e at r esp e ct , ,

spak e th u s t o m e N o w w e l l-c o m e i n G o d s n am e u n t o

me the man w h o m o f l on g tim e I w o u ld glad ly hav e s ee n 1

Me a nwhil e he als o dr e w o u t a t ok en an d ask e d me wh e th er

, ,

I c o u ld purchas e it But I havi ng n o thi ng els e l e ft but .

,

my salt pr e s en t e d it to him which he tha nkfully acc ept e d

, , .

Up on this t ok en agai n st o o d two l ett ers nam ely S M , , . .

_

B e in g j u st ab o ut t o disc o urs e with him it b ega n t o ri ng i n ,

t he castl e wh e r e u p o n t he p o rt e r c o u n s ell e d me t o r u n
,

apac e or all the paine s I had tak en w o u ld s erv e t o

,

n o p u rp o s e for the lights ab o v e b egan alr e ady to b e

,

e xti n guish e d w her e up on I dispatch ed with much hast e

,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

tai n men who st u mbl e d i n up o n me but sin c e I c o uld se e ,

n o thing I was fai n t o suffe r and att e n d what th ey w o uld do

Bal neatore s . with me P re s en tly ndi ng that th ey w e r e barb ers I i n

.

tr e at e d t h em n o t t o j o stl e me for I w as c on t en t t o do ,

what th ey d e sir e d wh er e up o n o n e o f th em wh o m I yet

m
, ,

c ould n ot see g e ntly cut away the hair fr o the cr o wn o f

,

my h e ad but o n my fo r eh ead ears an d ey e s he p ermitt e d

, , ,

my i ce-gr ey l o cks t o ha ng I n this rst e nc ou nt er I was.

r e ady to d e spair fo r i n asmuch as s o m e of th e m sh o v e d me

, ,

s o fo rce ably an d w e r e still i n visibl e I c ou ld o n ely thi nk

, ,

tha t G o d fo r my curi o sity had s uffer e d me to miscarry .

The u n s e en barb ers car e full y gath er e d u p the hair which

P u eri b ii
n .
was cut o ff an d carri e d it away Th en t he t w o page s re
,
.

en t e r e d an d h e artily la u gh e d at me for b ei n g so t e rri e d .

Th e y had scarc e sp ok e n a fe w w o rds wi t h m e wh e n agai n

a littl e b ell b egan to rin g w hich (as t he pag e s i nfo rme d m e )
,

was to giv e n o tic e for ass embli ng w h er e up o n th ey will e d ,

me to ris e and thr o u gh ma n y walks d o o rs an d wi n di ng

, , ,

Tr i li i
c n u m . stairs light e d me i n t o a spaci o us hall wh er e t h er e was a ,

great multitud e of gu e s t s emp er o rs ki n gs pri n c e s an d , , ,

l ords n o bl e and ign o bl e rich an d p o o r and all s o rts o f

, , ,

p eopl e at which I hugely marvell e d an d th ough t t o my

, ,

s e lf A h ho w gr o ss a foo l hast th o u b een t o i ngage up o n

,

this j o ur ney with so much bitt er n e ss and t o il wh e n h er e ,

ar e fell o ws wh o m th o u w ell k no w e st a nd y e t hadst n e v e r ,

any r e as o n t o e st ee m whil e th o u with all thy pray e rs an d

, ,

supplicati o n s ar t hardly got i n at last
, .

This an d m o r e t he d e vil at tha t time i nj e ct ed M ean ,

t im e on e or o th e r o f my acquainta n c e spak e t o me Oh

Br o th er R o sen creutz art th o u h er e to o ? ,
Yea my ,

br ethr en I r epli ed The grac e o f G o d hat h h elpe d me i n

, ,

als o at w hich th ey rais e d a m i gh ty laugh t er l o o kin g up o n
, ,
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it as ridicul ous that th er e sh o uld be n ee d of G o d i n so

slight an o ccasi o n H avi ng d e man d e d e ach o f th em con
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clamb er o v er the r o cks c er t ai n i n visibl e trump e t s b egan t o

,

s o u n d t o the tabl e wh er e up on all s e at e d th ems elv es ev ery

, ,

o n e as h e j udg e d hims e lf ab o v e t he r e st so that for m e ,

an d s o m e o th e r s orry fe ll o ws th er e w as hardly a littl e n o o k

l eft at the l o w erm o st tabl e P r e s ently th e two pag e s

.

e ntre d a nd o n e o f th e m said grac e i n so ha n ds o m an d

,

e xc ell e nt a man n e r as r e o ce d th e v ery h e ar t i n my b o dy Q id m

j y u . a

H o w b eit s o m e mad e bu t lit t l e r e ck o n i ng o f th e m but iiiisliz t

c
t un .

, ,

ei re d and w i nk e d o n e at ano th er biti ng th eir lips within ,

t h eir hats and usi ng lik e u n s e emly g e stur e s A ft er t his

,
.
,

m e at was br o ught i n an d alb eit n o n e c o u ld b e s een e v ery C mm

, , , o es
w sa
thi ng was so o rd erly man ag ed that i t s ee m e d as if ev e ry
g u es t had his pro p er att en dan t N o w my A rtists havi n g -
gagsi
.

s o m ewhat r ecr uted th e ms elves and the wi ne havi n g a littl e

,

r e mo v e d sham e fr o m th e ir h e arts th e y pr es ent ly b ega n t o I b i

, ne r a
t m o ru
vaun t of th ei r ab i l i t i e s O ne w o u ld pr ov e th i s a no th e r g l i ti or a o
m
.
,
a .

that and c o mm o nly the m o st s orry idi o ts mad e the l o ud est

,

n o is e . Wh en I call to min d w hat pre t er nat ural and i m

p o ssibl e e nt erpris e s I th e n h eard I am still r eady t o v o mit ,

at it I n ne th e y ne v e r k e pt i n th eir o rd e r but w h en
.
, ,

e v e r p o ssibl e a rascal w o uld i n si n uat e hims elf am o n g the

n o bl e s .Ev ery man had his o w n pra t e and y e t the gr e at ,

l o rds w er e so simpl e t ha t th ey b eli e ve d t h eir pr et en c e s an d ,

the r ogu e s b ecam e so audaci o us that al t h o ugh s o m e o f ,

th em were rapp e d o v er the ngers with a k nife y et th e y ,

i nched n ot at it but wh e n an y o n e p ercha n c e had lc h e d

,

a gold-chain th en w ould all ha z ard for the lik e I saw on e

, .

who h eard the m o v e m en t s o f the H e av e n s the s e c on d c o uld ,

see Plat o s Id e as a third c o uld numb e r the at oms o f D e m o
,
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 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Th er e w er e n o t a few pr eten d e rs t o p erp e t u al

c ri tu s .

m o ti o n Ma ny an o ne (i n my Opi ni o n ) had goo d u n d er

.

stan di ng but ass u m e d t o o much t o hims e l f t o his o wn de

,

stru cti o n Lastly th ere was o n e w ho w o uld n e e ds per

.
,

suad e u s that he saw the s ervi t o rs who att e n d ed an d w o uld ,

hav e pursu ed his c o n t en ti on had n o t o n e o f th o s e i nvisibl e

,

w ait ers r e ach e d him so ha nds o m a cu up on his lyi ng

muzzl e that n o t only he bu t man y w ho w e r e by him be
, , ,

cam e mut e as mic e It b est o f all pl e as e d me that th o s e o f

.

wh o m I had any e s t ee m w e re v ery qu i e t i n th eir b u si n e ss ,

ack no wl e dgi n g th e ms e lv e s t o b e misu n d ers t an di ng men fo r

w h o m t h e myst e ri e s o f n atur e w er e t o o high I n this .

tum u lt I had alm o st curs e d the day wh e r ei n I cam e

hith e r fo r I c o uld n o t but with a ng u ish b eh old tha t
,

th o s e l ewd p e opl e w e r e ab o v e at the b o ard but I i n my ,

s o rry plac e c ou ld n o t e v en r e s t i n qui e t o n e o f th e s e ,

r ascals sc o rn fully r epr o achi ng m e fo r a m o tl e y fo ol I .

dre am e d n o t t ha t th er e was o ne gat e b ehi n d thr o ugh w hich

w e must pass bu t imagi n e d duri n g the wh o l e w e ddi n g I
,

was to c o n ti n u e i n this sc or n and i n dignity w hich 1 had at n o

tim e d es erve d e i t h e r o f the L o rd Brid e-gr o o m o r the Brid e
, .

A n d th ere fo r e I o pi n e d he w o u ld hav e d o ne w e ll t o s e e k
, ,

m p ti mi s o m e o th e r fo o l tha n me fo r his w e ddi ng

u e , To s u ch i mpa .

ii iiiiiiii ti e n ce d o th the i n iq u ity o f this w o rld r e duc e simpl e h e ar ts

i t a e
r n .

Bu t - this was r e ally o ne par t of the la men ess wh er eo f I had

dr e am e d .

The l o n g e r all this clam o ur last e d the m o r e it i n cr eas e d

, .

H o wb eit th e r e sat e by me a v e ry n e qui et man w ho dis

, , ,

c o urs e d o f exc ell ent matt ers an d at l en gth said ,

My
Br o th er if any o ne sh o uld c o m e n ow who w er e willi ng t o
,

i n struc t th es e b l o ckish p eopl e i n the righ t way w o uld he ,

be h eard 1 N o v erily I replye d The w o rld
, , said .
,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Al b e d o. v ery o ne s wh om she fo rm erly plac e d at the tr ee s S he .

w as n ot n o w in sk yec olo ur bu t i n a s n o w -whi t e glitte ring

, ,

r o b e w hich sparkl e d o f pur e gold an d cast such a lustr e

, ,

that we durst n ot st e adily b eh o ld it B o th the pages w er e .

after the sam e mann er habit ed alb eit s o m ewhat m o r e ,

slightly A s s o on as th e y w er e c om e i nt o the middl e o f

.

t he hall an d w er e d e sc en d e d fr o m the thr on e all t he small

, ,

tap ers mad e o b e isa n c e b efore her wh er e up on w e all st o o d

,

u
p, an d sh e havi n g t o us as w e agai ,
n t o h e r sh ew e d all ,

r e sp e ct an d r e v er en c e in a m o st pl e asan t t o n e
,
b egan
thus t o sp e ak
Th e Ki my Lo r d m o s t gra ci o u s ,
ng

W ho n ow s n o t v er y far f ro m u s,

A s als o his m o s t l o v e ly Br id e ,
T o hi m in t ro th an d h on o u r t i e d ,
A l ready wi th gr eat j o y i n du e d
, ,

H a v e y ou r arr iva l hi th er v i e w d

A n d do t o e v er y o n e an d all
P ro m is e t h e i r gra c e i n sp e cial
A n d f r o m th e i r v e ry h ear t s d e si re

Y o u may th e s am e i n t i m e a cqu i r e ,

Th at so t h e i r f u t u r e n u p ti al j o y
M ay m ix e d b e wi th n o n e s an n o y

.

H ereup on, wi t h all her small t ap ers ,

sh e again c o ur t eously
b o w ed and pr e s ent ly b ega n t hus
,

I n th I n vi tati o n wri t y o u k n o w

Th at n o m an c all e d w a s h e r e t o
W ho o f G o d s r ar e s t gift s go o d s to r e

H ad n o t r e c e iv e d l o ng b e fo re .

A l th o u gh w e c an n o t we ll c o n c e i t
Th at a n y m an s so d e sp e r ate

,

U n d e r c on di ti o n s s o h ar d ,

H er e t o i n tr u d e wi th o u t r e gar d ,

U n l e ss h e h av e b e e n r s t o f all
P r e pare d for this N u ptial ,

A n d th e r e fore in go o d h op e s do dwe ll
, ,

Th at wi th all y o u i t will b e we ll
 M A RRI A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 19

Y e t me n ar e wn so b o ld an d r u d e
gr o ,

N o t we i ghi n g t h e i r i n e p ti tu d e ,

A s s t ill t o th r u s t t h e m s e lv e s i n pla c e
VVh e r e t o n o n e o f th e m c all e d wa s .

N o c ook s -

c o mb h er e hi m s e lf may s e ll ,

N o r a sc al i n wi th o t h e r s s te al ,

F o r w e r e s o lv e wi th o u t al l le t
A W e ddi n g p u re t o c e l e b r ate .

S o t h e n t h e ar tis t s fo r to we igh
, , ,

S c al e s sh all b e x t t h e n s u i ng day

VVh e r e by e ach o n e may li gh tly n d

W h at he h at h l e ft at h o me b e hi n d .

I f h er e be any o f th at r o u t ,

W ho h av e go o d c au s e th em s e lve s to d o u b t ,

Le t h im p ack qu ickly h e n c e a sid e ,

Be c au s e i n c as e h e l o n ger b id e ,

Of gra c e for e l o rn an d q u i t e u n d on e
, ,

Be t i me s h e m u s t t h e gan tl e t r u n .

I f an y n o w his c o n sci e n c e gall

H e sh a ll t o - n i gh t b e l e f t i n t h h al l ,

A n d b e a gai n r e l e a st b y m o rn ,

Y e t s o h e hi th e r n e e r re tu r n

.

I f a n y man h av e c o n d e n c e ,

H e wi t h his wa i te r may go h e n c e ,

WVh o sh a ll h i m t o his c hamb e r li gh t ,

W h er e h e may r e s t i n p ea c e t o - n i gh t .

As s oon as she had d on e sp eaking she agai n mad e ,

r ev er en c e an d spru n g chearfully i n t o her thr one after

, ,

which the tru mp ets b egan agai n t o s o u nd an d c on duct ed ,

her i nvisibly a w ay but the m o st par t o f the small t ap ers

,

r emained and still o ne of th e m acc ompan i e d e ach o f u s

, .

I n o ur p erturbati on t is scarc ely p o ssibl e t o e xpr e ss what

,

p en siv e th ou ghts and g estur e s w er e am o ngst u s ye t m o st ,

part r e s o lv e d t o await the scal e an d in cas e thi ngs s o rt ed

,

n o t w ell t o d e part (as th ey h o p e d ) i n p e ac e I had s o o n A .

u to,
h u mil a se
cast up my r eck on i ng an d s e ei ng my c o n sci e n c e c o nvi n c e d
,

me of all ig n o ra n c e and u nw o rthi n ess I p u rp o s ed t o stay ,

with the r es t in the hall and ch o s e rather t o c o nt en t mys elf

,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

w ith m e al I had tak en than to r un the risk o f a fu ture

the

r ep uls e Aft er ev ery o n e by his small tap e r had b e en

.

s e v erally c o n d u ct e d to a chamb er (e ach as I sin c e u nd e r ,

st o o d i nt o a p ec u liar o n e) th er e staid n in e o f u s i n cludi n g

, , ,

he w ho disc ou rs e d with me at t he tabl e A lth o u gh ou r .

small tap ers l eft us n o t yet withi n an h our s tim e o ne o f

,

the pag e s cam e i n an d bri ngi n g a gr e at bu ndl e of c o rds

, ,

w ith him rs t d eman d e d wh eth er w e had c on cl u de d to

,

stay th er e w hich wh en w e had with si ghs a frm ed h e

, ,

b o u n d e ach o f u s i n a s ev eral plac e and so w en t a w ay w ith ,

o u r tap ers l eavi n g us p o o r w r et ch e s i n darkn e ss Th en

,
.

r st b egan s o m e to p erc ei v e the immi n e n t dange r an d ,

mys elf c ould n ot r efrai n t e ars fo r alth o ugh w e w ere no t , ,

fo rbidd en to sp e ak anguish an d aficti o n s u ffer e d n o n e o f

,

u s t o u tt e r o n e w o r d The c o rds w e r e so w o nd er fully

.

mad e that n on e c o uld c u t th e m m u ch l e ss ge t th e m o ff his

,

fe et yet this c o mfo rt e d me that the futur e gai n o f ma ny

, ,

an o n e w h o had n o w b etak e n him s elf t o r e st w o u ld pr o v e

littl e t o his satisfacti on bu t w e by o n e night s p enn an c e

,

might e xpiat e all o u r pr e sumpti o n A t l en gth i n my .

s orr owful th ou ghts I fell asl ee p duri ng which I had a ,

dr eam which I e st ee m n ot imp erti n e n t to r e c o u n t M e .

th ough t I w as u p o n an high m o u n tai n an d saw b e fo r e me ,

Wh at wil
i
th e ss u e o f
lb e a gre at vall ey wh er e in we r e gath er e d a n u n sp eakabl e
,

th e p r o b a multitud e e ach of wh o m had at his h e ad a st ri ng by which

,
t ory b eam ?
H e t h at he was ha n g i ng N o w o n e hu n h i gh a n o th e r low s o m e
.
0
.

c l i mb s h i gh g , ,

gg
f
a gl eat
st oo d e v en quit e up on the e arth I n the air th er e ew

up an d d o w n an a n ci en t man w ho had i n his ha n d a pai r

,

o f sh eers wh e r e w ith h e r e he cut o n e s an d th e r e a n o th e r s

,

thr e ad N o w he that w as n igh the e arth fell with o ut n o is e

.
,

but wh en this happ e ne d to the high o n e s t he e ar th q u ak e d

at t he ir fall To s o me it ca me t o pass that th ei r thr e ad
.
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

s o und and t hek e ttl dr u ms t o b eat an d w e imagi ned that

e-
,

the Brid e -gr o o m was r e ady t o pr e s en t hims e lf w hich , ,

n e v erth el e ss was a hug e mistak e for agai n it was the

, ,

Virgin w ho had array e d h ers elf all i n re d v elv e t an d

, ,

gird e d h ers elf with a whit e scarfe Up o n her h e ad she had .

a gr ee n w r eath of laurel which much b ecam e h er H er,

.

trai n was no m or e of small tap ers but c o n sist e d o f tw o ,

h u ndr e d m en i n har ness all cloathe d lik e h ers elf i n re d

, , ,

a nd whit e A s s o on as th ey w er e alight e d fr o m the thr o n e

.
,

she c o m e s str e ight t o u s pris o n e rs an d aft er she had , ,

s alut e d u s said i n fe w w o rds That s o m e o f you hav e

,

b een s e n sibl e o f y o ur wr etch e d c o nditi on is pl e asi ng t o my

m o s t mighty L ord an d he is als o r es o lv e d yo u shall fare
,

the b e tt e r fo r it

H avi n g e spi e d me i n my habit she
.
,

la u gh e d an d spak e Go o d lack ! H as t th o u als o sub

mi tte d th y s elf to the y o k e I imagi ne d th o u w o uldst hav e

mad e thys elf v e ry s n ug which w ords cau s e d my ey e s to
,

ru n o v e r .A ft e r t his she c o mman d e d w e sh o uld b e u n

bo u n d c upple d t o g eth e r and plac e d i n a stati o n w h e r e w e
, ,

might w ell b e h old the scal es F or

said she it may , ,
.

far e b et t er w ith th em than with the pr esump tu o us w ho y et

stan d at lib erty .

Li b ra aur e a .
M e an tim e the scal e s w hich w er e i ntir ely o f g o ld w er e
, ,

hu n g u p i n the midst o f the hall Th er e was als o a li t tl e .

7 P on ders
. .
tabl e c o v er e d with red v e lv e t and s ev en w eights th er eon
,

rst o f all st o o d a pr e tty gr e at o n e th en fo ur littl e o n e s , ,

lastly tw o gr e at o ne s s ev e rally an d th e s e w eights i n pro

, ,

p o rtion to th eir bulk w er e so h e avy that n o m an can

b eli e v e o r c ompreh en d it Each o f the harni se d men
.

carri e d a n ak e d sw o rd and a str ong r0 pe Th ey w e re dis .

tribut e d acc ordi ng t o the n u mb e r o f w e ights in t o s e ven

ban ds and , o u t o f eve ry ba n d was o n e ch os e n fo r th e ir
,
 M A R RI A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 12 3

pr op er w e ight after which the Virgi n again S p r ung u p i nt o

,

her high thr o n e and o n e o f the pag e s c o mman d e d e ach t o

,

plac e hims elf acc o rdi ng to his o rd er an d succ e ssiv ely st e p g m

l ur
,
c

in t o th e scal e On e o f the Emp er o rs maki n g n o scrupl e 1 C

.
, ,
. aesar .

rst b ow ed hims elf a littl e t o wards the Virgi n and i n all ,

his stately attire w ent up wh er eup on e ach captai n laid i n

,

his w eight which (to the w o n d e r of all ) he st o o d o u t

, .

Bu t the last was t o o h e avy for him so that fo rth he m u st

, ,

an d t ha t with such a n guish that the Virgi n h ers e lf s ee m e d

t o pi tty him y et was the g oo d Emp er o r b o u n d an d

,

d eliv er e d to the sixth ba n d N ext him cam e fo rth an o th er

.

Emp er or who st ept hautily i n t o the scal e and havi n g a 2 C

, , ,
. e s ar
a .

thick b o ok und er his g o w n he imagi ne d n o t to fail ; bu t

, ,

b ei ng scarc e abl e to abid e the third w eight he was n u ,

mercifulls lung d o w n an d his b o o k i n that affrightm en t

,

slipping fr o m him all the s oldi ers b ega n to lau gh an d he

, ,

was d eliv er e d u p b o un d to the third ban d Thus it w en t .

als o with s o m e o th ers o f the Emp er ors w ho w er e all sham e 3 A m

, .

C E S M GS '
fully laugh e d at and mad e captiv e A ft e r th es e c o m e s
.

fo rth a little sh o rt man with a c u rl e d br ow n b eard an

, ,

Emp er o r t oo w h o afte r the usual r e v e r en c e go t u p and 4 C

, , ,
. aesar .

h eld o u t so st edfastly that m e th ought had th er e b e e n m o r e

w eights he w o uld hav e o utst oo d th e m To him the Virgi n .

imm e diat ely ar o s e an d b o w ed b e fo r e him cau si ng him to ,

put o n a g ow n o f r ed v elv e t th en r eachi ng him a bran ch o f

,

laur el w h er eo f she had go o d st or e u p o n her thr o n e o n th e

, ,

st eps of which she will e d him to sit d o wn H o w aft er him .

it fare d with the r e st o f the Emp er o rs K i n gs an d L ords , , ,

w o uld be too l o ng t o r e c o u n t ; fe w o f th o s e gr eat p ers on

age s h eld ou t th o ugh sun dry e mi n en t v ertu e s w er e fo u nd
,

i n man y . Ev e ry o ne w ho fail e d was mis e rably laugh e d at

by the bands A ft er the in quisiti o n had pass e d o v er the
.
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

g e n try the l e arn ed an d u n l e ar n e d i n e ach c o n diti o n o n e

, , , ,

it may be t w o but m o stly n o n e b e i ng fou n d p erfe ct it

, , , ,

cam e to th o s e vagab o n d ch e at ers an d r ascally Lap idem

Sp italan ea m mak ers w ho w e re set u p on the scal e with s u ch
,

sc or n that fo r all my grie f I w as r e ady t o burst my b e lly

,

w ith lau ghi ng n e ith er c o uld the pris o n ers th ems elv e s
,

r efrai n for th e m o st part c o uld n o t abide that s e v er e tr ial

, ,

but with whips and sc o urge s w er e j erk e d o u t o f the scal e .

Th u s o f so p e rt a thr o n g so fe w r e mai n e d that I am

asham e d t o disc o v er th e ir n umb er H o wb eit t h er e w e re .
,

p ers o n s o f quality a ls o amo ngst th e m who n o twi thstan d ,

i n g w e r e als o h o n o ur e d with v e lv e t r o b e s an d wr e aths of

,

law r e l .

The i n quisiti o n b ei ng nish e d an d n o n e bu t w e p oor ,

c oupl e d h o u n ds sta n di ng asid e o n e o f the captai n s s t ept ,

fo rth and said

,
G rati o u s madam if it pl eas e y o ur la dy ,

ship let t h es e p o or men who a ckn o wl edg ed th eir mis

, ,

un d e r sta n di ng b e set up o n the scal e als o with o ut da nge r o f

,

p en alty an d o nly for r e cr eat i o n s sak e if p ercha nc e any

,

,

thi n g right be fo u n d am o ng th e m A t this I w as i n gr e at

.

p erpl exity for i n my a nguish this was my o n ly c o mfo rt

, ,

that I w as n o t t o sta n d i n s u ch igno mi ny or b e lash e d o u t ,

o f th e scal e Ye t si n c e the Virgi n c o n s ent e d so it mus t

.
,

be an d w e b ei n g u n ti e d w e r e o n e aft e r a n o th e r se t up
, .

N o w alth o u gh the m o st part miscarri e d th ey w er e n e ith er

, ,

laugh e d at n o r sc o u rg ed but p e ac e ably plac e d o n o ne sid e , .

My c o mpan i o n was the fth w ho h eld o ut bravely wh e r e , ,

u p o n all but e sp e cially the captai n w h o ma de the r e q u e st

,

fo r u s applaud e d him an d the Virgi n sh o w e d him t he

, ,

us u al r e sp e ct A ft e r him t w o m o r e w er e d espatch e d i n an
.

At
u or .
i nstant But I was the e ighth an d as s oo n as (with
.
,

tr embling ) I stepp ed up my c o mpan i o n w ho alre ady sa t , ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

ma n s d e m erit This o pi ni o n pl e as e d the Virgi n w ell and

.
,

o btai n e d t he u pp er ha n d Th er e w as m o re o ve r a n o th er
.

di n n er v o uchsafe d t h em the e x e cuti o n its e lf b e i ng d eferr e d

,

till n oo n H er ewith the s en at e ar o s e an d the Virgi n t o

.
, ,

geth er with her att en dan ts r e t u rn e d to h er us u al qu art e r

, .

The u pp e rm o st tabl e i n the r o o m was all o tt e d to us till t he

busi n e ss w as fu lly dispatch e d w h e n w e sh o uld be con ,

duct ed to the L ord B rid e -gr o o m an d Brid e with w hich we ,

w er e w ell c o nt ent The pris on er s w er e agai n b ro ught i n to

.

P randi u m . the hall an d e ach man s e at e d acc o rdi n g t o his quality

,
.

Th ey w e r e e nj o yn ed to b e have s o m ewhat m or e civilly than

th ey had d o ne th e day b efo r e which adm o nishm en t th ey
'

n e e d e d n o t fo r th e y had al re ady p u t up th e ir pip e s a n d

, ,

this I can b o ldly say that c o mm o nly th o s e w ho w er e of

,

high e st rank b est u nd erst oo d ho w t o c o mp o rt th ems elv es i n

so u n exp e ct e d a misfo rtu ne Th eir tr e atm e n t w as but i n
.

differ en t ye t with r e sp e ct neith e r c o uld th ey see th e ir

, ,

att en dan ts w ho w e r e visibl e to us wh er e at I w as e xc ee d

, ,

i ng j oyful A lth o ugh fo rtu n e had e xalte d u s w e t oo k n o t

.
,

up on u s m o r e tha n t he r e s t advisi ng th e m to be o f g o o d ,

ch e er an d c o mfo rti ng th e m as w ell as w e c o uld dri nki ng

, ,

with th e m to t ry if the w i n e might mak e th em ch eerfu l .

Our tabl e w as c o v e r e d w ith r ed v elv e t b e s e t with dri n ki ng ,

c u ps o f pure silv er an d g old which the r e st c ould n o t be ,

h o ld with o ut amaz e m e nt a n d a nguish Ere w e had s eat e d .

o u rs e lv e s i n cam e the t w o pag e s pr e s en ti ng e v ery o n e i n , ,

the Brid e-gr o o m s b ehalf th e G o ld e n F l ee c e with a yi ng

Lyo n r e qu esti n g us to w e ar th em at the tabl e an d to

, ,

o bs e rv e the r eputati o n a nd dig n ity o f t he o rd er which his

R emu n er ati o Maj esty had v ou chsafe d us and w o uld ratify wi th sutable
a sp ous e .

ce r e m o n i e s This w e r e c eiv e d wi t h pr ofou n d es t su bmi s

.

si on pr o misi ng to p erform wha t e v er his Maj e sty sh ould

,
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pl e as e B e sid e th es e the n obl e pag e had a sch e d ul e w h erein

.
,

w e w er e set d o w n i n o rd er N o w b e ca u s e o ur e n t ertai n
.

m en t was e xc eedi ng stat ely w e d eman d e d o ne o f the page s ,

wh eth er w e migh t hav e l eav e to s e n d s om e cho ic e bit to

ou r fr i e nds an d acq u ai n ta n c e w ho maki n g n o difculty , ,

e v e ry o n e s e n t by t he wait e rs h o wb e it t he r e c eiv ers sa w

n o n e o f th e m ; a nd fo rasm u ch as th e y k n e w n o t w h e n c e

it cam e I w as mys elf d e siro us to carry s o m e w hat to on e

,

o f th em but as s o o n as I was ris e n o n e o f th e w ait e rs was A t i

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t he K i ng s ear w ho w o u ld c e rtai n ly tak e it amiss o f me ;

bu t si n c e n o n e had o bs e rv e d it sav e hims e lf he pu rp o s e d ,

n o t t o b e tray me an d that I must fo r the tim e t o c o m e

,

hav e b e tt er r egard t o the dig nity o f the o rd er With .

th es e w o rds the s e rva n t did r e ally so ast o n ish me that fo r

,

l o ng I scarc e m o v e d up on my s e at yet I re t urne d him ,

tha nks for his fa ithf u l w arni ng as w ell as I w as abl e S o o n .

aft er the dr u ms b ega n to b eat wh er e fo r e we pr epar e d o u r ,

s e lv e s to r ec eiv e th e Virgin w ho no w cam e i n with her Vi g l i , r o uc

t rai n u p o n her high s eat o ne o f the pag e s b e arin g b efo r e iiiiy 513 3
b m
, ,
m er .

her a v ery tall g o bl e t o f go ld and the o th e r a pat e n t i n ,

parchm en t B e i ng n o w aft e r a marve ll o u s articial ma nn er

.

alight e d fr o m her s e at she tak e s the g o bl e t fr o m the pag e

,

an d pr e s e n ts it i n the Ki ng s b e half sayi ng that it was

,

br ou ght fro m his Maj esty an d that i n hono ur o f him w e C lix , a

h mb l m C a u a
sh o u ld ca u s e it t o go r o u n d U p o n the c o v e r o f this g obl e t
'

st o o d F ort une curio usl y cast i n g o ld w h o had i n her ha nd ,

a r ed yi ng en sig n for which caus e I dru n k s o m ewhat the

,

m o re sadly as h av in g b een t oo w ell ac quain t ed w ith F or

,

tun e s wayward ness But the Virgi n w ho als o was ad or n e d Om h

a a
i gi i
.

V r n s

w ith the G o ld e n F l ee c e and Lyon h er eup on b egan to di s ,

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

ti ngu i sh the pat e nt which the ot h er page h eld i nt o tw o

diffe r en t parts o u t o f whic h thus much w as r e ad b efo r e t he
,

rst c o mpan y
That th ey sh o uld c onfe ss that th e y had to o lightly giv en
cr e dit t o fals e ctiti ou s b o oks had ass u m e d too m u ch to
, ,

th ems elv es and so c om e i nt o this c astl e u n i nvit ed and

, ,

p erhaps d e sign i ng to m k e th eir mark ets h e re and aft er

a

A ffe c tib us w ards t o liv e i n the gr e at er prid e an d l o r dl i n ess Thus o n e .

mu n dan i s
had s e duc e d an o th er an d pl u n ge d him i n t o disgrac e an d
,

ign o min y w h er efo re th ey w er e d e s erv e dly to be s o u n dly

,

pu n ish e d all which th e y w ith gr e at humility r eadily , ,

ack no wl edg e d and gav e th e ir han ds up o n it aft e r w hich a

, ,

s ev er e ch e ck w as giv en to the r est much to this purp o s e ,

That th ey w er e c on vin c e d i n th eir c o nsci en c e s o f fo rging

fals e ctiti ou s b ooks h ad b efo o l e d and ch eat e d o th e rs
, , ,

th er eby dimi nishi ng r egal dig n ity am o ngst all Th ey k ne w .

what u ng o dly d e c e itful gur es th ey had mad e use of n ot

, ,

e v e n spari ng the Divi n e Tri n ity It w as als o cl ear as day.

w ith what practic e s th ey had e n d e av o ur e d t o en s n are the

gue s t s i n lik e manner it was man ife st t o all the w orld
,

that th ey wall o w e d i n o p en wh or e d o m adult ery glutt o ny , , ,

an d o th er u n cl ean n e ss e s I n bri e f th e y had disparage d

.
,

Ki gly Maj esty e ve n am o ngst the c o mm on s o r t an d th er e

n
, ,

fo r e sh ou ld c o nfe ss th e ms e lve s t o be c o n vic t e d vagab on d

ch e ats an d rascals for which th ey d e s erv ed to be cashi er e d
, ,

fro m the c ompan y o f civil p e opl e and s ev er ely t o be ,

pu n ish e d .

The g o o d A rtists w e r e l oath t o c o m e to t his c onfe ssi o n ,

bu t inasmuch as the Virgin n o t on ly h ers el f threatned an d ,

swar e t heir d eath bu t the o th er party als o v eh em ent ly

,

rage d at them crying that th ey had m o s t wick e dly s e duc e d

,

th em out o f the Light th ey at l e ngth t o pr e v en t a hug e

, ,
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

page s k eepi ng and w e w ent forth i n o ur r o b e s u p o n the

,

thr o ne which o f its elf m ov e d so g en tly as if w e had p ass e d

,

i n the air till w e cam e i n t o the gard e n wh er e w e ar o s e

, ,

H t
or a s .
al t og et h er This gard en was n ot e x t ra ordi nar ily curi o us
.
,

o nly i t pl e as e d me that the t re e s w er e pla n t e d i n so g o o d

o rd e r B esid e s th er e r an i n it a m o st c o stly fo un tai n

.
,

ado rn e d with w o n derful gur e s an d i n scripti on s and stran ge

At
u or ch arac t ers (which G o d willing I shall m en t i o n in a futur e
, ,

gii fiifi m b ook ) I n this gard e n was rais ed a w oo d en scaffold hu ng

r i
e u .
.
,

with curio usly paint ed gur e d c o v erl ets Th er e w er e fo ur .

gall eri es mad e one o v e r an o t h er ; the rst was m or e gl o ri o us

t han the r es t and c o v er e d with a whit e Ta ata cur tain ,

so tha t w e c o uld n o t p e rc e i v e w ho was b ehi n d i t The .

s ec on d was emp ty an d u n c o v er e d whil e the tw o las t w er e ,

drap e d with r e d an d b l ew Taffata A s s oo n as w e w e r e .

c om e to the scaffo ld the Virgi n b o w e d h e rs elf d o wn to the

gro und a t which w e w er e mightily t erri ed for w e c o uld
, ,

e asily gu ess t hat the K i n g and Q u e en must n o t be far o f f .

W e als o havi ng du ely p erfo rm e d ou r r e v er en c e the Virgin ,

l e d us by the windi ng s t airs i n t o the s e c on d gall ery wh er e ,

she plac e d h ers elf upp erm o s t an d us i n o u r fo rme r o rd er , .

G ti t d
ra u Bu t ho w the e mp er o r w h o m I had r el eas e d b ehav ed
o

gififii ggii t o wards me I cann o t r ela t e for fe ar o f sla n d er for he might

a
t r x
, ,

w e ll imagin e in wha t anguish he n o w sh ould hav e b een ,

an d tha t o nly thr o ugh me he had at t ai ne d such dig ni t y

and w o r t hi n e ss M eant im e the virg in who rs t br o ugh t

.
,

me the i n vitati o n an d wh o m I had hith ert o n ev er si nc e

,
~

s een st epp ed i n an d givi ng o ne blas t up o n her trump e t

, ,

d e clar e d the s ent en c e with a v ery l o ud v o ic e

The Ki ng s Maj esty my m o s t
rati o us L o rd c o uld
g , ,

fr om his h ear t wish that all h ere ass embl ed had up o n his ,

Maj e sti e s i nvitati o n pr es ent ed th ems elve s so qu ali ed tha t

,
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th ey might have adorn e d his n u ptial a n d j o y o u s F e ast .

Bu t si n c e it hath o th e r wis e pl e as e d A lmigh ty G o d he hath ,

n o t wh e r e with t o m u r mur but is fo rc e d c o n tra r y to his

, ,

i n clin ati o n t o abid e by the an ti en t an d laudabl e co nsti tu

,

ti o n s o f this Ki ngd o m alb eit that his Maj e sty s cl em en cy
, ,

may be c el e br at ed the us u al s en t en c e shall be c o n sid erably

,

le n i e d .H e v o uchsafe s t o t he L or ds an d P o t en tat e s n o t S i
e n te n t a
m agn a mm
o n ly th e ir liv e s i n ti re l
y b u t als o fr e ely dismiss e s th e m
, ,

c o urt e o usly i n tr e atin g y o ur L o rdships n o t to tak e it i n evil

part that y ou cann o t be pr es ent at his F e as t o f H on o u r .

N eith er is y o ur r eputati o n h er eby p rej udic ed alth o ugh yo u ,

be r ej e cte d by this o ur Ord er si n c e we ca n n o t at o n c e do,

all thi ngs and fo rasmuch as y o ur L ordships have b ee n

,

s e duc ed by bas e rascals it shall n o t pass u n re v e ng ed, .

F u rt h erm or e hi s Maj e sty res olv eth sh o r tly to c ommu n icat e

,

with you a Catal o gu e o f H ere ti cks o r I n d e x Ex purgatoriu s , ,

tha t yo u may with b e tt er j udgm en t disc er n b etween go o d

an d e vil A n d b ecaus e his Maj e sty als o purp o s e th t o ru i n
.

mag e his library and o ffe r the s e d u ctiv e w riti ngs t o Vulca n
, ,

he c o urt eo usly e n tr e ats e v ery o n e o f y o u t o pu t the sam e

i n e x e cuti on wi t h y o ur ow n wh e r eby it is t o be h op e d that
,

all e vil a nd mischi e f may be r em e di ed A n d y o u are .

adm o n ish e d n e v e r h en c efo r th so i n c o n sid erat ely to c o v e t

e n tra n c e hith e r l e ast the form e r e xcus e o f s e duc e rs b e tak e n
,

fro m you I n ne as the estat e s o f the Lan d hav e still

.
,

s omewha t to d e mand o f y o u r L ordships his Maj esty h o p e s ,

that no man will think it much to r e d ee m hims elf with a

chain o r what els e he hath ab ou t him and so i n fri en dly
, , ,

ma nn er depart fro m us
,
.

The o th e rs w ho s t o o d n ot at the rst third an d fo urth S , , en ten a , 2

w eight his Maj es ty w ill n o t so lightly dismiss bu t that

, ,

th ey als o may e xp erien c e his g entl ene ss it is his c omman d ,

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

to strip th em n ak e d and so s e n d th e m fo rth Th o s e who

,
.

i n the s e c o n d an d fth w eight w er e fo u n d t o o ligh t shall ,

b esid e s strippin g be n o t e d with o n e or m or e bra n ds ao

, ,

c o rding as e ach was light er o r h eavi e r Th ey who w er e .

draw n up by the sixth o r s e v en th shall be s o m ewhat m or e

rati o u sly d e alt with an d so fo r ward fo r u n t o e v ery co m
g , ,

bi n ati o n th er e is a c ertai n pu n ishm en t o rdai ne d Th ey .

w ho y e sterday s epar at e d th e ms e lv e s o f th eir o wn acc o rd

shall go at lib erty with o ut blam e F i n ally the c on vict e d .
,

vagab on d -ch e a t s w ho c o uld m o v e up n o n e o f the w e ights

, ,

shall be pu n ish ed i n b o dy an d life with swo rd halte r

, , , ,

w ate r and r o ds an d such e x e cuti o n o f j u dgm en t shall be

, ,

i nvi o lably o bs erv e d for an e xampl e u nt o o th ers .

H er e with o n e virgi n br o k e her wa n d ; t he o th er w h o ,

r ead the s en t en c e bl e w her trump et and st epp e d w ith pro

, ,

fou n d r e v er en c e t owards the curtai n N o w this j udgm en t .

b ei ng r ead ov er the L ords w er e w ell satis ed for which

, ,

caus e th ey gav e m o r e tha n th ey w er e d e sir e d e ach o n e ,

r e d eemin g hims elf with chai n s j e w e ls g o ld m on i es and

, , , ,

M i ni stro r um o th er thi ngs a n d w i t h r e v e r e n c e t h ey t ook l e av e

,
A lth o ugh .

mor e s .

the K i ng s s erva n t s w er e fo rbidd en t o j e ar any at his

d epar ture s om e u n lucky birds c o uld n ot h old laughi ng

, ,

an d c e r t ai nly i t was suff i ci e n t ly ridicul o us t o se e th e m pack

a w ay wit h such sp ee d wi th o ut o n c e l o oki n g b ehi n d th em
, .

A t the d o o r was giv en t o e ach o f th e m a draught o f F OR

G ETF U L N E S S ,
that he migh t hav e n o furth er m e m o ry o f
misfor t un e A ft er th e s e the v olunt eers d epar t ed who be
.
, ,

caus e o f th e ir i n gen uity w er e su ffer ed to pass b ut so as

, ,

n ev e r t o r e t ur n i n th e sam e fashi o n al b e i t if to t h em as
( ,

lik ewis e to the o th ers ) anythi ng fur t h er w er e r ev e al ed ,

th ey sh o uld be w ell-c om e gu es t s .

Damnati .
M ea nwhile o th ers w er e strippi ng i n which als o an
, ,
 H I S TOR Y O F TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

mer l o dging . H er e , t hat t he t im e

might n o t s eem t o o l ong
t o us the Virgin b e sto w ed o n each o f us a n o bl e P ag e n ot
, ,

o nly richly habit e d but als o e xc eedi n g l e ar n e d an d abl e ,

aptly t o disc ou rs e on all subj e c t s so that w e had r eas o n t o ,

b e asham e d o f o urs elv e s Th e s e w er e c o mma nd e d t o l e ad

.

us up and d o wn the cas t l e y et o nly in c ertai n plac es an d , , ,

if p o ssibl e to sh o rt en the tim e acc or di ng t o ou r d e sir e

,
.

M e antim e the Virgi n t o ok l e av e pr o misi n g to be with us

, ,

agai n at supp er an d after that to c el ebrat e the c er em oni es

,

o f ha ngi n g u p the w eights whil e o n the m o rr o w w e sh o uld ,

be pr e s en t e d t o the Ki ng E ach o f us n ow did what b e st.

pl e as e d him o n e par t v iewi n g the e xc ell ent pai ntin gs

, ,

which th e y c o pi e d for th ems elv e s and c on sid er ed what the ,

w o n d erful charact ers might sig nify o th ers r e crui t in g th em ,

A uto r i s . s elves with m ea t an d dri nk I caus ed my P ag e t o c o nduc t .

me with my Compani o n up and d ow n the cas t l e of which

, , ,

w alk it will n ev er r ep en t me so l o ng as I liv e B esid es .

man y o th er gl ori o us ant iquitie s the Royal S epulch er was ,

sh ew ed me by which I l ear ne d m or e t han is extan t i n all

,

b o oks Th er e i n the sam e plac e sta n ds the gl o ri o us P h oe

.

Li b e l l u s de ni x ,
of which t wo y e ars si n c e I pu b lish e d a small disc o urs e ,
P h oeni ce .

an d am r e s o lv ed i n cas e this n arrativ e pr o v e us eful t o se t

, ,

forth s ev eral tr e atis e s c on c er n i ng the Ly o n Eagl e Gri ffon , , ,

F alc on &c t og eth er with th eir draughts a nd in scripti o n s

,
.
, .

It gri e v e s me als o for my o th er c o n s or t s that th ey n egl e c t e d

such pr etiou s treasur es I ind e e d r e ap ed the m o st b enet
.

by my P ag e for acc o rdi n g as each on e s g e nius lay so he

,

l e d his i n trus t e d o ne i n t o the quar t ers pl e asi ng t o him .

N o w the ky e s h e r eu nt o b el o n ging w e r e c o mmi t t e d to my

P ag e and th er e for e this g o o d fo rtu ne happ en ed t o me
, , ,

b efo r e the r est for th ough he in vit e d o th ers to c om e i n

, ,

y e t th e y imagi n i ng such t o m b s t o b e o nly i n th e ch u rch

 M A RR I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 35

yard th ought th ey S h o uld w ell en ou gh get thith er wh en

,

e v er a n ythi ng was t o b e s een th e r e Neith er shall th es e .

m on u m ents be with-h eld fr o m my tha nkful sch ollars The .

o th e r thi ng that was sh e w e d us t w o was the n obl e Library Bib li th o eca .

as it was al tog e th e r b efor e the R efo rmati on o f which I ,

hav e so much the l e ss to say b ecaus e the catal ogu e is ,

sh o rtly to be publish ed A t the en try of this r o o m stan ds

a great B o ok the like wh er eof I n ev er saw i n which all the ,

gur es r o o ms p ortals writi ngs riddl es an d the lik e t o be

, , , , , ,

s een in t he wh ol e castl e are delin eated I n ev ery b o ok stan ds .

its au th o r pai nt e d wh er eo f ma ny w e r e to be burnt that e v en

, ,

th eir m e mory might b e bl ot t ed o ut fr o m amongstthe righ te o us .

H avi ng t ak en a full vi ew and b eing scarc e g o t t e n fo rth t h er e

, ,

c om es an o t h er Page and h avi n g w hisp er ed s om ewhat in o ur

,

Page s ear he d eliv er e d up the ky e s t o him who imm ediat ely

, ,

carri e d th em up the wi nding s t airs ; but o ur Page was v ery

much out o f c ou nt en an c e and w e s et tin g hard u p on him
, ,

wi th i ntr eatie s he d e clare d to us that the Ki ng s Maj esty

,

w o uld by n o m ea n s p ermit that e ith er the lib rary or

s ep u lch ers sh o uld be s een by man and he b es ough t us as ,

w e t en d er ed his life t o disc o v e r it no t to a n y on e he having ,

alr e ady utt erly denyed it wh ereup o n b oth of us st oo d

h ov eri ng b etw een j oy an d fear yet it c ontin u e d i n sil en c e
, ,

an d n o man mad e furth e r i n quiry ab o ut i t Thus in b oth .

plac es w e c on sum e d thre e h ours an d n ow alth o ugh it had , ,

struck s ev en n othi ng was hith ert o giv en us t o eat but o ur

, ,

hu ng e r w as abat e d by c o nsta n t r evivi ngs and I c ould be ,

c ont en t to fast all my life with such an e nt ertai nm ent .

A b o ut t his tim e the curi ous fo u nt ai n s mi n es an d all ki nd F tidi m , , as u

p l m u su
o f art S h o ps w er e als o sh o w n us o f wh i ch th er e was n o n e g gi i
, e re s
p t m 11 S ec 3 .

bu t surpass e d all o ur arts e v e n i f m el t e d i n t o o n e mass .

Ev e ry chamb e r was built i n s emi- circl e that so th ey m ight ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Oi ci narum hav e b efor e t h e ir ey e s the c o stly cl o ck -w o rk which was

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s elv e s acc ording t o the c ours e of the plan et s which w er e to

be s een o n i t i n a gl o ri o us ma nner A t l ength I cam e i nt o .

a spaci ous r oom i n the middl e wh ere of s t o o d a ter estrial

,

gl ob e wh o s e diam et er c ontai ne d thir ty fo o t alb ei t n ear

, ,

half exc ept a li ttle whi ch was c o v er ed with the st eps was
,
~

let in t o the e arth Tw o men migh t r e adily turn it ab o ut

.
,

so that m or e o f i t was n e v er t o be s ee n bu t so much as was

ab ov e the hori z on I c ould n ot u nd ers t and wh er et o t h o s e

.

ri ngl et s of go ld (which w er e up on i t in s ev eral plac e s)

s erv e d at which my Page laugh e d and advis e d me to vi ew
, ,

the m m or e n arr o wly wh e n I found t h er e my n ativ e c o u n try,

n o t e d with g o ld als o wh e r e up on my c o mpani on s ough t his ,

an d fo u n d t hat t oo The sam e happ en e d to o th ers wh o

.

st oo d by and the Pag e t old us tha t it was y es t er day

,

d e clar ed to the Ki ng s Maj e s ty by th eir old as t r on om er

A t las that all the gild e d p o in ts did ex actly a n sw er t o t h e ir

,

nativ e c ou n tri es and th er efo re he as s oon as he p erc eiv ed

, , , ,

t ha t I u nd ervalu e d mys elf b ut t ha t n ev erthel ess th er e ,

s t oo d a p oi n t up on my n a t iv e c ou n try m ov ed o ne of , _

the cap t ai n s to i nt r e at for us to be set up o n the scal e

at all adv ent ur es esp ecially s eei ng o n e o f o ur n at iv e
,

c o u nt ri es had a n o tabl e g o o d mark A nd tr uly it was n o t .

with o ut caus e that he the P ag e o f gr eat e st p ow er was be , ,

st ow ed on me F or this I r et urne d him thanks and l o o k

.
,

i ng m o r e diligently up on my n ativ e c o untry I fo u n d t hat , ,

b e sid e s the ringl et s th er e w er e als o c ert ain d elicat e str e aks

,

Ex cell nti
e up on it I saw much m ore ev en up on this gl ob e t ha n I
a .

iiiiiif
s am willi ng to disc o v er Let e ach man tak e i nt o c on sid era
. .

t i on why ev ery ci ty pro du ceth n ot a phil o s oph er A ft er .

this he led us wi thi n the gl o b e fo r o n the sea t h er e was a ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A NS .

o ne w o uld gladly h av e h eard the s o l uti o n but i nasmuch as ,

all l ook e d u p on me an d d e sir e d t o hav e the b eginn in g

,

fro m me my mi n d was so e x tr eamly c onfo un d e d that I

,

k n ew n o t what t o do bu t pr o p o u n d an o th er in its st ead ,

an d said th er efor e Graci ous Lady y o ur Ladyship s

, ,

qu e sti on w er e easily to be r e s olve d if o ne thi ng did n o t

Th e A u th or s

p erpl ex me I had t wo c ompa n i on s who b ot h l ov e d me
.

c ou n t er
dm d
e an e xc e e di n gly th ey b ei ng d o ubtfu l which was m o st d e ar to
me c on clud ed to r un t o me u n awar e s and tha t he wh o m I
, ,

S h o uld th e n e mbrac e S h o uld be the righ t ; this th ey did ,

y et o n e o f th e m c ould n o t k e ep pac e w i t h the o t h er so he ,

staid b ehi nd an d w ept the o th er I e mbrac e d with amaz e

m en t W h e n th ey had aft erwards disc ov ere d the busi ness
.

to me I kn e w n o t how to r e s o lv e an d hav e hith ert o le t it

, ,

r es t i n this ma nn er till I may n d s om e go o d advic e

h er e i n .

The Virgi n w o nd er e d at it an d w ell o bs erv e d wh er e

,

ab out I was up o n which she r epli e d tha t w e sh o uld b oth

, ,

be quit an d th en d e sir e d the s o l uti o n fr o m the r e st

,
But .

I had alr e ady mad e th em wis e wh ere for e the n ext b egan
,

i
G r p hu s 3 . th u s I n my ci t y a Virgin was c o n d e m ne d t o d e a t h but ,

the j udg e b ei ng p i tti ful t o wards her pr o claim e d tha t if any ,

man d e sir e d to be her champi o n he sh ou ld have fr e e l eav e

,
.

N o w she had tw o l o v ers ; o n e mad e hims elf r e ady an d ,

cam e i nt o the lists to e xp e ct his adv ersary aft er wards the

o th e r pr e s e nt e d hims elf bu t c o mi ng t o o lat e r e s olv e d
, ,

n e v erth el ess t o ght an d suffe r hims elf to b e va nquish e d

,

that the Virgi n s life might be pr e s erv e d which succ e ed e d

,

acc o rdingly Ther eup on e ach chall eng e d her an d n ow my

.
, ,

l o rds i n struct me t o which o f th e m o f right she b el ong e th

, .

The Virgi n c o uld h o ld n o l ong er but said I th ought to

,

hav e gai n ed much i n formati on an d am my s elf g ott en i n to

,
 M A RR I A GE OF C H R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 39

the n et ; y et I w o uld gladly h e ar wh e th er th er e b e any

m or e b ehi nd
Ye s that th er e is a n s wer e d th e third
, , ,

a strang er adv en tur e hath n ot b een r e c o u nt e d th en that

which happ en e d to mys elf I n my y o uth I l o v e d a w orthy G iph

.
r us, 4 ,

maid an d that my l ov e might at tai n its en d I made u se of

,

a n a nci en t ma t r o n w ho e asily br o ught me t o her

,
No w it .

happ en ed that the maid s bre thr e n cam e i n up o n us as w e

thr ee w er e t o g e th er an d w er e i n such a rage that th ey

,

w o uld hav e tak en my life but o n my v eh em en t supplica

.
, ,

ti on th ey a t l ength fo rc e d me to s w e ar t o tak e e ach o f th em

,

for a y e ar t o my w e dd e d wife N o w t ell me my L o rds .

, , ,

sho uld I tak e t he o ld o r the yo u n g o n e rst ? We all
lau gh e d suf ci ently at this riddl e yet n one w ou ld u n d er ,

tak e t o u nfold it and the fo urth b ega n I n a c ertai n g

,
. ,

city th er e dw e lt an h o n o urabl e lady b el o v e d o f all but , ,

e sp e cially o f a n o bl e y o u n g man w ho w o uld n ee ds b e t o o ,

imp ortun at e with her A t l e ngth she gav e him this de

.

t ermin ati on that i n cas e he w o ul d i n a c old wi n t er l e ad

'

, , ,

her i n to a fair gr een gard e n o f R o s e s th e n he sh o uld o btai n , ,

but if n o t he must r e s olv e n ev e r t o see her m or e The .

n o bl e man trav ell e d i nto all c o u n tri e s t o n d o ne w ho migh t

p erfo rm this till at l eng th he lit e u p o n a littl e old man w ho

,

pr omis ed t o do it fo r him i n cas e he w o uld assur e him o f

,

half his e stat e which he havin g c o n s en t e d to the o th e r w as

,

as go o d as his w o rd W h ere up on he i nvit e d the Lady

.

h om e t o his gard en wh er e c o n trary to her exp ecta t i o n

, , ,

S h e fo u n d all thi n gs gr een pl easa nt and warm ; and , ,

r e me mbr i n g her pr o mis e she o n ly r equ e st e d that she

,

might o n c e m o r e r e tu r n t o her l o rd t o wh o m with sighs ,

an d t e ars she b ewail e d h er lam en tabl e c o n diti o n H er .

l o rd su fci en tly p erc eivi ng her fai thful ness dispatch e d her
, ,

back t o her l o v er w ho had so d early p u rchas ed her tha t

, ,
 1 40 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

S he might give him satisfac ti o n wh en the h u sban d s ,

i nt egrity so migh tily affe c t ed the n obl e man tha t he

th o ught i t a S in to t ouch so h o n e s t a wife and s en t her ,

h o m e with h on our to her l o rd The littl e man p erc eivi ng .

,

such faith i n all th e s e w o uld n ot how p o or s oev e r he w er e

, , ,

b e the l e ast bu t r e st or e d the no bl e man all his g o o ds an d

, ,

wen t his w ay N o w my l o rds which o f t h e s e p ers on s

.
, ,

S h o w e d the gr e at est i ng en uity ? H er e ou r t on gu e s w e r e
quit e cut off n e i t h er w o uld the Virgi n mak e any r eply but
,

that an o th e r S h o uld go o n ; wh er efor e the fth b egan

i
Gr ph us , 6 . I d esir e n o t to mak e l o n g w ork W ho hath the gr eat e r .

j y e that b eh o ld e th what he l o v e th or he that o nly

o ,
h ,

thi nke th o n it H e t hat b eh o ld eth it said the Virgi n ,

.

Nay a n sw e r d I
, e an d h e r e up o n r o s e a c on t e st t ill the

S ixth call e d ou t My l ords I am t o tak e a wife I hav e

,

b efo r e me a maid a marri e d wife an d a w i ddo w e as e me

, ,

of this d o ubt an d I will h elp t o o rd e r the r e st It g o e s .

w ell th er e r epli e d the s e v ent h wh en a man hath hi s

, ,

ch o ic e but with me the cas e is o t h e rwi s e I n my y o u t h I

, .

l o v e d a fair an d vir t u o us vi rgi n and S he me i n lik e ,

ma nn er h owb eit, b eca u s e o f her fri e nds denyal w e c o uld

,

n o t c o m e t o g e th e r i n w e dl o ck wh e r e up o n she was marri e d

,

to a n o th er w ho mai n tai n e d her h on ourably an d w ith

,

affe cti o n till she cam e i n t o the pai n s o f childbirth which

, ,

w en t so hard with her that all tho ught she was d e ad so ,

with much stat e an d m o urn in g she was i n t err e d N ow I .

,

th o ught with mys elf during her life th ou c o ulds t hav e n o

,

part i n this w o man but d ead as S he is t h o u mayst

, ,

e mbr a c e he r sufci e n t ly wh e r eu p on I t o ok my s erva n t

,

with me w ho dug her up by n ight H avi ng o p en e d the

, .

c of n an d l ock ed her i n my arms I fo u n d s o m e littl e ,

m o t i on i n her h eart which incr e as e d fr o m my warmth till

, ,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

w ith w hich he warm ed hims elf all wi nt er l o ng ; but as s o o n

as S pri ng r e turn ed he s old the v ery sam e w o o d again an d ,

so had the u se of i t for no must n ee ds b e

thi n g .
H er e

skill said
,
the Virgi n bu t the tim e is n o w past
,
.

Y ea reply e d my c o mpa n i o n
,
wh o ev er u n d ersta n ds how
,

t o r e s o lv e all the riddl es may giv e n o tic e o f i t by a pr o p e r

m ess enger ; I c o nc eiv e he will n o t be d en i e d A t this .

tim e th ey b egan t o say grac e an d w e ar o s e alt o g eth er ,

fr o m th e tabl e rath er satis ed an d m erry than glu tt e d it

w er e to be wish e d t ha t all i nvitati on s and feas t i ngs w e r e
thus k ept H avi n g t ak e n s o m e fe w turn s up an d d own
.

the hall the Virgi n ask e d us wh e th e r w e d e sir e d t o b egi n

,

the w eddi ng
Y es
.

said o ne n o bl e an d v e r tu o us
, ,

lady ; wh er eup o n she privat ely dispatch e d a P ag e an d , ,

m ean t im e pr o c eed ed i n disc o urs e w ith us I n bri ef she

, .
,

was b e c o m e so familiar that I adv ent ur e d an d r equ est e d

her Na me The Virgi n smil e d a t my curi o sity an d ,

re plye d My n am e c on t ai n s v e and fty an d y et hath ,

o nly e ight l e t t e rs the third is the t hird part o f the fth ,

which add ed to the sixth will pr o duc e a n umb er wh o s e ,

r o o t shall e xc ee d the t hird its elf by j ust the rst an d i t is ,

the half of the fo urt h N o w the fth an d s ev en th are

.

e qual ,
the las t and rst als o e qual an d mak e with the ,

s e c on d as much as the sixth hath which c o nt ai n s fo ur ,

m or e than the third t ripl ed N o w t e ll me my l o rd ho w

.
, ,

am I call e d
The a n sw er was i n t rica t e en o ugh y et I l eft n o t o ff b ut , ,

N o e an
said bl d v e r tu o us Lady may I n ot obt ain o ne ,

o n ly l e tt er ?

Ye a said she that may w ell be d o ne
, , .

What t h en I pr o c e e d e d may the s ev enth c o n t ain

, , ?
It c o n t ai n s said she as man y as th er e are l ords h ere
, , .

W ith this I e asily fo und her N am e at which she was w ell ,

 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 43

pl eas e d sayi ng that much m o re sh o u ld y et be r e v eal e d to R d t

gi
e ui ur
,
p on erz

M e a n tim e c ertain virgi ns had mad e th ems elve s r eady

us.

gigg m ,
nu .

an d cam e i n with gr eat c e r e m o n y Two y o u ths carri e d 2 J

. uv e n es .

lights b e for e th em o n e o f w h o m was o f j o co n d c o u nt ena n c e

, ,

sprightly ey e s and g en til e pr o p orti o n w hil e the o th er lo ok t

, ,

s o m ething a ngerly an d what e v er he w o uld hav e must be as

, ,

I after wards p erc e ive d F o ur Virgi n s fo ll o we d th e m ; o n e 4 V i gi

.
r n es ,

l o ok e d sham efully t o w ards the e arth the s e c ond als o was

a m o d e st bashful Virgin the third as she en t er ed s e em e d
, , ,

amaz ed at s om ewhat and as I u nd erst ood she canno t w e ll

, , ,

abid e wh er e th er e is too m u ch mirth The fou rth br o ught .

with her c ert ai n small wr e aths to man ife st her ki nd n ess ,

a n d lib e rality A ft e r th e s e fo ur cam e t wo s o m e w hat m or e 2 V i gi

. r nes .

gl ori o usly appar ell e d th ey salut e d us c o urt e o u sly One o f .

th em had a g o w n o f skeye -c ol o ur S pangl ed with g o ld en ,

stars : the o th er s was gre en beau ti ed with r ed a nd whit e
,

s trip es On th eir h e ads th ey had thi n yi ng w hit e tiffati es

.
,

which did m o st b e c o mi ngly ad o rn th e m A t last cam e o n e 1 V i g r o

pm m
.

s ns

al o ne w earing a c o r o net an d rath er l ookin g up t o wards

, ,

h eav en than t owards e arth W e all t o o k he r fo r the

.

Brid e but w e re much mistak e n alth ou gh in h o no ur rich e s

, , , ,

an d stat e she much s u rpass e d the brid e an d aft e r w ards ,

rul e d the wh o l e W e ddi ng On this o ccasi o n w e all fo l Th

. e
D t h u c ess '
l o w e d o ur Virgi n an d fell o n o ur k n e e s ; h owb eit S he
, ,

sh e w e d h ers e lf e x tre amly h u mbl e o fferi ng e ach her ha nd

, ,

and adm o n ishi ng us n o t t o be t o o much surpriz e d at this ,

w hich was o ne o f her small e s t b o u n ti e s bu t to lift up o u r ,

e y e s to o u r Cr e at o r an d ack n o wl e dg e his Om n ip o t en cy an d ,

so pr o c e e d in o ur e n t erpris e d c o urs e e mpl oyi n g this grac e ,

t o the prais e of G o d and the g oo d o f man I n sum h er .

w ords w er e quit e differ e n t fr o m th o s e o f o u r Virgi n who ,

was s o me w hat mo re w o rldly Th ey pierc e d e ven thr o ugh

.
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

my b o n es and marr o w Th o u said sh e fur th er to me

.
,

,

hast r e c e iv e d m or e than o th e rs se e that th o u als o mak e

a larg er r e tu rn .

This to me was a very stra ng e s erm o n for as s oo n as w e ,

saw the Virgi n s with the musick w e imagi ne d w e S h ou ld ,

fall to da n ci n g N o w the W e ights st o o d s t ill i n the same

.

plac e w h er efo r e the Q u een (I yet k n o w n ot who S he w as )

,

c o mman d e d e ach Virgi n to tak e up on e bu t to o ur Virgi n ,

she gav e her o w n which w as the larg e s t and c o mma n d e d

, ,

us to fo ll o w b ehin d Our maj e sty was th en s o m ew hat

.

abat e d for I o bs erve d that o ur Virgi n w as but to o go o d fo r

,

us and that w e w er e n ot so highly r eput e d as w e o urs elv e s

,

w er e alm o st w illing to phantsi e W e w er e br o ught i nt o .

the rs t Chamb er w h e r e o u r Virgi n hu n g up th e Q u ee n s
,

w eight duri ng which an e xc ell en t spiritual hym n w as

,

su ng Th er e was n o thi ng c o s tly i n this r o o m sav e c ert ain

.

curi o us littl e Pray er -B o o ks w hich S h o uld nev er be missi ng .

I n the midst was a pulpit c o nv eni e n t fo r pray er wh ere i n , ,

the Q ue en k n eel e d d o w n an d ab o ut her w e als o w er e fai n

,

to k n e e l an d pray aft er the Virgi n who r e ad o u t o f a b o ok , ,

that this W e ddi ng migh t t en d to the h on our o f G o d an d ,

o u r o w n b e n e t W e th en cam e int o the s e c o n d chamb er

.
,

wh er e the rst Virgi n hu n g up he r w eight als o an d so fo r ,

w ard till all the c er e m on i e s wer e n ish ed upon which the ,

Q u een agai n p re s en te d her han d t o e v ery o n e an d d epart e d ,

w ith her Virgi n s Our pr esid e nt stai ed awhil e with us bu t

.
,

b e caus e it had b een alre ady tw o h ours n ight she w o uld th en

n o l o n g er d e t ai n us a nd t h o ugh m et h o ught sh e w as glad
, ,

o f o ur c o mpa n y she bid us g o o d n ight w ishi n g us qui e t

, ,

r est Our Pages w er e w ell i n s truct e d and sh e w e d e v ery

.
,

man his chamb er s t ayi ng with us i n an o ther p all et i n cas e

, ,

w e wa n t e d any th i ng My chamb er was r o yally fur nish e d

.
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

I am mi n d ed to set i t d ow n h er e as it is , ,
an d giv e e v ery
o ne l e av e to c on sid e r it .

H R E ME S P R IN CE PS .

P OS T TOT I LL A TA
G ENE R I H UM A No DA M A N ,

D EI C on si Li o

A R TI S QU E A D M I N I C U LO

M ED C N A
I I S A L U BR I S F A C TUS

H E I c F LU O .

B iba t ex me gu i p otest : lauet, qui o u lt tur bet, u i a u det

g
B IBI T E F RAT R ES E ,
T V I V I TE .

16
5
5
This writing migh t w ell be r e ad and und ers t o o d b ei ng
'

e asi er tha n any o f the r e st A ft er w e had wash e d o ur

.

s e lv e s o ut o f the F o u ntai n and ev ery man had tak en a

,

Po t us .
draught o ut of an i ntirely gold en cup w e o nc e m o r e fol ,

l ow e d the Virgin i n t o the hall and th ere put o n n e w ,

V e stitus .
appar e l all o f cl o th o f g o ld gl o ri o usly set ou t with o w ers
,
.

Th er e was als o giv en t o ev ery on e a n o th er G old en F l ee c e ,

set ab o ut with p r eti ou s s t o n e s an d vari o us w o rkma n ship,

acc o rding to t he utm o s t Skill o f each arti cer On it hung .

a w eighty m edal o f go ld wh ereup on w er e gure d the sun

,

and m o on i n o pp o siti on b ut o n the o th er sid e s t oo d t his

,

p oesi e The light o f the m o on shall be as the ligh t o f

the s un and the light o f the sun S hall b e s e v en tim e s
,

Clinodi se .
bri ght er than at pr es en t Our fo rm er j e w els w er e laid i n
.

a li t tl e cask e t and c ommitt e d to o n e o f the wait ers

, .

A ft er this the Virgi n le d us o ut in o ur ord er wh er e the ,

Mus ii
c . musi t ian s wait ed r eady at the d o o r all appar elle d i n r e d ,

v elvet wi th whit e guards A fter which a d oor , that I

.
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 47

ne e v r b efor e saw o p en was u nl o ck e d ; it Op en ed o n the

,

R o yal wi n di ng-stairs Th er e the Virgi n led u s t og eth er

.
,

with the musick up thr ee hundre d S ix t y- v e stairs ; w e mm

,
a

sa w n o thi ng but what was of ex tr eam c os tly and articial

w orkman ship the fu rth er w e w en t the m o r e gl o ri o us still
,

was the furnitur e un til at the top w e cam e u n d e r a pai nt e d

,

arch wh er e the sixty virgin s atten ded u s all richly ap L b t

,

,
a ora o
i
itg g g
r on

p are lle.d A s s o o n as th e y had b o w e d t o us an d w e as o

,
V i gm r e s'

w ell as w e c o uld had r e turn e d our r ev er en c e the musitian s ,

w er e dispat ch e d away d o wn the wi n di n g-stairs the Do o r ,

b eing shut aft er th em Th e n a lit tl e B ell was t o ld wh en

.
,

i n cam e a b e autiful Virgi n wh o br o ught e v ery o n e a wr e a t h

,

o f lawrel ,
bu t our Virgi ns had bra n ch es giv en th em Vi g L if . r . uc .

Me an w hil e a c u r tai n was drawn up wh er e I saw the Ki ng

, ,

an d Qu e en as th e y sat e in th e ir maj e s t y an d had n ot the ,

y e sterday qu een war n e d me I sh o uld hav e e quall e d this

u nsp e akabl e gl o ry t o H e av e n ; fo r b e sid e s that the r oo m R si t e s e
R gn e i ae

glitt ere d o f m eer g o ld and preti o u s st on e s the Qu een s sl i ,

or a .

r ob e s w er e so mad e that I was not abl e to b eh old th em .

I n the m e an tim e the Virgi n st ept i n an d th e n e ach o f the

,

o th er virgi n s taki ng o n e o f us by t he ha n d with mo st p r o Vi g r o

l if
, ,
uc e ra
fo u n d r ever enc e pr es ent e d us t o the K i ng W h ereup o n p t t . raese n a

That to h on o ur y our g gi
t es

the V irgi n b ega n thus to sp eak

mo st gratiou s r o yal Maj e sti e s th e s e L o rds hav e adv en tur e d
, ,

hith er with p e ril o f b o dy an d life y o ur M aj e sti es hav e ,

r eas o n to r ej oyce e sp ec ially sin c e the gr eat e st part ar e

,

quali e d for i nlarging y o ur Maj e stie s d o mi n i on s as yo u

,

will nd by a m o st grati o us particular examin ati o n o f e ach .

H erewith I was d e si ro u s thus t o hav e th e m i n h u mility

pr es ent e d t o y ou r Maj e sti e s with m o st humbl e suit to dis
,

charge me o f this my c o mmissi o n an d to tak e i nformati on

,

from each of t h em c o nc erning my acti ons and o missi o ns .
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

H er e up on S he laid her
branch o n the gro u n d It w o uld .

hav e b een ttin g for o n e o f us t o hav e sp ok en s o m ewhat o n

this o ccasi on but s eein g w e w er e all tr o ubl e d with the
, ,

H pit
os falli ng of the uvula old A tlas s tept forward an d sp ok e o n
es
,
i nt
n e sc u
d the K i ng s b ehalf
n ere

Th eir R o yal Maj esti es m o st gratiously
gg
p d h
res on e
r ej oy ce at y o ur arrival an d will tha t th eir grac e be assur e d
,

t o all W ith thy adminis tra t i o n g entl e Virgin t h ey are

.
, ,

m ost gratiou sly satis ed and a R oyal Reward shall be ,

pr o vid e d for th ee ye t it is th e ir i nt enti o n that th o u shal t

this day als o c ontin u e with th em in asmuch as th ey have ,

n o r e as o n to mistrust t h e e .

H er e the Virgi n hum b ly t oo k up the branch and w e for ,

this rst tim e w er e to st ep asid e with her This r o o m was

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squar e on the fr o n t v e tim e s br o ad er than i t was l o ng

, ,

bu t t o war ds the W e st i t had a gr ea t arch lik e a p o rch wh er e ,

S b
u lli
sce s t o od in circl e t hr ee gl o ri o us t hr on e s the middl em o s t b eing
a.
,

s o mewhat high er than the r est In each thr on e sat e two .

p ers ons in the rs t sat e a v ery an ti ent Ki n g wi t h a gray

ii ij i
t e i s enex
o l l x
Juv e n .
b eard yet his c o n s or t was e x tra o rdin arily fair an d y o u ng
, .

I n the t hird thr on e sa t e a black K i ng o f middl e age an d

g
t
g n g gggm ,

by him a dai n ty old matr on n o t cr o wn ed b u t c o ver ed , ,

with a vail But i n the middl e sa te the t wo y o u ng

.

p ers o n s who th o ugh t h ey had lik e wis e wr e aths o f law rel

,

up on th eir h eads yet o v er th em h u ng a larg e an d c o s t ly

,

cr o wn N o w alb e it th ey w e r e n o t at this t im e so fair as I

.

had b efor e imagi ned to my s elf y et so it was t o be , .

B ehin d t h e m o n a r o u n d fo rm sat for t he m o st par t a nti en t

men y et n o n e had any sw o rd or o th er w e ap o n ab o u t him
, .

N eith e r saw I any life-guard but c er t ain Virgi n s which

w e r e wi th us the day b efore an d who sa t e o n t he sid e s o f ,

C ri a
u e the arch
.
I canno t pass i n S il en c e ho w the littl e C upid
.

ew to an d agai n th er e bu t fo r the m o s t part he h o v er e d

,
 I 50 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UGI A N S .

who, the musit ians b ei ng alr eady pr es en t led us d ow n the

, ,

wi nding stairs the d o or b eing dilig en t ly l o ck e d and b ol t ed

,
.

A S s o on as w e w er e c om e agai n i n t o the hall o n e o f the ,

virgi n s b egan I w o n d er S is t e r that y o u d u rs t adv en

, ,

tur e y o urs elf am o ngs t S O many p ers on s My S is t er .
,

reply ed o u r p r e sid e nt I am fearful o f n o ne so much as o f

,

t his man p o i n ting at me This sp e ech w ent t o my h eart

,
.
,

for I u n d erst o o d that she m o ck e d at my age an d ind ee d I ,

was the Old e st o f all y et She c o mfo r t e d me by promisi ng ,

that i n cas e I b ehav e d mys elf w ell t o wards her she w o uld ,

easily rid m e o f this burd e n .

M e a ntim e a c ollati o n was again br ought i n an d e v e ry ,

o n e s Virgi n s e at e d by him w ho w e ll k n e w ho w t o sh o r t e n

,

the tim e with h an ds o m disc o urs e s but what th e s e an d ,

th eir sp orts w er e I dar e n o t blab o u t o f sch ool Mo st of .

the qu esti o n s w er e ab o ut the arts wh er e by I c o uld lightly ,

gath er that b o th y o u ng an d old w e r e c on v ersan t i n the

sci en c es S till i t r un i n my th oughts ho w I might b ec ome
.

y ou n g agai n wh e r eu p o n I was s om ewhat the sadd er This

,
.

the Virgi n p erc e iv e d and th er efo r e b ega n

I dar e lay
, , ,

a ny t hi ng if I lye with him t on ight he shall be pl easan t e r

, ,

i n the m o r n i ng H er e u p o n th ey b egan to laugh an d
.
,

alb eit I blush e d all o v e r I was fai n to laugh to o at my

,

ow n -
ill luck N o w t h er e was o n e t h er e tha t had a min d t o
.

r et ur n my disgrac e u p on the Virgi n wh er eup on he said : ,

I h op e n o t o nly w e but the virgi n s t h e ms elv e s will b ar

e

wi t ne ss tha t our Lady P r esid en t hat h pr omis e d h ers elf to

,

S o cio .
- -
be his bed fe ll o w t o n ight I sh o uld be w e ll c on t e nt
.

with it replyed the Virgin if I had n ot r eas on to be
, ,

afraid o f th e s e my S ist ers ; th er e w o uld be no h old with

th em S h o uld I ch oos e the b e s t and han ds o m es t for mys elf .

V i rg lucif
My S is t er pr es en tly b egan an ot h er w e nd h er eby
. .
, ,
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 51

that thy high Ofc e mak e s th ee n o t pr o u d w h e r efor e if by ,

thy p ermissio n w e might by lo t part the Lo rds h er e pr e s en t ,

th o u S h o u ldst w ith o ur go o d w ill hav e s u ch a p reroga

, ,

tiv e .W e let this pass fo r a j e st and b egan agai n to dis

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,

c o urs e t og e th er but o ur Virgi n c o uld no t l eav e t orm entin g

,

u s a nd c onti nu e d
,
My l o rds ho w if w e S h o uld p ermit L di
, u ci a
l ti e ec o
fo u r tu n e t o d e cid e which o f u s m u st b e t og et h er t o-n ight d un a or
mi tium en
W ell said I if it may b e n o o th erwis e w e cann t .

, , o ,

r efu s e such a pr offer N o w b eca u s e it was c o n cl ud e d to
.

make th is trial aft er m eat w e r e s o lv ed to sit n o l o nge r at

,

tabl e so w e ar o s e an d e ach w alk e d u p an d d o wn with his

,

Virgin
Nay said the pr e sid en t it shall n o t be so
.
, ,

y e t ,
but l et us s ee h o w fo rtu n e will c o upl e us

up o n w hich ,

w e w er e s e parat ed N o w rst ar o s e a disput e how the

.

busin ess sh ou ld be carri e d o u t but this was o nly a pre ,

m editat e d d evic e for the Virgi n i nsta ntly pr op o s e d that

,

w e sh o uld mix o urs elv e s i n a ri n g an d that S he b egi nni n g ,

t o c ou n t fro m h e rs elf the s ev e n th was to b e c o n t en t w ith

,

t he foll o w i n g s e v e nth w er e it a vi rgi n o r man

,
W e w ere .

n ot a w ar e o f any craft an d th e r e fo r e p ermitt e d it so t o b e

,

but wh e n w e th ought w e had v e ry w ell mi ngl e d o u rs elv es ,

the Virgi n s w er e so subtil that each k ne w her stati on

b efo r e-ha nd The pr e sid e nt b egan to r e ck on t he s ev en th
.
,

next he r was a Virgin the third s e v en th a Virgi n lik e wis e

, ,

an d t his c o n ti n u e d t ill t o o ur amaz e m en t all the Virgi n s

, ,

came fo rth and n one of us was hit Th u s w e p o o r wre tch e s .

r emai ned sta nd i ng al on e an d w er e fo rc e d t o c o nfess that

,

w e had b een ha n ds o m ely c ou z ene d alb eit wh o e v er had , ,

s een us in o ur o rd er might s oo n er hav e exp e ct e d the sky to

fall th en that it S h ould n eve r have c om e t o o u r t u r n .

H er e with o u r sp o rt was aband o ne d I n th e i n te rim the .

littl e want on Cupid came als o in u nt o us bu t b e ca u s e he ,

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

pr es ent ed hims elf on b ehalf of th eir R oyal Maj esti e s and ,

deliv erd u s a h e alt h fr o m th e m o u t o f a g o ld e n cu p an d ,

was to call o ur Virgin to the Ki ng w ithal d e clari ng he ,

c o uld no t at this t im e tarry w e c o uld n o t sp ort o urs elve s

,

w ith him so w ith a du e r e t urn o f o u r m o st humbl e thanks

, ,

w e let him y e for t h agai n N o w b e caus e the mir t h b egan

.

t o fall i n t o my c o n s ort s feet and the Virgi n s w er e n o thing

,

s orry to see it t h ey l e ad up a civil dan c e which I ra t h er

,

b eh e ld with pl easur e th en assiste d for my m ercurialis t s ,

w er e so r eady with th e ir p o stur es as i f th ey had b een l ong ,

o f the trad e A ft e r s o m e few dan c e s o ur pr e sid e nt cam e

.
,

i n agai n and t o ld us how the ar t ists an d stu d en ts had

,

of fer e d th ems elv e s t o th eir R o yal Maj e s t i es b efore t h eir

d epart ur e to act a m erry c o m edy and if w e th ought go o d
to be pr e s e nt t h er e at and to w ait e up o n th eir Roy al
,

Maj es t i es to the H o us e of the S un it w o uld be acc eptabl e ,

to th em . H er e up on w e r e t ur ne d o ur humbl e tha nks for

the h o n o ur v o uchsafe d us an d m o st submissiv ely t end er e d
,

ou r small s ervic e which the Virgi n r e la t e d an d pr e s en tly

, ,

br ough t w o rd t o at t en d th eir R oyal Maj esti es i n the gall ery ,

whith er w e w er e s o o n led and staid n o t l ong th er e for the

, ,

R oy al Pr o c essi o n was j us t r eady y e t wi th o u t musick The,

.

unkno w n Qu ee n who was y est erday with us w ent for e m o st

wi th a small and c o stly c or one t appar ell e d in whi t e sat in , ,

an d carryi n g n o thing bu t a sm all crucix mad e o f a p e arl ,

and this v ery day wr o ugh t b e t w een the y o u ng Ki ng an d

his Brid e A ft er her w en t the six for e-m en ti o n ed Virgins

.

i n two ra nks carryi n g the K in g s j e w els b el onging t o the

,

li t tl e al t ar N ext to th es e c am e the t hr ee Kings The

. .

B rid egr oom was i n the mids t o f t h e m with a plai n dr ess o f

black sattin aft er the I t alian m o d e H e had o n a small
, .

r o u n d black hat wi t h a li t tl e black p oin t ed feath er which

, ,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

mi tted to nci en t t ut o r ) c o n tin u e d all the rst act with

an a , ,

I nter l di
u m
u .

man y laudabl e sp or t s b esid e I n the i nt erl u d e a Ly o n an d

.

Griffon w er e set a t One ano th e r an d the Ly on got the ,

vict o ry this was als o a pr etty S igh t .

A c tu s 2 .
I n the s ec o nd ac t the M o o r e a black tr e ach er o us fell o w
, , , ,

cam e for th w ho havi n g with v e xati on u n d ers t o o d t hat his

,

m u rd e r was disc o v er e d an d that a littl e lady was craftily

,

st ollen fr o m him b egan t o c o n sult ho w by s t ratage m he

,

might en c ou n t er so p o w erful an adve rsary wh er e o f he was ,

at l ength advis e d by c er tain fugitive s w ho ed to him

thr ough fami ne S o the y o ung lady c o nt rary to all
.
,

e xp ectati o n fell again i nt o his han ds w h o m had he n ot

, ,

b een w on d erfully d e c eiv e d b y his o wn s ervan t s he had ,

lik e to hav e slai n Thus t his act was c on clud e d with a

.

merv elo u s triumph Of the M o o r e .

At c us 3 .

I n the third act a gr e at army o n the Ki ng s part was

rais e d agai n st the M oor e an d put un d er the c o n duc t of an

,

an ti en t valia nt k n ight who fe ll i nt o the M o o r e s c oun t ry

, ,

,

till he fo rceably r e scu e d the y o u ng Lady fr o m a t o w er an d ,

appar ell e d her a n e w A ft e r this th ey er e c t e d a gl o ri o us

.

scaffo ld an d plac e d her up on it ; pr e s en tly cam e tw e lv e

r o yal e mbassad o rs am o ngst wh o m the K n ight mad e a
.

S p ee ch all e dgi ng t hat the Ki ng his m o s t graci o us L o rd

, , ,

had no t o nly h er e t ofo r e d eliv er e d her fr o m d e ath an d ,

cau s e d her to be r o yally br ought up t h o ugh she had n o t ,

b ehav e d h ers elf alt o g et h er as b e cam e her but m or e o v er , , ,

had b efo r e o th ers el e ct e d her as a sp o us e for the yo u ng

, ,

L ord his S on m o s t gratio u sly d esiri ng tha t the e sp o usals

, ,

migh t be r e ally ex ecut e d i n cas e th ey w o uld b e sw o r n t o his

Maj es t y up o n the fo ll owi ng ar t icl es H er e up on out of a .

pat en t he caus e d c er t ain gl ori o us c ondi t i o ns to be r ead ;

th e y o u n g Lady t o o k an o ath invi o lably t o Obs erv e the
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . I 55

same r et urn i ng thanks i n m o s t s e emly s o r t for so high a

,

grac e W h er eup on th ey b ega n to si ng t o the prais e o f

.

G o d o f the Ki ng and the y o u ng Lady an d fo r t his tim e so

, , ,

d e par t e d I n sp ort m eanwhil e the fo u r b eas t s Of M antel , I t

.
, ,
n erl u di um

as he saw th em i n the visi on w er e br o ught i n all w hich , ,

had its c ertai n sign icati on .

I n th e fo urth act the y o u n g Lady was r e st o r e d t o her A t c us 4 .

l o st kingd o m an d cr o w n e d b eing i n this array c o nduct e d

,

ab ou t the plac e with extrao rdi nary j oy A ft er vari o us .

e mbassad o rs pr e s e nt e d th e ms elv e s n o t o nly t o wish her

pr o sp erity but als o to b eh o ld her gl ory Y et it was n ot .

l ong that S he pr e s erv e d her i n t egrity b ut b egan to l ook ,

w an t on ly ab o ut her and to wi nk at the e mbassad ors

,

an d l o rds Th es e her manners w er e s oo n kn o wn t o the

.

M o or e who w o uld by n o m ean s n egl e ct such an o pp or

,

tu ni ty ; an d b e caus e her st e ward had n o t s u fci en t r e gard

to her S he was e asily bli nd e d w ith gr e at pr omis es so that

, ,

she had n o g o o d c o nd e n c e i n her K i ng but privily sub ,

mitted h e rs e lf t o the i n tir e disp o sal o f the M oor e w ho ,

having by her c on s en t g ott e n her i nt o his han ds he gav e ,

her w o rds so l o ng t ill all her ki n gd o m had subj ect e d its e lf

to him ; aft er which i n the third sc e n e Of this act he
, ,

caus e d her to be led fort h stript n ak e d an d th en up on a

, ,

S curvy w o o d en sca f fo ld b o u n d to a p o st w e ll sc o urg e d and , ,

at last s en t en c e d to d e ath This w ofu l sp e c tacl e mad e the

.

ey e s o f many t o r un o v e r Nak e d as she was she was cast

.
,

i nt o pris on th er e t o exp e c t d eath by p oys o n which ho w

, , ,

e v er kill e d her n ot but mad e her l e pr o us all o v er

, ,
Thus .

this ac t was fo r the m o st par t lam entabl e B etw een th ey .

brought forth { Dehut bannezzar s imag e which was ad o rn e d

,

with all mann er o f arms on the h ead br east l egs and fee t , , , ,

o f which m o r e shall be sp o k en in the fu tur e e xplicati o n .

 1 56 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

At c us 5 . I n the fth act t he y ou n g Ki n g w as acquaint e d with

all that had pass e d b etw een the M o o r e an d his futur e
sp o us e w ho in t erc e d e d with his fath er for her i n tr e ati ng
, ,

that she migh t n o t be l eft i n that c on diti o n an d embas ,

sado r s w er e dispatch e d t o c o mfort he r b u t w ithal to giv e ,

her n o tic e o f her i n c on sid e rat en ess S he n e v e rth e l e ss .

, ,

w o uld n ot r e c eiv e th em but c o ns en t e d to be the M o or e s

,

c on cubi n e and the y o un g K i n g w as acquain t ed w ith it

,
.

I nt er l di
u u m . A ft e r this c o m e s a ban d o f fo ols e ach o f which br o u ght a ,

cudgel wh ere with th ey mad e a gr e at gl o b e of the w o rld

, ,

an d u n did it again the which w as a n e sp ortiv e

,

pha n tsi e .

A c tu s 6 . I n th e sixth act the y o u ng Ki ng r e s o lv ed t o bid battl e

,

to the M o o r e which w as d o n e an d alb e i t the M oo r e was

, ,

di sco m te d y et all h e ld the y o u n g Ki ng for d e ad bu t he

, ,

cam e agai n to hims elf r el e ased his sp ous e an d c o mmitt e d

, ,

her to his st eward and chaplai n the rs t wh er e o f t o rm en t e d ,

her migh tily w hil e th e pri e st w as so i n s o l e ntly w ick e d

,

tha t he w o uld n eeds be ab o v e all till the sam e was ,

r ep or t e d to the y o ung Ki n g who dispat ch e d o n e to br e ak

,

the n eck o f the pri e st s mighti ne ss an d ad o r n the brid e i n

,

I n te r u l di um . s o m e m easure for the nuptials A ft er this act a vast arti .

ci al el epha n t w as br o u ght i n carryi ng a gr e at t o w er with

,

musitia n s which was w e ll pl easi ng to all

,
.

A c tus 7 .
I n the last ac t the brid e- gr o o m app ear e d i n such p o mp as
is no t w ell t o be b eliev e d The b rid e met him i n the lik e
.

s ol em n ity w h er e up o n all the p eopl e crie d o ut V I V A T

,

C o msedorum S P ON S U M V I VA T S P ON S A so that by this c o m e dy th e y did

, ,
ap pl au sus
er g R egem
a withal c ongratulat e our K i ng an d Qu een in the m o s t stat e ly
e t R egi nam .

m ann er which pl e as ed t h em m o st e x tra ordi n ary w ell A t

, .

l engt h t h ey mad e s o m e pasces ab o u t the s t ag e t ill a t last ,

th e y al t o g e th e r b e gan th u s t o si ng .
 1 58 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

wh er eo f I u nd ers t o o d n ot The R oyal P ers on s t ook up the .

rst tabl e at the s ec ond we only sat e ; at the t hird s o m e

,

of th e pri n cipal Virgi n s plac e d t h ems elv e s The r e s t w er e .

fain t o wait This was p erform e d with such stat e and

.

s o l emn still ne ss that I am afraid to mak e man y w ords Of it .

A ll the R o yal P ers on s b efor e m e at att ir e d th ems elv es i n , ,

s n o w-whit e glitt eri ng gar men t s Ov e r the tabl e hu n g the .

gr eat g old e n cr o wn the preti ou s st on e s wh er eof wi t h o ut

, ,

o th e r light w o uld hav e sufci ently illumi nat e d the hall

, .

A ll the ligh t s w er e k i n dle d at th e small tap er up o n the

al t ar The y o u ng ki n g fre qu en tly s en t m e at t o the whi t e
.

s erp en t which caus ed me t o mus e A lm ost all t he prat tl e

,
.

C p id w
u o as
at this banqu e t was mad e by C upid w h o c o uld n o t l e av e ,
th m
e i t us and me e sp ecially u nt o rm e nt e d and was p erp etually
err es .

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pr o duci ng s o m e strange mat t e r H o w ev er t h ere was n o .

,

c on sid erabl e mirth fr o m wh en c e I c o uld imagi ne s o m e

,

gr eat immi nen t p eril Th e re w as n o musick h e ard an d if .

,

w e w e r e d eman d ed a n ythi ng w e w er e fai n to giv e sh o rt ,

an sw ers an d so let it r e st I n sh ort all t hings had so

,
.
,

strange a fac e t hat the sw eat b egan to t rickl e d o wn ov e r

my b o dy an d I b eli e ve that the s t o ut est-h ear t ed man
,

w o uld hav e l o s t c ourage S u pp er b ei ng alm o s t end ed the .

,

y o u ng K i ng c o mman d e d the b ook to be r each e d him fr om

O ti R gi t h e al t ar
ra o e s This he o p en e d and caus e d it agai n to be pro
.

d l ti
a o esc en s
p ou n d e d to us by an Old man wh eth er w e r es o lv e d t o abid e
.

with him i n pr o sp erity an d adv ersity which w e havin g ,

wit h tre mbli n g c o n s e nt e d t o he fu rth er caus e d us sadly to ,

be d eman d e d wh eth er w e w o uld giv e him o u r han ds o n i t ,

which wh en w e c o uld fai n n o r e as on was fai n so t o b e

, , .

On e aft er an o th er r o s e an d with his o w n ha n d writ hims elf

d o w n i n this b ook aft er which the littl e chris t al fo untai n
,

was b r o ugh t n ear t ogeth er wi t h a v ery small chris t al glass

, ,
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 59

out of which all the R oyal P ers on s dran k ; aft erwards it

w as r each e d t o u s and so fo rward t o all an d this was
, ,

call ed the Draught Of S il en c e H er eup o n all the R oyal d

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P ers on s pre s en t ed us th eir han ds d e clari n g tha t i n cas e w e ,

did n ot n ow stick to th em w e sh o uld n e v er h ereafter see

th em which v erily mad e o ur ey e s ru n o v er Bu t o ur
, .

pre sid en t engag ed h ers elf an d pr o mis ed larg ely o n o ur Fid j b et e u ur

i g l mf V r ' u '

b ehalf which gav e th em satisfac t i o n M ean tim e a littl e

, .

b ell was t o ll e d at which all the R oyal Pers on s wax e d so

,

mighty b l eak that w e w er e r eady u t t erly t o d espair Th ey .

quickly pu t off th eir w hit e garm ents and assum ed i ntirely i

gggl mm o '

black o ne s the wh ol e hall was h u ng with black v elv et the ,

oo r c ov er ed with the sam e with which als o the c eili ng ,

was ov erspr e ad The tabl es w er e als o r em o v ed all s eat e d

.
,

th ems elv es up on the fo rm an d w e als o had put o n black,

habits Our pr esid ent wh o was b efo r e g on e o u t c o m e s i n

.
, ,

agai n b eari ng six black taffe t a scarffs with which S he

, ,

b o u n d the six R o yal P ers on s ey es and th er e w er e i mmedi

,

at ely br o ught i n by the s ervants six c o v er e d c of n s which ,

w er e set d o w n a lo w black s eat b e i n g plac e d i n th eir

,

midst F i n ally th ere st ept i n a c o l e-black tall man who

.
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bar e i n his ha n d a sharp ax N ow aft er that the old King l l ti

gg m
. eco a o
e u '

had b een br ought to the s eat his h ead was i nsta ntly whipt ,

Of f an d wrapp e d i n a black cl o th the bl oo d b e i n g r ec e iv e d ,

i n a gr e at g o ld en g o bl e t an d plac e d with him i n the c of n

,

that st o o d by which b ei ng c o v er e d was set asid e Th u s

, , , .

it w en t with the r est so that I th o u ght it w o uld hav e c om e

,

to me t oo but as s oo n as th e six R o yal P ers on s w e r e

,

b eh ead ed the black man r etir ed a no th er fo ll o wi ng w h o

, ,

just be for e the d o or b eh e ad ed him als o and br o ught back C ni i ,

ar c s .

his h e ad which with the ax was laid i n a lit t l e ch e st

, , , .

This inde ed s ee m ed to me a bl o ody W eddi ng bu t b ecaus e , ,

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

I c ould not t ell what the e vent w o uld be I w as fain t o ,

captiva t e my u n d erstanding until I w er e fur th er r e s o lv e d .

The Virgi n s eein g tha t s o m e o f us w e r e fain t-

,
h e art ed and
w ept bid us be c ont en t sayi ng
, ,
The life o f th es e
s tan d et h now in y o ur ha n ds and i n cas e you foll o w me
, ,

this d e at h shall mak e many aliv e .

H er ewi t h she in t im at ed w e sh o uld go sl eep an d t r o ubl e

o ii rselv e s n o furth e r for th e y sh o uld hav e th eir du e righ t
,
.

She bad e u S all g o o d n ight saying tha t She must watch the
,

C ura d e ad c o rps W e th en wer e c on duct e d by o ur P age s int o

.

Hidim
ur
u i . o ur l o dgi ngs My Page t alk e d with me o f su n dry mat t ers
.
,

an d gav e me caus e e n o ugh t o admir e his u nd erstan di n g ,

bu t his int enti on was to lull me a sl eep which at las t I ,

o bs erv e d wh e r e up o n I mad e as th o ugh I was fast asl e ep

, ,

bu t n o S l eep cam e to my eyes and I c o uld n o t put the ,

b eh e ad e d o ut o f my mi n d N o w my l o dgi ng was dir e ctly

.

C ub i c mum .
o v e r again st the gr e a t lak e so that I c ould l ook up on
,

Vi i
s o it the wi nd ows b ei ng n igh the bed A b out midnight I
,
.

n oc mm a '
e spi e d o n the lak e a gr e at r e wh e r e fo r e I quickly o p en e d
,

the w i n d o w t o see wha t w o uld b e c o m e o f it Th en fr o m .

far I saw s e v en ships maki n g fo rward all full o f lights .

A b o v e e ach o f th e m h o v er e d a am e that pass e d t o and

fro an d s o m etim e s d e sc e n d e d so that I c o uld lightly j udge
, ,

tha t it mus t n eeds be the S pirits o f the b eh e ad e d The .

ships g en tly appr o ach e d t o lan d and e ach had n o m or e ,

than o n e mari ner When t h ey w er e g o t t e n to sh or e I

.
,

e spi e d o u r Virgi n with a t o rch g o i n g t o wards t h e m aft er ,

Cadav era wh o m the six c o v e r ed c offin s t og eth e r with the lit tl e

,
av eh un tu r
tran s L acu m . ch est w ere carr i e d and e ach was pr i v i ly laid i n a ship
, , .

Wh erefo re I awak e d my Page who h u g ely thank ed me , ,

fo r havi ng run much up and d o w n all day he migh t ,

e e o e -
quit hav v r sl ept this t h o ugh he w ell k new i t As
, .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Th es e I c opie d an d set d o w n i n my t abl e-b ook A ft er this .

d o o r was o p en ed the Pag e l e ad me by th e han d thr o ugh

,

a v ery dark passag e till w e cam e to a littl e d o o r now o nly

u t t o o fo r as the P ag e i n fo rm e d m e it w as rst o p e n e d
p , , ,

y e st erday wh en the c of n s w er e tak en o u t an d had n ot ,

sin c e b eenS hut A s s oon as w e st e pp e d i n I e spi e d the

.

m o st pr eti o us thin g that N atu r e ev er cr eat e d for this ,

vault had n o o th er light but fr o m c ertain huge carbu n cl e s .

This was the K in g s Tr easury bu t the m o st gl ori o us an d

,

prin cipal thin g was a s e pulchr e i n the middl e so rich that ,

I w o n d er ed it was n o b e tt e r guard ed W h er eu n t o the Pag e ,

a n sw er e d me tha t I had g o o d r eas o n t o be than kful to my

,

plan et by wh o s e i n u en c e I had n o w s een c ertai n pi e c es

,

which n o human e eye (e xc ept th o s e o f the Ki ng s family )

had e v er vi ew e d This s epulch er was trian gu lar an d had i n

.
,

the middl e o f it a k e ttl e o f p o lish ed c o pp er the r e st was o f ,

pur e g old an d preti ou s st o ne s I n the k et tl e st o o d an .

angel who h e ld i n his arms an unkn o w n t r ee wh o s e fru i t

, ,

c o n tin ually falling int o the k et tl e t urn e d i nt o wat er ,

th er ein an d ran o u t i n t o thr ee small g o ld e n k e ttl e s sta n d

,

i n g by This li tt l e altar was supp o rt e d b y an e agl e an o x

.
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an d a li o n which s t oo d o n an e xc ee di n g c o stly bas e

,
I .

aske d my Page what this migh t sign i e H e r e said he .

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e
li s buri e d Lady V en us that b eau t y which hath u n d on e
,

man y a gr eat man b o t h i n fo urtun e h on o ur bl e ssi n g an d

, , , ,

pro sp erity ; aft er which he sh o w e d me a c opp er d oo r i n
the pav e m en t sayi n g H e r e if y o u pl e as e w e may go
, , , ,

furth e r d o w n
W e d e sc en d e d the st eps wh e re it was
.
,

e xc ee di n g dark but the Pag e imm e diat e ly o p e n e d a littl e

,

ch est i n which st o o d a small e v er-burn i ng tap er wh er efr o m ,

he ki ndl e d on e Of the many t o rch e s t hat lay by I w as .

migh t ily t erri e d and ask e d ho w he durs t do this H e .

 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 63

gav e me for a n swer as l o ng as the R o yal P ers o n s are still

,

at r est I hav e n o thi n g to fear H er e w ith I e spi e d a rich
.

be d r eady mad e h u n g ab o ut with curi o us curtai n s on e o f

, ,

which he dr e w an d I sa w the Lady Venu s stark n ak e d D ip i

escr t o
,
corp or s i
(f o r h e h e av e d up h
t e c o v e rl e ts t oo
) ly i n g th er e i n such
,
v en er si
d or mi entis .

b eauty and a fashi o n so surprisi ng that I was alm o st

, ,

b esid es mys elf n eith er do I yet k n o w wh e th er it was a

,

pi e c e thus carv ed o r an human e c o rps t hat lay d e ad th e r e

, ,

fo r S he was alt o g e th e r imm o v e abl e and y e t I d urs t n o t,

t o uch her S O sh e was agai n c o v er ed yet S he was still as

.
, ,

it w er e in my eye But I s o on e spy e d b ehin d the bed a

,
.

tabl e t o n which i t was thus writt en .

I ask e d my P ag e c o n c e r n i ng this w riti n g bu t he lau gh ed , ,

w ith pr o mis e that I sh o uld k n o w it t o o and h e putti ng , ,

o u t the t o rch w e again asc en d e d

, Th en I b ett e r vi e w e d
.

all the little d o o rs an d fo u nd that o n e v e ry c or n e r th er e

,

burn e d a small tap e r of pyri t e s o f which I had b e fo r e tak en

n o n o tic e for the r e was so cl e ar that it l o o k e d much
,

lik e r a st on e tha n a tap er F r o m this h e at the tr ee was A -

.
b i l or s

forc ed c o n ti nually to zmelt y et it still pr o d u c e d n e w fruit iiiif

x

, . i s

N o
w b eh o ld
, said the P age
, wh e n the tree shall be
,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

quit e melt e d d o w n th en shall Lady Ve n us awak e and b e

'

t he m o th e r of a Ki n g Whils t he was th u s sp eaki n g i n
.
,

e w the littl e Cupi d w ho at rst was s o m ewhat abash e d at

,

o ur pr e s e n c e but s e e i n g us b o th l o o k m o r e lik e the d e ad

,

th en the livi n g he c ou ld n o t r efrai n fr o m lau ghi ng and

, ,

d e ma nd ed wha t spirit had b r o ught me thith er wh o m I ,

with trembli n g an sw er e d tha t I had l o st my way i n the ,

castl e and was by cha n c e c o m e hith e r that the Pag e had

, ,

lik e w is e b een l o okin g up and d o w n for me an d at last ,

lit e d up on m e h er e an d that I h op ed he w o uld n ot tak e it

,

amiss . Nay th en tis w ell en ough y e t said C upid my
, ,

, ,

o ld busi e ra n S i r b u t o u might lightly hav e s e r v e d me a

g y ,

scurvy trick had yo u b e en awar e of this d o o r I m u st

, .

l oo k b e tt e r t o it an d so he put a str o n g l o ck o n the c o pp er

,

d o o r wh e re w e b efo r e de sc e nd ed I tha n k e d G o d that .

h e lit e d u p o n us n o s oo n e r ; my P ag e t o o w as the m o r e , ,

o co n d b e ca u s e I had so w e ll h elp ed him at this pi n ch

j .

Ye t can I n o t said C upid t it pass u r v g d that

, le n e en e ,

y o u w e r e s o n e ar stumbli ng up o n m
y d e ar m o th e r W ith .

that he put the p o i n t o f his dart i n t o o n e o f the littl e tap ers ,

an d h e ati n g it s o m e what prick e d me with it o n t he ha n d

, ,

w hich at that tim e I littl e r egard e d bu t w as glad tha t it ,

w en t so w e ll with us M e an tim e my c o mpanio n s w er e go t t en

.

o u t o f be d a nd w e r e c o m e i n t o the hall to wh o m I
j y d

o n e ,

mys el f maki n g as if I w e re th en rst ris en A ft er Cupid

, .

had ca r efully mad e all fast agai n he cam e lik e wis e t o u s , ,

an d w o uld n e e ds hav e me sh e w him my ha n d wh er e he s t ill

,

fo u n d a littl e dr o p o f bl o o d at which he h e artily laugh e d , ,

an d bad the r e st hav e a car e o f m e as I w o uld sh o rtly e n d

,

my days W e all w o nd er e d ho w he c o uld be so m e rry and

.

hav e n o s en c e o f y e st erday s sad passag es Our P r esid e n t

.

had m ea ntim e mad e h ers elf re ady fo r a j o ur ney c omi n g i n ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

an d o n th em all the Virgi n s stuck up th eir La u r e l bran ch es ,

an d havi n g dis t ribut e d us i n the six ships th ey caus e d u s

, ,

i n G o d s n am e t o b egi n our v o yag e an d l o o k e d up on us as

l o ng as w e w ere in S ight after which th ey with all the watch

, ,

m en r et u rn e d i nt o the Castl e Our S hips had e ach o f th e m a

, .

p e c uliar d evic e v e of th e m i n d ee d had the v e r egular , ,

b o di es e ach a s ev eral o n e but mi ne i n which the Virgin

, , ,

t o o sat e carri e d a gl o b e
,
Thus w e sail e d o n i n a S i ngu lar
.

o rd e r an d e ach had o nly tw o mari n ers

, F o r e m o st w en t th e .

S hip a i n which as I c o n c e iv e t he M o o r lay

,
I n this w e r e
,
.

t w e lv e musitian s w ho play e d e xc e ll en tly w ell an d its d evic e ,

w as a pyramid N ex t f ollo w ed thr e e abr east b c and d

.
, , , ,

i n which w e w e r e disp o s e d I sat e i n 0 B ehi n d th e s e .

cam e t he t wo fai r est an d state li e st ships e an df stu ck ab ou t , ,

with man y bran ch e s o f lawrel and havi ng no pass engers i n ,

th e m th eir ags w er e the su n an d m o o n But i n the r e ar .

g
ggiggi
n es was o nly o ne ship g and in this w er e fort y Virgi n s
, ,
.

H avi ng pass e d o v er t his lak e w e cam e thr o u gh a n arr o w ,

arm i n t o the righ t sea wh er e all the sir en s n ymphs and

, , ,

se a- g o dd e ss e s att en d e d us an d imm e diat ely dispat ch e d a

,

s ea -n ymph u n t o us to d e liv e r th e ir pr es e n t o f h o n o ur t o t he

W e dding I t was a c o stly gr e at set r o u n d an d o rient

.
, , , ,

p earl the lik e t o which hath n o t at an y tim e b e en s een

, ,

e ith er i n o urs o r i n the n e w

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CZ
w o rld The Virgi ns havi ng
\
.

friendly r e c eiv e d it the n ymph ,

f l/ II
e intr e a t e d that audi e n c e migh t b e

i v en t o th e ir di v erti sement s w hi ch
g ,

the Virgin was c o nt en t t o giv e an d ,

(L
9 c o mman d e d the tw o gr ea t ships t o
stan d i n t o the middl e and to the r e st to i n compass th em i n
,

p ent ago n after which the nymphs fell i nt o a ri ng ab o u t th em

,

an d w ith a m o st d e licat e s we e t v o ic e b ega n t hus to S i n g

M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CRE U TZ . 1 67

Th er e

sthin g b etter h er e b e l o w
no

Th an b eaute o u s no bl e L o ve , ,

V he r e by w e lik e to G o d do gr ow ,

A n d n o n e t o gr i e f do m o v e
W h e r e fo r e l e t s ch an t i t t o th e K i n g

,

Th at all t h e s e a t h e re wi th m ay r i n g .

W e qu e s t io n an swe r y o u ,

W h at was i t th at at r s t u s mad e ?

Tw as Lo v e .

A n d what h ath grac e af sh c o n v e igh

re d ?

Tw a s L o v e

.

A n d wh e n c e (p ay t e ll u s 1)werer we b o rn

Of L o v e .

H ow c am e we t h en agai n fo l o rn r

S a n s Lo v e .

Who i t say that u s c on c e ive d

w as , ,
"
1a 8 Lo v e .

W h o s u ckl e d n u rs e d an d r e li e v e d ?
, ,

Twa s L o v e

.

W h at do w e to o ur p ar e n ts o w e ?
Ti s Lo v e

.

W hy do th e y u s s u ch ki n d n e ss S h o w ?
Of L o v e .

W ho ge ts here i n the vic to r y ?

Ti s L o v e

.

Can Lo v e by s a e r ch o b tai ne d be
By Lo v e .

H o w may a m an go o d wor ks p erf orm ?

Th ro u gh L o v e .

W h o i n to o n e c an tw o tran sfo rm ?
Ti s L o v e

.
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Th e n l e t s ong so u n d
o ur ,

Till i ts e cc h o r e b o u n d ,

To L o v e s h o n o u r an d p ra is e

M ay i t e v e r i n c re as e
W i t h o u r n o b l e P r i n c e s t h e K i n g a n d t he Q u e e n
, ,

Th e s o u l is d e par te d th e i r b o dy s wi t hi n

, .

A n d as lo ng as we liv e
G o d gra t i o u sly giv e ,
Th a s gr e l o v e a n d
ta at a i n i ty

Th e y b ear e a ch o t h e r m igh t ily ,

S o w e, lik ewis e ,
by l ov e s o w n ame

M ay j
re co n o y n th e m o n c e a ga i n .

Th e n this an n o y I n t o gre at j o y
(I f m an y t h o u s an d y o u n gli n gs d e i gn )
S h a ll ch an ge a n d e v e r s o r e ma i n
, .

At
u or i Th es e havi ng w ith m o s t admirabl e c o nc en t an d m el o dy
, ,
p pl
er t
ac e n

d n ish e d this s on g I n o m o r e w o ndr e d at U liss e s fo r

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88 an
,

stoppi ng the e ars o f his c o mpan i o ns ; I s ee m e d to mys elf

the m o st u nhappy man aliv e tha t Nat u r e had n o t mad e me

t o o so t r im a cr e at u r e But the Virgi n s o on dispatch e d

.

th e m an d c o mma n d e d to se t sail w h er e fo r e the nymphs

fiii iiififh s
, ,
a

havi n g b een pr e s ent e d with a l o ng r ed scarff for a gratuity ,

disp ers e d th ems elve s i n the sea I was at this tim e s ensibl e
.

that Cu pid b egan to w ork with me t o o which t en d e d l ittl e ,

to my cr e di t ; but as my giddi n e ss is lik ely to b e n o thi ng

b en e cial t o the r e ad er I am r e s o lv e d t o le t it r est This

, .

was the w o u n d that i n the rst b o ok I r e c eiv e d o n my h ead

i n a dr eam Let e v ery o n e tak e w ar ni n g by me o f l o it e ring
.

ab o ut V enus bed fo r Cupid can by n o m ea n s br o ok it

, .

A ft er s o m e h o urs w e cam e within k en o f the T o w er o f

,
1 70 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

draught Of w i n e w as br o ught u s w h er eby I Obs e rve d that

, ,

w e w e r e n ot h e r e for pl e asur e Wh en we had nish e d o u r

.

day s w o rk e v ery o n e had a mat tr e ss laid o n t he gr o u n d

,

for him wh er e with w e w e r e to c o n t e n t o urs elv e s

,
F or my .

part I was n o t much tro uble d with sl eep an d walki ng o ut ,

i n t o the gard en at l e ngth cam e as far as the wall wh er e

, , ,

t he h e av en b ei n g v e ry cl e ar I c o u ld w e ll giv e away the,

tim e i n c o n t emplat i n g the stars By chan c e I cam e t o a .

gr e at pair o f st o n e stairs l e adi ng to the t op o f the w all an d ,

b ecau s e the m o o n sh one v e ry brigh t I was so much the ,

m o r e c o nd e nt an d g oi ng up l o ok e d t oo a littl e up o n the
, , ,

se a which was e xc e e di n g calm

,
Thu s havi ng g oo d o pp or .

t u ni ty t o c o n sid e r b e tt e r o f astr o n o my I fo u n d that this ,

n ight th e r e w o uld happ e n such a c o nju n c t i o n o f t he

plan e ts the lik e t o which was n o t o th erwis e s u dd en ly to be

,

o bs e rv e d H avi ng l oo k e d a g oo d w hil e i nt o th e sea an d

.
,

it b ei ng j ust ab o ut mid n ight I b eh e ld fr o m far the s ev en ,

F lam e s passi ng o v e r sea hith e r ward an d b etak e in g th e m ,

s elv e s t o the to p o f the S pire o f the t o w e r This mad e me .

s o m ewhat affrai d for as s o o n as the F lam e s had s ettl e d

th e ms elv es the wi n ds r o s e and mad e the sea v e ry t e mp es
, ,

tu o ns The m oo n als o was c o v er e d w ith cl o uds an d my

.
,

j y
o e n d e d with such fe ar t hat I had scarc e tim e e n o ugh t o

hit up o n the stairs agai n an d b etak e mys elf t o the T o w er

, ,

wh er e I laid me d o wn up o n my mat tre ss and th ere b ei ng ,

i n the lab o rat o ry a pl e asa n t and g e ntly purli n g fo u ntai n I ,

fell asl eep so much the s oon er A n d thus this fth day .

t oo was c o nclud e d with w o n d ers .

 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 71

The S ix th Day .

N ext m o rn i ng aft er w e had awake d ano th er w e sat e D

, ,
e ne
t d bi or ae u ae
t o g e th er to d i sc o u rs e w hat m i gh t be the w o nt o f th i ngs pi i . o n on es .

S o m e w er e o f o pi n i o n that the c o rps S h o uld all be i n

liv ene d agai n t o g e th e r Ot h e rs c on tradict e d this b e cau s e
.
,

the d e c eas e o f the a n ci e n ts was n o t o nly to r e st o r e life but

i n cr e as e t oo t o the y o u n g o ne s S o m e imagi n e d that th ey

.

w er e n ot put t o d e ath but that o th ers w er e b eh ead e d i n

,

th eir st ead H avi ng talk e d a p r etty whil e i n c o m e s the C t

.
,
u s OS .

o ld man an d rst sal u ti ng us l oo ks ab o u t t o s e e if all

, ,

things w ere r e ady W e had h er ei n so b ehav e d o urs elv e s P y t h i

. ro ec n a
h pi t m os u

tha t he had n o fault to nd W i th o ur di l i g en c e w h e r eu p o n l d t ,

au a ur .

he plac e d all the glass e s t o g e th e r an d put th em i nt o a ,

cas e P r es en tly c o m e c ertai n y o uths bri nging ladd ers P i

.
, , ae r
mi f i ar ey .

ro ap es an d larg e wi ngs
,
which th ey laid b efo r e us an d
,

d e parte d Th en the o ld man b ega n t h u s

.
My d e ar
S on s o n e o f th e s e thr e e thi ngs must e ach o f y ou this day
,

c o nstan t ly hear ab o ut w ith him It is fre e for y ou to .

mak e ch o ic e of o n e o f th em o r to c as t l o ts
W e r epli e d
,
.

that w e wo uld ch o o s e
Nay said he le t it rath e r go
.
, ,

by lo t H e reu p on he mad e thre e lit tl e sch e dul e s writi ng S

.
,
ors .

o n o n e Ladd e r o n the s e c o n d R Op e o n the third Wi ngs

, ,
.

Th es e he laid i n an hat e ach man must draw and what ,

e v er he happ e n e d o n was t o b e his Th o s e w ho got r o p es .

imagi ned th e ms elv e s i n the b e st cas e ; but I chan c e d o n a

ladd er w hich hugely a fict e d me for it was t w elve-foot
, ,

l o ng pre tty w eighty and I must be fo rc e d t o carry it

, , ,

wh ereas the o th ers c o uld ha nds om ely c o yl e th eir r op es

ab o ut th em an d as for the wi ngs the old man j oyne d
, ,

th em so n e atly o n t o the third s ort as if th ey had gro wn

up o n th em H er eu p on he tur n e d the c o ck an d the
.
,
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A A S .

fo un t ain ran n o l on ge r an d w e w er e fai n to r e m o v e it o ut

,
i

o f the way A fte r all thi ngs w e re carri e d o ff b e taki n g

.
, ,

with him the cask e t and glass e s t o o k l e ave an d l o ck e d , ,

the d oo r afte r him so w e imagi n e d that w e had b e e n

,

impris on e d i n this To w e r ; but it w as hardly a q u ar t e r o f

an h o ur b e fo r e a r o u n d h o l e ab o v e w as u n c o v e r e d w h e r e ,

w e saw o u r Virgi n w ho had us g o o d m o rr o w d e siring u s

, ,

to c o m e up Th e y with the wi ngs w e r e i n stan tly thr o ugh

.

the h o l e o nly th e y with the r o p e s w e r e in an e vil plight ,

fo r as s oo n as e v e r o n e o f u s was up he was c o mman d e d to ,

draw u p the ladd e r t o him A t last each ma n s r op e was

.

han g e d o n an ir o n h o o k an d he climb e d up as w e ll as he
,

c o uld w hich i ndee d w as n o t c o mpass e d wi t h o ut blisters

,
.

Wh e n w e w er e all w ell up the h o l e was agai n c o v er e d and

, ,

w e w er e fri en dly r e c e iv e d by the Virgi n This r o o m was .

the wh o l e br e ad t h o f the T o w er its e lf havi n g six v e ry ,

stat ely v e stri e s a littl e rais e d an d r e ach e d b y thr e e ste ps .

D i i
escrpt o In th e s e w e w e r e dist rib u te d to pray fo r t he life o f the
2 c on clav

K i ng an d Q ue e n M e an whil e the Vi rgi n w en t i n and o u t

.

at the littl e d o o r a till w e had d o ne A s s o o n as o u r .

pr o c e ss w as abs o lv e d th e r e was br o u ght in thr o ugh the

,

littl e d o o r by tw e lv e p ers o n s which w er e fo rm erly o ur

,

musitia n s a w on d erful thi n g o f l o n gish shap e which my

, ,

c o mpa n i on s t o o k to be a fo u n tai n an d which was plac e d i n

,

t he middl e I w ell o bs er v e d that the c o rps lay i n it fo r

.
,

the i nn e r ch est was o f an o val gur e so larg e that six ,

p e rs o ns might w ell li e th e r e i n o n e b y a n o th er A ft er this .

th ey again w en t fo rth fe tch e d th eir i n strum en ts and c on

, ,

duct e d i n o u r Virgi n w i th her she -a t t e nda n ts to a m o s t

, ,

li l
Th e tt e d elica t e Vo i c e o f m u sick The Virgi n carri e d a littl e
.

ca sk et
c ask et the r e st o nly bran ch e s an d small lamps o r ligh t e d
.

, ,
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S
"

p o in ts o n which the Virgi n s stuck th eir lamps that the

, ,

h e at migh t c om e t o the k ettl e an d mak e the wa t er s e eth ,

which wh en it b egan to S i mp e r by man y littl e h o l e s at a

, , ,

fell i n up on the b o di e s an d was so hot that it diss olv e d

,

th em all an d tur ne d th em i n t o liqu o r W hat the ab ov e

,
.

said r ou n d w rapt -u p thi n g was my c o mpan i on s k ne w n o t , ,

bu t I u n d erst o o d tha t it was the M oo r s h ead fr o m which

,

the w at er c on c e iv e d so gr eat h e at A t b r o u n d ab o ut the .

,

gr eat k ettl e th er e w er e agai n many h o l e s i n w hich t h e y

, ,

stuck th eir bran ch e s but wh eth e r this was d o n e o f nec es

,

sity o r for c e re m o n y I k n o w n o t H o w e v e r th e s e bra n ch e s .

,

w er e c o n tinually spri nkl e d by the fo u n tai n wh en c e i t ,

aft er w ards dr o pt s o m ewhat o f a d e e p er y ell o w i n t o the

k e ttl e This last e d for n ear t w o h o urs the fo u n tai n still
.
,

ru nn i ng but m o r e fai n tly M e a ntim e the musitian s w en t

,
.

th eir w ay an d w e w alk e d up and d o w n i n the r o o m w hich

, ,

truly w as so mad e that w e had o pp ortu nity e no ugh to pas s

away o u r tim e Th e re w er e imag es pai n ti n gs cl o ck -w o rks
.
, , ,

o rga n s spri n gi n g fo u n tai n s

,
an d the lik e t en it w as
, .

n ear the tim e tha t the fo u n tain c e as ed the Virgi n c o m ,

mande d a g o ld en gl o b e t o b e bro ught A t the b o tt o m o f .

th e fo u n tai n w as a tap by w hich she let o u t all the mat t er

,

diss olv e d by t h o s e hot dr op s (w hereof c e rt ai n quarts wer e .

th en v ery r e d) in t o the gl o b e The re st o f the w at er ab o v e .

i n the k ettl e w as p o ur e d o u t an d so this fo u n tai n was ,

again carri e d fo rth Wh e th er it was o p en e d abr o ad or

.
,

wh eth e r an yt h i ng o f the b o di e s that was us eful yet r e

main e d I dar e n ot c er t ai n ly say bu t the wat e r empti e d
, ,

i n t o the gl o b e was much h e avi er than six or m o r e Of us

w er e abl e to b ear alb eit fo r its bulk it sh o uld hav e s eem e d
,

n o t t o o h e avy for o n e man This gl ob e b ei ng with m u ch

.

ado g o tt e n o u t o f d o o rs w e agai n sat e al on e but I e r

, p , ,
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 175

c e i v i nga trampli ng o v er h ead had an ey e t o my ladd e r , .

A ft e r o n e quart er o f an h ou r the c o v e r ab o v e was lifted an d

, ,

w e c o mma n d e d t o c o m e up which w e did as b efo r e w ith

, ,

wi ngs ladd ers an d r o p es an d it did n o t a littl e v ex me that

, , ,

w h er eas the Virgin s c ou ld go up an o th er way w e w e r e fai n ,

t o tak e so much t oil y e t I c o uld j udg e th e r e must b e s o m e

S p e cial r e as on fo r i t an d w e mus t l e av e s o m ewhat fo r th e o ld

,

man to do t o o The h o l e b e i ng agai n S hut fast I saw the

.
,

gl ob e hangi n g by a str on g chai n i n the middl e o fthe r o o m i n ,

which th er e was n o thi n g but wi n d o ws with a d o o r b et ween

gggggg
t o
,

e v e ry t w o which was c o v er e d with a gr e at p o lish e d l o o ki n g

,

glass Th es e wi d ws
. n o a n d o o n -
l ki g glass e s w ere so o ptically
o pp o s e d that alth o ugh th e su n which n o w shi n e d e xc ee di n g
,

bright b e at o nly up on o ne d o o r yet (aft er the wi nd o ws A ti f pti

, ,
l

O ca

t o wards the sun w e r e Op en e d and the do o rs b efo r e the ,

l ooki ng-glass e s draw n aside ) i n all qu art ers o f the r oo m

th er e was n o thi n g bu t su n s which by articial r e fracti o n s
,

b eat up o n the wh o l e gold en gl ob e ha ngi n g in the midst ,

which b ein g p o lish ed gav e such a lustr e that n o ne o f u s

, ,

c ou ld o p en o ur ey e s but w er e fo rc e d to l o o k o ut at
,

w i n d o ws till th e gl b was w ll h at d
o e e e e an d br o ught to the Mi m P
,
e S QQ

d e sir e d effe ct I n th e s e mirr ors I saw the m o st w o n d erfu l

.

S p e ctacl e s that e v e r n atur e br o u ght t o light fo r th er e w er e ,

su n s i n all plac es an d the gl o b e i n the middl e shi ne d

,

brighter yet A t l en gth the virgi n c o mma n d e d t o shut u p

.

-
the l oo ki n g glass e s and mak e fast the wi n d o ws t o le t the

gl ob e c o ol a littl e wh e refo r e w e th o u ght g oo d S i n c e w e

, ,

might n ow hav e l e isur e t o r efr esh o u rs elve s with a br e ak

,

fast This tr e atm en t was again right phil o s ophical and

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. 1
, ,

w e had n o n e e d t o b e afraid o f i n t e mp era n c e th o ugh w e ,

had n o want whil e the h o p e o f the futur e j oy with which

, ,

t he virgin c o ntin u ally c o mfo rt e d us mad e u s so j o con d that ,

 H I S T OR Y O F T H E R OS I CR U CI A I VS .

we r egard e d n o t any pai n s or i n c o n v eni en c e I can truly .

say c on c er n i ng my , c ompa n i o ns o f high quality that th eir

min ds n e v er ran afte r th e ir kitch en or tabl e but th eir ,

pl e asur e was o nly t o att en d o n this adven tu r o us physic and ,

h en c e t o c o nt emplat e the Cr e at o r s wisd om a nd o m ni

p o t en cy A ft er o u r r e fe cti on w e s e ttl e d o urs elve s to w o rk

.
,

for the gl o b e was su fci en tly c oo l e d which with t o il an d ,

lab o u r w e w e r e to lift o ff the chai n an d se t up o n the fl oo r .

The disput e th e n was ho w w e w er e t o get the gl o b e i n

s un d e r fo r w e w er e c o mma n d e d to divid e it i n the midst
,
.
.

The o c n clusi o n was that a S harp -p o i n t e d diam on d w o uld be

b e s t to do it and wh en w e had thus o p en e d the gl o b e
, ,

th er e was n o r ed n ess t o be s een but a l o vely gre a t s no w ,

whit e egg and it mightily rej oy ced us that this was s o w ell
,

br o ught to pass for the virgin was i n p e rp e tual c ar e l east

,

t he S h ell might still b e t o o t e n d e r W e st o o d ar o un d ab o u t .

this egg as j ocon d as if w e o urs elve s had laid it but the ,

Virgi n made it pr e s e ntly be carri e d fo rth and d eparte d ,

h ers elf l o cki n g t he d o o r b e hi n d her

,
What she did .

abr o ad with the egg or wh e th er it w er e privat ely ha n dl ed

, ,

I k no w n o t n e ith er do I b eli e v e it W e w e r e again to

,
.

paus e for o n e qu ar ter o f an h o ur till the third h ol e o p en e d , ,

an d w e by m e a n s o f o u r i n str u m e n ts cam e u p o n th e fo urth

, ,

st o ne or o o r I n this r o o m w e fou n d a gre at C o pp e r

.

k ettl e ll e d with s i lv e r san d which was warm e d with a ,

ge ntl e r e an d aft erwards the egg w as rak ed u p i n it that

, ,

i t might th e r ei n c o m e to p erfe ct mat u rity This k ettl e was .

e xactly squ ar e U p on o ne sid e st o o d th es e tw o v ers e s writ

.

i n gr e at l e tt e rs
0 BLI TO BIT MI LI
. . . . . .

K A NT I V OLT B IT TO G OLT
I
. . . . . .

1
This l e tte r is om i tte d in o n e of th e G e rman e di tions .
 1 78 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A NS .

have dispat ch e d him N o w he was wh olly black and w ild

.
,

wh er efo r e o th er m e at was b r ou gh t him p erhaps the bl o od ,

o f an o th er o f the R o yal P e rs o n s wh e r e up o n all his black ,

fe at h ers m oul t e d and w er e r eplac e d by s n o w - white o n e s .

H e was s o m ewha t t am er t oo and mo r e tractabl e t h o ugh , ,

w e did n ot ye t t r ust him A t the third fe e di ng his fe ath e rs

.

b egan to be so curi o usly c ol our e d t hat I n ev e r saw the lik e

I ri desc it .for b e auty H e w as als o ex c ee dingly t am e and b ehav e d
.
,

hims e lf so fri en dly w ith u s that the Virgi n c on s en ting w e , ,

r el eas ed him fro m cap t ivity Tis n o w r e as o n S he b ega n .

, ,

si n c e by y o ur dilig en c e an d ou r old ma n s c on s ent the

, ,

Bird has attai n e d with his life an d the high est p e rfe cti o n ,

that he be als o j oyfully c o ns e crat e d by us H er ewith S he .

c omma n d e d to bri ng in dinn er si nce the m o s t tr o ubl e s om e ,

par t o f o ur w ork was n ow o v e r and it was t w e sh o uld ,

b egi n to enj oy our pass ed lab o urs W e b egan to mak e .

m erry t og eth er H o wb eit w e had still o u r m o urn ing

.
,

clo aths o n which s eem e d s om ewha t r epr o achful t o o ur

,

mirth The Virgi n was p erp etually inquisitiv e p erhaps to

.
,

nd to which o f us h er future purp o s e migh t pr o v e s e rvic e

abl e but her disc o urs e w as for the m o s t part ab out
, , ,

M el t i ng and i t pl eas e d her w ell wh en any o n e s eem e d

,

Me bl
o e xp er t i n such
a . c omp en di o us ma n uals as do p e culiarly
c omm en d an artis t This di nner las ted n o t ab o ve thre e
.

qu ar t ers of an h o ur which w e y et for the m o s t part sp ent

, , ,

with our Bird wh o m w e w er e fai n c o nstan tly t o fee d with

,

his m eat th o ugh he c on t inu ed much a t the sam e grow th

, .

A fter D i nn er w e w er e n ot l o ng suffer e d t o dige st o ur fo o d ,

for the Virgin t oget h er wi t h the B ird d eparte d fr o m us

, , ,

5 , C n l
o and the fth r oo m was o p en e d which w e r each e d aft er
c av e , ,

the fo rm er mann er and t endred o ur s ervic e , In this .

r o om a bath w as pr ep ar e d for our B ir d which w as so ,

 M A R R I A G E OF C H R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 79

c ol o ur ed w ith a ne w hit e p ow d er that it had the app e ar

an c e of milk It was c o ol wh en the Bird w as set i nt o
.

it and he w as mighty w ell pl eas e d with it dri nki ng o f

, ,

it and pl easantly sp ort i ng in it B ut aft er it b egan t o h eat

, .
,

by r eas o n o f the lamps plac e d u n d er it w e had e n ou gh to ,

do to k e ep him i n the bath W e th er e fo r e clapt a .

, ,

c o v er o n the k ettl e an d s u ffer e d him t o thrust o u t

,

his h ead thr o ugh a h o l e till he had l o st all his fe ath ers,

in this bath an d w as as sm o o th as a n e w
,
bor n bab e ,

y e t t he h e at did him n o furth e r harm I n this bath the .

fe ath ers w er e quit e c on sum e d and t he bath w as th er eby ,

turn e d i nt o bl ew A t l en gth w e gav e the Bird air w ho o f

.
,

hims elf sprun g o ut o f the k e t tl e an d was so glitt er i n gly ,

sm o o th that it was a pl easur e to b eh old him But b e caus e .

he was still s o m e wha t wild w e w e r e fai n to put a c o llar , ,

w i t h a chain ab o u t his n e ck and so led him up an d d o w n

, ,
V i i t nc u

the r o o m M ean t im e a s tr o ng re was mad e u n d er the

.

k e tt l e and the ba t h s o dd en away till i t all cam e t o a bl ew

,

st o n e which w e t o ok o ut an d havi n g p o u n d e d it w e B l m
, , , ,
a n eu
,

q t co u i ur i n

gr o u n d i t on a s t o n e an d nally with this c o l o ur pai nt e d I pi d m

,
a e .

the Bird s wh o l e S ki n o v er who th en l oo k ed much m o r e

strang ely for he was all bl ew e xc ept the h e ad which

, ,

r emain e d whit e H er ewith o u r w o rk in this st o ry was

.

p erform ed and we aft er the Virgin with her bl e w B ird

, ,

was d epar te d fr o m us w er e call e d up a h ol e to the sixth 6 C n l v

,
o c a e

st ory wh er e w e w er e migh t ily tr o ub l e d for in the midst a

, ,

littl e altar e v ery way lik e that i n the King s hall was
,

,

plac ed U p o n it st oo d the S i x for em en ti o n e d particulars

.
,

an d he hims elf
(t he Bird
) mad e the s e v enth F irst o f all .

the lit tl e fo un t ai n was set b e fo r e him o ut o f w hich he ,

dru nk a goo d draught ; aft erwards he p e ck e d up o n the

whit e s erp ent till she bl e d migh t ily This bl oo d w e r e .
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

c ei v e d in a g o ld en cup an d p o u r e d d o w n the Bi rd s thr o at

,

,

w ho w as mighty av e rs e fr o m i t th en w e dipt the s erp en t s

h ead i n the fo u n tai n u p o n which S he agai n r e viv ed an d

, ,

crep t in t o her d eath s h e ad so that I saw he r n o m ore for

,

a l ong tim e M e a nwhil e the sph er e tu rne d c on s t a ntly o n

.

u nt il it mad e t he d e sir e d c o nj u n c ti o n I m m e diat ely the .

wa t ch struck on e up o n w hich th e r e w as go i ng ano th er

,

c o nj u n cti o n Th en the watch struck tw o F in ally whils t

. .
,

w e w er e o bs ervi ng the third c o nj unc t i on and the sam e ,

w as i n dicat e d by the watch the p o o r Bird o f hims elf su b,

mi ssiv ely laid d o w n his n e ck up on the b ook an d willi ngly ,

su ffer e d his h ead to be smi t t en o ff by o ne o f us th er et o ,

ch o s en by lo t H o wb e i t he yi eld e d n ot o n e dr o p o f bl o o d
.

till he was op en ed o n the bre ast and th e n th e bl o o d spu n ,

o u t so fr e sh an d cl e ar as if it had b ee n a fo u ntai n o f rubi e s .

H is d e ath w e n t t o th e h e art o f us yet w e migh t w ell j u dg e ,

that a n ak ed bird w o uld s ta n d us i n littl e s te ad We .

r e m ov e d the littl e altar and assist e d the Virgin to burn

,

the b o dy t o g eth e r with the li t tl e tabl e t ha ngi ng by t o

, ,

ash es wi t h re ki n dl e d a t the litt l e tap er aft erwards to

, ,

cl ean s e the sam e s ev e ral t im e s an d to lay th em i n a box o f,

cypr e ss w oo d H er e I cann o t c on c e al wha t a t rick I wi th

.
,

Joc u s
. thr ee m o r e was s erv e d A fte r w e had dilig en t ly tak en up
,
.

the ash e s the Virgi n b e ga n to sp eak t h u s

,
My L o rds ,

w e are h ere i n the six t h r oo m an d hav e o n ly o ne m o r e ,

b e for e us in which o ur t r o ubl e will be a t an en d an d w e

, ,

S hall r e turn h o m e to o u r cas t l e t o awak e n o u r m o s t ati u

g r o s

L ords and Ladi e s N ow alb eit I c ould h eart ily wish that
.

all o f yo u had b ehav e d y o urs elv es i n such s or t t ha t I migh t

hav e giv en y o ur c omm en dati on s to o ur m o st r en o w n e d King
a nd Qu een an d o u hav e o b t ai n e d a suitabl e r e w ard t
, y y e ,

b e caus e c ont rary t o my d esir e I h av e fo u n d am ongs t you

, ,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

matter saying S he mus t no w cast a mis t b efor e the o th e r

, ,

ar t ist s ey es tha t w e in the m ea n tim e S h o uld o b ey the old

,

l o rd and n o t r emit ou r fo rm er dilig en c e H er ewith she

,
.

7 C n l v
. d epart ed fr o m us i n t o the s e v ent h r oom whi t h er she call ed
o c a e .
,

o ur c o mpa n i o n s What she rst did with th em I can n o t

.

t ell for th ey w er e n ot o nly m o s t e arn estly fo rbidde n t o

,

sp eak of it bu t w e by r e as on o f o u r b u si ness durs t n ot

, , ,

V l b p eep On th em thr ough the ci eling Our w ork was to

erus a or .

sub t t ec o .

m ois t en the ash e s wi t h o u r for e-pr epar e d w at er t ill th ey

b e cam e lik e a v ery thin d o ugh aft e r which w e set the ,

matt er o v e r the re till it was w ell h ea te d th e n w e cas t it

i n t o two littl e forms o r m o ulds an dZ so le t it c o o l a lit t l e
, ,

wh en w e had l eisur e to l o ok o n o ur c o mpan i o ns thro ugh

c ertai n crev i ses in the oor Th e y w er e busi e at a furn ac e .
,

an d e ach was hims elf fai n t o bl o w up the re w ith a pip e ,

till he w as r eady t o l o s e his br e at h Th ey imagin e d th ey .

w er e h e rei n w o n d erfully pr e fe rr e d b e fo r e us This bl owin g .

last ed till our old man ro u z e d us t o w ork agai n We .

O p en e d o ur littl e fo rms a n d th er e app e ar e d t w o bright an d

,

H m o li almo st tra n spar ent littl e imag e s a mal e and a femal e the
u n cu
,
duo .
,

lik e to which ma n s ey e n ev e r saw e ach b e i ng but four

i n ch e s l o ng an d tha t which m o st migh t ily surpris e d m e

,

was t hat th ey w er e n o t hard but limb er and e shy as o th er ,

human b o di e s ; ye t had th ey n o life so that I assur edly ,

b eli e v e that Lady Ven us image was mad e aft er s o m e such
w ay Th es e ang elically fair bab es w e laid up on t wo li t tl e
.

satt i n c u sho n ets an d b e h eld th e m till w e w er e alm o st

,
(
b es ott e d up o n so exquisit e an o bj e ct The o ld l ord warn e d .

us t o fo rb ear and c o ntin ually to i nstil the bl o o d o f the

,

bird which had b een r e c eiv e d i n a littl e g o ld en cup dr o p

,
,

after dr op i nt o the m ouths of the li ttl e imag es fr o m wh en c e ,

th ey appar en tly e n cr eas ed b e c o mi ng acc o rdi ng to pr op or

,
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 83

ti on much m o re b ea utiful Th ey gr e w so big that w e

.

lift ed th e m fr om the littl e cushon ets and w er e fain t o ,

lay th em u p o n a l on g tabl e c o v er e d with whit e v elv e t .

The old m an c o mman d e d us to c o v e r th e m u p t o the br eas t

with a pie c e o f ne whit e d o ubl e taffata which b e caus e o f P l h i , , u c err
m us.

t h e ir u n spe akabl e b eauty alm o st w en t agai n st us B efor e

, .

w e had i n this man n e r quit e sp en t the bl o o d th ey w er e i n ,

th eir p erfect fu ll gr owth havi ng g old-y ell ow curl e d hair

, ,

and the gur e o f Ven us was no thing to th em Bu t th er e .

was n o t y et any n atural warmth or s en sibility i n th em ;

th ey w er e d ea d gur es yet of a liv ely and n at u ral c ol our ;
,

an d si n c e car e was t o be tak e n that th e y gr e w n ot t o o

gr eat the old man w o uld n ot p ermit anythi ng m or e t o be

,

giv en the m bu t c o v er e d th eir fac e s to o with the si lk and

, ,

caus e d the tabl e t o be stuck r o u n d ab o ut with t orch e s .

Let the r e ad e r imagi n e no t th e s e lights t o hav e b een o f

n e c e ssity fo r the o ld ma n s i n t en t was that w e sh o uld n o t

,

o bs erv e wh en the S o u l en tred i n t o th e m as i n d eed w e ,

sh o uld n ot hav e tak en n o tic e o f it i n cas e I had n ot twic e

,

b efo r e s een the am es H owev er I p ermitte d the o th e r

.
,

thr ee to r emai n i n th e ir b eli ef n ei th er did the Old ,

man k no w that I had s een anythi n g m o r e Her e .

up on he bid us si t d ow n on a b en ch o v e r agai nst

the tabl e The Virgi n cam e in with the musick and all
.

fur niture and carri e d two curi o us whit e garments the lik e
, ,

to which I had n ev e r s e en in the Castl e I th ought n o V e ti nt . s u ur .

o th er bu t that th e y w e r e m ee r ch ristal bu t th ey w er e ,

g en tl e and not tran spar en t Th es e she laid up o n a tabl e

. .
,

an d aft e r she had disp o s e d her Virgins up o n a b e n ch r o u n d

-
ab o ut she an d the o ld man bega n ma ny leger de main t ricks
-
,

ab o ut the tabl e which w er e d o ne o nly t o bli nd A ll this Sp t t

,
.
e c a o r es
l d t u un ur .

was man age d u n d er the r o of wh i ch w as w o nd erfully

,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

fo rm ed for on the i n sid e i t was arch ed in t o s even h emi

,

sph er es oi which the middl em o s t was s o m ewhat the high es t

, ,

and had at top a li tt l e r o u n d h o l e which was shu t an d was

,

o bs e rv e d by n o n e but mys elf A fter ma n y c er e m on i e s

.

s t ep t i n S ix Virgi ns e ach of which bar e a l arge trump et

, ,

r o ul e d ab out wi t h a gr een glitt ering and burn in g m at erial

, ,

lik e a wr eath o n e o f which the o ld man t o ok and aft er he

, ,

had r em o ve d s om e of the lights at top and u n c o v ere d th eir ,

fac es he plac ed one of the t rump et s up on the m outh o f on e

,

o f the b o di es in such mann er t ha t the upp e r and wid e r part

o f i t w as dir e c t e d t o wards the fo r e- m en t i o n e d h o l e H er e .

my c o mpani o ns always l o ok e d up on the imag es bu t as s oo n ,

as the fo liag e or wr e a t h ab o ut the S hank o f the trump e t

was kindl e d I saw the h ol e at top op en and a brigh t str eam

,

o f re sh o o t d o wn the tub e an d pass i nt o the b o dy wh e r e ,

up o n the h ol e was again c o v er ed an d the t rump et r em o ve d

,
.

With t his d evic e my c ompani o n s wer e d elud e d i n t o imagin

i ng that life cam e to the imag e b y the re o f the fo liag e ,

for as s o o n as he r e c eiv e d his S o ul he twi n ckle d his ey e s

t h ough scarc ely s t irri ng The s e c o n d t im e he plac e d

.

an o t h er t ub e up o n its m o uth kin dl ed i t again an d the

, ,

S o ul was let d o w n t hr o ugh the t ub e This was r ep eat e d

.

up on e ach of t h em thr ee tim e s aft e r which all the lights

,

w er e e xti nguish e d an d carri ed away The v elv e t carp ets .

o f the tabl e w er e cas t t o g e th e r o v e r th em an d imm e dia t e ly

,

a travelli ng b e d was u n l o ck e d an d mad e r e ady i n t o which

, ,

thus wrapp ed up th ey w er e b orn and aft er the carp et s

, , ,
-

w er e t ake n off th em n eat ly laid by each o t h er wh ere wi th

, , ,

the cur t ai n s drawn b efo r e th em th ey sl ep t a g o o d w hil e

, .

De 7
.
m
c o e] .
I t was n ow tim e for the Virgin to see how the o th er ar t ists
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

h o urs tim e had mad e many l e agu es o u t at sea Aft er v e .

M i k
us c o f cl o ck the musitia n s w e r e charg e d t o carry all thi ngs

b ack to the ships an d to mak e th ems elv e s r eady for the

,

v oyage but b e caus e this was s om ewhat l ong a d oi ng the

, ,

C t
us os se e n x o ld l o rd c o mmand e d fo rth a par t y o f his c o n c e al e d s oldi e rs
,

who had hi t h er t o b e e n pla n t e d in the wall so tha t we had

tak en no no t ic e o f an y o fth em wh er eby I o b s erv ed th at t his
Eggim a
,

mi li t ib uS
t ow er was w ell guard e d agai nst o pp o si t io n Th es e s oldi ers .

mad e quick w ork of our stuff so that n o m or e r emain e d t o

,

b e d on e but t o go t o s u pp er Th e tabl e b e ing c ompleatly

.

furn ish ed the Virgin brings us again t o our c o mpani o ns

, ,

wh er e w e w er e to carry o urs elv e s as if w e had t ruly b een

i n a lam en tabl e c o nditi o n w hil e th ey w e r e always smili ng
,

o n e up o n an o th er th o ugh s o m e o f th em t oo si mp athi z ed
,

i sy m with us A t this supp e r the old l o rd was wi t h us who was

.

a m os t sharp i nsp e ct o r o v er u s for n o n e c ould pr op ound

,

anyth ing so discr ee tly but that he kn e w how to c o n fut e o r

am en d it or a t l e ast t o giv e s om e g oo d d o cum ent up on i t
, .

Laq s h i I l e arne d m o st by this l ord and it w er e g oo d t hat e ach

u us
,
gem s .

w o u ld apply hims elf t o him and tak e n o tic e o f his pro ,

c e du r e for th en thi n gs w o u ld n o t so o ft e n and un t o wardly

,

miscarry A ft er w e had tak en o ur n o c t urn al r e fecti o n the

.
,

Th e o ld old l o rd le d us i nt o his cl o s et s o f rari t i e s disp ers e d am o n g ,

m
l t
an s c ose s .

the bulwork s wh er e w e saw such w o n d erful pr o du ct i o n s of

,

n atur e an d o th e r thi ngs which ma n s wit i n imitati o n o f

,

n at u r e had i n v e n t e d that w e n ee d e d a y e ar sufci e n tly t o

,

surv e y t h em Thus w e sp ent a g o o d par t Of the n ight by

.

n e-
ca dl light A t last b e caus e w e w er e m or e i nclined t o
,
.

sl eep th en se e many rariti e s w e w er e l o dg ed i n r oo ms i n

,

the wa ll wh e r e w e had n o t o nly c o stly g o o d b eds but

,

e xtra o rdi n ary ha nds o m e chamb ers which mad e us the ,

m or e w o n d er w hy w e w er e forc ed the day befor e to u n d er

 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 87

go many hardships I n this chamb er I had go o d r est

so .
,

and b ei ng for the m o st par t w ith o ut car e an d w e ary with

, ,

c ontinual lab o ur , the g en tl e rushi ng of the sea h elp ed m e

t o a s o u n d an d sw eet sl ee p for I c on ti nu e d i n o n e dr e am
,

fr o m e l ev e n of cl o ck till eight i n the m o r nin g .

The S eventh Day .

igh t o f cl o ck I a w ak e d an d quickly mad e mys elf

A ft er e ,

r eady b ei n g d esir o us to r e tur n agai n i n t o the t ow er but

, ,

the dark passage s in the wall w er e so ma n y that I wan d er ed

a g oo d w hil e b efo r e I c o uld n d the way o u t The sam e .

happ en ed to the r est till w e all m t in e,

e t h e n e th rm s t
e o H p it os es
d p t e on u n

vault and habits i ntirely y ell o w w er e giv en us t og eth er

, ,

with o ur g old en ee c es A t that tim e the Vi rgi n d e clar ed

.

t o us tha t w e w er e K nigh t s o f the ol hen S tone, of which

w e w er e b efo r e ig no ra n t A ft e r w e had mad e o urs elv e s

.

r eady an d tak en o u r br e akfast the ld m pr s t d ach E t

gg
n ur
,
o an e e e e
, gg
o f us with a m e dal o f g o ld On th e one sid e st o o d th e s e
.

w ords
AR . NA T . MI .

On the o th er th e s e ,

Temp ori s
TEM NA F n atu r a l i a .

ex us to e nt erpriz e n o thin g b ey o n d an d agai ns t this

horti ng
t ok en o f r em embra n c e H e r e with w e w e n t forth t o the
.

sea w h er e o ur ships lay so richly e quipp e d t hat it was n o t

,

w ell p o ssibl e bu t that such brav e thi ngs must rst hav e
b een br o ught thith er The ships w er e tw elv e i n n umb e r
.
,

six o f o urs an d six o f the Old l o rd s who caus e d his t o b e

fr eight e d with w ell -app o i n t e d s o ldi ers But he b et o o k .

hims elf t o u s i n o u r S hip w h er e w e w er e all t o g eth e r I n N i

,
.
av s, 1 .

the rst th e musitia n s s eat ed th ems elv e s o f w hich the Old ,

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

l ord had als o a gr e at n umb er Th ey sail e d b efor e us to .

V xill 1 2 sh o r t en the tim e Our ags w er e the twelve c el e stial S ig ns

e a
s i g N vi
n a s
.
,

t i li b
.

au or s
an d w e sat e i n Libra
ra .
Besids o th er thi ngs ou r Ship had a
l g
.

H or o o .

n o bl e an d curi o us cl o ck which sh o w e d us all the

mi n ut e s The sea was so calm tha t it was a
.

S i n gular pl easur e to sail b u t that which surpass e d all ,

was the old man s disc ours e w ho so w ell k n ew how

,

F acu n di t o pass away o u r tim e wi t h w o nd erful hist o ri e s that I

a
s en si .

c o uld have b een c o nt ent to sail with him all my life l o ng .

Ob i ti
v a
The ships pass e d on an d b efo r e w e had sail e d t w o h o urs
o
,
ex ar ce .

the marin er t old us t ha t he saw the wh o l e lak e alm o st

c o v er e d with ships by which w e c o nj e ctur e d th ey w er e

,

c o m e o u t t o m eet us which pro ve d tru e for as s o o n as w e , ,

w er e go tt en o ut of the sea i n t o the l ak e of the for em en ti on e d

5 00 riv er t h er e st o o d i n t o us v e hun dr e d ships o n e o f w hich
n av e s .

, ,

sp ar kl e d with g o ld an d pr eti ou s s t o n e s and in it sat e the ,

K ing an d Q u een with l o rds ladie s an d virgi n s o f high

, , ,

birt h A s s oo n as th ey w er e w ell i n k en o f us the pi ec e s

.

w er e discharge d o n b o th sid e s and th er e was such a di n o f ,

A ppl tru mp ets shalms an d k ettl e-drums that all the ships up o n
au sus .

, , ,

the sea cap er e d agai n A S s o o n as w e cam e n e ar th ey.

,

bro ught ab ou t o ur ships t ogeth er and so mad e a stand .

Old A t las st epp e d fo rth o n the King s b ehalf maki n g a

,

S h o rt bu t ha n ds o m o r ati o n wh er e in h e w ellcom e d us an d , ,

d e man d ed wh eth er the r oyal P r e s en ts w er e i n r eadi n e ss .

The r e st Of my c o mpani o n s w er e i n an huge amaz em en t

w h en c e this Kin g sh o uld aris e for th ey imagi ne d n o o th er ,

bu t that th ey must again awak en him W e su ffer e d th e m .

t o c o nt i n u e i n th e ir w o nd e rm en t an d carri e d o urs e lv e s as ,

if i t s ee m e d strange t o us to o A ft er A tlas o ra t i on o u t .

steps our Old man maki ng s o m ewha t a larger r eply wh er ei n

, ,

he w ish e d the Ki n g an d Qu e en a ll happi n e ss an d i n cr e as e ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UC IA N S .

v o uchsafe d me a S in gular happi n e ss H e re w ith w e cam e .

t o the rst gat e w h e r e th e p ort e r with t he bl e w cloath s

,

wait e d b earin g i n his ha n d a s u pplicat i on A s s o o n as h e

,
.

spi e d m e ev en with the ki n g he d eliv e r e d me th e s u pplica

,

ti o n m o st humbly b e s ee chi n g me to m e ntion his i ngen uity

,

b efo r e me t o w ards the K in g so i n the rst plac e I , ,

d e man d e d of his maj e sty w hat th e c o n diti o n o f this p ort er

w as w ho fr i e n dly a n s w e r e d m e that he w as a v e ry fam o u s
, ,

a n d rar e astr o l o g e r al w ays i n high r egard with th e L o rd

,

his F ath er but havi n g o n a tim e c o mmitt ed a fault agai ns t

,

Ve n us an d b eh e ld her i n her bed of r e st this pu n ishm en t

, ,

was imp o s e d up o n him that he sho u ld so l o n g wait at the

,

gat e till s om e o n e S h o uld r el eas e him fr o m th en c e I .

r e ly e d
May h e th e n b e r el e as e d ?
Y es said t h
p ,
e ,

Kin g ,
if any o ne can be fo u n d that ha t h as highly
tran sgr ess ed as hims elf he m u st stan d i n his s t e ad an d the
, ,

o th e r S hall be fr e e This w ord w en t to my h e ar t c o n sci en c e

.

c o nvi n c e d me that I was the o ffen d er y e t I h eld my p eac e ,

and d e liv e r e d th e supplicati o n A s s oo n as th e K i ng had r e ad

.

it he was mightily t erri e d so that the Qu e en w ho with o ur

, , , ,

virgin s an d t hat o th e r q u e en w h o m I m enti o ne d at the hang

i ng of th e w eights rid b ehi n d u s ask e d him w hat the l e tt er
, ,

might signi e but he putti ng u p the pap er b egan t o dis

, ,

c o urs e of o th er matt ers till i n ab o ut thr e e h o urs we ca me

,

quit e to the C astl e wh er e w e aligh t ed and wait ed up on the

,

K i ng i n t o his hall who call e d imm e diat ely for the old A tlas
,

t o c o m e to him i n a littl e cl o s et and sh o w e d him the writi ng

, .

A tlas mad e n o l o ng tarryi n g but rid o u t t o the p or t er t o

,

tak e b ett er c ognizan c e o f the matt er aft er which the y o ung ,

Ki ng with his sp o us e an d o t h er L ords Ladi es an d Virgi n s

, , ,

Vi g
r . lucif
. sat e d own Th en b egan o u r Virgi n highly t o c o mm e n d the
.

diligen c e w e had us ed an d the pains an d lab o ur w e had un

,
 M A R R I A G E OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . 1 9 1

'

dergo n e, r e qu e sti ng w e might be r oyally r e w ard e d an d that ,

she h en c e fo r w ard might b e p e rmitt e d to e nj oy the b en e t

Of her c o mmissi o n . The old l o rd st o o d u p to o and att est e d ,

the t r u th o f all that the Virgi n had sp o k e n an d that it was ,

bu t e quity that w e sh o uld o n b o th parts be c on t en t e d .

H er e up o n w e w er e to st ep o u t a littl e i t was c o n clud ed

that e ach man sh o u ld mak e s o m e p o ssibl e w ish an d w e re ,

t o c o n sid e r o f i t till aft er s u pp e r

~
M ea ntim e the K i ng an d L d R gi
. u us e s
mR g cu e lM

Qu e en for r e cr e ati o n s sak e b ega n to play t og eth e r It

,

,
.

l ook e d n o t u nlik e che sse o nly it had o th er laws for i t was

, ,

t he v ertu e s a nd vic e s o n e agai n st a n o th e r wh er e it might ,

be i ng eni o usly o bs erv e d with w hat pl o ts the vic e s lay i n

w ait for the v ertu es and how to re -en c o un t er th em agai n
,
.

T his was so pr op erly an d articially p erform e d that it w er e A ti i r c os .

to be wish ed that w e had the lik e gam e to o D uri n g the .

gam e i n c om e s A tlas again an d mak e s his r ep ort i n private

, ,

y e t I blush e d all o v e r fo r my
,
c o n sci e n c e gav e m e n o r e st .

The Ki ng pr es en t e d me the s upplicati o n t o r e a d the co n S p pli ti ,

u ca o

p ti t i or or s

t ents wh er eo f w ere to this p urp os e F irst the writ er wish e d t t m

g
ra i p
,
eu II .

the Ki ng pr o sp erity an d p e ac e an d tha t his s ee d might b e

,

S pr e ad far an d w id e . A fte rw ards he r e m o n strate d that the

tim ewas now c o me w h er ein acc ording to the r oyal pr omis e
, ,

he ou ght t o be r el e as e d ; b e caus e V e n us was alre ady u n co v ered

by o n e o f his g ues t s for his Obs ervati o n s c o uld n ot li e to
,

to him an d t hat if his Maj e sty w o uld pl eas e to mak e s trict

,

and dilig en t e n quiry i n cas e thi s sh o uld n o t pr o v e t o be

, ,

he w o uld r emai n b efo r e the ga t e all t he days o f his life .

Th en he humbly su e d that up o n p eril o f b ody and life he

, ,

might be pr es ent at this n ight s supp er b ei ng i n g o o d h o p e s

,

to spye o u t the offe n d er and o b t ain his w ish e d fr e e d om .

This w as han dsomly i ndit e d an d I c o uld w ell p erc eiv e his

,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

i nge nui ty but it was t o o sharp fo r me an d I c o uld w ell

, ,

hav e en dur e d n ev er t o have s een it Casti n g in my min d .

w h e th er he might p er cha n c e be h elp ed thr o ugh my wish I ,

ask e d the K i ng wh e th er he might n o t be r el e as e d s o m e

o th e r way but he r eplye d n o b e caus e th er e w as S p e cial
, ,

c o nsid erati on i n the busi n e ss bu t for this ni ght w e might

,

g r ati e his d e sir e s o h e s,

e n t o n e fo rth t o fe tch him i n .

M e an tim e the tabl e s w er e pr epar e d i n a spatiou s r o o m i n ,

which w e had n ev er b efor e b een which was so c o mpl eat ,

that it is n o t p o ssibl e for me to d e scrib e i t I n t o this w e .

w er e c o nduc t e d w i th singular c er em on y Cupid was no t .

pre s en t for the disgrac e which had happ e ne d to his m oth er

,

had s om ew hat a ng e re d him In brieff my o ffen c e and the.

, ,

s u pplicati on which had b een d eliv er ed w e re the o ccasi o n o f ,

much sad n ess for the K i ng was i n p erpl exity how to mak e
,

i nquisitio n am ongst his gu e s t s H e caus ed the p ort er him .

s elf to mak e his strict su rv eigh an d sh o w e d hims elf as ,

pl easant as he was abl e H o wb eit at l ength th ey b ega n

.
,

again to be m erry and to b e sp eak o n e a n o th er with all

,

s orts o f r e cr e ativ e pr o t abl e disc ours e s The t re at m en t

,
.

and o th er c er em o ni es th en p erfo rm e d it is n o t n e c essary to

d e clar e sinc e it is n e ith er the r e ad er s c on c ern n or s ervic e
,

abl e t o my d e sig n but all e xc eed e d m ore i n in v ent i o n tha n

,

tha t w e w er e o v ercharge d with dri nki ng This was the .

last an d n obl est m eal at which I was pr e s e n t A fter the .

ban cke t the tabl e s w er e su ddainly tak e n away an d c e rtai n ,

curi o us chairs plac e d r o u n d i n circl e i n which w e t og et he r , ,

with t he Ki ng an d Qu e en b o th t h e ir old men the Ladi es

, ,

an d Virgi n s w er e t o S i t
,
A ft e r this a v ery han ds o m Pag e
.

Op en e d the ab o v e m en t i o n e d gl o ri o us lit tl e b oo k wh en ,

A tlas imm e dia t ely placi ng hims elf i n the midst b esp o k e
, ,
 1 94 H I S T OR if OF TH E R OS I CR UCTA N S .

an d hat and l eft t h em for an et ern al m em o rial A n dbe caus e

,
.

e v e ry o n e w as t o writ e his nam e th er e I wri t t hus ,

S umma S ci entia ni hi l S cire,

Fr . CH RI S TI A N U S R OS E N CR E U Tz .

Egues aurei L ap idi s .

A nno . 1 45 9 .

Jam Oth ers w rit differ en tly e ach as s eem e d him g o od ; aft er
,
p o stu l an tur
dep osi ti on es which w e w er e again br o ught i nt o the hall wh er e b eing , ,
op t i onum .

s at e do w n w e w er e adm o n ish ed quickly to b ethi nk o ur

,

s elv e s wha t e v ery o ne w ould wish The King an d his .

party r et ir e d i n t o a lit tl e cl o s e t to giv e audi enc e to ou r

wish e s Each man was call e d i n s ev erally so that I can
.
,

n ot sp eak of any man s pro p er wish bu t I th ought

n o t hing c ould be m ore prais e w orthy than in h on our of my ,

o rd er to d em o n s t ra t e s o me laudabl e v e rtu e and fo und t ha t

, ,

n on e a t pr es ent c ould be m o r e fam o us and c o s t me m or e

tr ou bl e t han gra t itud e ; wh er efo r e no t r egarding t hat I ,

A ut or o p tat migh t w ell hav e wish ed s om ewh at m or e agr eeabl e to my

lib erati on em
p orti to ri s
t t din s elf I va n quish e d mys elf and c o nclud ed ev en with my
, , ,
e gra i u e .

o w n p eril t o fr ee the p o r t er my b en efac t o r

, B ei ng call ed ,
.

i n I was rs t d e man d e d w h e th e r havi ng r e ad the suppli

, ,

ca t i on I had susp e cte d n o thi ng c o nc ern i ng the offe ndor

, ,

up o n which I b egan u n dau nt e dly to r elat e ho w all the busi

n e ss had pass ed how thr o ugh ign oranc e I fell i nt o t hat
, , ,

mis t ak e and so o ere d mys elf t o und ergo all t hat I had
,

th ereb y d e m eri t ed The Ki ng an d the r est o f the L ords

.

w on dr e d mightily at so un-h op ed for c o nfe ssi on an d wish e d ,

me to s tep asid e a litt l e ; and as s oo n as I was call e d in

agai n A tlas d e clar e d to me tha t al th o u gh i t w er e gri ev o us
, ,

to the K ing s Maj e s t y t ha t I wh o m he l o ve d ab o v e o t h ers

, ,

w as fall en int o such a mischanc e yet b e caus e i t was n o t , ,

 M A R RI A GE OF CH R I S TI A N R OS E N CR E U TZ . I 95

p o ssibl e for him to tran sgr e ss his an ci en t usages he k new ,

n o t ho w e ls e to abs o lv e me but that t he o th e r must be a t

lib erty an d I plac e d i n his st ead y et he w o uld h op e tha t

s om e o th er w o uld s o o n be appr eh e nd ed that so I might be ,

abl e to go h o m e agai n H o w e ver n o r el e as e w as to be

.
,

h op ed for till the marriag e feast o f his fu tur e son This A h

iii i i m .
l
se i a .

s ent en c e n ear c o st me my life an d I rst hat e d mys elf

,

an d my tw atlin t o n gu e i n that I c o uld n o t h o ld my

g
p e ac e ;
y e t at last I t oo k c o urag e a n d b e caus e ,
I c o n ,

sidere d th er e was n o r e m e dy I r elat e d ho w this p or t e r

,

had b es t o w e d a t ok en o n me an d c o mm e n d e d me t o the
o th er by w h o s e assistan c e I st o o d up o n the scal e an d so
, ,

w as mad e par t ak er o f all the h o nou r and j oy already r e

ce i v e d A n d th er efo r e n o w i t was e qual that I sh o uld S h o w
ggg
.
s
e c
itmi
mys elf grate ful to my b en efact o r and was w illing g ently P t or s

to sustai n i n c o n v e ni e n c e fo r his sak e w ho had b een h elpful

,

t o me i n c o mi ng t o so high plac e ; bu t if by my w ish any

thing might be effe ct ed I wish e d mys elf at h o m e agai n

, ,

an d that so he by me as I by my wish might be at lib erty .

, ,

A n sw e r was mad e me tha t the wish ing str e t ch e d n ot so far

, ,

yet it was v ery pl e asi ng t o his R o yal Maj e s t y that I had

b ehav e d mys elf so gene rously but he was affraid I might
,

still be ignorant i n t o what a mis erabl e c on dit i on I had

plu ng e d mys elf thr o ugh this curio sity H e r eup on th e .

goo d man was pr on o unc e d fr ee an d I with a sad h ear t , , ,

was fai n to s t e p asid e The r est w er e call ed fo r aft er me

ggyd m
c
.
,
a u

an d cam e j o cu n dly o u t agai n which w as still m o r e to my

,

smart for I im agine d no o th er bu t tha t I mus t nish my

,

1
life u n d er the ga t e . I had als o many p ensiv e t h o ughts 351925 16

running i n my h ead as to wha t I S h o uld y et u n d er t ak e an d ,

wh er ewith to sp end the tim e A t l ength I c o nsid er e d t ha t Sp

.
es .

M t e us.

I was n o w old an d acc ord i ng to the c o urs e o f lNatur e had

, , ,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

m o r e y ears t o liv e tha t this a n guish and m elanch oly

fe w ,

life w o uld e asily dispatch me an d th en my do orkee pi ng ,

w o u ld be at an e n d and that by a m o s t happy sl e ep I

,

S l ti m
o a might quickly bri ng mys elf i n t o the grave S o m etim e s i t
u .
.

v e x e d m e that I had s e en such ga llan t thi ngs an d m u st be ,

r o bb e d o f th em s o m e t im e s it rej o yce d me that b efo r e my

e n d I had b ee n acc ept e d t o all j oy an d sh o uld n o t b e fo rc e d ,

so sham efully t o d e part Thus this was the last an d w o rst

.

sh o ck that I s u stai ne d D uri ng th e s e my c o gitati on s the

.

r e s t w er e r eady w h er efor e aft er th ey had r e c eiv e d a go o d

, ,

n igh t fr o m the Ki n g and L o rds e ach was c o n duc t e d i n t o ,

his l o dgi ng but I m o st wr e tch ed man had n o b o dy t o S h o w

, , ,

me th e way an d y e t must s u ffe r mys e lf t o be t o rm e nt e d

, .

That I might be c e rtai n o f my futur e fu n c t i o n I was fain ,

t o put o n the R i n g which th e o th e r had w o r n F i nally .

,

the K i ng e xh o r t e d me tha t sinc e this was the last tim e I ,

was lik e to see him i n this man n er I sh o uld b e hav e mys elf ,

acc o rding t o my plac e an d n o t against the Ord er up on , ,

w hich he t oo k me i n his arms an d kiss e d me all which I ,

u n d e rst o o d as if i n the m o r n i n g I must S i t a t my gat e .

A ft e r th e y had all sp o k e n fri endly to me an d at last pre ,

s en t e d th eir ha nds c ommi t ti n g me to the divi n e pr o t e cti o n

, ,

I was by b o t h the o ld me n -the L ord o f the To w e r an d

A t dmmit A tlas c o nduct e d i n t o a gl o r i o us l o dgi n g in which st
ood

u er
cu m tl t a an e
,

86
thr ee b e ds an d e ach o f us lay i n o n e o f t h e m wh e r e w e t
t d
e
cus o e , y ,

T m
u
sp en t alm o st t wo 85 0
s'
,
.

H ere are wanting about two leaves i n quarto, and he (the

a uthor hereof ), whereas he imagined he must in the morning

be door-
keeper, returned home .
1 98 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

an d pres ent o f that art pr oph etic whi ch is r epr es ent e d by

,

Baxt er and Cummin g W e kn o w the valu e of all the mul

.

ti tudi n ou s sp e cul t
a o i ns in t he t h e l
o o gical n o -man s land o f

the A p o calyps e . We do n ot ex p e c t a new S tar of Jac o b to

ris e ou t o f the Galil ee of r eligi ou s i nt ol eranc e an d o ut o fthe ,

frant ic fo lly o f s ec t arian squabbli ngs W e do no t calculat e .

the n umb e r o f the b e as t w e do n o t d en o u n c e the J e suits

, ,

w e are n o t o bs ess e d by an i n fe c t i o us t err o r o f papal p ow er

and i t s p o ssibl e agr e ssi o ns o n the c on t rary we r esp e ct the ,

a ss o ciati o n s c o n n e c t e d with s o v er eig n p o n tiffs gran d la mas , ,

an d chi e f patriarchs . W e hav e m o st o f us d e cid ed that

, ,

the p op e is n e ith e r G o d s vicar n or th e M an o f S i n ; w e

p ersist ently r efus e o u r adh er en c e to any th e o ry which con

n ects the li ttle horn with P ri n c e Je r o m e Nap ol e o n an d w e ,

ar e n o t o p en t o any p o si t iv e c o nvicti o n s o n the id e n tity

o f th e S carl e t W o ma n o r o f the l o s t trib e s o f Isra el

,
A ll .

p ers on s p o ss ess e d o f such p o si t iv e c onvicti o n s w e justiably

r egard as fanat ics and aft er du e an d d elib e ra t e c o nsid era
,

t i on o f the R o sicrucian man ife s t oes w e do n ot fe el ab l e t o

,

mak e an exc epti o n i n fav o ur of t his F ra t e rni t y wh os e ,

M ann er s h av e n o t th at r e p o s e
W hich mar ks the c as t e o f V e r e de V e r e .

In oth er w ords w e nd th e m i n t emp erat e i n th eir la nguage

, ,

rabid i n th eir r eligi ous pr ej udic e s and i n s t ead o f t o w e ri ng

, ,

gian t-lik e ab o v e the i n t ell ectual av erag e o f t h eir age w e se e ,

th em buffet e d by the sam e passi on s an d id ent i e d with all the

o pi n i o n s o fthe men by wh o m th e y w e r e e nvir o n e d The v o ic e .

which addr ess e s us b ehin d the mystical mask o f the R o s e

Cr o ss d oe s no t c o m e fr om an i nt ell e ct u al thr o n e e r e ct e d o n ,

the pi nn acl e s o f high t hinking an d surr o und ed by the s e ren e

an d su n n y at m o sph e r e o f a far -sight e d t o le r a n c e it c o m e s
;
 R OS I CR U CI A IVI S M ,
A L CH E M Y ,
A N D M A GI C . 1 99

fr o m the v ery h eart o f the v exati o us an d u npr o t abl e strife

o f s e c t s and it utt ers the war -
,
cry o f e x t ermi nati on The .

scal es fall fr o m our ey e s the r o man c e van ish e s we nd ou r

,

s elve s i n the pr es en c e of s o m e G erman s o f the p eri o d n ot ,

of t he mystic citiz en s o f the et er n al ki n gd o m .

We are d ej e ct e d and disillusi on e d but w e are than kful

, ,

n o twithsta ndi ng t o k n o w the tr u th as disti nguish e d fr o m

, ,

the c t i o ns o f Mr H argrav e J e nn i ngs an d the glam o r o us

fabl e s o f p rofe ss e d r o man c ers I n this spirit w e pr o c ee d t o

.

a cl o s er acqu ai nt an c e wi t h the Ro sicrucian s as r epr es en t e d

by th e ms elv es .

I hav e alr e ady s aid that The U niv ersal Reforma t i on

has lit tl e i nt er n al c onne ctio n with the s o ci ety which is sup
p o s ed to hav e issu ed it i n its T eu t on ic dr e ss The c on clu .

si on which is r e ach e d i n that curi o us tract is i n d ee d , ,

c ompl et ely o pp o s e d to the e xpr ess e d h op es o f the F rat e r

n i ty
. It illustra te s the ludicr o us futility an d ab ortiv ene ss
o f t he att empt t o r efo rm s o ci e ty e v en wh en u n d e rtak e n by
,

the o w er o f the w o rld s

lit erati
It bids the refo rm ers
.

b egin th eir w ork at h om e an d r e duc e s th ei r U t o pian

,

sch emi ng fr o m the spl en did scal e o f u n iv ersal re co nstru c

ti o n to appraisi n g sprat s an d cabbag e s It c o n sid ers
.

manki n d t o be as g o o d as his surr o u n di ngs will all o w

him and that the h eight o f h u man wis do m li e s i n the
,

discr etion to b e c o nt e nt with l eavi ng the w orld as th ey

fou n d it On the o th er han d the F ama ,
an d Co n
~

fessi o i nvit e th e l e ar ne d o f Eur op e t o c o o p e rat e with a

s ecr et s o ci ety fo r the r enovati on o f the age the r eform o f ,

phil o s o phy an d to r e m e dy the imp erfe cti on and i n con
,

si sten ci es o f all the arts . The discr epa n cy is singu larly
c o mpl et e and as
The U n iv ersal R efo rmati o n thr o ws n o

,

light up o n th e hist o ry o r the claims o f the Ro sicr u cian s it ,

2 00 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

n ee d n ot d e tai n u s The Chymi cal Marriag e of Christia n

.

R o sen cr eu tz I S hall als o set asid e for the pr e s en t b e caus e ,

it is an all egorical r oman c e p ace Pr o fe ss o r Buhl e as De ,

Quin c ey hath it th o ugh o th erwis e o f the rs t imp o rtan c e

and i nt er est .

F r o m the F ama and Co n fe ssi o we gath er the r eli

i o u s o pi n i o n s o f th e R o sicr u cia n F ra t ernity an d classify
g ,

th em as foll ows
a Th ey ackn o wl e dg e J e sus Christ as the S on o f G o d
. .

.b M an is b o r n i n t o life by the p o w e r of G o d falls ,

asl eep i n J esus and will ris e agai n t hr o ugh the

,

H o ly S pirit .

. c Th ey ack n o wl e dg e a p ers o n al d e vil the o ld e n emy

, ,

w ho hi nd ers e v ery g o o d purp o s e by his i nstru

m ents .

d Th e y
. u se t w o S acram en ts as th ey ar e i n stitut e d
,

with all F o rm e s an d Cer em oni es o f the rst and

r en e w e d Church .

. e It foll o ws fr o m this that th ey b eli ev e the Luth eran

R efo rmat i o n r e st or e d the Chris t ian Church t o its
primitiv e purity .

.
f Th ey c o nsid e r that fro m the b egi n ni ng of the w orld
th er e ha t h n ot b een giv en to man a m or e e xc el
l en t admirabl e an d wh ol e s om e b ook than the
, ,

Bibl e which is the wh o l e sum o f th e ir la w s
, .

g T hey call the p o p e A n t ichrist a blasph em er agai n st

.

Christ Th ey e x e crat e hi m an d l o ok forward t o

.
,

the tim e
wh en he shall b e t or n i n pi e c e s with '

n ails .


Th ey fo r e t ell his n al fall with the

,

assuran c e of Br o th ers the pr o ph et an d i n the ter ,

mi nology o f Mr Gra tt anGui n ess .

The phil o s o phical and sci en tic o pini o ns and pr et e nsi o ns

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

mat ely c o n ne ct e d with an d i n u en c e e ach o th er Ev e ry

change tha t t ak e s plac e in the m
.

acrocosmus may be s en s e d

by the spiritual b o dy which surr o unds the spiri t o f the

minutum mundum The fo rc e s c o mp o si ng the one are id e n
.

tical wi t h t h o s e of the o t h er 1
.

II We n d i n the n ex t plac e the d o ctrin e o f El em en t al

.
, ,

spirits which it is a c o mm on err o r to supp o s e o rigin at e d

,

wi t h the R o sicrucia n s This grac eful an d fan ciful hyp o

.

th esis als o o w es its d ev el o pm en t if n ot its inve n ti o n , ,

t o the s eer o f H o h e nh e im It was n a t uralis e d o n F r en ch

.

s o il by the auth o r o f the C o m te de G abali s an d is
,

k n ow n chi ey i n Englan d thr o ugh the pr efac e t o The

Rap e o f the L o ck and o f lat er y e ars thr o ugh the G erman
,

R oma n c e o f U ndi n e

which has b een ma ny tim es
,

tran slat ed q Wh en yo u S hal l be n umb er ed am o ng the

.

Childr en o f the phil o s o ph ers says the Co mt e de G abali s
, ,

an d wh en y o ur ey e s shall hav e b een str ength en e d

by the u se o f th e m o s t sacr e d medeci ne yo u will l e arn th at ,

the El em e n t s are i nhabit e d by cr e a t ur es o f a si ng u lar p er

fe cti o n fr o m the kn o wl e dg e o f and c ommu n icati on with

, , ,

wh o m the si n o f A dam has d e priv e d his m o st wre tch e d

p o st erity Y o n vast spac e str e tchi ng b et w een earth and
.

H e av e n has far n o bl e r dw ell ers tha n t he birds and the

g n ats th e s e wid e s eas h o ld o th er gu e sts tha n the whal e s
a n d t he d o lphi n s t he d epths o f t he e arth are n o t r e s er v e d

fo r the m ol e s al o n e ; an d that el e m en t o f re which is

n o bl er than all the r e st was n o t cr eat e d to r emai n v oid an d
us el ess
.A cc o rdi n g t o Parac elsus the El em en tals ar e
,

n o t spirits b e caus e th e y h av e e sh bl o o d an d b o n e s
, ,
th e y ,

liv e an d pr o pagat e o ffspri ng ; th ey eat and talk act an d ,

sl ee p & c
,
.Th e y are b ei ngs o cc upying a plac e b e tw een
Para c els u s b y F ran z H artmann M D p 4 4
1
, , . .
, . .
 R OS I CR U CI A N I S M ,
A L CH E M Y, A N D M A G I C . 203

men spirits r es embli n g men an d w o m en i n t h eir or

an d ,

gan i satio n an d form an d r es e mbli n g S pirits i n the rapidity

,

o fth e ir l o c o m o t i o n Th ey must n ot be c o n fo un d e d with the
.

Elemen tari es which are the as t r al b o di e s o f the d e ad 1

Th ey .

are divid e d i n t o fo u r class es The air is r e pl et e wi t h an .

i nn um erabl e multitud e of cr ea t ur e s havi ng human S hap e s , ,

s o m ewhat erc e in app earan c e bu t d o cil e i n r eality gr eat ,

l o v ers o f the sci e n c e s subtl e s ervic e abl e to the S ag e s an d

, , ,

e n e mi e s o f th e fo o lish and ign o ra n t Th eir wiv e s and .

daught ers are b e aut i e s o f the masc u li ne typ e The .

s eas an d s tr eams are inhabit e d e v en as the air the an cie n t

S age s gav e the nam es o f U n di n e s o r Nymphs t o th e s e Ele
mentals Th er e are few mal e s am on g th em an d the w o m en
.
,

are v e ry num e r o us an d o f extr e m e b e auty ; the daught ers

,

o f men ca nn o t c o mpar e w ith th em The e a rth is ll e d by .

gno m e s e v en to its c entre cr e atur e s of dimi nu tiv e siz e , ,

guardian s o f min es tre asur e s and pr e ci o us st on e s Th e y

, ,
.

furnish the Childr e n o f the S age s with all the mo ney th ey

d esire and ask littl e fo r th eir s e rvic e s bu t the dis ti ncti o n
,

o f b ei ng c o mman d e d The gn o mi de s th eir wiv e s are ti ny

.
, , ,

but v ery pl easi ng and th e ir appar e l is exc eedi ngly c u ri ous

,
.

A s to the S alama n d ers th o s e ery dw e ll e rs i n t he r e alm o f

,

am e th ey s erve the P hil o s o ph ers but do n ot e agerly s ee k

, ,

1
cc or ding t o Elip has Levi the A s tral Li gh t i e the s u b s tan c e
A , , . .
,

diffu s e d th ro u gh i n n i ty a n d which is t h e r s t matter o f t he m ater ia l

,

an d psych o - m ate r i al u n iv e r s e is tran sfo rm e d at th e mom en t o f

,

c on cep ti o n i n to h u man li gh t an d is the r s t e n v e l o p e o f t he s ou l I n

, .

c omb in ati o n with u ids o f e x trem e s u b tl ety i t b e c o me s th e as tral , ,

e th e r is e d o r sid er e al b o dy
,
NV h e n a m an di e s an d t he divi n e spi r i t
.

ret u rn s i n t o t h e e m py r ea n i t l e av e s tw o c or ps e s o n e o n t h e e ar t h an d
, ,

o n e i n t h e atmo sph e r e
o n e a l r ea dy i n e rt t h e o t h e r s t ill an i m at e d
, ,

by the u n ive r s al m o ve me n t o f the s ou l of th e wo r ld bu t de s tin e d t o ,

di e gra du a lly b e in g ab s o r b e d b y t he a s tr a l en e rgi e s which p r o d u c e d

,

M ys te r i e s o f M agic pp 9 7 1 05

it.
, .
, .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

th eir c ompany and th eir wiv es and daught ers are s eld o m
,

visibl e Th ey t ransc en d all the o th ers i n b e au t y for th ey

.
,

1
ar e n ativ e s o f a pur er e l em e nt .

III I n the third plac e the R o sicrucian man ife s t o es co n

.
,

t ain the d o ctrin e of the signatura rerum which agai n is of ,

P arac elsian origi n This is the magical writing r efe rr e d
.

to i n th e F ama an d the mystic charact e rs o f that

,
B o ok

o f Na t ur e which a cc o rding t o the Con fessi o stands
, ,

Op en

for all ey e s but can be r ea dor und ers t o o d by o nly

,

a v ery few
. Th e s e charac t ers are the s eal o f G o d i m
pri nted o n the w o n d erful w ork of cr ea t io n on the h e av ens , ,

the earth an d o n all b e as t s

2
This sig n atur e of thi ngs is
.

,

d e scrib ed by Parac elsus as a c er t ai n o rgan ic vital activ ity
,

which i s fr e qu en t ly exp r ess e d e v en i n the exteri o r form of

thin gs an d by obs ervi ng that form w e may l earn s o m ethi ng
i n r egard t o th e ir i nt eri or qualiti e s e v en wi t h out usi ng o u r ,

i n t eri o r sight W e see that the i n t ernal charact er o f a man

.

is o ft en e xpr ess e d i n his ex t eri o r app earan c e e ven i n the ,

man n er o f his walki ng and i n the s o und o f his v o ic e Lik e .

wis e the hidd en charact er of t hi ngs is t o a c ertai n ext e n t

e xpr e ss e d i n th eir o u t ward fo rms A s l on g as man r e .

main e d i n a n atural s t at e he r e c o gnis e d the sig natur e s o f

,

thin gs an d k ne w th eir tru e charac t er ; bu t the m or e he

div erg ed fr o m the path o f Natur e an d the m o r e hi s mi n d ,

b e cam e captivat ed by illusiv e e xt er n al app earan c es the ,

3
m o r e this p ow e r b e cam e l o s t The sam e d o c t ri ne is de
.

v eloped by the mo st disti n guish e d discipl e o f P arac els u s ,

the K en tish R o sicrucia n R o b e rt F ludd ,

Th er e are o th e r .

i nvisibl e writi ngs s e cr e tly impr e ss e d o n the l e av e s o f

,

1
C o mt e de G ab al i s . S e c o n d E n t re t i en .

2
Co n fe ssi o F r at e r n ati s , 0
. viii .

3
H ar t ma n n s

P
ara c e ls u s ,
pp 5 1 .
,
52 .
 H I S TO R Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

t each e s that the gr eat ag ent i n magic is the imagi na t i o n

c o n rm e d by tha t fai th which p erfe cts will -p o w e r an d that ,

the imagi n a t i o n t hus s tr ength en e d can cr e at e its o w n o h

j cts
e . M an has a visibl e and i n v i sibl e w o rksh o p The .

visibl e o n e is his b o dy the i nvisibl e o n e his imagin at i o n .

The imagi n a t i o n is a sun i n the s o ul o f man ac t i n g in ,

its o wn sph er e as the sun o f the e ar th acts in his W her .

e v er the lat t e r S hi n e s g erms plant e d i n t he s o il r o w an d

, g ,

v eg et ati on spri ngs u p ; and the sun o f the s oul acts i n a

similar mann er an d calls the fo rms o f the s o ul i nt o exis t
,

en c e. The spirit is th e mast e r imagi n a t i o n the t o ol

, ,

an d the b o dy the plastic mat e rial Imagi n ati on is the

.

p ow e r by which the will fo rms sid er e al e n titi e s o ut o f

th o u ghts It is n ot fancy w hich latt er is the c orn er-st on e
.
,

o f sup erstiti o n an d fo o lishn e ss The p o w e r o f the

.

imagi n ati o n is a gr eat fact o r in m e dici n e It may pr o duc e .

1
dis e as e s i n man and in a n imals an d it may cur e th e m,
.

This th e o ry c o v ers all the ph enomen a o f visi o n s e cstaci e s , ,

e v o cati o n s an d o th e r ps e ud o -
,
miracl e s r e c ogn isi ng tha t t h ey
,

ar e facts and acc o u n t i ng for th e futility o f t h e ir r e sults

,
.

V Wh eth er the R o sicrucian s pr et end e d to ma n ufac t ur e

.

mat erial gold is a qu e sti on which is difcu l t t o d e cid e fr o m

the mat e rials c o n t ai n e d i n th e ir man ifest o es Th ey ackn o w .

l edg e the fac t of t ra n smu t ati on an d call it a gr e at gift of

,

G o d ; bu t as it bri ng et h n ot always with i t a k n o wl edg e

o f Na t ur e w hil e this k n o wl e dg e bri ng e th fo rth b o t h t ha t
,

an d an i n n it e numb er o f o th e r na t ural mi r acl e s i t is righ t ,

that w e b e rath er e ar n es t to att ai n t o the k n o wl e dge o f

phil os ophy n or t empt e xc ell e nt wits t o the t i n ctur e o f
,

2
m et als s oon er th e n to th e o bs ervati o n o f Natur e Wha t .

e v e r may b e th o ugh t o f t his r eas o ning it d e ni t ely plac e s ,

Con fe ssi o F rater n it ati s , c xi

2
1
. . I bid .
 R OS I CR UGI A N I S M ,
A I;C HE M Y, A N D M A G I C . 2 07

the R o sic r u cia n s i n that sch oo l o f alch emy to w hich I mad e

r efer en c e at the cl o s e o f the rst chapt er and w h o s e aim ,

w as to acc o mplish th e spiritual S id e o f the magnum op us or ,

gre at w ork o f alch emical r e c o n struc t i o n F or th e m the .

tra n smutatio n o f m etals b ei n g n o o p e rati on of c o mmon

ch emistry b o th the F ama and Con fe ssi o app ear to
1
,

c o nd e m n i n discrimi n at ely all pr o fe ss ors o f the pur ely phy

si cal pr o c e ss which th ey call
th e u ng o dly an d acc u rs e d
,

gold-maki ng H e re as i n th eir o th e r o pi ni on s th ey e ch o
.
77

, ,

P arac elsus W hat shall I say t o y o u ab o ut all y o ur

.

alch emical pr escriptio n s ab o ut all y o ur r e t o rt s an d b ot t l e s

, ,

crucibl es m o rtars and glass e s ab o ut all y o ur c o mplicate d

, ,

pr o cess e s o f distillin g m elti ng c o hibi ti n g c o agulati ng sub

, , , ,

limating pr e cipitati ng and l te ri ng all t he t o mfool ery for

, , ,

which y ou thr o w away y o ur tim e and y o ur m o n ey A l l .

such thi ngs ar e us el e ss an d the lab o ur o ve r th em is l o s t

,
.

Th ey are rath er an imp edi m en t than a h elp to arriv e at the

truth . A ft e r the sam e fas hi o n the Co nfe ssi o de ,

n o un ce s the

m o n str o us symb ols and enigm as by which
ps eud o -chymists imp o s e up o n cr e dul o us curi o sity Ao .

c ording t o Dr H artman n P arac elsus ass erts that it is p os ,

sible to mak e gold and silv e r by ch emic al m ea n s s t ill he

c ond em n s such exp erim ents as us el ess and it s eems to be ,

m ore than pr obabl e that ev en i n such ch emical exp erim ent s

as may hav e s u cc eed ed s o m e thi ng m o r e t ha n m er ely ,

ch emical manipulatio n s was r e quir e d to mak e th e m suc

cessful
2
. Eliphas L evi on e o f the m o s t pr o fo u n d c om
,

mentators o n Parac elsus d e clar e s that t h er e is light in

,

gold gold in light and light in all thi ngs

, ,
Thus the rs t .

1
On this p o i nt se e M ys t eri e s of M agi c , B i o graphic a l an d

Cr i tic al P r e fa c e p xliii , . .

2
H ar tmann s Parac elsu s

,
pp . 1 77, 1 78 .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

ma tt er of the magnum op us i s b o th w i thi n ab o u t us an d ,

an d
the i n t ellig en t will which assimilat e s light dir e cts
, ,

the o p erati o n s o f substa n t ial fo rm an d o n ly e mpl o ys ,

1
ch emistry as a v ery s e c on dary in strum en t .

A t the sam e tim e the R o sicrucian s claim e d to b e i n pos

s e ssi on o f gr ea t t reasur e s o f gold and of the purs e o f ,

F o r t u n atus Th er e s eems n o sp e cial r e as o n to d o ubt that

.

th ey i nt en d e d this to be lit erally c on s t ru e d and the F a ma ,

d e ni t ely stat e s that i t was a pr oj e c t o f th eir fou n d e r C R ,

. .
,

t o i n stitu t e a s o ci e ty i n E ur o p e which might have g old ,

S ilv er an d pr e ci o us s t o n e s su f
,
ci en t for to b es t o w th e m o n
ki ngs .

VI Cl o s ely c onnec te d with the s ecret o f m e tallic tran s

.

mut ati on is the supr em e m e dici ne o f the w o rld the life ,

e lixir,
which a cc ordi ng t o B er nard -le-Tr evisan (ft eenth
,

c entury ) is the r educti o n of the Phil o s ophical S t o n e int o

,

m ercurial wa t er I t cur e s all dis eas es an d pr ol ongs life

.
,

b ey o nd the n ormal limits Wi t h o ut claiming to be actually

.

i n p o ss e ssi o n o f this

W o n d e r fu l Cath o lic o n ,
Of v e r y s u b tl e an d magical p ow e r s ,

the R o sicr ucia n s c o m e b efor e us as ess en tially or at l eas t pri ,

marily a healin g fraterni ty

,
l
Th e ir agr e em ent was this
.

That n o n e of th e m sh o uld pr ofess any oth er thing

2
than to cure the sick an d t ha t gratis

,
Pr ofe ss or Buhl e .
,

in his n o tic e o f the R o sicrucians and F r eem as on s says that ,

the evils o f G erman y at this p eri o d w er e imm en s e that t he ,

la n d was o v ersw ept by a gr eat st orm o f wr et ch edness an d

c o nfusi o n The sci en c e o f m e dici n e was s till in i t s infancy,
.

the Luth eran R efo rmati on b y sp o lia t i n g m on ast eri es had

, ,

M ys t er i es of M agic 2 F ama F r ate rn i tat i s p

1
, p 2 04
. .
, . 73 .
 CHA P T ER V I I .

A N TI QU ITY OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N F R A TER N I TY .

TH E an tiquit y o f the R o s e in sym b olism an d o f the Cr o ss

i n symb olism as I hav e alr e ady said is n o pr o o f wha t s o
, ,

e v e r o f the an t iqui t y o f a s o ci e t y which w e nd to be usi ng

th e m a t a p erio d subs e qu e n t t o the Ren aissan c e ; b ut ac ,

c ording to J oh n H eyd o n the R o sicr ucian s hav e b een si nc e

,

Christ ; th ey i n habi t e the su b urbs o f H e av en and are as ,

the e y e s an d e ars o f the gr e at Ki ng s eei n g an d h e ari n g all

,

thi ngs .

The exis t en c e o f a
divin e F rat e r ni ty o n the
a stral pla n e o r in the fo urth dim e n si o n h o w ev e r
,
s eraphic
,

ally illumin at e d an d with what ev er p o wers t h ey may be
,

i nv est ed by the G ene ralissim o o f the w orld is a p oint ,

which t ran sc ends the i n ve stigat i o n s of the m er ely h u man

hist orian H i s r e s earch e s h ow ev er hav e d et ermin ed t hat
.
, , ,

withi n his o wn limi ts tha t is o n the physical pla ne

,

o f t im e and spac e t h er e ar e n o v e s t ig e s o f the R o sicrucia n s

t rac eabl e b efo r e the b egin ni ng o f the s ev ent een t h c en tury ,

and that the b eli ef in t h e ir a n tiqui t y o rigi n at e s i n d r i ori

p
c o nsid erat i o ns which are c onc e rn e d wi t h the pr e dil ecti ons
an d pr ej udic e s o f t hink e rs wh o s e fai t h and imagi n ati o n hav e

b e en fav o ure d b y e v oluti on or e nvir on m en t a t the exp en s e

o f t h e ir j udgm e nt an d w ho d e t ermi n e his t o rical qu es t i o n s
,

by the illuminati o n o f th eir own und ers t a n di ngs rath er tha n

by the ligh t of facts .

S uch p ers o n s are b ey on d the r each o f cri ticism , and as ,

 A N TI QUI T Y OF R OS I CR UCI A N F R A TE R N I T Y . 2 1 1

th ey ar e n e i th er n um er o us nor imp ortan t may be l eft bask,

i ng i n the su n shi ne of a pl e asi ng ab errat i o n which is i n t e ,

r esti ng i n days o f disillusi o n But the e xist en c e an d

.

o ccasi o n al pr e val en c e i n all ag e s o f the wo rld o f th o s e

th eo s ophical id eas which are at the r o o t o f R o sicrucian

,

phil o s o phy have caus ed e v en s e ri o us s t ud en ts to c on sid er the

,

F rat er n ity o f an alm o s t i n cr e dibl e a nt iquity a hyp o t h e sis

which wi n s g o ld en Opi ni o ns fr o m th o s e w ho d e light i n co n
n ecti ng the in visibl e thr e ads o f th e s e cr e t s o ci e ti e s an d

tracing th e m to a S i ngl e primal s o urc e of which o n e an d ,

all are ramicati o ns mor e o r l ess id en tical i n c er em o ni e s ,

s ecr ets an d purp o s e s

,
.

A ddressi ng mys elf t o th es e stud e n ts I w o uld say with ,

Buhl e that wh o e v er ad o pts this hyp o th e sis is b o u n d to
sh o w i n the rst plac e i n what r e sp e ct the d educti on Of
, ,

this o rd er fr o m m o d e r n hist o ry is a t all u n satisfact o ry ; a nd

s e c on dly up on his o w n assumpti on o f a far el der o rigi n
, ,

to explai n ho w it happ e n e d that fo r sixt e e n en tir e c e n t u ri e s

n o c o n t e mp o rary writ ers hav e mad e a ny allusi o n t o it .

S ol o m o n S eml e r is o n e o f the fe w w rit ers wh o s e e ruditi o n

is u n qu e st i o n abl e an d w ho have supp o rt e d t his vi e w but
,

the fac t s which he cit e s ar e e n tir ely i n c on clusiv e He .

pro v e s the exis ten c e i n the fo urtee nth c en tu ry o f an ass o

c iati o n o f physicia n s and alch e mists w ho u n it e d th e ir

k nowl edg e an d th eir lab o urs t o attai n the disc o v ery o f the

P hil o s ophic S t o ne It is this ass o ciati o n t o which the
.

alch emist Raym o n d Lully appar e ntly r e fers i n his Th ea

1

This p e r s on ge is n o t t o b e c on fu s e d wi h t h e u
1
a t a th or o f the A s r

M gn S c i en di , t h e illu m in e d phil o s o ph e r an d e v
a a
at an gelis t o f Pa ma r

i n M aj or c a w ho u n i t e d t h e s a i nt an d t h e m an o f sci e n c e t h e m e ta
, ,

ph ysician a n d th e p reach e r th e ap o s tl e an d t h e i ti n e ran t l c tu r e r

,
e ,

t h e dial e c t ici an an d t h e mar t yr i n o n e e ma r k ab l e i n divid a li t y

,
r u .

Th e alch e mis t R ay mo n d Lu lly o n e o f t he gr a n d an d s u b li m e

,
2 12 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

t rum Chymi cum pri n t e d at S t r asb o urg i n l 6 1 3 as a sec

,
1
,

s o ci et y exis t ing during the fo urt eent h c en tury in Italy an d ,

the chi ef o f which was call e d Rex P hgsi corum . F i gulu s2

s t at es it t o hav e b een fo u n d e d in 1 4 1 0 an d ass erts it to ,

h av e m erge d in the R o sicrucian Ord er ab o u t the y ear

1 607 . The sam e c ar e ful inv e s t igat or cit e s an an o nym o us
l ett er pu b lish e d a t the end o f the six t eenth c en t ury and
, ,

stat i ng the age of a c er t ai n s e cret s o ci et y to be ab ov e two

th o us and y ears I t i s als o ass e rt e d tha t the alch emist
.

Nich olas Barn aud c o n c e iv e d in 1 5 9 1 a proj ec t o f e stablish

i ng a s e cr e t c o nv enti o n o f th eo sophic al mys t ics who w er e '

to d e v o t e th ems elv e s t o a d et e rmi n ed inv e stigati o n o f all

Kabbalis t ic sci en c es an d t hat he sc o ur e d b oth G erma ny
,

and F ra n c e with this o bj e ct F i n ally th e E ch o o f th e .

,

G o d-illumi n at e d Ord er o f the B r e thr e n R C t ell s us that . .

i n 1 5 9 7 an a tt emp t was actually mad e to fo u n d s u ch a

s o ci e ty appar en tly o n the li n e s laid d o w n by Bar n aud
, ,

an d it is a r e markabl e fac t that the pr e fac e t o the Ch r istia n

R e ad e r which is pr ex e d to this curi o us p ublic ati o n is ,

dat e d Ju n e 1 5 9 7 whil e that which is add ress e d to the

,

mas t e r s O f t h e sci en c e a cc or di n g t o E li p h as Levi liv e d afte r 1 31 5

, , ,

t h e d at e o f t h e m a r t y r s d e at h and n o t hi n g is k n ow n o f his his t o r y

, ,

e xc e p t his a s t o u n din g t ran s mu tat i o n s H e is s a id t o h av e b e e n a .

n at iv e o f F e rr ago a n d h a s b e e n d e sc r i b e d a s
a J ewish n e o phy te
,
.

J o h n Cr em e r t he abb o t o f W e s tmin s ter d e sc r i b e s his re c e p ti on b y

, ,

E dwar d I K i n g o f En gl an d w h o gav e h i m a n a p ar tm e n t in t h e
, ,

Towe r t o p e r fo r m his t ran s mu tat i o n s bu t t he we lc o m e gu e s t s o o n ,

fo u n d hi ms elf a p ri so n e r an d wi th di fcu l ty e ffe cte d his e scap e S e e

, .

Cr e n er i A b atis W e st m o n ast e ri e n si s Te s tame n tu m

i i n t he ,

M u s eu m H e rm e t i c u m 4 t o F r an cfu r t 1 677-
78,

Cam d en i n , , .
,

his E ccl e si as tical M o n umen t s give s als o s o me d e tails o f Lu lly s

s o j o u rn i n En glan d .

1
C 8 7, p 1 39
. . .

2
Ben e dic tu s F igul u s wa s th e au th o r o f an d ora M agnali u m, P
R o s ar i u m N o v u m Oly mp i cu m

P a radi su s A u re o lu s H e r me t i c u s,
et Ben e di c tu m,

Th e sau ri n e lla Oly mp i c a,

all p u b lish e d i n 1 608 .
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

the s ec t which i t r epr e s ent s is d eriv e d fr o m an u n sati sfac

,

t o ry n o tic e by Pr o fe ss o r Buhl e w ho d e scrib e s the M ili tia

,

as a Pr o t es t an t s e c t h eat e d by ap o calyptic dr e ams and de ,

clar e s the o bj e ct of the ass embly t o hav e b een appar en tly

e xclusiv e ly c onn e ct e d with r eligi o n B u t it is cl ear fr o m
.

the life o f S tu di o n t hat he was passi o na t ely d ev o t e d t o

alch emy and the spirit u al sid e o f the magnu m op us was

,

pr o bably th e aim o f t h e s e e nthusias t s wh o are o th erwis e ,

iden ti e d in th e ir vi ews with the illumi n ati o f the R o s e

Cr o ss. Lik e th e s e th ey b eli e v ed tha t the b o o ks o f R ev ela
ti o n an d o f Natur e w er e i ntus ci for i s scrip ti writt en withi n ,

an d with o u t ,
that is t h ey c on tai n a s e cr e t m e anin g for
,

the i n itiat e s o f mystical wisd o m ; tha t the unacc o untabl e

ap pear an ce o f n ew s t ars i n the sky was signica n t o f i m

p o rtan t e v e nts i n the appr o xima t e future that the last day
was at ha nd that the P o p e was A n ti Chris t a nd th e M an
-

o f S in an d n ally as B uhl e hims e lf c o n fe ss e s the

,
N ao ,

m e tri a c ont ai n s a gr eat d e al o f mys t icism an d pr o ph e cy

ab o u t the R o s e an d the Cr o ss .

Th e s e p o ints o f r e s emblan c e are I t hi nk i n su fcie nt to

, ,

e s t ab lis h a c o nn e c t i o n b e tw een the M i liti a Cru cifero Evan

g eti ca a n d th e R o sicrucia n s i n a l o gical mind but th e y a r e,

c er tai nly curi o us an d i nt er es t i n g It will be sh own in the

.

n e xt chapt e r why th e symb o lism o f the R o s e and the Cr o ss

was c omm o n to b ot h ass o ciat i on s .

The a n tiqui t y o f the R o sicrucia n s as I hav e hi n t ed n ds

, ,

few supp o rt ers a t the pr e s en t day this vi e w b ei ng chi e y

,

c o n n e d t o the m emb ers o f ps eud o - R o sicrucian s o ci et i e s an d ,

t o the ps e ud o -hist orian o f the o rd er M r H argrav e J enn ings

,
.

F r o m the ctiti ous imp o r t anc e unacc o u n t ably ascrib e d to

th e ill -c o nsid er e d and w or t hl e ss w o rk o f t his writ er it s eems ,

n e c e ssary t o c o nclud e with a sh o rt n o t ic e o f the i n c o h er en t

 A N TI QUI T Y OF R OS I CR UCI A N F R A TE R N I T Y . 2 1 5

an d visi o nary rambli n gs i n The Ro sicrucia ns t h eir R it es

and Mys t eri e s Mr J enn in gs may c on grat ulat e hims e lf
.

o n b ei n g

that disting u ish e d e s o t e ric littrateur w ho ,

w ri tes the w orst E nglish o f t his o r any c en tury bu t he is ,

a gre at man a magician of the rst ord er i n t he imp ortan t

, ,

matt e r o f titl es I fr eely c on fe ss that his w o r k o n this

.

subj e ct is so attrac t iv ely lab ell e d that i t e x ercis e s an irr e

si sti ble charm o v er the st u d e n t The R o sicrucian s th eir .

R i t e s and Myste ri e s w ith chap ters on the an ci en t F ir e an d

,

S e rp en t V o rS hippers an d explan ati on s o f the Mystic S ym

V

b ols r epr es en t ed o n the m on um ent s and t alisman s o f the

Prim eval Phil o s oph ers is a lab el n o t o th erwis e t ha n
,

sup erb It is a s t rong d e l u si on which t empts the h e si

.

tati ng purch aser an d has oft e n pr omp t ed the too cr edul o us

,

re ad er by the su btl e ty o f its mys tic charm to b eli e v e

, ,

-at l e as t the v ery o pp o sit e o f wha t is tru e .

The b ook so far as the Ro sicrucian s are c o nc er ned

, ,

b egin s wi th an acc o u n t o f an his t orical adven t ur e i n S taf

fordshire ,
which is curi o usly dist or t e d i n the i n t er ests
o f an i ne xp en siv e s en sa t i o n alism and aft e r much l o quacity ,

on
the i n su ffici e ncy o f w orldly o bj e c ts w e are i n tr o duc e d ,

i n the s ev e n th chapt er wi t h o u t pr efac e o r ap ol o gy t o the

, ,

- -
Mythical hist ory o f the F leur de lys Dr u idic Croml echs , ,

and G no s t ic A braxas G ems The r est o f the w ork is Ro si .

crucian c e rtai nly so far as the t itl e s o f the chapt ers are
,

c onc ern ed bu t not furth er Thus w e hav e The R o sy .

,

Cr o ss i n I n dian Egyptia n Gr eek R o man an d M e di aeval

, , , ,

m o num ents ,
P r e s en c e o f the Ro sicrucia n s i n Christia n

A rchit e ctur e &c but the chap t ers t h ems e lv es are d ev o t e d
,
.
,

to the li ngam an d the gr e at pyramid P ersian r e- w orship , ,

phallic and s erp ent sym b olism an d etym ol ogical sp ecula ,

ti ons which w o uld have as t o nish e d e v en G o dfrey H iggi n s ,

2 16 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

an d which K en ealy hims elf w o u ld dis o wn Doubtl ess th e s e

. .

thi ngs are c onn e ct e d in the min d o f Mr H argrav e Jenn ings

with his myst eri ous and ubiquit o us B ro th erh o o d for his ,

dis eas e d imagi nat i on p erc eiv e s R o sicrucian ism e verywh er e ,

'

as th o s e who b eli eve in w itchcraft see s orc ery and en

chantm en t e v erywh er e This c o nne cti on h o w e v er he
.
, ,

n o wh er e att empts to e s t ablish an d it is i n cre dibl e to sup

,

p o se t hat the shall ow pr et en c e has ev er imp os e d o n an y o n e .

The fe w stat e m en ts which he mak e s c o n c er n i ng the F ra

t er ni ty mus t b e r ej e ct e d as w o rt hl e ss for e xampl e he t e lls ,

us that the alch em ists w er e a physical bran ch o f the R o si

crucian s w h er eas the R o sicrucians w er e a th e os o phical s e ct
,

am on g the alch emists .

I hav e d eem e d it unn e c e ssary to c o nsid er the a ll ege d

c onn e ction b etw een the T emplars and the Br ethr en o f the
R o s e-Cr o ss for this hyp o t h esis d ep e nds up o n a n o th er n o w
, ,

g enerall y set asid e n am ely t he c o n n e cti o n o f the F r e e

, ,

mas on s with the fo r eg o i ng o rd ers I t is su fci ent to say

.

t hat the Te mplars wer e n o t alch emis t s tha t t h ey had no

,

sci entic pr et en si ons and t ha t th eir s e cr et so far as can b e

, ,

asc ertai ned was a r eligi ous s ecr e t of an anti-Chris t ian ki n d

, .

The R o sicrucians on the o t h er hand w er e pr e

, , emin e n t ly a

l earn ed s o ci ety and t h ey w er e als o a Christian s ec t

, .
2 1 8 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

o f R o se n cre u tz b eli ev e in the e xist en c e o f the Ro sicrucian s

,

as a s e cr et s o ci et y w hich dr ew att en ti o n t o the fact of its

,

e xis t en c e by a si ngular an d attractiv e cti o n .

I n the rs t divisi on are gath e r e d the me n o f larg e imagi

n ati o n an d a b unda n t fai t h w ho u n a w e d by hist o rical dif
, ,

cu lti es unaffe c t e d by discr e pa n ci e s o f fac t

,
an d d e spisi n g ,

the terr a damnata o f frigid critical m eth o ds ar e b e witch e d ,

by r o mant ic ass o cia t i ons an d the glam our of imp en etrabl e

mys t ery Th ey l o v e to c on t emplat e the ad epts o f the R o s e
.

Cr o ss m o vi n g sil e n tly am o ng the ign o ra n t and vulgar mul

ti t u de di f,
fusi ng light an d h eali n g mast ers of t erric s e cr ets, ,

havi ng n o thing i n app e aran c e and yet p o ss essi ng all thi ngs ,

e v e r i n scrutabl e e v er i n ta ngi b l e e v e r vanishi n g sudd enly .

.

, ,

The sublim e dr e ams pr o duc ed by th e ir mystical h achish are

u ndisturb e d by the e ss e nt ial S hall o w n e ss an d c omm on plac e
o f R o sicrucia n ma n ife s t oe s for t h e y r ej e ct auth o ritativ e
,

d o cum ent s o r i nterpr e t o bj e c t i o n abl e passag e s in an in v er te d

,

s en s e .

I n sup erabl e difculti e s pr ev en t us fro m supp o si ng tha t

the F ama and Co n fe ssi o F raterni tati s e man at e d fr o m
a s e cr et s o ci ety wh o s e lit eral hist o ry is c ontai ne d i n th em .

Th e s e di fcul t ie s are for the m o s t part i nh er en t i n the

, ,

n atur e o f the all e g e d his t o ry which I u n d e rt ook i n the i n

,

t ro du cti on to pr o v e my t hical It will be u n n e c essary for

.

this purp o s e to c on sid er t he sci en tic fo u ndati o n of R o si

crucian claims The purs e o f F o r t u natus that is the S t on e
.
,

o f th e Phil o s oph e rs the p o w e r o f t ransmu t ati o n the exis t

,

e n c e o f el em en tary spiri t s the d o c t ri n e o f S ig n a t ur e s e v e r

, ,

burni n g lamps and visi o n a t a distanc e may be p o ssib iliti es

, , ,

h ow ev er r e m ot e o n the h oriz o n of na t ural sci en c e Th er e .

are man y t hi n gs i n h e av en an d o n e ar t h w hich are un

dr e am ed o f i n the phil o s o phy o f H o ra t i o an d o ccultism ,

TH E CA S E OF 7
f 0 H A IVIv VA L E N TI N A N D R E A S . 2 19

is v enerabl e by its ant iqui ty i n t er esti n g fr o m i t s r o man tic

,

ass o ciati on s and repl e t e with visi o n ary spl en d ou rs but fo r

,

all this the c t i o n o f the
,
F ama is m on str o us and be ,

trays i t s elf in e v ery circums t an c e .

S uspici on is imm e diat ely rais e d by the s u ppr e ssi on of all

n am e s ,
an d the c o n c e alm en t o f the h e adq u art ers an d all

l o cal habitati o n s o f the supp o s e d S o ci ety C R C the . . . .

,

h e ro o f the his t o ry j o ur n eys t o a fab ul o us Ori en tal city

, ,

call e d Damcar which is n o t D amascus th o ugh the G erman

, ,

o rigi nals c o n ti nu al ly c o nfus e it th e r ewi t h A gr ea t par t o f .

this j o urney is p erfo rm e d al o n e by a boy o f six t een w ho is ,

d e scrib e d as p o ss e ssin g such skill in physic tha t he ob

tai n e d much fav o ur o f t he Turks and w ho aft e r v e y e ars

, ,

trav elli ng r e tu rn s at the age o f t w enty -o n e y ears to Eu ro p e

, ,

r e d with an i nexti ngu ishabl e ambitio n t o c orr e c t the e rr ors

o f all the arts an d t o r e fo rm the wh o l e p hi losop hia mora li s .

I n G erma ny he e r e cts a myst e ri o us H o us e o f the H o ly S pirit ,

si t uat e d appar en tly i n spac e o f thr ee dim en si o n s b e si e g e d ,

by the u n sp e akabl e c o n c o u rs e of the sick an d yet fo r the ,

spac e o f n early tw o hu n dr e d ye ars c o mpl et ely u nk n ow n and

,

u n s een by the wick ed w orld Wh en the S o ci e ty was i n
.

c or p o rate d an d i ts m e mb e rs d e spa t ch e d o n th eir wa n d e r

,

i ngs two br ethr e n always r emai ned with the fou nd e r and
, ,

e igh t o f th e m w e r e pr e s en t a t his d e ath

y e t th e s e cre t o f
,

-
his burial plac e was c o mpl e t ely u nk n o w n to the third gen e
ra t i o n till its disc o v ery by a n e wlyi n i tiate d m e mb e r wh en
,

he was r e pairin g his h o us e which n e v ert h e l e ss d oe s n o t

, , ,

app ear t o be the H o us e o f the H oly S pirit The s epulchr e .

has be en cl o s ed for o n e hundr e d an d t w ent y y e ars and it ,

is fou n d to c o n t ai n the Voca bularium I tinerar i um and Life , ,

o f Parac elsus Taki ng 1 6 1 4 as the y e ar wh en the F am a
.

1
De Q in ce y R sic r ci an s a n d F re e ma s o n s
u ,
o u 0 iii ,
. .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

w as p u blish e d ,
supp osi ng the disc ov ery o f the b u rial
a nd

plac e to hav e a nt e-dat e d the man ife st o by the short est po s

sibl e p eri o d w e are br o ught back t o the y e ar 1 4 9 4 o n e
, ,

y e ar aft er the bir t h o f Parac elsus wh o s e b ooks it is sup ,

p o s e d t o c o ntain This p oi nt is o f c o urs e c o n clusiv e an d

.
, , ,

it is u nn e c essary t o c o mm e nt o n the myst ery which sur

r ounds the ul t imat e fa t e o f the c orps e o f that g o dly and
high illumin at e d F ath er B r o th e r C R C
-
,
. . .

Thus it is Obvi o us t ha t the histo ry of Chris t ia n R o s en

cre utz is n o t his t o rically tru e an d that the S o ci e ty did n o t
,

o riginat e in the ma nn e r which is d e scri b e d by th e F ama .

The th eorists o f the s e c on d an d third divisi o n s are i n

agree m en t up o n s e v e ral imp o r t an t p o i n ts and m ay t h er e , ,

fo r e be c on sid er e d t o geth er M o s t o f th e m uni t e i n s eek

, .

i ng th e auth o r o f the R o sicr u cia n man ife st o e s am on g the

lit era t i o f the p eri o d On the o n e sid e th ey c o nsid er him a
.

satirist or the p erp et rat o r o f an imp o s t ur e o r elab orat e

,

j e s t ; o n the o t h er th ey h o ld him to be the fo u n d e r o f a

,

s e cr e t s o ci ety o r the m o u t hpi e c e o f on e which was alr e ady

,

i n e xist e nc e and t o which th e y ascrib e a vari o us a n t iquity

,

in acc o rdanc e with th eir pr edil e cti on s and th eir kn o wl e dge

o f th e tru e s t a t e o f the cas e The qu es t i o n o f this a n ti
.

u i ty has b een dis c uss e d i n t he las t chap t e r

q .

S ev e ral auth o rs hav e b e en sugg es t e d for the m o s t part o n ,

v ery sl en d er e viden c e S o m e main t ai n that the man ifest oe s

.

w er e wri tt en by Tauleru s the auth o r ofthe G e rma n The olo gi a

, ,

an Obscure writ er n ot to be id enti e d with the auth o r o f the

S piritu al L et t ers I n stitutiones Di v i nae &c o th e rs by
, , .
,

Luth er ot h ers again by Wi eg el J oachim Ju nge the c el e

,
1
.
,

1
This wr iter is n o t to be c o n fu s e d w i th Ju n g S tilli n g wh o s e real ,

n ame wa s J o h ann e s H e i n r ich J u n g a n d w h o is p e r h aps mo r e c e l e

, , ,

b rat e d i n En gl an d fo r his wo r ks o n P n e u mato l o gy th an is th e r e c to r

o f H a mb u rg fo r his c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o m ath e mat ic a l sci en c e .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R O S I C R UCI A N S .

whic h was writt en by Mar t in us F o geli us i n 1 6 5 8 It con .

t ai n s h o w ev er s om e acc o un t o f his att empt t o fo u n d a phil o

, ,

S o phical s o ci e t y bu t the Leges S oc i eta tis E reuneti coe which ar e

,

t o be fo u n d at the en d o f the pamphl e t s ufci en tly disti n ,

guish it fr o m the R o sicrucia n Br o th erh oo d The theoso .

hi s t IE i di u s Gutman n is claim e d as the tru e auth or Of

p ,g ,

h
t e no a n ym o us ma n ife s t o e s by o t h e rs o u wha t gr o u n ds I

hav e n o t b een abl e t o asc er t ain ; but acc o rdi n g to Buhl e , ,

this opi n i o n is supp o rt e d by n o o th e r argu m en t tha n that

he was a disti nguish e d mystic i n that age o f mysticism .

A ll th e s e vi e ws hav e man ife stly li t tl e t o r e c o mm e n d t h em ,

but tha t which a t tribut es the c o mp o siti o n o f the R o sicrucian

ma nife st o e s t o Jo han n Val ent i n A n dr e as is supp ort e d by an
e xtra o rdi n ary mass o f e vi de n c e w hich calls for v ery car eful ,

an d impartial c o n sid e rati o n This i n t er e sti n g and si ngular.

p ers onag e w ho is d escrib e d by Bruck er as v ery l e arn e d

,
1

an d o f a v e ry e l e ga n t g e n ius wh o m the Bibli o t h equ e U n i ,

v er se lle
2
c on sid e rs on e o f the m o st us eful men which G er
many pr o d u c e d i n the s ev e nt eent h c en tury and wh o m all ,

au th oriti e s u n it e i n a dmirin g fo r his tal en t s and virtu e s ,

was a r en o w n e d th e ol o gia n o f W i rtemberg and a multi ,

far i ou s li tterateur no t u n c e l ebra t e d e v e n at this day i n

, ,

his o w n c o u n try as a p o et an d a sa t irist H e was b o rn at

,
.

H e rr e n b e rg a t o w n i n the duchy o f W ir temb erg o n t he

, ,

1 7 th o f A ug u st 1 5 8 6 H e was th e gra n ds o n o f Jac o b

.

A n dre as als o a c el ebra t e d th e o l o gia n

,
H i s fath e r was the .

mo ne r e t u li t , adve r s u s R o s e es C r u cis F r atre s c al am i qu o qu e t el u m

s tr i n x it , j qu i dem S ecz ce a u c tor e m fu isse Ju ngi um M a thema ti ca m

cu u s ,

H a mbu r gi p r ofessa m , eu mqu e libr u m cu i ti tu lu s est F a ma F r a bi u m

,

R osece Cr u ci s cud isse, p a r iter ex or e S ecr eta r i i , r ei i lli ns co nscii , co n

r ma vi t .

1
Br uk e ri H is t o r i a Cr i t . P hil s phi se
o o ,
to me i i p .
,
.
7 40 .

2 To me ii p.
,
. 1 26 .
TH E CA S E OF 7 OH A N N VA L E N TI N A N D R E A S . 22 3

pastor o f H err enb erg his m o th e r Mary M o seri a The , , .

d elicacy o f his e arly y ears charact eris e d his mat urer life ,

but he was o f a sh re wd an d ch eerfu l disp o sit i on H e re .

c ei v e d the rudim en ts of his e duca t i o n fr o m Micha e l Be um

le r 1
. S ubs equ en tly he pursu e d his s tu di e s at Tubi ng en .

Buhl e i nforms us that b e sid e s Gr eek an d Lati n (in which

,

language s he was dis t i nguish ed for the el ega n c e o f his styl e ) ,

h e mad e hims elf mast er o f the F r en ch Italian an d S pa n ish , ,

was w ell v ers e d i n Math ematics Natural an d Civil H ist o ry , ,

Geo graphy an d H ist orical G en e al o gy with o u t at all n egl e ct

, ,

2
i ng his pr o fe ssi o n al study o f divi n ity I so divid e d my .

tim e he t ells us tha t duri ng the day I d e v o t e d mys elf
, ,

to i n structi o n i n the ar t s ; th er et o I a dd e d l on g n o ctur n al

studi e s pass ed i n the r eadi ng o f vari o us auth o rs an d car
, ,

rie d t o s u ch an extravagant ext en t that n ot o n ly my ey esight

s u ffer ed but I mad e m ys elf subj e ct t o the h orrors o f sl e ep
,

l essn ess an d w e ak en e d the str ength Of m em o ry

,

.

H e t rav ell e d much withi n the limits o f his o wn c o u n try ,

visit e d F ranc e S wi tz erlan d Italy i n cludin g Ve nic e an d

, , , ,

twic e j o urn ey e d i nt o A ustria H e was marri e d o n the .

s ec on d Of A ugus t 1 6 1 4 to A gnes Elizab eth daugh t er o f , ,

J o sua G rii mi nger 3

H e pass e d thr o ugh vari o us grad es o f
.

e ccl e sias t ical dig n ity an d b e cam e chaplai n to the c o urt at

,

S tu t tgar t H er e
says Buhl e he met wi t h so much
.
, ,

thwarti n g and p ers e cuti on that with his inrm consti tu , ,

ti on of b o dy and d ej e cti o n o f mi nd fro m witne ssi n g the

1
P r i mam i n fan t ia m af i c t i ssi m a m h abu i , ar de o e st n o n n isi
bimu s i n pe d e s p r i mu s er ige rer ,
qu am etiam v aletu din i s t en uit ate m
o mn i vi ta t ol erari i n gen i o i n t e r i m s agaci e t fe s t ivo u t p ro p in qu i s
, ,

e t am icis v o l u p t a t i e sse m Li t er ar u m r u di m e n ta a M ich ae l e

Be u ml e r o a cc e ssi vi r o o p t i m o V ita ab ips o Con scr ip ta lib i
.
,

. .

2
De Q u i n c e y R o sic r u cian s an d F r e ema s on s
, 0 iii ,

. .

3
S ee a ddi t i o n al n o t e s N o 5 ,
. .
224 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A NS .

d es o lati o n o f G erman y the r e dre ss o f the abus e s and e vils
,

in which had b een the mai n o bj e ct o f his life it is n ot

t o be w o nd e r e d tha t he san k in t o d e ep d e sp ond en cy

an d misan thr o py . A t his o w n e ar ne st imp o rtu n ity he was
p ermit t e d to r esign his p os t an d di e d abb o t o f A d elb erg an d
,

Lu t h eran alm on er to the D uk e of W irtemberg i n the y ear

1 6 54 , aft er a l o ng and pai nful ill ne ss .

Al l auth ori t i e s are agr e ed up o n o n e imp or t an t p o in t in

the charac t er o f A n dr e as an d that is his pr e dil e cti o n i n
,

fav ou r o f s ecr et s o ci eti e s as i n strum en ts i n the r efo rmat i o n

o f his age an d c o u ntry A cc ordi n g to Buhl e h e had a p ro
.
,

fo u n d and painfu l s en s e o fthe gr o ss e vils and i n n um erabl e

abus es which afflict e d the G erma n fath erla n d an d which ,

w er e r e ve al e d n ot eradicat e d by the lurid re-bra n d o f

, ,

Lu t h er s r efo rma t i o n Th e s e abus es he s o u ght t o r e dr e ss

.

by m ean s o f s ecr et s o ci eti e s The ambiti o n o f his b oy
.

h o o d app ears to hav e b een the lab o ur of his after days .

The writi ngs o f A n dr e as issu e d duri ng his life-tim e are

, ,

full o f argum en ts on the n e c essity o ffo rmi ng a s o ci et y s ol ely

d ev o t ed to the r e formati o n o f sci en c e s and man n ers .

Thr ee o f his w orks n am ely R ei publicae Christi an opoli

, ,

ta n ae De scrip t i o Turri s Bab el siv e J u di ci o rum de ,

F raternitate R o sac eae Crucis Cha o s ; Chri sti an ae S o ci e

tatis Id e a all p ublish e d at S trasb ourg i n the y e ars 1 6 1 9

,

an d 1 6 2 0 o f ,
fe r the cl ear e s t i n dica t i on s o f his pr oj e ct to
fo rm a s e cr et s o ci e ty It is imp o ssibl e n o t to p erc eiv e th at
.

he is always aimi n g at s om e thi n g o f the ki n d S o m e als o .

app e al to his fr e qu en t t rav els as havi n g no o th er o bj e ct 1 .

A writ er i n the D icti o n n air e des S ci en c es O ccult e s

sp eaks with e ven gr eat er e mphasis The w o rks o f .

A ndr e as to the n umb er o f one hu ndr e d pr each promi scu

, ,

1
Bi b li o th equ e U n iv e r s e ll e to me ii pp 1 2 6 -1 28
,

.
, . .
2 26 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

my r ead e rs a n abstract o f th o s e c o n sid erati on s which hav e

i nduc e d sev eral erudit e inv estigat ors to acc ept A ndre as as
the auth o r o f the R o s i crucia n d ocum en ts .

I I hav e said in the fth chapte r that the wh ol e c o ntro

.

v ers
y t o s o m e e xt e nt c e n t r e s i n the C hy mi ca l Marriag e of

Christian R o sen creutz a n d sinc e th e publicati o n Of S e y
,

b old s A ut obi o graphi e s o f C el ebrat e d M e n in 1 7 9 6 an d

,

w hich pri n t e d for the rst time alb eit i n a G erman v ersi o n , ,

the p o sthum o us aut o bi o graphy o f J o ha n n Val e n ti n A h

dre as 1 th er e has b een n o r oo m for d o ubt as t o i ts auth o r

,

ship Th er e he i n clud e s i t am ong his e arli e st pr o ducti o n s

.
,

s ta t es that i t w as wri t t en at the age o f ft een and that i t ,

was one o f a s eri e s o f similar j uv e nilia w hich fo r t he m o st ,

par t had p erish e d
,
2
N o w the Chymi cal Marriag e hav
.
,

i n g r e main e d s e v eral y e ars i n ma n uscript w as pri n t e d at ,

S t rasb o urg in 1 6 1 6 The C R C o f the pr e c e di ng mani

. . . .

festo es was imm e dia t ely id en t i e d with the Chris t ian R o s en

cre u tz o f th e all e g o rical r o ma n c e an d alb eit the rst ,

1
The i gi n al Latin t ex t wa s n o t p rin te d till 1 8 49 wh en i t app eare d
or ,

in o c tav o at B e rli n u n d e r t h e e di to r ship o f F H R h e inwald . . .

2
F o r th e in fo r mat i o n o f s t u d en t s o f th e R os ic r u ci an m ys ter y I
app en d the wh o l e pass age which r e fers to the j u v en il e p ro d u c t ions
o f A n d r ea s Jam a s e c u n d o e t t e r ti o p o s t m illesi mu m s e x c e n t e si
.

m u m c o ep e r am aliqu id e x erc e n di i n ge n ii e rgo p an gere c u j u s fa cil e ,

p r i ma fu ere E s th e r e t H ya ci n th u s c omoe di a e ad ae mu lati on em

A ngli c o r u m h ist r io n u m j u v e n ili an s u fa c t ae e q u i b u s p o s te r i o r q u a e
, ,

mihi r eli qu a e st p r o ae t at e n o n displi ce t S e c u ta s u n t V e n er is de t e s

, .

t ati o e t La ch r y m a e t ri b u s di al o gi s s at is p ro lix i s o h i nfe li cem de , ,

q u o p o s t e a c a su m m e u m e x p r e ssae qu ae i n vi ta me p e ri eru n t
, ,
.

S u pe rfu e r u n t e c on tra N u pt i ae Chy mi cae c u m m o n st ro r u m fo e c un do ,

fo e tu lu dibri u m qu o d mi rer i s a n on u lli s a e stimat u m e t su bt ili i n

, ,

dagin e e x pli cat u m pl an e fu t il e e t qu o d i n an i t at e m c u r iosoru m p r o

,

dat .I n v e n i o e t iam i n c h art i s m e is tit u l o s J u li i S iv e P oli ti a e li b r o s

tre s J u di ci u m a str oligi cu m c on tra a str o logi am I ter se d qu o d
, , ,

du du m i n t er i e r un t qu id i fs c o n si gn ar im n o n me min i
, V ita Lib
, . .
,

i p 1 0 E d R h e i nwal d 1 8 4 9
. .
, .
, .
 TH E CA S E OF 7 OH A N N VA L E N TI N A N D R E A S . 2 27

diti o n o f the Con fessi o F ratern i tati sand s eemi ngly

e ,

1
als o o f the F ama do n o t d e scrib e the s o ci e ty as that o f
,

the Ro si e Cr o ss the e di t i o n o f 1 6 1 5 pri n t e d at F r an cfur t

, , ,

d h d -
calls it the B r u er sc a t e s R o se n C r eu tz e s an d it is
th er e fo r e argu e d tha t th e thr ee w o rks must hav e o rigi n
,

at e d fr o m a si ngl e s o urc e .

II The Chymi cal Marriage c o n tain s t he foll o w i ng
. .

passage H er e up on I pr epar e d mys elf fo r th e w ay put ,

on my whit e li nn e n c o at gird e d my l o y
,
n s with a bl o o d -r ed
,

ribb o n b o u n d cross-wags o v er my sh o uld er : I n my hat I

stuck four roses
Els e wh er e he d e scrib e s hims e lf as a
.
,

br o th e r o f the R e d-
Ro si e Cr o ss an d a K night o f the ,

Gold en S t o ne -egues aurei lapidi s .

N ow the arm orial b earin gs o f the family o f A n dr e as

,

c o ntai n a S t A n dre w s Cr o ss with fo ur r o s e s o ne i n e ach o f

,

i t s a ngl e s which i nt er e sti n g pi e c e o fi n te rn al e vid en c e i ndi

,

cat es the auth o rship o f this r o ma n c e i n d ep end ently o f the

aut obi ographical stat e m en t and p o i nts irr e sistibly it is said , , ,

to th e c o n clusi o n t h a t th e fo u n d e r o f t h e R o s e Cr o ss S o ci ety
was the man wh o s e h eraldic d e vic e was als o the Ro s e an d
Cr o ss .

III The id ent ity o f the pri n cipl e s c o nt ai ne d i n the ac

.
~

kno wl edge d w ork o f A n dre as and i n the pamphl e ts which ,

i t is s o ugh t to att ribu t e t o him are c o nsid er e d to o o bvi o us ,

to n e e d e n um era t i o n an d it is sui ci en t to p o i n t o ut that

,

all are e qually dir e c t ed agains t the charlatanic pr o fess ors o f

the magnum op u s t hrivi n g i n c o u n t l ess n umb ers up o n the
,

credulity and infatuati o n o f the age .

IV A r no ld i n his H ist o ry o f the Church an d o f
.
,

1
The t i tl e o f on e o f thearli e s t e di t i on s is qu ot e d b y A rn o ld as
e

fo llows F ama F r at er n i t at i s o r D isc o v e r y o f t h e B ro th e rh o o d o f

,

th e W o r shipfu l Or d e r of the R . C .

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

H eret ics , s t a t e s that a c o mparis on b e tw ee n A ndr e as u h

d o ubt e dly auth en t ic wri t i n gs an d th o s e of the R o sicrucia n

manife st oe s do n o t all o w an y d o ubt tha t he is th e ir au t h o r .

V The earlie s t e diti on o f Bo ccali ni s

. R agguagli di

Parn ass o w as publish e d a t V en ic e i n 1 6 1 2 A n dr eas is .

k n o w n t o hav e b een an Italian sch o lar ; he was als o an o mn i v o

r o us r e ad er ; he is said t o hav e admire d B o ccal i ni an d to hav e ,

imit at ed his styl e an d th en c e it is argu ed that he i t w as

who tra n slat e d A dv ertis em en t 7 7 o f the rs t c e n turia ,

u nd e r the t itle o f the U niv e rsal R eformati o n o f the Wh ol e

W id e W o rld .

VI A n i n timat e fri en d o f A n dr eas P r ofe ss o r Besoldt

.
, ,

p o sitiv ely d eclare s that the charact e r o f the R o sicruci an

ma n ife sto is plai n e n o ugh and c o n sid ers i t a marvell o us
,

an d u ne xplai n abl e circums t a n c e that so ma n y p e rs o ns had

mistak e n tha t o bj e ct F r o m this i t is c o n clud e d t ha t he

.

was a rep o sitory o f the s e cr e t c on c er ni n g th e ir au t h o rship ,

an d as he was in th e c o nd enc e o f A n dr e as t hat A ndr e as ,

was the a u th o r .

I n this cas e t he qu e sti o n discuss e d i n the i n tr o duc ti o n

,

is o f c ours e d e nitely set a t r e s t The symb o lism o f the

, ,
.

R o s e- Cr o ss is o f no high S ig nica n c e as a badg e o f the

s e cr et s o ci e ty I t d o es n o t giv e e xpr essi on to the arca na of
.

t h e al ch emical a nd c el e s t ial D e w o f the W is e n or c on t ai n ,

the s e cr et o f the m en s t ruum o f the R ed Drag on I t is .

simply the h er edi t ary d evic e of the fo u n d e r and its m e an ,

i ng is t o be s o ught i n G erma n h e raldry and n o t i n

.

mysticism .

Th o s e w ho accr e di t A n dreas wit h the auth o rship o f the

R o s i cruc i a n manife s to e s i nt e rpr e t his r e as o n s v e ry vari o usly .

A cc o rdi n g to A r n old he had alr e ady writ t e n ma ny s atirical

,

p am phl e ts up o n t he c o rrup t i o n s an d hyp o crisy o f th e p eri o d

2 30 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

d e signs Th e s e d e sign s he pr es ent ed o rigi n ally i n the S hap e

.

o f a R o sicrucia n s o ci e ty a n d i n t his pa r ticular pr oj e c t he

;
i n t ermi ngl e d s o m e fe a tur e s that w er e at varian c e with its
gravity an d r e ally e l e v a t e d purp o s es Y o u ng as he was at
.

that tim e A n dr e a k n e w t hat m en of vari o us t emp ers an d

,

-
charac t ers c o uld not be br o ught to c o o p erat e s t eadily for
any o bj e ct so p u r ely disi n t er e s t e d as the e l e vati o n o f huma n

n atur e : he th er e fo r e addr e ss e d t h e m thr o ugh the c o mm o n

fo ibl e o f t h eir age by h o ldi ng o ut pr omis e s of o ccul t kn o w

,

l edg e which S h o uld inv e st its p o ss ess o r wi t h au th o rity o v er

the p o w ers o f Na t ur e sh o uld l ength en his life or rais e him
, ,

fr o m the dus t o f p o v er t y t o w e alth an d high s t at i o n I n .

an age o f Th e o s o phy Cabbalism ,

an d A lch e my
,
he k n e w
,

that the p opular ear w o uld b e caugh t by an acc o u n t issui ng ,

n ob o dy k n e w wh en c e o f a gr ea t s o ci e ty tha t pr o fe ss ed t o
,

b e the d ep o si t o ry o f Ori e n tal mys t eri e s an d to hav e las t e d

,

tw o c en turi e s Man y w o uld s eek t o c o n n ect th ems elve s

.

wi t h such a s o ci e ty fr o m t h es e ca ndidat e s he migh t gradu

ally s el e c t the m emb ers o f the r e al s o cie ty which he pro
j ec t e.d T h e pr e t e n si o n s o f t h e o s t e n sibl e s o ci e ty w e r e i n

d eed illusi on s bu t b efo r e th e y c ou ld be d e t e c t e d as such

by the n ew pr os ely t es th o s e pr o s ely te s w o uld b e c om e c on
,

n ected with hims elf an d as he h o p ed ) m o uld e d t o n o bl e r

, (
aspirati o n s On this vi ew Of A n dr eas r eal i n t en ti ons w e
.

,

und ersta n d at o n c e the grou n d o f the c o n tr adic to ry lan

guage which he h eld ab o ut as t r o l ogy and the t ran smu t ati on
o f m e tals his satirical w o rks sh o w t hat he l ook e d thro ugh
the fo lli e s o f his age wi t h a p en et ra t i ng ey e H e sp e aks
.

with t ol erati on th en o f th e s e fo lli es as an ex o t eric c o nc e s

si o n to the age ; he c o nd em n s th e m i n his ow n e s o t eric
charac t er as a r eligi o us phil o s o ph er W ishi n g t o c o nciliat e
.

'

prejudic es he d o e s n o t forbear to bai t his sch em e with th es e

,
 ?
f

TI I E CA S E OF O H A N IV VA LE N TI N A N D R E A S . 2 31

d el u si on s : but he is car e ful t o let u s k n o w that th e y ar e

with his s o ci ety m e re n a pspy ot o r c o llat eral pursuits the ,

dir ect an d main o n e b e i ng tru e phil os o phy an d r eligi o n .

I fully c o n c e d e the alm o st o v erwhe lmi ng forc e of s o m e o f

the argum e n ts I hav e e n um erat ed bu t as a partisan o f n o
, ,

particular th eo ry it is my duty t o se t b efor e my r ea d ers a

,

plai n stat em en t o f c ertain grav e dii c ulti es .

I The Chymi cal Marriage is call e d a ludibrium by its

.

au t h o r an d Pr o fe sso r B uhl e d e scrib e s i t as a c o mic r o ma n c e

, ,

but th o s e o f my r ead ers w ho are ac quai nt e d with alch e mical

all eg ori e s will disc er n i n this S i ngular n arrativ e by a pre
par ed stud en t or artis t w ho was sup er n aturally an d magi
cally el e ct ed t o par ticipat e i n the acc omplishm en t o f the
magnum op us ma ny matt ers o f grav e an d o ccult S igni
,

ca n c e. Th ey will r e c ognis e that the c o mic epis o d e s are

part o f a s eri o u s d e sig n an d tha t the w o rk as a wh ol e is i n
,

strict acc o rdan c e with the g en e ral traditi o ns o f alch emy .

Th ey will qu esti o n the go o d faith o f the auth o r i n the ap

plicati o n o f a ma nifestly i n c o n gru ou s epith e t P erhaps th ey
.

w ill app ear to b e w is e ab o ve what is writt en but the p o si ,

ti o n i s n o t r eally u nr e as on abl e for the pass age i n which

,

r efer en c e is mad e by A n dr e as to the N u pti ae Chymicae is
calc ulat e d to rais e suspici o n H e was a shr ew d an d k een
.

obs erv er ; he had gaug e d th e passi o n s an d the craz e s o f his

p eri o d he was fu lly a w ar e that the rage for alch e my

bli n d e d the ey e s an d drai n e d the p u rs e s o f th o usands o f
cre dul o us i n dividuals w ho w ere at the m ercy o f the m o st
,

wr etch e d imp o st o rs an d that n o pr et en c e was to o S hal lo w

,

an d n o r e cip e t o o w o rthl e ss t o n d b eli e v e r s H e c o u ld

.

n o t b e ign o ra n t that a w o rk lik e t he Chy mi c al Marriage

o f Christian R ose n cr e u t z was e mi n ently liabl e to imp o s e
up on ev ery class o f th eo s ophists W h en th erefo r e he sup
.
, ,
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

p o s e s an d by implicati on expr ess es ast onishm en t that his

, , , ,

so call e d l udi bri um b e cam e the o bj e ct o f e arn e st i nv e stigati o n

-

a n d o f high e s t e e m I fr ee ly c on fe ss that I fo r o n e ca n n o t
, , ,

i n t erpr e t him s eri o u sly ; i n o th er w ords tha t I r ej e ct ,

th e stat e m en t This h o w ev er is o nly the i nitial dif cu lty

.
, ,
.

The sam e passag e o f the Vita ab ips o Co n scripta

con

tai n s a n o th e r pi e c e of i n cr e dibl e i nfo rmati o n n am ely that ,

A n dr eas wr o t e t he Nuptiae Chymi cae b efo r e he was

sixt een This st o ry giv e s evid en c e o f an acquaintan c e

,

with the practic e an d pu rp o s e s o f alch emy which was

abs olu t ely imp o ssibl e to the m o st pr e c o ci o us lad M o r e .

o v er th e b o ld n e ss o f its c on c e p t i o n an d t he p o w e r which
,

is display e d i n its e x e cuti o n s ettin g asid e the d ebat e abl e

,

qu e sti on o f its o ccult phil os ophical charact er are thin gs ,

utt erly tra n sc endi n g the cacoethes scri bendi o f a y o u ngst er

bar ely attain e d t o the age o f pub e rty I app e al t o the dis .

crimi n ati o n o f my r e ad ers wh et h e r the c u r i o u s an d i n .

g e n i o u s p e rpl e xiti e s pr o p o und e d a t th e supp e r o n t h e third

day are i n an y way sugg e s t iv e o f the ligh t re i n the

v e i n s o f a bo y The r oma n c e supp o s e d to hav e b een
.

writt en i n 1 6 02 -3 did n ot see th e light till 1 6 1 6 wh en it ,

app e ar e d i n the full tid e o f the R o sicrucia n c o ntr ov ersy .

Why did it r emai n i n man uscrip t for the spac e o f thi rt een
y e ars at a p eri o d wh en e v erythin g tr eating o f alch emy was
d ev o ur e d w ith u n exampl e d avidity ? The Chymi cal Mar
riag e i n its o rigi n al draft may hav e b een p enn e d at the

, ,

a e o f ft e e n bu t it mus t hav e b ee n s ubj e ct ed t o a s earchi n g

g ,

r evisi o n th ough I c o nfe ss that it b etrays n o trac e o f su bse

,

q u en t ma nipulati o n Th es e grav e dif culti e s ar e e nha n c e d

.

by a fact whi ch is wh o lly u nk n o w n t o m o st R o sicrucian critics ,

an d which was c e r t ai n ly n o t t o be e xp e c t e d i n t he j e st o f a

sch o olb oy n am ely tha t t he barbar o us e n i gmatical writi n gs

, ,
2 34 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

his h er o an d to i n tr o duc e th o s e passag es which r efer to the

,

R os e Cr o ss This o f c o urs e is c onj e c t ural but i t is to be

.
, , ,

r emark e d tha t so far as can be p o ssibly asc e r t ai ned t he ,

ack n o wl edge d symb o l o f the F rat ernity n ev er w as a S t

A n dr e w s Cr o ss wi t h fo ur R o s e s bu t was a Cr o ss o f the

,

o rdi n ary shap e with a R e d Ro s e i n the c e ntr e or a Cr o ss

, ,

risi ng o u t of a Ros e Th er e is th er efor e li tt l e r e al warran t

.

for the id en t ica t i on o f the mys t ical an d the h eraldic

b adg e I t is o n t his id en ticati o n h o w ev er tha t the
.
, ,

A n drean claim is gr e atly bas e d .

III W e nd the Chymi cal Marriag e like the F ama

.

,

a nd Co nfe ssi o F raterni tati s crusadi n g again s t the ,

vagab on d ch e at ers
ru n aga t es an d ron ish p eo pl e w ho
7)
, ,

d e bas e d alch emical e xp erim en ts i n the in t er est o f dish on e st

sp e culat i on ; ye t the o n e u n d er a thi n v e il o f cti on de , ,

scrib e s t he pr o c ee din gs i n the acc o mplishm en t of the

magn um op us w hil e the o th er t erms tra n smutat i o n a gr e at
,

gift o f G o d Th e s e p oi nts o f r e s e mbl anc e h ow e v er do n o t

.
, ,

n e c essarily i ndicat e a c o mm on auth o rship for a gen e ral b eli e f ,

i n t he facts o f alch emy was h eld at tha t p eri o d b y ma n y

i nt ellig en t men who w er e w ell awar e an d l o ud i n th eir
, ,

c on d emn ati on o f the inn um e rabl e frauds which disgrac e d

,
.

the sci en c e On the o th e r ha n d it is plai n that the his t ory

.
,

of C R C . as it is c o n tai ne d i n the F ama is n o t the his

. .
, ,

t ory e qually fabul o us o f that K n ight o f the G o ld e n S t o n e

, , ,

who is the h er o o f the Chymi c al Marriag e .

IV It is o bvi o usly easy t o e xaggerat e the phil ol o gic al

.

argum e nt or rath er the argum en t fro m the id ent ity of

,

literary styl e in the d o cum en ts u n d er c on sid erati on This

,
.

p oin t i n d ee d can o n ly b e ad e quat ely tre at ed by a G erman .

A t pr e s en t i t r e s t s o n a si ngl e ass erti on o f A rn old which ,

is u n c orr ob orat e d b y any illustrat iv e facts I thi nk it will .

Ti JE CA S E OF 7 O H A N N VA L E N TI N A N D R E A S . 2 35

als o be plai n e v en to the casual r e ad er that the Ch mi cal

, , y

Marriag e is a w o rk o f e xtra o rdin ary tal ent as Bu hl e ,

j us t ly o b s erv es bu t that the F am a F raterni tati s is a
,

w ork o f n o particu lar t al en t e ith er i n v en tiv e or o th erwis e

, ,

whil e the subs e qu en t Con fe ssi o n b o th i n matt er an d
,

man n er is simply b eneath c on t emp t Yet w e are r e quire d

, .

to b eli e v e that the rs t was pr o d u c ed at the age of ft een ,

whil e the w o rthl e ss pamphl et s are the w ork of the sam e

wri t er fr o m s e v en to thirt een y ears subs equ en tly .

V The c o nn ecti o n o f the U niv ersal Reform at i o n
.

with the o th er R o sicrucian man ife st o e s is so u n c ertai n that ,

if A n dr eas c o u ld be pr o v e d its tran slat o r his c onn ecti o n ,

with the s o ci e ty w o uld still be d o ubtful The app e ara n c e .

o f the F ama F r ate rnitati s an d the U niv ersal Reforma

ti o n in o n e pamphl et n o m o r e pr o v e s th em to have
ema n at e d fr o m a si n gl e s o urc e tha n the publicati o n o f th e
,

Co n fessi o in the sam e v o lum e as the S e cr e ti ori s Phil o

so phi ae C o n si de rat i o pr o v e s P hilipp u s a Gab e lla to hav e
b een the auth o r of that do c u m en t The practic e o f iss u in g
.

u n c o nn e c te d w o rks withi n the c o v ers o f a sin gl e b o ok was

c o mm o n at t he p eri od But the arg u m ent which ascrib es the
.

U niversal R e fo rmati on to A n dr e as is en tirely c o nj e ctural .

VI Th er e is n o thi ng c o n cl u siv e i n the stat e m en t o f P ro

.

'
fesso r Besoldt ; it may hav e b e e n simply an e xpr essi o n o f
p ers o nal opi n i o n th o s e w ho i n t erpr e t it o th erwis e i n su p
p o r t o f the claim o f A n dr e as t o s o m e e xt en t bas e th e i r i n
,

p re ta t i o n o n the v e ry p o i n t which is i n qu e sti o n fo r u nl e ss ,

A n dr eas w er e the auth o r o f the ma n ife st o e s it is cl e ar that ,

Pr ofe ss o r Besoldt is a p ers o n o f n o auth o rity .

Th es e di fc ulti e s are o f th ems e lv e s s ufci e nt to cast grav e

d oubt up on the A n drean th eory but wh en w e pass to the
,

c on sid erati on o f the m otive s which are att ribut e d to the

 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

r eput e d au th o r by the chi ef supp ort er o f his claims w e ,

n d th e m i n d e n i t ely multipli e d B uhl e r epr es ent s him

.

as a y o un g m an with o u t e xp eri en c e w ho imagi n e d that the

e vils o f his c o u ntry e no rm ous as th e y c o n fe ss e dly w e r e
, ,

c o uld be eradicat e d e asily But if by c ou r t esy w e all o w

.
, ,

that the F ama F r aternitatis was publish e d so early as
1 6 1 2 th e n A n dr e as was tw e n ty -six y e ars o f age wh e n a
, ,

m an o f e d u cati o n an d trav e l w o uld be n ei t h e r i ne xp eri en c e d

n o r U t o pian .

What h o we ve r is by implicati o n assum e d i n t his hyp o

, ,

th esis is that the R o sicrucian m an ife st o e s w er e writt e n at

the sam e age as the N upti ae C hymi cae for which th er e i s ,

n o t a particl e o f e vid e nc e an d that the o bj e ct o f A ndr e as

trav el s w as t o nd c o adj ut o rs an d i n s trum e n ts for his

d e sig n s w hich is als o w h o lly u n s u pp ort e d The sch em e
,
.

which is fath er ed u p on A n dr e as is a m o n str ou s and i n

cr e dibl e absurdi ty it i n v o lve s m o r e o v er a pi o us fraud , ,

which is wh olly at varia n c e w ith the kn o w n charact e r o f the

supp o s e d auth o r N o sa n e p ers o n much l e ss a man who
'

.
,

l ook e d thr o u gh the fo lli e s o f his age with a p e ne trati ng

e ye,
c o uld e xp e ct a n ythi ng but fail ur e t o r e sult fr o m a
gr o ss imp o siti o n practis e d o n the m e mb ers o f a pr oj e ct e d
ass o ciati o n w ho b ein g ass u re d o f the p o ss essi o n o f the
,

P hil o s o phical S t o n e t h e lif elixi r, an d i n itiati o n i n t o the

e -
,

s e cr et myst eri es o f n atur e w er e d e sti n e d to r e c eiv e i n ste ad

, ,

o f th e s e priz e s a barr e n an d imp o ssibl e c o mmissi o n t o re

,

fo rm the age What m o ral r eformati o n c o uld r e s u lt fr o m

.

a ny sch e m e at o n c e s o o di o u s an d imp r acticabl e ?

Le t u s acc ept h o w e v er for a m o m e nt the r epulsiv e hyp o

, ,

th esis o fB u hl e S upp o s e the R o sicrucian man ifest oes t o hav e

.

b e en writt en i n 1 6 02 S upp o s e A n dr e as t o hav e sc o ure d G er

.

ma ny and als o to hav e visit e d o th e r c o u n tri e s i n s e arc h o f ap

 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

v e rsal d elusi o n he had succ ee d e d i n cr e a t i ng he is r e pre ,

s e nt e d as en d eav o uri ng t o fo ster it to gra t ify his satirical

,

pr o p en siti es an d w h e n e v e n i n aft er life he b e c o m e s

,

sh o ck e d to nd tha t the d elusi o n had tak en rm r o o t i n

th e public mi n d he ad o pts no ad e quat e m e asur e s t o disp e l it
,
.

u n -
Th s o t o nly d o es A n dre as wilfully tur n the l o ng pl ann e d
purp o s e o f his life i n t o a wr e t ch e d asc o bu t to c ompl et e ,

t he lib el o n the charact er o f a gr e at and g o o d man h e is ,

supp o s e d t o d elud e his fell o w cr e ature s n o l o ng er fo r a l ofty

purp o s e bu t fro m the l o w e st m o tiv e which it is p o ssibl e to
,

attribut e to an y on e a m o tiv e i n d e n it ely m ea ne r t h an

,

any o f p ers on al gai n .

The facts of the cas e u nt o rtur e d by any th eo ry are th e s e .

The F ama F r aterni tati s was publish ed say i n 1 6 1 2 , ,

.

I n 1 6 1 3 a bri e f Lati n e pistl e addr e ss e d t o the v en erabl e

F rat er n ity R C is supp o s e d t o hav e app ear e d at F ran c fu rt
. .
,

sup pl em en t e d the fo ll o wi ng y e ar by an A sser tio F rate rni

tatis R C a qu odam F rat e rni ej us S o ci o carmine expr e ss a
. .

.

Th es e two p ublicati o n s I h ave b een u na b l e to t rac e th o ugh ,

b o th are m e nt i on ed by Buhl e and are i n clud e d by Langl e t

,

du F r e s no y i n the Ro sicr ucian bibli ography which is t o be

fo u n d i n the third v o l u m e of his H ist o ir e de la Phi loso

phie H er mtiqu e I n 1 6 1 5 the Lati n o rigin al o f the
.
,

Con fe ssi o F r at erni tatis app e ar e d as w e hav e s een i n , ,

the alch e mical quart o o f P hilip a Gab ella A ll th es e w o rks

.

ar e at t ribut e d t o A n dr e as an d the y e ar 1 6 1 6 saw the pu b

,

li cati o n o f the Chymi cal Nup tials of C hristia n R os en

cr eu tz,
which w o rk is u n d o ubt edly his Taki ng t his vi ew .
,

and c ompari ng th e s e p ersist ent and succ e ssiv e at t emp t s to

draw att ent i o n t o the s e cr et s o ci e ty with the k no wn

charact er and the k no wn amb iti o n s o f A n dr eas w e are ,

e vid en tly fac e t o fac e with an ear n e st an d d e t ermi n ed pur

TH E CA S E OF y O H A N N VA L E N TI N A N D R E A S . 2 39

p o s e no t to b e arr e st ed by a li t tl e h o s t ility an d no t lik ely

,

t o d eg e n e rat e i n t o a matt e r for j e st an d satir e W e mu st .

th erefo r e rej e ct the B uhlean hyp o th e sis b e caus e it fails all ,

al o ng the lin e and b e trays its elf i n e v e ry circ u ms t an c e

,
.

We must rej e ct als o that vi e w which att ribut e s the ma ni

fe st o t o A n dre as but c on sid ers th em an i n gen i o us j es t It
,
.

is u n ive rsally admitt e d that this j est had a s eri o u sly evil
effe ct an d A n dr e as o n this hyp o th e sis liv e d t o see s o m e o f
, , ,

the b e st and acut e st mi n ds o f his tim e t o say n o thing o f an ,

'

i n calculabl e n umb er o f h o n est an d e ar n e st s e ek ers misl e d ,

by the vici ous an d want o n j ok e which had b ee n hatch e d by

the p ervert e d tal e nt s of his y o uth The wick e d n ess an d
.

cru elty of p ersisting i n c o n c e alm ent o f the tru e n atur e o f

the cas e thr o ugh all his matur er life thr o ugh all his ,

age an d n o t ev e n maki ng a p o sthum o us e xpla n ati o n i n the

,

Vita ab ips o o nscripta is n ugh t rais e i n dign ati o n

C e o ,
o

i n e v ery br e ast and is alt og et h e r an d t o o utt e rly vil e and

, , ,

m e an to ascrib e to an y right -mi n de d and h on ou rabl e per

so n much l e ss to a man o f the k no w n i n t e ll e ctual n o bility o f
,

J ohann Val en t in A n dr eas B u hl e says that to hav e av o w e d

.

the thr ee b o oks as his o wn c o mp o siti o n w o uld hav e d efe at e d

his sch em e and that aft erwar ds he had still b ett er r eas o n s
,

for disav o wi ng th e m H e had n o such r e as o ns
. The .

blunt est s ens e o f duty and the feebl est v o ic e o f ma nli ne ss

mus t hav e pr o vid ed him with urg ent and u n an s w erabl e
r eas on s fo r ack nowl edgi ng th e m a c o urs e to which no
s eri ous p en al ti e s c ould p o ssibly at tach .

To disp o s e of the A n drean claim a t hird hyp oth e sis must

,

be bri efly c on sid ere d If A ndr eas was a foll o w er of Para

.

c elsus a b eli ev er i n alch emy an aspira n t t owards the

, ,

spiritual side o f the magnum Op us or an ad ept th er ei n he

, ,

w o uld n a turally b e h old with s o rr o w an d disgu st the trick ery

 HISTOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A NS .

a nd imp o stur e with which alch emy was th e n surr o u n d e d ,

a nd by which i t has b ee n i n d e libly disgrac e d an d it is n o t ,

u n r eas on abl e t o supp o s e that he may hav e att emp t e d t o

r e fo rm the sci en c e by m ea n s o f a s e cr e t s o ci et y w h o s e ,

ma nife st o es ar e dir e ct e d agai n st th o s e v e ry ab u s e s But i n .

spit e of the stat e m ent o f L o uis F ig u i er I can n d n o

,

w arrant i n the life or writi ngs o f A n dr e as fo r sup po si ng

that he w as a pr o fo u n d stud en t much l e ss a fa n atical
,

partis an o f Parac els u s A n d it is cl e ar fr o m his

,
Turri s

Bab el ,
M y tho lo gi a Chris t ia n a a n d o t h e r w o rks th at h e
, ,

c o n sid ere d the R o sicrucian man ife st o e s a r epr eh en sibl e h o ax .

I n the t w en ty- fth chapt er o f the rs t o f th e s e b ooks the ,

auth o r pro p o s e s to supply t he plac e o f the fabul o u s R o si

cru cian S o ci e ty by his o w n Christia n F rat er nity I n d e ed .
,

w h e r ev er he sp e aks o f i t i n his k no w n writi ngs it is e ith e r,

w ith c on t empt or c o n d em na t i on N ihil cum kac F raterni tate

.

commune lmboo says Truth i n the
,
M y thologi a Christi an a .

Lis t en ye m o rtals cri e s F ama i n the Turr is Bab el
, , ,

y o u n ee d n o t wait a ny l o n g e r for any br o th e rh o o d ; the

c o m e dy is play e d ou t ; F ama has put it up and n o w ,

d estro ys it F ama has said Y es an d n o w u tt ers N

.
,

My r ead ers are n o w i n p o ss essi o n o f the fac t s o f the

c as e and must draw th eir o w n c o n clusi on s If i n spit e o f
,
. .

the di fculti e s which I hav e impar t ially s t ate d A n dr e as ,

has any claim up on t he au t h orship o f the R o sicrucian

man ife st oes it must be vi ew ed i n a differ en t light A cc o rd
, .

i ng to H erd er his purp o s e was to mak e the s e cr e t s o c i et i e s

,

o f his t im e r e c o n sid e r t h eir p o siti o n ,

and t o sh ew th em
ho w much o f th e ir aims an d m o v e m en t s was ridicul o us bu t ,

n o t to fo u n d an y s o ci ety hims e lf .A cc o rdi n g to F igui er he ,

r eally fo u n d e d the R o sicrucian S o ci ety but en d e d b y e ntire

,

di appr o val o f i t s me t h o ds and th er e fo r e start e d his

s
,
2 42 HISTOR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

dr eams b o th s ought the magnum op us i n its tran sgured

,

or spiri t ual s en s e b o th a b h o rr e d the P o p e b o t h call e d him

, ,

A n tichrist b o th c o u pl e d him wi th the d e t e s t e d n am e

,

o f Mah o m e t b o th exp e ct ed the sp e edy c on su mmation of

,

t he age b o t h studi e d the s e cr e t charac t ers o f nat ur e b o t h

,
.
,

b eli e v e d i n the sign ican c e o f c el e stial sign s b ot h ad opt e d

,

as th e ir charact eristic symb ols the mys t ic Ro s e and Cr o ss ,

an d the r eas o n w hich pr om pt e d this ch o ic e i n the o n e

]
pr obably guid e d it i n the o th er This r e as on is n ot to b e
.

s o ught i n the typ ol o gy of a r em o t e p eri o d n or e ven i n the

,

alch emic al en igmas o f m e di aeval tim es I t is n ot t o be .

s o u ght i n the arm orial b eari ngs o f J ohann Val en ti n

A n dre as . Th ey b o r e the R o s e an d Cro ss as th eir b adg e n o t ,

b e caus e th ey w ere Br ethr en o f the Con c o c t e d an d Exal t e d

Dew n o t b e caus e th e y had studi e d the b o o k call e d Zo ha r
, ,

n o t b e caus e th ey w e r e succ e ss o rs an d i ni t ia t e s o f the a n ci en t

Wisd o m-R eligi on and the sublim e hi e rarchi es o f Eld but ,

b e caus e th e y w er e a n arr o w s e ct o f th e os o phical dissid ent s ,

b e caus e the m o nk Marti n Lu t h er was th eir id ol pr o ph et , ,

an d mast e r b e caus e th ey w e r e rabidly an d e xtravaga n t ly

,

o e n -
P r t s ta t with a ul tra l egitimat e vi ol en c e o f abusiv e
n ,

P r o t e s tan tism b e caus e i n a singl e w ord the d e vic e o n the

, , ,

s e al of Marti n Luth er was a Cr o ss - cr o w ne d h eart risin g

fr o m the c en tr e o f a R o s e thus ,

I am i n a p o siti on to main t ain t ha t this was the t ru e an d

e s o t e ric symb o l o f the S o ci et y as the Cru ci ed Ro s e was
,
TH E CA S E OF 7 OH A N IV VA L E N TI N A N D R E A S . 243

the av o w e d x
e o e
,
t ric e mbl e m b e
,
caus e i n a pr o fe ss e dly
auth oritativ e w ork o n the s e cre t guren of the Ord er
Geh e im e F igur en der R o s enkr e u z e r an s dem 1 6 t n u nd e

17 t
J
en ahrh u n d ert
I nd t h e fo ll o wi n g r e markabl e

elab o rati o n o f th e Lu t h e ran s e al which,

prac t ically d e cid e s
the qu e sti on .

Taking i nt o c o n sid erati o n that th e N aome tr ia o f S im o n

S tudi on and the o rigi n al draft o f t he N uptiae Chy mi cae
b o th be l o ng to n e arly the sam e p eri o d and that A n dr e as
,

was und o ub t edly acquai n t ed w ith the w ork o f t he mystical

teach er o f Marbach as a passage i n t he Turris Bab e l
,

mak e s e vid ent it is n ot an imp o ssibl e supp o siti o n that the

,

y o ung s t ud en t of Tii bingen cam e i nt o p e rs o n al c o mmu n i

cati o n w ith S t a di o n w ho was o n ly s om e fty mil e s dist a n t
,

i n the ch eap es t days o f trav elli n g an d havi n g a n atural i n

,

cli n ati o n t o s e cr e t s o ci e ti e s b e cam e as s o ciat e d with the

,

M ili tia Crucifera E vangeli ca .Out o f this c o nn e cti o n the

N upti ae Chymi cae might n aturally spri n g an d the subse ,

qu en t R o sicrucian s o ci e ty w as the M i litia tran s gu re d after

the d e ath o S d o
f t u i n jl
an d aft er the tr av e ls and e xp e ri e n c e
,

1
is o n e fac t which is to o r e mar kab le to be a m e re c o inci
Th er e
d en c e an d which s e em s t o h av e b e e n u n no tic e d b y p r e vi o u s in v e s t i
, ,

gato r s n a me ly
, th at S i gmu n d R ich te r w h o cla i m s t o sp e ak
, ,
2 44 HISTOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

of A n dr eas had divest ed him of his b o yish d elusi on s .

H avi ng pr o v ed t he h o ll o w n e ss of th e ir pr et e n si o n s but still ,

b o u n d by his pl e dg e he sp eaks o f th e m h enc efo rth as a

,

d e c epti o n an d a m o ck ery an d att empts t o r eplac e th e m by

,

a practical Chris t ia n ass o ciati on with o u t mysticism an d

symb ols m aki ng n o pr et en si o n to o ccult k n o wl edg e or t o
, ,

transc en dan t p o w ers .

This vi e w is not alt o geth er a n e w o ne and u n d o ub t edly ,

has its difculti es It cann ot acc o un t for the publicati on

.

o f the N upti ae Chymi cae i n 1 6 1 6 n or for the r evisi o n ,

which it appar en tly u n d erw en t a t the v ery p eri o d wh en

A n dr e as was pr oj e cti n g t he u n al chemi cal Christian F rat er
n i ty bu t so far as i t e xt e n ds it d o e s n o t t o rtur e the facts
,

w ith which i t pro fe ss es to d e al I pr e s en t it n o t in my .

charact er as a his t o ria n bu t simply as a hyp o th e sis w hich

,

may be t o l e rat e d To my o wn mi n d it is far fr o m sati sfac

.

t o ry an d fr o m a car e ful c on sid era ti on o f all the avail abl e

, ,

mat erials I c o n sid e r that n o d e n it e c o n clusi o n can be

,

arriv e d at Th e r e is n o thi n g i n the i nte r n al charact er of

F ama an d
C o nfe ssi o F r aterni tatis

t o sh e w that
t he
th e y are a j e st On the o th er ha n d th ey e mb o dy a fabul o us
.
,

s t o ry Th e r e is n o pr oo f tha t th ey did or did not ema nate

.

fr om a s e cr e t s o ci ety 1
The p o pular argum en t th at the
.

manifes t oe s w er e addr ess e d t o the l ear ne d o f E ur o p e but ,

au th o r i tat iv e ly d e clare s i n the y ear 1 7 1 0 th at o n e o f the R o si

,

c r u ci an h e a dqu art e r s is at N u r embe rg th at is at the ver y plac e ,

wh e r e th e M i litia Cr u cifer a E v a ngeli ca o r igin ally m e t i n 1 58 6 .

1
F or t h e s ak e o f p er spic u i ty an d t o av o id for e s talli ng argu me n t s
, ,

I h av e sp ok e n t h r o ugh o u t o f t h e R o s i c ru c ian s as o f a s e c r e t s o ci e t y .

I n th e u n iv e r s a l u n c erta i n t y t his v i ew is as go o d a s an o th e r bu t i t
, ,

d o e s n o t n e c e ssar ily r e p re s en t my p er s on al o pi ni on By th e te rm .

R o sic r u ci an F rat e r n i ty I si m ply m e an t o i n dic at e the u nk n own

s o u r c e o f th e F ama an d Co n fe ssi o F at e r n i ta ti s r .

 C H A PT ER IX .

PR OGR ES S o r R OS I CR U CI A N I S M I N G E R M A N Y .

TH E imm e dia t e r esult o f the F ama and Con fe ssio

F raterni tatis i n G erma n y has b e en so w ell d e scrib e d by

Pr o fess or B uhl e t hat I cann o t do b et t e r than tran scrib e this

p orti o n o f his w o rk as it is i nt erpr et ed by Th omas D e
Qui n c ey .

The s e nsa t i o n w hich was pr o duc e d t hr o ugh o ut G erma n y

is su fci ently e vid en c e d by the r ep eat e d e diti on s (of
the man i fe st oe s ) which app e ar e d b et w een 1 6 1 4 and 1 6 1 7 ,

b u t s t ill m or e by the pr o digio us c o mm ot i on which fo ll o w e d

i n the lit erary w o rld . I n the li b rary a t G ott i ng en th er e is
a b o dy o f l e tt ers addr e ss e d to the imagi n ary o rd er o f
F a t h er R o sy Cr o ss fr o m 1 6 1 4 t o 1 6 1 7 by p ers o n s o ffer
, ,

i ng t h ems elv e s as m emb ers Th e s e l et t ers are ll e d with

.

c omplim ent ary expr e ssi o n s an d t e s tim on i e s o f the high est

r e sp ec t an d ar e all pri n t ed the wri t ers all egi ng t ha t b ei ng
, , ,

unac quai nt ed with the addr e ss of the s o ci ety th ey c ould ,

no t s en d t h e m t hr o ugh an o t h er t han a pu b lic chan n el

y .

A s c ertica t e s of t h e ir qualicati on s m o s t o f the c an didat e s

,

have e ncl o s ed sp e cim ens o f th eir skill i n alch emy and cab
balism . S o m e o f the l ett ers are sig n e d with ini t ials o nly ,

o r wi t h c t i t i o us nam e s bu t ass i g n r eal plac e s o f addr e ss

,
.

Many o th er lit erary p ers o ns t h er e w ere at t ha t day who

for b or e to writ e l ett ers to the s o ci ety bu t t hr e w out small
,

pamphl et s c o n t aining th eir o pini ons o f the Ord er and of its ,

P RO GRE SS OF R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N G E R M A N Y 2 47

plac e of r e sid en c e Each s u cc e ssiv e writer pr et e n d ed to be

.

b ett er info rm e d o n that p o i nt t han all his pr e d ec ess ors .

Quarr e ls ar o s e 5 partisa n s start e d u p o n all sid e s ; the

upr o ar and c on fu si o n b e cam e i n d e scribabl e cri e s o f h er e sy
an d at h eism r es o u n d e d fr o m e v e ry c o rne r ; s o m e w er e for

calli n g i n the s e cular p o w er and the m or e c oyly the i n

visibl e s o ci ety retr eat ed fr o m the public adva n c e s so much
the m o r e e ag e r an d am o r o us w er e its admir ers an d so m uch ,

the m o r e bl o o d t hirsty its a ntag o n ists Me an tim e th er e .

,

w e r e s om e who fr o m the b egi nni ng had e scap ed the

, ,

g eneral d e lusi o n and th er e w e r e ma n y who had gradually

,

r e c o v ere d fro m i t It was r emark e d that o f the ma ny

.

pri nt e d l e tt ers to the s o ci e ty th o ugh c o u rt eo usly an d ofte n

,

l ear ne dly written n o ne ha d b een a n sw e r e d ; an d all

,

att empts t o p en etra t e the darkn ess i n w hich the ord er was
shro ud ed by i t s u n kn o wn m em o rialist w e r e succ e ssfully
ba f ed H enc e ar o s e a suspici on that s om e bad d e sign s
.

lurk e d u nd er the o st e nsibl e pu rp o s e s o f th e s e myste ri o us

publicat i on s Many vil e imp o sto rs ar o s e w ho gav e th em
.
,

s elv e s o ut fo r m emb ers o f the R o sicrucian o rd e r and u p o n

the cr e dit whi ch t h ey t hus o btai n e d for a s e as o n ch e a te d ,

n umb e rs o f th e ir m o n e y by alch e my o r o f th e ir h e alth by ,

panac eas Thr ee i n particular mad e a gr eat n o is e at

.

Watz lar at Nu rembu rg an d at A ugsburg ; all w er e

, ,

punish e d by the m agist racy o ne l o st his ears i n runni ng

the gau n tl e t an d o ne was ha ng ed
,
A t this crisis s t e pp e d
.

fo rward a p o w erful wri t er w ho attack e d the supp o s e d ,

o rd e r wit h much sc o r n and h o m ely g oo d s en s e This was .

A n dr e w Libau H e e xp o s e d the impracticability o f the

.

me di t at e d r efo rmati on the i n cr edibility o f the l egen d of

,

F a t h er Ro sy Cr o ss an d the h o ll o w n e ss o f th e pr et end e d
,

sci en c e s which th e y pr ofess e d H e p o i n t e d the att en ti o n

.
 2 48 HISTOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

of go v ernm en ts t o the c o nfu si o n s w hich th e s e im po s tur e s

w er e pr o d u cing and pre dic t e d fr o m th em a r enewal o f the
,

sc ene s which had a t t end e d the fa n aticism o f the A na

1
bap t is t s .

A ndr eas Libav i us was b o r n at H allo i n S ax o ny ab o u t the

y e ar 1 5 6 0 H e was app o i nt ed pr o fe ss o r o f hist o ry and
.

p o etry at Jen a in 1 5 8 8 prac t is e d as a phys i c i an at Ro t e m

,

b o urg on the Taub er fr o m 1 5 9 1 till 1 6 05 wh e n he b e cam e ,

r e ct or o f the c oll eg e of C asimir at C o burg i n F ran c oni a ,

wh er e h e di e d i n 1 6 1 6 H e w as the rs t writer who.

m en tio n e d the tran sfusi o n o f bl o o d fro m o ne animal to

an o th er and the pr op e rty o f o xid e o f go ld to c ol o ur glass
,

re d . H e als o i n v en t e d a ch e mical pr epara t i o n call e d the ,

liqu o r o f Li bav iu s a highly c o n c e ntrat e d muriatic acid
, ,

much impr egnat ed wi t h ti n an d which has b een l ong us e d ,

i n lab orat o ri e s H e has b e e n fals ely r e pr e s en t e d by M

. .

H o e fer as a foll ow er o f P arac e lsus but app ears to hav e ,

b elie v e d in the transmu tat i o n o f m e tals and i n the m e dical ,

virtu e s o f vari o us aurifer o us prepar at i on s H e is c o n sid er e d .

to ra nk am ong the rs t s t ud en t s o f ch e mistry w ho pursu e d

e xp erim e n tal r e s e arch e s up o n t he tru e e th o d Hism .

A lch mi a R e c o g ni t a an d his H is to ry o f M e tals are

y
am o ng the b es t prac tical man uals o f the p eri o d Th o ugh .

s eeking the P hilos0 phi ck S t one be at t ach ed n o cr e dit to ,

the R o sicrucian man ifes toes an d was o ne o f the rs t w rit e rs

,

who at tack e d th em i n t wo La t in fo li o s dat e d 1 6 1 5 and

, ,

i n a small er G erman pamphl et which app ear e d i n the fol

l o win g y ear The rst o f t h es e w o rks c o n tains an ex haus
.

t ive criticism of the H armoni co -Magical P hil o s o phy of the

mys t eri o us Br ot h erh o o d I t is en t itl e d
.
Ex erci tatio
P aracelsi ca n o va de n otan di s ex scrip t o F raterni t ati s de
1
De Q u i n c e y R o sic r u cian s an d F r e e ma s o n s
, c 1 ,

. 1 .
2 50 HISTOR Y O F TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

b e caus e w e l o v e D e Qui n c ey an d w e hav e a t hin str e ak o f

,

kin dly feelin g fo r his alch emical p r oteg so w e r e c o mm end

him as an a n tid o t e to Mr H argrav e J e nni ngs w ho has ,

d o ubtl ess n e v er r e ad him an d s ee ms o n ly to hav e h e ard by

,

r ep o r t o f such d o cum ents as the F am e and Confessio n o f

the m erit o ri o us o rd e r o f the Br e thr en R C . .

Th o ugh he disb eli e ve d i n the u n iv ersal r eformat i o n ,

Li bav i u s did n o t r ej e c t the sig n s o f the t im e s N 0 one .

d o ubts that w e are i n the last age o f the w orld by r e as on ,

o f the sig n s which hav e pr e c e d e d n e arly e v e ry imp o r t a n t

e v en t an d ar e still at this day r ep e a t e dly app e ari n g
,
H e
,

take s e xc epti o n to the phil o s o phical p er egrinati o n of the

high illumina t e d C R C i n A rabia b ecaus e it w as sup e r
. . .
,

uo us t o s eek magicia n s i n the e as t wh e n th ey ab o u nd e d at

h o m e S o m e o f his o bj e cti o n s ar e h o w e ver su fci e ntly
.
, ,

p erti nent If the s o ci e ty hath b e en o rdai ne d and com

.

mission e d o f G o d it o ught to be i n a p o siti on to pr o v e its

,

vo cati o n in s o m e c o nclusiv e mann er I n cid en tally he de.

n o un ces as t r o l o gy W e h ave h e ard and r e ad i nnum erabl e

.

astro l o gical th eori e s bu t w e hav e n o t disc o v er e d th eir

,

ration al basis On the c o n t rary w e are daily d e c e iv e d by

.
,

lying pr edicti on s With r egard t o the s e cr e cy of the
.

Ord e r he i ngs a t i t the fo ll o w i n g t e xt Omnis gui male agi t

, ,

o di l la cem ct non v eni t ad luccm, no a rguantur op era j

o us .

Con d em n i ng t h eir a n onym o us myst ery he asks ,

Is t h eir
dan ger gr e ater than L uth er s t hr e at en e d b y the proscrip

,

ti o n o f the P o p e and the E mp er o r b ot h ? R epr es e n ti n g
the Ro sicrucia n s pr o mising a n ew Theologi a Physica
as , ,

and Math ematica he asks ,

What ma nner ] of n ew
t h eol ogy is t his s eei ng t h er e is n ot hing new und er the sun 2
,

A gai n wh er e is i t s n o v e lt y if i t b e t ha t of the primi t ive

, ,

Ch u rch ? Is it o f th e G en til e Mah o m et an Jew Papist , , , ,

P R OG R E S S O F R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N GE RM A N Y . 2 51

A ria n , A nabap t is t , Luth e ran o r discipl e o f P arac elsus ?

,

Mak e u n t o y o urs elves als o a n e w G o d with a new h eav en , ,

an d b e w a re l e st o u are plu n g e d i n t o t he o ld p erditi o n !

y
On o ur part w e will cli ng t o the an tiquity o f the can onical
,

S crip t ur e s . A n d th e n in r egard to the n ew physics If ,

it be aft er the fashi o n o f P arcelsus ch ew the cu d o f y o ur ,

o w n r e e c t i on s i n sil en c e an d slumb e r placidly in y o ur

,

absurdity . If ye c o m e with the cabalistic calculati o n s

c o nc ern i ng the fty gat e s o f u n d ers t an di ng scru tinisi ng ,

the mgsteri arclz a m Dei tak e car e that y e are n ot c on sum e d

,

by the re which is th er ein for t h o s e w ho will b e c o m e ,

s earch ers of maj es t y shall be o v erwh elm ed wi t h gl ory .

The A nalysis Co nfessi o n i s F raternitati s de Ro s e a Cruc e

p ro a dmo n i ti o n e e t I ns tru c ti o ne c orum qui quia j udi can , ,

dum sit de is t a no va facti o ne scir e cupi an t ex t rac t s aft er ,

the au t h o r s o w n fashi o n the thir ty - sev en r eas on s o f o ur

,

purp os e an d i n t en ti on which are to be fo u nd hidd en i n that
R o sicrucian manife st o and criticis e s the Vice acccdcndi
, ,

o r m e th o ds o f appr o achi n g the Ord er which are I By a ,

.

writ t en p e titi o n II By the s tudy o f the S criptur e s and

. .

th eir int erpr etati o n i n the cabilistico-magical ma nner o f the

Parac elsis t s III By the writi ngs and pr e c epts of P ara
. .

c elsus IV By the symb o lical charac t ers inscrib e d on the

. .

Macr o c o sm o s .

Th es e two Lat in tr eat is es w er e suppl em ent ed by a l ess

t edi o us G erman pamphl et which app ear e d at F rancfurt i n
,

1 6 1 6 und er the t i t l e of W ell -wishi ng o bj e cti o ns c on c e rn i ng
the F am e and Co nfe ssi on o f the B r o th erh o o d o f the R C . .
,

and th eir u n iv e rsal r efo rma t i o n o f the wh ol e w o rld b e for e

the day of Judgm en t and tra n sfo rma t i on th er eo f i nt o an

,

Ear thl y Paradis e such as was inhab it ed by A dam b efo r e

,

the fall an d th e r e sti t uti o n o f all ar t s an d wisd o m as

,
 HISTOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

p o ss ess ed by A dam En o ch S al o m on 85 0 Wri tt e n with

, , ,
.

gre at car e b y d e sir e an d c omman d o f s o m e sup eri o r

,

p ers o n s by A n dr e w Libav iu s
,
It claims t o be i n spir e d
.

by a spiri t o f fri en dly criticism d e cid es tha t the Ord er d o e s ,

e xis t advis e s the a cc o mplishm en t o f a limit ed an d privat e

,

r e fo rmati o n l eavi ng the u n iv ersal o ne to G o d as the

, ,

w o rld is far t o o c orrup t for impr o v em ent b efor e the j udg

m e n t day and that a pr e t en si o n so larg e will n e ver by any
,

p o ssibility be carri e d o u t Th ough p o si ng as a critic he

.
,

advis e s all p ers on s to j o in the Ord e r b ecaus e t h er e is much ,

t o be l ear n e d an d much wisd o m t o b e attai n ed by so d o i n g .

H e prais e s th eir s o u n d d o c tri ne i n mat t ers o f r eligi o n ,

par ticularly th e d e nu n cia t i on o f the P op e and Mah o m e t ,

the valu e th ey set up on the Bibl e 85 0 I t is e vid en t in , .

,

fact that i n spi t e o f his h om e ly g o o d s ens e h e had
,
'

radically chang e d his gr o u n d The t r e at is e is divid e d int o

.

fo r ty-thr ee chap t ers and am on g the subj ec t s discuss ed are

,

t he S ph eric A r t the Lapis P hilosophorum an d the Ma g

,
ic al

Language .

What w e s eek as vai nly i n the m o s t au t h o ri t ativ e

R o sicrucian ap ol o gists as in th e ir critics is any addi t i o n al ,

i nfo rma t i o n c on c er ning the s o ci et y its m em bers o r i t s , ,

wh er eab o uts S uch i nfo rmati on is pr o mis e d fr e qu en tly o n

.

the titl e- page s o f the innum e rabl e pamphl e ts o f the p e ri o d ,

bu t it is no t giv en an d the pr offer e d pr o o fs o f the e xis t enc e

,

o f the Ord e r ar e c o nn e d t o abs t ract c o nsid erati o ns d e v o id

o f hist orical valu e .

Pr ofe ss or Buhl e c on sid ers t ha t the a tt acks of Li bav i us

j o i ne d to o t h er writi ngs o f the sam e t en d en cy might
p o ssibly hav e disp ell e d the d e l u si o n e xc ept for the c o n duc t ,

o f A n dr e as wh o m he r epres en ts as d o ing his b es t t o

,

i n cre as e i t by the publicati o n o f o t h er d o cum en ts an d for ,

2 54 HIST OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

A w o rk o fc o nsid erab l e int er es t was prin t e d in 1 6 1 5 u n d er ,

the titl e
E ch o o f t he G o d-ill umi n at e d Br o th erh oo d o f the
W o rthy Ord er R C t o w it an abs o lut e pr o of that n ot
. .
, ,

o n ly all w hich is stat e d i n the F ama an d Co nfe ssi o o f

the R C Br o th erh o o d is p o ssibl e an d tru e b ut that it has

. .
,

b een k no wn alre ady for n i n e t een y e ars an d m o r e to a few

G o fe ari n g p eo pl e and has b ee n laid d o w n by th e m in
d -
,

c ertai n s e cre t writ in gs as i t has all b een sta t e d and mad e

pu b lic i n an e xc ell en t magical l ett er and pamphl e t by the
W orshipful B r o t h erh o o d R C i n pri n t in the G e rma n . .
,

lan guage The accr e dit ed au th or was Julius S p erb er o f A n
.

h o lt D e ssau This w o rk was pri n t e d at D a n tzig by A n

,
.

dreas H u e nfeldts It main tai n s that th er e hav e b een o nly

.

a few huma n b ei ngs w ho hav e b een w o rthy t o b e c o m e

r e cipi ent s o f the wisd o m of G o d the r e as o n b e i n g that so ,

fe w hav e s o ught it with the n e c essary e ar ne s t n e ss Wh en .

Christ was o n t he e arth he had i nn um erabl e lis t en ers o f ,

wh o m o nly a small p orti o n c o uld disc er n the sig nican c e o f

H i s t eachi ngs I t was fo r this c aus e that H e said to his
.

discipl es To you it is giv e n t o kn o w the myst eri e s o f

the Ki n gd o m o f H e av e n but t o th e m it is n ot giv en , .

P e t er Jam e s an d J o h n w e r e the o nly thr ee o f H i s ap o s t l es

, ,

to wh o m he r e ve al e d t h e s e m yst e ri e s and to th e m H e ,

sh ow e d the sam e sight that had b een v o uchsafe d by G o d t o

E lias an d M o s e s On ly th o s e who r e n o u n c e the w o rld and
.

th eir o wn eshly lusts can b e c om e w orthy to kn o w such

s e cret s N ob o dy w ho is addic te d to mu n da n e wisd o m c an
.

e v e r a t tain th e m fo r t he wisd o m o f G o d an d t he wisd o m

,

o f this w o rld ar e c o nt radic t o ry .

The pr e fac e is addr e ss e d t o the R C Br o th erh o o d It . .

adm o nish e s the m em b ers to p ers ev er e in the way t h ey hav e

ch o s en and t o get p o ss ess e d o f the s e cret s o f G o d It
, .
P R O G R E S S OF R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N G E R M A N Y 2 55

prais e s th eir wisd o m an d k n o wl edg e but says t ha t much o f

,

what is stat e d i n the F ama and Co nfe ssi o must app ear
fo o lish to the w o rldly w is e It calls up o n the Br e thr en t o
.

m ee t t og e th er i n the n am e of the H o ly Tri n ity an d to ,

t e ach the tru e ligh t t o the w orld as it is c on t ai n ed i n the

,

s e cr et m ean i ng o f H oly S criptur e and of Na t ur e S o m e .

curi o us i nfo rmati o n n o t always r el evan t to the main obj e ct

, ,

is scatt er e d thr o ugh o u t the v o lum e The s e c on d p refac e

.

m en ti o n s a c ertai n P e trus Wi rtz igh of P r esslau as o ne o f

the gr e at est and wis e st men o f his tim e who b ei ng by , ,

professi o n a m e dical man s t udi e d the s ecre t art s with such

,

z eal that he b ecam e m ast er o f many w on d erful myst e ri e s .

H e was the auth o r o fman y larg e u n publish e d v o lum e s which

the writ e r o f the E ch o b e i n g his gr e at fri e n d has b een
, ,

all o w e d t o dip i n t o and he av ers tha t th ey c on tai n much

,

wisd o m an d curi o us l o r e A n o th er w is e and G o d-

. l o vin g
man w as IEgi di us Guttm ann i n S uaria w ho wr o t e a b oo k ,

which he divid e d i n t o tw enty- fo ur vo lum e s The auth or .

of the
Ech o
c o mpar e s this w o rk havi ng r egard to the
,

wisd o m o f i t s c ont en ts with the s ev ent y v o lum e s whi ch

,

G o d dic t ate d by H i s a n g e l to the pr oph e t .

Lik e o th er writ ers o n the R o sicrucia n sid e the aut h or ,

of the
Ech o

d eals i n vagu e g en erali ti es an d e v en the ,

Laws o f the F ra te rn ity which he publish e s are w orthl e ss as

r egards inform at i on Th ey run as fo ll o ws
.

1 L o v e y o ur n eighb o ur
. .

2 Talk n ot badly o f him n eith e r h o ld him i n c o n t empt

.
, .

3 Be fai t hful
. .

4 Be m o d e st an d o b edi en t
. .

5 D o n ot ridicul e the s e cr e t s t udi e s

. .

6 K eep sil en t ab o ut what you l earn fr o m t h e s e s t udi e s

. .

7 S har e y o ur fo r t u n e with y o ur fell o w-cr eatur e s

. .
 HISTOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

A cc ordi n g to this ap o l o gis t of the s ecr et o rd er A dam

,

was the rs t R o sicrucian o f the Old T e stam ent and S im eo n

the las t The g o lde n chai n o fthe e s ot e ric traditi on was n ot
.

b r ok e n by Christ w ho establish e d a n ew c o ll eg e o f magic
,
.

I n 1 6 1 5 J uli anu s de Campis publish e d an

, o p en l e t t e r o r

r ep o rt addr e ss e d t o all who hav e r ead any t hi n g c o n c ern

,

i ng the new Br o th erh oo d o f R C o r hav e h eard a nythi n g

. .
,

o f the p o si ti o n o f this matt er I t acc ou nts for the Ro si

.

crucians no t r ev eali ng t h e ir wh er eab o uts an d n o t an sw er ,

i ng the l et t ers addr ess e d t o th e m H e was hims elf he said .

, ,

a m e mb e r o f th e Ord e r b ut i n all his trav els he had met

b ut three o th er m e mb ers th er e b e i ng (as he pr e sum e d ) n o
,

m or e p ers o n s o n the e ar th w o rthy o f b ei ng en trust e d with

its mys teri e s It is n eedl ess t o say that an i n itiat e o f the
.

F rat er n i t y w o uld be accurat e ly acquaint e d with its num eri

cal strength an d t hat the writer s s t at em en t on this p o i n t
,

c o n tradicts the F ama F raterni tati s The pamphl e t o th er

wis e is n o t o f gr eat imp ortanc e Th er e ar e m an y who.

run for but few who gai n the j ew el Th erefor e I J ulianu s

, ,
.
,

de Campis adm on ish all w ho are g o v e rn e d by a fo rt u n at e

,

disp o siti on n ot to be mad e o b s t inat e b y t h eir own dif den ce ,

n or b y the j u dgm e n ts o f ign o rant p e opl e Many gr eat .

s ecr ets are c onc eal ed by Na t ur e and th o s e who study th em

,

ar e w o rthy o f ev e ry prais e The R C are d efe nd e d agai n st

. . .

vari ous accusa t i o ns an d the th eol o gian s who attack th em

,

ar e r e mi n d e d tha t the qu e s t i o n s rais e d are with o ut t h eir

pr ovi n c e b ecau s e th ey are theologi an d n o t theosop hi The

,
.

s e cre t art o f the R C is d e clar e d to be a matt er o f fact

. .
,

an d n o t an abstract or fa n ciful thi ng ; and the p rofanam

uulgus ar e assur e d that th o s e w ho ar e in the p o ss e ssi on o f

such an imp erial s e cr e t can disp ens e with the prais e o f the
w o rld.
2 58 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

s essi o n of ma ny an d gr ea t s e cr ets b u t is right eous in the

,

e y e s o f A lmighty G o d The auth or disti nguish e s at l ength

.

b e tw e en the di ffer en t ways wh er eby G o d mak e s H ims elf

k no wn an d d eclare s t ha t it r equir es much s t udy an d car e
,

ful r es earch as w ell as p ers on al sacric e to b e c om e the

, ,

p o ss ess o r o f t ran sc end en tal s e cr et s bu t tha t any o ne can do

,

so by fo ll o win g the D ivi n e c o u n s els H e c on cl u d e s wi t h

.

an adm oniti on t o the highly -wis e and G o d-b el o v e d R C . .

to pr e ss o n with th eir sublim e w o rk .

A b o ut t his t im e a s o m ewhat vici o us att ack was mad e o n

the supp o s e d S o ci e ty by a writ er c alli ng hims elf F rederi cu s

G M e n ap i u s b u t wh o s e r e al n am e was J o ha nn Valent i n
.
,

A lb e rti an d w ho is ass o cia t e d by Buhl e wi t h Ir e n aeus

,

A gn o stus as a p ers on al fri e n d o f A n dr e as I t is cl e ar how .

,

e v er fr o m the e vid e n c e o f all th e pamphl e ts that A gn o st u s

, ,

a nd M e n a i u s ar e o ne an d the sam e p ers o n

p E p i ti mia .
,

F R C to wit : The n al man ife stati o n or disc o v e ry

. . .
,

an d d e fe n c e o f the w o rthy an d w o rshipful Ord e r R C . .

A ls o o f the tru e and w e ll -kn o w n c o nfessio n addr e ss e d to :

all class e s o f lit erati and illustri ous p ers on s in Eur op e .

Writt en by c o mman d o f the ab o v e-m enti o n ed s o ci e ty by

Ir en a eus A g no s t us The only e di t i o n o f this
w ork which I hav e s een is dat ed 1 6 1 9 but it s eems t o ,

have b e en o rigin ally publish e d ab o u t two y e ars pr e vi o usly .

It is a ski t writt en agai n s t the R C by M enapi us but pre

. .
,

t en ds t o be print e d and publish ed by the c o mman d of the

Ord er The pri n cipal purp o s e of the pamphl e t is to pr o v e
.

that the Ro sicrucia n F rat ernity was foun d e d by the J e suits

for the purp o s e o f the s e cr e t pr o paga n da o f th eir d o ctrin es
i n o pp o siti on to the Pr o t es t ant r eligi on It b egi n s with a
.

l gt hy
e n an d e -
ps udo auth o rit ativ e laudati o n o f the write r ,

w ho is d e clar e d t o be an emi n ently l e arn e d an d g o dly man ,

P R O G R E S S O F R OS I CR U CI A N I S M [N G E R M A N Y . 2 59

having sav e d the live s o f a numb er of p ers ons i n a miracu

l ous mann er an d dispu t e d V ic t ori ously wi t h the m o st
,

l earn e d Cath olic divi nes It pr o c eeds t o a vigoro us de

.

nun ci ati o n o f t he Ro ma n Church for its man ifo ld c o rrup

ti o n s and abus e s citi nga go o d man y his t orical exampl es o f

,

prin c e s who have expr e ss ed th ems elv e s i n similar t erms ,

an d c o n cludi n g with an adm on i t i on t o liv e w e ll an d act

uprightly S p e aki ng i n his o wn p ers o n the auth o r addr ess e s

.
,

his supp o s e d confreres i n the foll o wi n g fashi on I kno w

n o t my Br o th e rs o f t he R C
,
what mann er o f men to c o n
. .
,

sid er you I hav e tr o u b l e d my mi n d ab out you this l o n g

.

tim e bu t can a ttai n t o no c on clusi on b eca u s e all that yo u

, ,

set d o w n i n y o ur writi n gs has b ee n so l on g familiar Co uld .

o u t ell me a nythi n g o f the u n ic or n o r a n ythi n g m o r e

y ,

trustwo rthy th a has ma a t d fr m

n e n e o A n e B i
dr as acc u s y o ur
1
,

pr o ducti on s w o u ld be much m or e val u abl e A numb er o f .

b o o ks hav e b een writte n by yo u or hav e app ear e d in y o ur

,

n am e but th ey t ee m with s u ch vi o l en t c o n tradic t i o n s that

,

I sh o uld imagi n e yo u w er e y o urs elv e s i n d o ub t as to who

o r what y o u ar e an d as t o y o ur o wn p e rfo rmanc es
, A ft er .

wards he v e ry r eas o nably d e clar e s that if the Rosicrucia n s

are the d ep o sitari e s o f a b e n ecial kn owl e dg e th ey o ugh t ,

to pr o claim it publicly i n th e ir o w n p e rs o n s and n o t i n

an o nym o us pamphl e ts H e u pbraids th e m as magician s
.

who fals ely pr e t en d to gr e a t p o w e r says that he has trav el

,

le d i h ma ny c o untri e s with o ut h e ari ng a nythi ng c on c e rn

i ng t h em an d c o n clud es b y expr e ssi n g hi s c on vic t ion that
,

1 v o l u m in o u s wr ite r o n me dicin e philo s o phy n at ural his to r y

A , , .

an d an t iqu i t i e s Th e r e fe r en c e is t o a t re at is e e n t i tl e d
. De M on o
cer ote seu U n i c orn u ej u squ e v i ribu s e t u su trac tat u s p e r A .

after war ds pu b lish e d i n I talian F i or en za 1 5 73 4to Bacci ou rish e d

, , , .

at t he e n d o f th e six t ee n t h c en t u r y h e wa s physician t o S ix tu s V .
,

an d p ro fe ss or o f b o tan y a t R o me from 1 5 5 7 t o 1 6 00 .
2 60 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

th eir supp o s e d wisd o m is a sh all o w pr eten c e and that th ey ,

are i n r e ality ign orant p e o pl e .

This attack was pr es en t ly fo ll o w e d b y a t ract en titl e d

I M e napiu s R o s ees Crucis t o wi t Obj ecti o n s o n the part
.
,

o f th e u n a n im o us Br o th erh o o d agai n st the o b scur e an d n u

k n own writ e r F G M enapi u s and again st his b e in g

,
. .
,

class e d am on g the t ru e br e thr en II A Cit ati on o f the . .

sam e p e rs o n to o ur n al Co ur t a t S chmej arien c on tra

F l o r e n ti n us de Val e ntia III Fi nally a c onv o cati o n o f
. .
,

the R C F ra t r e s t o the sam e invisibl e plac e

. . B y o rd er o f .

the w orshipful s o ci e ty W ritt e n and publish ed by Th eo

.

p h ilu s S c hw e i hart
g H e r e M en api u s pr e s en ts him
.

s elf u n d er ano th e r n am e an d p o s e s as his o wn o pp o n en t , .

The pamphl et c o n t ains a s o rt o f l egal pr o c e ss with citati o n , ,

d efe n c e 85 0 One o f the argum ents us e d agai n st the R o si

, .

crucia n F ra t er ni ty who b eli e v e d in the manufac t ur e o f g o ld

,

fr om ign o bl e m et als is as fo ll o ws A gr o w n u p man is

,

a r e as oning b ei ng ; so is a y ou ng boy A co w is an u n .

r e as on i ng b eing so is a calf But this d o es n o t pr o ve t ha t .

the co w is a calf an d the t ransmuta ti o n of ign o bl e m et als

i n t o go ld is j us t as easy as to tran sfo rm a co w int o a calf .

o f y o u ask why th e r e is so li t tl e g o ld it is for the sam e ,

r e as on tha t th er e are so few c o ws n amely i n the o ne cas e , , ,

b e caus e the y o u ng calv e s are kill e d an d i n the o th er be , ,

cau s e the ign o bl e m etals are n ot l eft l o ng en ough i n the

e arth b u t ar e e xtrac t e d b y av arici o us p e o pl e
,
M enapi us .

is the m o st en t ertai n i n g o f the dull r ac e o f Ro sicrucia n

critics bu t his an al ogic al argum e n ts ar e n o t o f a c on v i n ci ng
,

n at u r e H e c o n clud e s with an adm on iti on t o all an d

.

s ev eral lit erati n o bl e s m erchan ts p e asan ts &c to liv e

, , , , .

w ell an d to do th eir d u ty .

M en apiu s as I hav e said is r epr e s ent e d by Buhl e as a

, ,
2 62 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

blaming and li b elling the m e mb ers o f the F r at ernity bu t ,

rat h er to turn r o u n d and to l o v e th em b e caus e th ey are ,

tr ue s eek ers o f the v eri t abl e wisd o m .

I n a Lati n app en dix to a t ract en t i t l e d F o n s Grati ae by ,

Ir enaeus A g no s t us J o hann Val en ti n A lb er t i alias F G

, ,
. .

M e napiu s alias Th e o philus S chw eighart ali as Ir e naeus

, ,

A gn o stus pu b lish e d a sh ort r ej o i n d e r i n pr o s e an d v e rs e to

,

the d e fen c e o f Val e n tia .

J udi ci a de
S tat u F ratern i tatis de R o s e a Cruc e is a
mlange of pr o s e and v ers e with address e s ad uenerandos , ,

clocti ssi mos ,

et i lluminatissimos, ui ros Dnn F ra tres S
. . R oseoe

Cru cis j
co n u nctissi mos,
as th j g d
an d m t i pr f ss dly

e u e n s o e e

tha t o f an o utsid er s eeki n g i nitiati o n it d o e s no t thr o w an y ,

light up o n the pro c e e di ngs o f the S o ci e ty It is cramm e d .

with extravagant adulati o n of the pi o us l e arn e d and illu , ,

minated Br o t h ers bu t is o th erwis e n o t in el egan tly writt e n

, ,

an d has ap t classical qu o tati o n s A l o fty ambiti o n is claim e d

.

by the aspiran t to ass o ciati o n w ho av ers that he is i n ,

s earch o f no c o mm on and m e tallic g o ld bu t tha t P hiloso ,

p hi c al an d S piritual Tr e asur e o n e par ticl e o f which ,

is s uf
ci en t to t ra n smut e and perfecti o nise the s o ul an d c o nduct ,

it fr o m illumi na ti on to illumin a t i o n This is t hat v eri t abl e .

g old says the alch emical e n t husias t n on e o th er than the

, ,

rs t and all-c on t ai ni ng k no wl edge wh er eby ,

M en s p u ra et n u ll o m o rtali p on d era p re ssa ,

Li b at
er e r re n i s a f
fe c t i bu s, atr ia c oeli
S c an di t , e t aet h e r e a c u m dii s v er s a t u r in au la .

N one can e xp e ct to attain it u n l e ss he shall rst hav e

e xp e ll e d

A s e s e o mne n e fas p u rgatu s c ri mi n e ab o mn i

, ,

Q u ipp e h abi tare n egat foedu m S api enti a p e ctu s ,

I mp u r asqu e o di t c u m sit p u r issi ma me n t e s

, , .
P R OG R E S S OF R O S I CR U C /A N I S M I N G E R M A N Y . 2 63

Th o s e who b eli e ve i n the e xis t en c e and magical en d o w

m ents o f the R osi crucia n Bre thren will h op e that this
pr o misi ng pupil r e c eiv e d the r e c o mp ens e so u n do ubt e dly
due to the b e a u ty o f his aspirat i ons The Lati n Epis t l e is
.

suppl em ent e d by a post datum which r efers to the N uptiae

,

Chy mi cae as c o nt ai n i ng the wh o l e chymi cal artic e e ni g
matically d elineat ed
.

R e sp o n sum ad F ra tr e s R o sac eae Crucis Illustr e s is a

pri nte d l et ter addr ess e d to the F rat ernity in the y ear 1 6 1 8 ,

by H ercul es O vallo di us A lsatus H eermannu s Co ndesyan us

,

and Mar t i n us aCasa C e dessa M arsil i e n si s It is a pi ece o f

g .

pit eous pl eading for admissi on i nt o the ra nks o f the

Br et hren by thr ee wri ters w ho b eli e v e t h e ms elv e s t o h av e
fall en up on e vil tim es and k no w that th er e is n o entra nc e
,

i nt o the mystic t emple which is ll e d with the gl o ry and

p o w er of G o d till the s e v e n las t pl agu es have b een p o u r e d
,

o u t up on the earth Th ey ackn o wl edg e the Vi ri Fratres

.

as the i n s trum en ts o f t he D ivi ne v enge an c e i n the con sum

mati o n o f the age Ip se est malleus noster et arma vos ip s ius
.
,

serui .

A curi o us Ro sicrucia n reverie en titl ed F R C F ama e ,

. . .

scanz i a R edux

,
writt en in ex e crabl e Lati n an d prin t ed i n a ,

styl e c orr e sp onding with its lit erary m erits app e ar e d A nn o ,

Christi as the t itl e has it It pr o fess es to be the.

trump et Jubilei ultimi that is pr esumably o f the last j ubil ee

, , ,

y ear am ong the J ews and b ears for on e of its m o t t oes One
, ,

w o e hath pass e d ; b eh old th er e c o m e yet two o th e r w o e s

,

aft er this o ne .

It is pr e cis ely o ne of t h o s e mysteri o us an d
probl ematical pr o duct i o n s which are s o m et im e s supp os e d
t o c on c eal d eep s e cr e ts b ecaus e th ey ar e c ompl et ely u n in
,

t elligi ble an d barbar o us It pr o fe ss es t o c o ntai n a Judi cium

.

de F raternitatis R C S igillo et B uccina etfuturoe Reformati onis

. .
 2 64 HISTO R Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

M gsterie, is mystically s epara t e d i n t o s e v e n parts or

and

chapt ers e ach t er ribly i n titul e d Th u s t he s e v enth is the

, .

v o ic e o f the d o ve sp eaki n g c o n c er n i ng th e j aw b o ne o f the

ass and the Judgm ent its elf is av e rr e d to pr o c ee d fr o m
,

a similar quar t er ex asini mandi bula The s t at em e nt is .

appar ently s eri o us for this e xtra o rdi n ary l o cal habita t i o n
,

is par enth etically explai ne d to be the fons uitoe o r fo u nt o f ,

life The wh o l e pamphl e t is a ravi ng cha o s o f scriptural

.

qu o tat i on s c on c ern i n g the Co rn er S to n e the K eys o f David , ,

a n d the pr o ximi ty o f the R egnum Dei It c o n clud e s w ith .

the foll owi ng tri u mpha n t adm o niti o n t o the r e ad e r

Q u is qu i s de R o se ae du b ita s Cr u cis or din e F r atru m ,

H o e l e ge p e r l e c to c ar m in e
, c e r tu s e ris .

It is ne e dl e ss to say that th e w h o l e pamphl e t doe s not

c o ntai n a singl e r efer e n c e t o the R o sicrucia n s .

ph eroroupeda g . H oc e st Redi nt egrati o , addre ss e d to
Br o t h erh o o d R o s e -Cr o ss
the of t he ,
app ear e d i n 1 6 1 9 ,

with the m o tt o ,
Omnes de S aba ueniunt, auru m et thus de
ferentes, et la ude m Domini annunciantes, an d pre fac ed by the
fo ll o wi n g lin e s
0 R o se ae F r atre s c r u cis , O pi a tu r a so p h o ru m, b
V e st ro p res s e n t e s e ss e fav o r e mihi .

F am a v e lu t c u n c t i s v o s re sp o n d e re p ar a to s
Ex hi b e t Ahs in t i r r i ta v o ta p r e c o r
ne .

F idu s a mic u s e r o dos qu o qu e ge st it am ic o

,

M e n s m e a de m u si s c on cili are n o v e m .

A t si sc rip ta e n t qu aed am m i n u s ap ta abello

, ,

F r atr u m n on M om i si n t ab i gen da p i o , .

U s u s e n i m F am ae p o t io r i e x p ar te l o qu el i s
F r atre s p ro p i t i os hin c ma ge sp e ro m ihi .

This littl e pamphl e t c o mpar e s di ffer en t expr essi on s o f

o pi ni o n s by o pp o s e d parti e s and c o ncl u d e s that an p rs n
, y e o

may tak e part w ith a g o o d c onsci enc e i n the Bro th erh o o d ,

 HIS TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

and assis tan c e P s eud o -Ro sicrucian s o ci et i e s o f c ours e

.
, ,

app ear e d o n the eld and ga ngs of mis erabl e t rickst e rs who
,

trad e d o n i ndividual cr edulity by the p o w er o f the magical

n a me

Buhl e cit e s fr o m the O ccul ta P hil o s o phia o f
.

Lu do vicus Co n radu s Or v i us the u nhappy p ers o n al ex peri

,

e n c e o f that w rit e r c o n c e r n i ng such a s o ci e ty pr et endi ng ,

t o d e duc e th ems elv e s fr o m F ath e r R o sy - Cr o ss and w ho ,

w er e s e ttl e d a t the H agu e i n 1 6 2 2 A ft er swi n dli ng hi m .

o u t o f his o w n an d his wife s fo r t u n e am o u n ti n g t o e l ev e n

,

th o usa n d d ollars t h ey kick e d him o u t o f the o rd er wi t h

, ,

the assura n c e that th ey w o uld m u rd e r him if he r e v e al e d

th eir s e cr e ts which s e cr ets says he I hav e faithfully
, , ,

k ep t an d for the sam e r e as o n that w o m en k e ep s e cr ets

,

viz b e caus e I hav e n o n e to r ev eal fo r th eir k nav e ry is n o

.
,

se cre t

Vagu e rum o urs o f v eritabl e R o sicrucia n a d e pts w e re

o ccasi o nally h e ard bu t i n spit e o f t h e ir b o as t e d p o w ers i n
, ,

spit e o f th e ir pr oj e c te d refo rmat i o n o f all the w o rld an d i n ,

spit e of the s e ve n y e ars strife o f t o ngu e s which th ey o cca

si o ne d th e y had n o i n u e n c e whats o ev e r up o n the th o ught

,

o f th eir a e A n is lat d n d d u bt ful tra n smu t ati n is

g o .e a o o

o ccasi o nally ascrib e d t o th e m which is the sum t ot al o f ,

th eir alch emical achi ev e ment s Th ey p os ed prin cipally as .

a h e ali ng frat ern ity y et th e ir i n u enc e o n the m e dical

,

scien c e o f th e ir c en tury is l ess still than t hat which th ey

ex e rt e d up on alch e my I n m e dici n e . says F igui er , ,

that art which th ey w er e pl e dg e d to practis e wh er e v e r th ey

wand er ed acc o rdi n g to the rs t c o mman dm e nt o f th eir

,

master the catal ogu e o f th eir t riumphs is sp ee dily exhaus t e d

,
.

W e hav e alr eady s een tha t t h ey b o as t ed o f havi ng cur ed the

l e pr o sy i n an English c ou n t Th ey als o claim e d t o hav e .

r e s t o r e d life to a S pa nish Ki ng after he had b ee n d e ad for

P R O GR E S S OF R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N G E R M A N Y . 2 67

six h o urs A part from th es e tw o cur e s the s ec on d o f

.
,

which is d o ub tl ess a miracl e but can b o ast o nly o f th e ir ,

o w n t e stim o ny t h eir wh o l e m e dical hist o ry c o n sists i n

,

vag ue all egati o n s an d a fe w u n imp o rtan t facts as fo r i n , ,

sta n c e tha t w hich Gabri e l Na u d e cit e s i n t he fo ll o win g

,

t erms
In the y ear 1
6 1 5 a c ertai n pilgrim sudd e nly app e ar e d
i n a G e rman t o w n an d assis t e d as a d o c t o r at the pr o g
, , ,

n o stic ati o n o f t he d e ath o f a w o ma n wh o m h e had h e lp e d

by s o m e of his r e m e die s ; he assum ed t o be pr o ci e nt i n

s ev eral la nguage s r e lat e d w hat had o ccurr e d in the t ow n
,

durin g his s oj o urn at this h ou s e ; i n a w o rd apart fr o m ,

t he d o c t ri n e i n w hich h e sh o n e still m o r e he was i n e v e ry ,

w ay similar to that W a nd eri ng Jew d e scrib e d by Cay o t i n

his H ist o ir e S ep ten ai re m o d erat e r e s erv e d car e l essly , ,

clad n e v er w illingly r e mai ni ng a l o ng tim e i n any o n e

,

plac e and still l e ss d e sir o us to be tak e n fo r w hat he n e v e r

,

theless claim e d t o be the third br o th e r o f the R C as he

,
. .
,

t e s ti e d to the d o ct or M olther us w ho c o uld n ot be so ,

c ertai nly p ersuad e d to giv e cre d en c e to his stat e m en ts but ,

has pr e s ent ed us with t his hist ory l eavi ng o ur j udgm e n t ,

fr ee to d e cid e if it c o uld e stablish a c ertai n pro o f o f the

1
e xis t e nc e o f t his Co mpan y .

A cc o rdin g to S pr e ng el a t ru e R o sicrucia n had o nly t o

,

gaz e x e dly o n a p ers o n and h o we v er dan ger o us his dis

,

e as e he was ins t a n tan e o usly h e al e d

,
the Br ethr en claim e d
t o cur e all dis e as e s wi t h o u t the h elp o f drugs by m e a ns
, ,

o f imagi na t i o n and fai th Bu t the ma tt er r emai n s at this

day just wh er e the claim o riginally l eft it w h oll y u n sup ,

p o rt e d by fac t .

1 L A lc h i m i e

et l es A lchi mis te s p .
,
 C H A PTER X .

R OS I C R U CI A N A POLOG I S TS : M I CH A E L M A I ER .

TH I S c el eb rat e d G erma n alch emis t w as b o r n a t R uidsburg ,

i n H ols t ei n ab o ut the y e ar 1 6 5 8
,
I n his y o u t h says the
.
,

Bi o graphi e U n iv ers ell e he applie d hims elf to the study o f

,

m edicin e an d e stablishi ng hims e lf a t R o sto ch he practis e d

, ,

tha t art with so much succ ess tha t he b e cam e physicia n to

the E mp e ro r R ud o lph II by w h o m he w as e nn o bl e d for
.
,

his s ervic e s S om e ad ep t s n o t withsta n di n g s u cc ee d e d in

.
, ,

w ili ng him fr om the prac t ical path he had fo ll o w e d so

l on g ; i t se p assionna p o ur le gra nd muor e an d sc o ure d all ,

G ermany to h o ld c o nfe r en c e s wi th th o s e wh o m he th o ught to

be i n p o ss e ssi o n o f tra n sc en d e n t s e cr ets A n o th e r acc o un t
.

d e clar e s tha t he sacric e d his h ealth his fo rtu n e an d his t im e

, ,

t o th e s e ruin o us absurdit i e s
A cc o rdi ng to Buhl e h e
.
,

trav ell e d ext e n siv ely partic u larly to E ngland wh e r e he

, ,

mad e the acqu ai nta nc e o f R o b ert F ludd H e n ish e d by .

acc ep t i ng the p o s t o f physician at M agdebo urg wh er e he ,

di e d in 1 6 2 2 .

Michael Mai e r is o n e o f the m o st imp ortant an d i nt er

e sti n g p ers on s c onn e c t e d with the R o sicrucian c o nt r o v e rsy .

H e was the rst to tra n spla n t it i nt o Engla n d an d as he ,

rmly b eli eve d in the e xis t en c e o f such a s e c t he s o ugh t ,

t o in t r o duc e hims elf to i t s n o tic e ; bu t ndi ng t his i mp os

sibl e says B uhl e he se t hims elf to - e s t ablish such an
, ,

ord er by his o Wn ef for t s ; an d i n his futur e writin gs he

2 70 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

w h en c e the e xis t enc e o f a similar ass o cia t i on a t that pr e s en t

tim e was n o su bj e ct for ast on ishm en t The phil o s o phical .

c o ll eg e s r eferr e d t o are th o s e o f old Egypt wh o s e pri e st s i n ,

r eali ty w er e alch emists s eei n g that Isis an d Osiris are

,

sulphur and argentum uiuum o f the Orphic an d El e usi

n ia n myst eri e s o f the S am o t hracia n C abiri

,
the Magi o f ,

P ersia the Brachmans of I n dia the Gym n o s o phis t s

, , ,

P ythag or e a n s & c H e main t ai n s that o n e an d all o f th e s e

,
.

w er e i n stitut e d n ot for the t e achi ng o f e x o t eric d o c tri ne s

, ,

but the m o st arca n e myst eri e s o f Natur e A ft e rwa r ds h e .

argu e s that if th e G erman F ra t ern ity had exist e d as it de ,

clar e s for so many y e ars it was b ett er t ha t i t sh ou ld r e v eal

, ,

its elf tha n be c o n c eal e d fo r e v er u n d er the v e il o f sil en c e

, ,

an d that it c o uld n o t ma n ife s t its elf o th e rwis e than i n the

F ama an d C o n fe ssi o F rat ern i tati s which c on tain ,

n o thi n g c o n trary t o r e as o n na t ur e exp eri enc e or the

, , ,

p o ssibili t y o f thi ngs M o r eo v e r the Ord e r rightly o bs erv e s

.
,

that sil e n c e which P ythag oras imp o s ed o n his discipl e s an d ,

which al on e can pr es erv e the myst eri es o f e xist e nc e fr o m the

pr o stituti o n o f the vulgar The c o n t ent s o f the tw o mani
.

fe sto es are d e clar e d to be tr u e an d w e ar e furth e r i n fo rm e d

,

that w e o w e a gr e at d ebt to the Ord er for th e ir exp erime ntal

i nv e stigati o ns an d fo r th eir disc o v ery of the u n iv ersal
,

C ath olic o n The p o pula r o bj e cti on s pr e ferr e d agai nst i t ar e

.

disp o s e d o f i n differ e n t chapt ers e g the charg e s o f n ecr o ,

. .
,

man cy an d sup ers titi on The e xplicit sta t em e n t of the

.

S o ci ety that all c o mmu nicat i on s addr e ss e d t o it sh o uld

,

n o t fail t o r e ach th e ir d e s t i n ati on alth ou gh th ey w er e ,

u nk n o wn an d an o n ymo us pr o vi n g appar ently fals e was a, ,

sp e cial caus e o f gri evan c e ; th o s e who s o ught h ealth an d

th o s e w ho c o v et ed treasur e s a t th e ir ha n d w ere e qually dis
app oi nt e d an d acc ording t o Micha el Maier app ear to hav e
, , ,
R OS I CR U CI A N A P OL O G I S TS : M I CH A E L M A I E R . 2 71

b e e n e qually en rag ed . He
xp o stula te s with th e m sayi n g
e ,

N on omnis ad omni a omni bus horisp aratus est but his argum ents ,

as a wh ol e can hardly be d ee m e d satisfact ory Locorum .

absentia p ersonarum distantia & c

,
c o uld scarc ely pr o ve o b
,
.
,

stacles to me n w ho w e r e b o u n d by n o c o n sid era t i o ns o f spac e

an d tim e an d r e ad e rs o f the i nm o s t h e art w o uld hav e dis

,

c ov e re d s o m e who w er e w orthy am o n g the h o st o f applican ts .

A much larg er w ork S ymb ola A u reae M en s ae

,

,

p u blish ed in the sam e y ear as the S il entium P o st

Clam o r es
als o c on tai n s s om e r efer en c e s to the Coll eg e

o f G e rma n Phil o s o ph e rs o f R C The st ory o f the fo und er
. .

is r ep rint ed an d A p oll o with the twi n mus es are repr e

,

s ent e d as c o n trib u t ing vari o us v exa t i o us m et rical e n igmas

for the b en e t o f th o s e e n quir e rs who d e sir e d to be dir ec t e d
t o the l o cal habi t ati o n o f the Ord e r N e ith er o f th e s e .

w o rks r epr es ent s th e ir auth o r as p ers o n ally c o nne ct e d with

the R o sicrucian s n o r do th ey c o n v ey any i nfo rmati o n
,

r e sp ecti ng th em The sam e m u st be said o f

.
Th e mis

A ur e a ho e e st D e L egi bu s F raternitati s R C Tractatus
, , . .
,

w hich Mai er publish e d at F ran cfurt i n 1 6 1 8 It main .

tai n s that the laws i n qu es ti o n are g oo d dilat e s up on ,

th r e-e mi n e nt digni t y o f the h eali ng art d e clar e s that

e p ,

all vic e s ar e i n t ol erabl e i n physicia n s an d that t he Ro si ,

cru cian s ar e fr ee fr o m all The m o s t cur i ous an d imp o rt an t

.

p oi nt i n the wh o l e A po logia is that Mai e r d e clare s the

U niversal Reformation t o hav e n o c onne c t i on with the
manife s t o e s o f the S o ci et y but t o be a tract tran slat e d fr o m
,

the I talia n an d simply b ou n d u p wit h the F ama

.
,

Mor eo ve r he e ar ne stly en d e av ours to free the Ord er fro m

,

the imputati o n that it d e sir e d t o r efo r m th e w o rld .

Reformatio mnium heroesum p otius ad Deum, guam hominem '

s ectat,
p nee a F ratribus a

ectatur . But wh eth er the Com
2 72 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R O S I CR U CI A N S .

munis et Generali s Reforma tio had c o n n e cti o n with the an y

R o sicrucia n s o r no t it i s evid en t fr o m the d o c u m e n ts

, ,

ab o u t which th er e is no d o u b t o r qu e sti on an d particularly ,

fro m the F am a F ratern i tati s that th ey b e li ev ed a ,

general r e v o luti o n to be at ha n d and that t h e y w o uld ,

be c o n c e rn e d th er e i n .

A p o s t hum o us tract o f Micha el Mai e r was publish e d i n

1 6 2 4 by o n e o f his p e rs o n al fri en ds who e xplicitly sta t e s ,

that he is ig no ran t wh e th e r the d epart e d alch emist w ho so ,

warmly a n d gratuit o usly d e fen d e d the caus e o f the R o si ~

crucian s was e v e r r e c e iv e d i n t o th eir n umb er but

, ,

that it is c er t ai n he was a Br o th e r o f the Christia nR e

ligi o n or a Br o th er o f the Ki n gd o m o f Christ
,
This stat e .

m en t may si mply m e an that he was a Christia n and a man

o f G o d o r o n the o th e r ha n d it may sig n ify that h e was a
, , ,

m e mb er o f the C hristian F rat er n ity of A n dre as H o w ev e r .

this may be two Lati n tracts b ei n g t ra n slati o n s fr o m the

, ,

G erma n mad e by the sam e fri en d o f Mai e r fo ll o w the ,

p o sthum o us pamphl e t o f the alch e mist The rst is a .

c o ll o quy o n the S o cie ty by p ers o n ag e s re sp e ctiv ely

call e d Q uiri n us P o lyd o r us Tyro sophu s P r o mptutus an d
, , , ,

P oli ti cus The s e c o nd is an

. Echo Collo qui i by B e ne dict

H ilari o n w ho pr o fe ss e s to wri t e
, M an dat e sup eri orum ,

t o r epr es e n t t he o rd e r an d t o he hims elf a R o sicrucian

,
.

Th ere are two m o tt o e s o n the ti tl e pag e o f this w o rk the

o n e is p er a ngusta ad a ugusta the o th e r ,

A u
g u s t is , A u gu s ta , v us p e t it ar d u a vi rtu s ,

N o n dat u r , ad c oelu m c u r re r e lata v ia .

The writ er r efers i n a ki n dly ma nn er to the pro pagan dist

lab o urs o f Micha el Mai er an d assure s the an o nym o us bu t ,

ill ustri o us Tyro s0 phu s that his R o sicrucian ap ol ogi e s w e re

not writt en i n vai n an d hi n ts br o adly tha t h e was at
,
2 74 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

S . R that
.
,
is S i n c e r u s R en a t u
,
s o th e rwis e S igmu n d ,

R ich t e r publish ed at Br e slau his

,
P erfe ct an d Tru e P re
a r ati o n o f the Phil o s o phical S t o n e acc o rdi ng t o the S e cr e t
p ,

o f t he Br o t h erh o o ds o f the G o ld en a n d R o sy Cr o ss to ,

-
which is an n ex e d the rul e s o f the ab o v e m e n ti on e d Ord er

for the i n itiati o n o f n ew m e mb e rs an d th e ir e n r o lm e n t

among the S o n s o f the D o ctri n e This extra o rdi n ary pub .

li catio n was fo llow ed i n 1 7 85 -8 8 by the S e cr e t S ymb o ls

, ,

o f the R o sicrucia n s o f the S ixt ee nt h and S e v e n t e enth C en

t uri es which t h ou gh publish ed at A lt o n a s eem t o hav e
, , ,

e m ana t e d fr o m the sam e s o u rc e The la t t er w o rk is als o .

o f an alch emical na t ur e and n o i nfo rmati o n o f a his t o rical

,

ki nd is to b e fo und i n eith er I shall c on clud e this acc ou n t .

o f the r e sults o f the R o sicrucian man ife s t o e s i n G erma ny

with the

Laws o f the B r other ho o d, as p blui shed by S i nceras Rena tas .

It is c er t ai n says S eml er t hat the l o ng s er i e s o f r egula

, ,

t i ons enum erat ed by t his wri t er wer e n o t ad op t ed b efor e

1 6 2 2 for M o nt anus (Lu do v C onr v on Berg er ) who w as
, . .
,

s upp os e d t o hav e b een exp ell e d fr o m the Ord er i n that

y ear was not acquai nte d with th em
, .

I The brot h erh o o d shall not c onsis t o f m o r e t h an sixty

.

thr ee m e mb ers .

II The initiat i o n of Ca t h olics shall be all o w ed and o ne

.
,

m emb er is pr ohibi t e d to qu estibn a no th er ab o ut his b eli ef .

III The ten y ears o i ce o f the R o sicr u cian imp erat o r

.

shall be ab olish e d an d he shall be e l e c t e d for life

, .

IV The imp erat o r shall k eep the addr ess o f e very mem
.

her o n his list t o e nabl e th e m t o h e lp e ach o th e r i n cas e o f

,

n ec essi t y A lis t o f all n am es an d birt hplac es shall lik e

.

wis e be k ept The e ld e s t br o th er shall always be imp era

.
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : M I CH A E L M A I E R . 275

to r
. h o us e s shall be e r e ct e d a t Nure nb erg an d A n
Tw o
c o na for the p e rio dical c o n ven tion s .

V If two o r t hr ee br e thr en m e e t t og eth e r th ey shall

.
,

n o t b e e mp o w er e d t o e l e c t a n ew m e mb e r w i th o ut the per

missi o n oi the imp era t or A ny such e l e c t i o n shall be

.

v o id .

VI The y o u ng appr en tic e o r br o th er shall be o b e di en t

.

u n t o d e a t h to his mast e r .

VII The b ro th ers shall n o t eat t og eth e r e xc ep t o n S un

.

days but if t h ey w ork t oget h er th ey shall be allo w e d to

,

live e at and d ri nk i n c o mm on
, ,
.

VIII It is pr o hibit e d for a fath er to e l ec t his son o r

.

br o th er u nl e ss he shall hav e pr o ve d him w ell It is b ett er

,
.

t o el e ct a s tra ng e r so as to pr e v e n t the A rt b e c o mi ng

h er editary .

IX A l th ough two o r thr e e o f the br ethr en may be

.

gath er ed t og et h er th ey shall n ot p ermi t any on e wh o ms o

, ,

e v e r i t may be t o mak e his pr o fe ssi o n t o the Ord er unl e ss

,

he shall hav e pr e vi o usly tak e n part in the Practic e and ,

has had full e xp eri enc e of all i t s w o rki n gs an d has m o r e , ,

o v e r an e ar n es t d e sir e to acquir e the A r t

,
.

X Wh en o ne o f the b r e thr en i nten ds to mak e an h eir

.
,

such an one shall c onfe ss i n one o f the church e s buil t at

o ur exp e n s e and aft erwards shall r e main ab o ut t wo y ears
,

as an apprentic e D uri ng t his pr ob ati o n he shall be mad e

.

k now n to the Co ngr egati o n and the Imp erat o r shall b e ,

info rm e d of his n am e c o u n try pr o fessi o n an d o rigin to

, , , ,

e nabl e hi m to d espatch t w o o r thr e e m e mb e rs at the pr e p e r

tim e with his s eal to mak e the appr en tic e a br o th er .

X I Wh en the br et hren m ee t th e y shall salut e e ach o th er

.

i n the fo ll o wi ng manne r The rst shall say A ue F rater ,

The s e c o n d shall answ er Rosere et A urore , W her eup o n .

2 76 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

the rst shall c on clu de wi t h Crucis A fte r th e y hav e .

thus disc ov er e d th eir p o siti on th ey shall say o n e t o ,

a n o t h er Benedictus Domi nu s Deus noster gu t dedi t no bis

,

signum an d shall als o u n c o v er th e ir s e als

,
b e caus e if the ,

n am e c an be falsi e d the s e al can n o t .

XII I t is c o mma n de d that e v e ry br o th er shall set to

.

w ork aft er he has b een acc ept e d i n o u r larg e h o us e s an d ,

has b een en d ow e d with the S to n e (he r e c eiv e s al w ays a

s ufci en t p o rti o n to e n sur e his life fo r the spac e o f six ty
y ears ) B efo re b egi nn i ng he shall r e c o mm en d hims elf t o
.

G o d pl e dgi n g hims elf n o t t o u se his s ecr e t A rt t o o ffen d

,

H i m to d e str o y o r c orrupt the e mpir e t o b e c o m e a tyran t

, ,

thr ough ambiti o n or o th e r caus es bu t al w ays t o app ear ,

ig n o ran t i n variably ass ertin g that th e e xis t en c e o f s u ch

,

s ecr et ar t s is o n ly pr o claim e d by charla t a n s .

XIII I t is pr o hibi t e d t o mak e e xtracts fr o m the s e cr et

.

wri t ings o r to have t h e m pri nt ed with o u t p e rmissi o n fro m

, ,

the Co ngr egati o n als o t o s 1 gn th e m with the n am e s o r

charact ers o f any bro th er Lik ewis e it is pr o hibi t e d to
.
,

prin t any thi ng agai n st the A r t .

XIV The br ethr en shall o nly be all o w e d to disc o urs e o f

.

the s e cr et A r t i n a w ell - cl o s e d r oo m .

XV It is p ermitt e d for o n e br o t h er to b es t o w the S ton e

.

fr ee ly up o n a no th er fo r it shall n o t be said that this gift

,

o f G o d can be b o ught wi t h a pric e .

XVI It is n o t p er missibl e to k n eel b e fo r e any o n e u nd er

.
,

an y circums t an c e s u nl e ss tha t p ers o n b e a me mb e r o f the

,

Ord er .

X VII The b r ethr en shall n ei th er t alk much n or m arry

. .

Y et i t shall be lawful fo r a m e mb e r t o t ak e a wife if he

v ery much d e sir e i t but he shall liv e with her i n a phi loso
,

hi al mi nd H e shall n o t all o w his wi fe t o practis e o v e r

p c .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

n er, mak e th ems e lv e s mutually acquaint ed an d subs equ e n t ly ,

info rm the imp erat or of th eir m e eting .

XXV The imp erat or shall e v e ry ten y e ars change his

.

ab o d e n am e an d surnam e S h o uld he t hi nk it nee dfu l

, , .

he may do so at sh or t er p eri o ds the br e thr e n t o be i n ,

form e d with all p o ssi bl e secresy .

XXVI It is c omma n d e d t hat each b r oth er aft er his ini

.
,

tiati o n int o the Ord e r shall chan g e his n am e an d sur n am e

, ,

an d al t er his y ears wi t h the S t o n e Lik ewis e sh ould he .

,

trav el fr o m o n e c o untry t o a n o th e r he shall cha ng e his ,

n am e t o r e v en t r e c o g n iti o n
p .

XXVII N o bro t h er shall r emai n l o nger than t e n y e ars

.

o ut o f his o w n c o u n try an d wh e n e v e r h e d e parts

,
in t o
a no th er he shall giv e n ot ic e o f his d e s t i n at i on and o f the ,

nam e he has ad op t ed .

XXVIII N o br o th er shall b egi n t o w o rk till he has b ee n

.

o ne y e ar in the t o w n wh e r e he is r e sidi n g and has mad e ,

the acqu ai ntanc e o f i t s in habi t an t s H e shall hav e n o ac.

quai ntan c e wi t h the p rofessores i gnorantes .

XXIX N o b r o th e r shall dar e to r ev eal his tr easure s

.
,

e ith e r of g o ld or sil v e r to an y p ers o n wh o ms o e v er ; he

,

shall be par ticularly car eful wi t h m e mb ers o f r eligi ous

s o ci et ie s t wo o f o ur b r ethr en havi ng b een l o s t a nno 1 6 4 1
, , ,

t h er eby N 0 m emb er o f any such s o ci e ty shall be acc ept ed

.

as a br o th e r up on any pr et en c e what ev er .

XX X W hil e workin g the br e thr e n shall s el e c t p ers on s

.
,

o f y e ars as s erva n t s in pr efe r en c e t o the y o u n g .

XX X I Wh en the b r e thr e n wish to r en e w th ems elv es

.
,

th ey must i n the rst plac e trav el t hr ough a n o th er king

, ,

dom an d aft er th eir r en o va t i o n is acc o mplish ed must

, ,

r emai n abs ent fr o m th eir fo rm er ab o d e .

XXXII Wh en b r ethr en di n e t oget h er the h os t in ao

.
, ,
R OS I CR U CI A N A P OL O G I S TS
. M I CH A E L M A I E R . 2 79

co r dan ce with the c ondit i on s alr eady laid d ow n shall en ,

deav our to i n struct his gu ests as much as p o ssibl e .

XXXIII The br ethr en shall ass embl e in our gr eat h ous e s

.

fr e qu en tly as p o ssibl e an d shall c o mmunica t e o n e t o

a
s ,

a noth er the n am e and ab o de of the imp erat o r .

XXXIV The br ethre n i n th e ir trav els shall hav e no

.

c on necti on nor c onv ersati o n wi t h w o men but shall ch oos e ,

one or tw o fri ends g e n erally n o t o f the Ord e r .

,

XXXV Wh en the br et hre n int en d to l eav e any plac e

.
,

th ey shall divulge th eir d estinati on to n o o ne n e i th er shall ,

th e y s ell a nythi ng which th ey cann ot carry away bu t shall ,

dir e ct th eir la n dl o rd t o divid e it am o ng the p o or if th ey do ,

n o t r e turn i n six w ee ks .

XX X VI A br ot h er who is trav elli ng sh all carry n ot hing

.

in o il bu t o nly i n the fo rm o f p o wd e r o f the rst pr oj e cti on

, ,

which shall be e n cl o s e d i n a m e tallic bo x havin g a m e tal

st opp e r .

XXXVII N o br o th er sh o uld carry any writt en descrip

.

ti o n o f the A rt ab o ut him but sh o uld he do so it must be

, ,

writ te n in an enigmatical mann er .

XXXVIII Bre thr en w ho trav el o r tak e an y ac t ive p art

.
,

in t he w o rld sh all n o t e at if i nvit e d by any man to his

,

tabl e u nl ess th eir h o st has rst tast e d the fo o d If this be .

n o t p o ssibl e th e y shall tak e i n t he m o r ni ng b e fo r e l e avi n g

, ,

h o m e o n e grai n o f o ur m e dici ne i n the sixth pr oj e cti o n

, ,

afte r which th ey can e at w ith o ut fe ar b ut b o th i n e ati ng ,

and dri nkin g th e y shall b e m o d e rat e .

XXXIX N o br o th er shall give the S t on e i n the sixth

.

pr oj e cti on to stra ng ers but only t o sick br e thr en

,
.

XL If a br o th er who is at wo rk wi t h a ny on e be qu e s
.
, ,

ti on ed as t o his p o siti on he shall say that h e is a n o vic e

,

an d v e ry ig n o ra n t .
2 80 H I S TOR Y O F TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

X LI S h o uld a b rot h er d esire to w o rk he shall only em

.
,

pl oy an appr ent ic e i n d efault o f s e curin g the h elp of a

br o th er and shall be car eful t h at such an appr ent ic e is n ot
,

pr e s en t a t all his o p erati on s .

XLII N o marri ed man shall be e ligibl e for initiat i on as

.

a br o t h er an d i n cas e an y br o th e r s e eks t o app o i n t an h e ir

, ,

he shall ch oo s e s o m e on e u n enc umb er ed by man y fri en ds .

If he hav e fri ends he must tak e a sp ecial o ath to co m

,

municat e the s e cr e ts t o n o n e u n d er p en al ty o f pu nishm ent ,

by the imp erat or .

X LIII The br ethr en may t ak e as an appr en t ic e any one

.

t h ey hav e ch o s en for t h eir h eir pr ovid e d he be ten y e ars

.
,

old . Le t the p ers o n mak e pr ofe ssi o n Wh en the p ermis .

si o n o f the imp erat o r is o btai n ed wh er eby anyb o dy is r eally ,

acc ept e d as a m emb er he can be c ons t i t u t e d h eir

, .

XLIV It is c ommand e d tha t a br ot h er who by any

.

accid en t has b een disc o v er ed by any princ e shall s o on e r di e ,

than i n itiat e him i nt o the s ecr et and all the o th er b rethr en ,

i n cluding the imp era t o r shall be ob liged to v ent ur e th eir

,

life for his lib erati on If by misfo r t u n e the princ e r emain

.
, ,

o bsti n a t e an d the br o t h er di e s t o pr e s erv e the s e cr e t he

, ,

shall be d e clare d a martyr a r e lat iv e sh all be r ec eive d i n ,

his plac e and a m on um e nt wi t h s e cr et inscrip t i on s shall be

,

e r e ct e d i n his h on o ur .

XLV I t is c o mmand e d tha t a n ew br o th er can only be

.

r e c eiv e d i n t o the Ord er in o n e o f the church e s b uil t a t our

e xp en s e an d i n the pr e s e nc e o f six br e t hr en
, It is n eces .

sary to i ns truct him for thr ee m on ths and to pr o vid e him ,

with all t hings n eedful A ft e rwards he must r e c eiv e the

.

sign o f P eac e a pa lm-branch and thr ee kiss e s with the

, , ,

d D
w r s
o e ar br th r w e c o mman d y o u t o be sil ent
o e ,

.

A ft e r this h e must k neel b e fo r e the imp erat o r i n a sp e cial

,
 H I S TO R Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

X LIX . br o th er n e e d p erfo rm m o r e than thr ee pro

No

j e c ti o n s whil e h e stays in o u r larg e h o us e b e caus e t

,
h e r e are

c er tai n o p erat i o ns which b el ong t o the magis t er s .

L The br ethr e n shall be call ed in t h eir c on v ersa t i on

.
,

with each o th er b y the n am e th e y r ec eiv ed a t t h eir

,

r e c epti o n .

LI I n pr es enc e o f strangers th ey shall be call e d by th eir

.

o r di n ary n am e s .

LII The n ew br o th er shall invariab ly r e c eive the nam e

.

o f the b r o th er t h e n last d e c e as e d ; an d all th e br e thr en

shall be o b edi ent t o th e s e rul es wh en th e y hav e b ee n ao

'

c e te d by the Ord e r an d hav e t ak e n the o ath o f d e li t y i n

p ,

the n am e o f th e Lo rd J e sus Christ u s

.
 CHA PT ER XI .

R OS I CR U CI A N A POLOG I S TS : R OBERT F LU DD .

TH E c entral gu r e o f R o sicrucia n li t eratur e t ow ering as an ,

int ell e c t ual giant ab o v e the cr o wd of souleurs th eo s o phists , ,

and charlat a nic pr ofess ors o f the magnum op us w ho , ,

dir e c tly o r oth er wis e w er e c o nn e c t e d with the myst eri o us

,

Br o th erh o o d is Robertus de F lucti bu s the gr e at English

, ,

mystical phil o s o ph er of the s ev e n t een t h c en t ury a man of ,

imm en s e erudi t i o n o f ex alte d mi nd and t o j udge by his

, , ,

writi ngs of extr e m e p e rs o n al san c t ity

,
Enn em oser de .

scrib e s him as o n e o f the m o st distinguishe d discipl es of

Parac elsus bu t r e fus e s t o nu mb er him with t h o s e c on s o
,

crat e d th e o s o phis ts who draw all wisd o m fr o m the fo un t ai n

o f e t er n al ligh t H e d o es n o t s t at e his r eas o n s for this
.

d epr e ciat o ry j udgm en t and the bri e f an d i nad equat e n o tic e

,

which he give s o f F lu dd s syst e m displays such a curs o ry

acquaintanc e with the w o rks i n which it is d ev el o p ed that ,

it is d o ubtful wh et h er he had tak en pai n s to u nd ersta n d his

auth o r I sh o uld ran k the K e n tish mystic s e c on d to n o n e
.

am o n g the discipl e s o f the divi ne Th eophrastus wh il e ,

i n the pr o fu n dity and e xt en t o f his l e ar n i ng th e r e can b e ,

n o qu e sti o n that he far surpas s e d his m ast e r w h o is said to ,

hav e k no w n littl e but to hav e divi n e d alm o st e v erythin g ,

and who is th er efo r e call e d diuinus in the n arr o w e r s e n s e

, , ,

o f tha t n o w much abus e d term .

2 84 H I S TO R Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

was b o rn at M i lgate H o us e i n the parish

R o b er t F ludd ,
1

o f B e rs t e d K en t duri n g t he y e ar 1 5 7 4 B y his m o th er s
.
, ,

sid e he was d e sc en d e d fr o m the a n ci en t family o f A n dro s

o f Ta u n t on i n S o m ers et H i s fath e r Th o mas F ludd was a ,
.
,

r epr es ent ativ e o f a S hr o pshir e st o ck and succ e ssively ,

o ccupi e d s e v e ral high p o si t i o n s H e was victuall er o f .

B ewick an d th en o f N e whav en in F ra n c e aft erwards he

,

was mad e Re c eiv e r o f K en t S uss ex and S urr ey and b ein g , , ,

app o i n t ed tr e asur er o f the army s en t u n d er L ord

Will oughby to H enry IV o fF ra n c e he b eh av e d so h o nour .
,

ably that he was k n ight e d an d o n his r e turn to Engla n d ,

was mad e tre asur er o f all her Maj esty s fo rc es i n the Lo w

2
Co u n tri e s Thi s was i n the r e ign o f Qu e e n Elizab et h he
.

was c on sta ntly a j us t ic e o f the p eac e wh ere he r e sid ed an d ,

was als o tr easur er o f the C i n qu e p orts H e b o r e for his .

arms v ert a ch e vr on b et w e en three w o lv e s h eads e ras e d

,

arge nt wh i ch c o at wi t h his quar t eri ngs was c o n rm e d to

, , ,

him by R o b ert Cook Clan N o v 1 0 3

, , .
,

I hav e succ e e d e d i n c o mpili ng fr o m vari o us s o urc e s the

fo ll o wi n g scan ty gen eal ogy o f the F ludd family
1
Th e s eat o f M ilgat w as fo r merly e s t e em e d a m ano r I t w as .

an ci e n tly p o ss e ss e d b y the family of Colo igne o n e o f wh o m R o b er t , ,

de Co l o ign e di e d fe ife d o f i t i n t h e 35 t h y e ar o f E d w a r d I I I I n p r o
, .

c e ss o f t i m e his d e sc e n d ant s c ame t o b e c all e d Co lu n ey o n e o fwh o m , ,

Th om a s Co lu n ey a s app e ar s b y an o ld s u r v e y o f B er s te d p o ss e ss e d
, ,

i t i n t h e 1 4 th y ear o f E dwar d I V I n the b egi n n i n g o f t h e r e ign .

o f H en r y V I I i t w as b e c o me t he p ro p e r ty o f t h e fam ily o f S to n e
.

h o u s e wh o s e an ci e n t s eat was at H aze lwo o d B ou gh to n M alh erb e

, ,

(P hilp o t p ,
. R o b e r t S to n e h o u s e was o f Ber s t e d E squ i r e a t , ,

t h e l atte r e n d o f H e n r y V I II H i s son G eo rge at th e b egi n n i n g o f

.
,

Q u e e n E lizab e th s r e i gn ali enate d this s eat t o Th o ma s F l u dd

, ,

E squ i re a ft e rwar ds k n i gh t e d an d w h o c o n sid er ab ly i mp ro v e d an d

, ,

au gmen t e d i t On e c o rn e r o f this e dic e is s till s aid to r emai n b u il t

.

i n t h e m an o r - h o u s e e re c te d o n i t s si te wh e n th e o ld h o u s e fe ll i n to
r u i n s B a s te d H is tor y o f K e n t
, v o l ii pp 4 8 6 4 8 7 ,

. .
, .
, .

H is t ory o f K en t v o l ii p 4 86

H as t e d s , . .
, . .

V i si tati on o fC ou n ty o f K e nt 1 5 7 4 a nd 1 6 1 9 , .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

A cc o rdi ng t o this g en eal ogy ,

R o b ert F ludd was the

yo u n ge st o f v e s on s H e was en t er e d o f S t J o h n s Co ll eg e
.

i n the year 1 5 9 1 at the age o f s ev en t e en

,
H avi ng gradu .

a t e d b o th i n arts an d m e dici ne he app e ars t o hav e trav ell e d

,

e xt en siv e ly for th e spac e o f six y e ars i n F ranc e G erman y

, , , ,
i

I t aly an d S pai n On hi s r eturn to E nglan d he w as mad e

,
.
,

a m emb er o f the L on d on Co ll eg e o f P hysicia n s an d t o o k ,

his d egr ee o f Mast er i n A r ts i n the y e ar 1 6 05 H i s rs t .

publish e d w o rk app ear e d i n 1 6 1 6 ab out which t im e he was ,

visi t e d by Micha el Maier by wh o m he was pr o b ab ly a o

,

u ai n te d w ith the R o sicrucian c o n tr o v e rsy an d with wh o m

q ,

he c orr e sp o n de d aft er the r en o wn e d G erman alch e mis t had

r eturn e d to his o w n c o u ntry F l udd app ears t o hav e r e .

side d chi ey i n Lo nd o n th en as n o w the gre at i nt ell e c t ual

,

c ent r e o f England H e had a h o us e i n F e n church S t r e et

.
,

acc ordi ng to F ull e r 1 an d an ot h er in Co l eman S tr eet wh er e

, ,

he di e d i n the y e ar 1 6 37 o n the 8 th day o f S ep t emb e r

,
.

H e was buri e d i n the cha n c el of B erst e d Church und er a ,

t o mb which he had pr evi ously er e c t e d A n o bl ong squar e

o f dark sla t e -c o l o ur e d marb l e o ccupyi ng a larg e spac e o f
, ,

the cha n c e l wall o n the l eft as y o u s t a n d b efo r e the al t ar ,

l ooki ng up the b o dy o f the sm all church t o wa rds the d oo r .

Th er e is a s eat e d ha lf-l e ngth gur e o f F ludd wi t h hi s han d ,

o n a b o o k as if j ust raisi n g his h e ad fr o m r e adi n g t o l o o k

,

at you Up on the m on um en t are t wo marb l e b oo ks i n

.

scrib ed M i sterium Ca bali sti cum an d P hilosop hia S acra .

Th er e w er e o rigi nally eigh t b o oks The i n scrip t i on to his .

m em ory is as foll ows :

VIII Di e M en sis VII A D
.
m O
O d ori
.
,

bus v rua v ap orat crypta tegit cin er es n e c sp eci o sa tv o s o v e d

m ortal e minv s tibi Te c ommi tti mu s v nv m i ng enii viv ent
.

1
W o rthi e s o f G re at B r i ta in p 7 8 o f t he s e c on d p ar t
, . .
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O GI S TS : R OB E R T F L UD D . 2 87

hic m on um en t atui n am tibi qui similis scri bit moriturqu e

se ulchr um t ta t n m t i t t facit H m o nu
p p r o o e er u p os er a e o e .

m e ntu m Th o mas F l o o d Go r e Co u rt i n o ram apud Cantiano s

armig er i nfoelissimam i n chari ssimi patri n sui m em oriam
n ex i t die M e n sis A ugu sti
,
1

B ers ted Church is situat e d o n high gr o u n d at a small ,

dis t an ce s o u th o f B erste d Gr een I t is d e dica te d to the .

H o ly Cr o ss an d acc o rdi n g to H as te d
, ,
2
is a ha n ds om e ,

b u ildi ng c on sis t i ng o f tw o aisl e s an d t w o cha n c els with a

, ,
,

squ ar e b eac on to w e r at the w est end o f it This is i n the .

P erp endicular s tyl e and a t t hr ee a ngl e s of the summi t are

,

thr ee r ud e gur es said to be thr ee d ogs o r b ears sciant but

, ,

so d efac e d by tim e that th e y ca nn o t w ell be d i sti nguish e d .

The list o f F lu dd s w o rks is as fo ll o ws

A p o l o gia Co mp en diaria F raterni tatem de R o s e a Cruc e

s uspi ci o ni s e t i n fami se macu lis as ersam er i tati s qu as i
p v ,

F luctibus abl uens e t abstergens L eyd en 1 6 1 6 8 v o .

,
. .

Tractatus A p ologeticus integritatem S o ci et atis de R os ea

Cruc e defen den s Lugduni Batav o rum 1 6 1 7
. 8 vo A ,
. .

duplicat e of the pre cedi ng with a n ew titl e .

U triusqu e Co smi maj oris scilic et e t minoris metaphysi ca ,

physica atqu e t e chnica his t o ria in dua v olumin a s ecundum

c o smi di fferentiam divisa 2 t om Oppenhei mii F ra n c o . .
,

furt i 1 6 1 7-2 4 F ol
, . .

V eritati s Pr o sc e nium se u de mo n strati o qu aedam

a nal t i ca in
y q u
, a c u il i b e t c o mp ara t i o n is particul es i n app e n ,

dic e qu adam a J K epplero nuper i n ne H arm on ize suae

.
,

M undanae e dita factae i n te r H ar mo niam suam mu ndan am e t

,

i llam R F ipsissimis v eri tatis a r u menti s res o ndetur

. .
g p .

F ranc ofur ti, 1 6 2 1 . F ol.

1
H argr av e J e n n i ngs , Th e R o sic r u ci an s , &c .
,
p . 364 .

2
H oris t y of K t en ,

v ol. ii p.
, . 489 .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

M o n ocho r dum Mu n di S ymphon iacu m , se u , R e plicati o R .

F . ad ap olo gi am J K epleri adv e rs u s d e m o n stra

.

t i o n e m suam analy ti cam n up erri me e di t am in qua R obertu s

v ali di o r ibu s Jo anni s o b ec ti o ni bu s

j H armo n i ae suae l egi re

p u n an tibu s, c o mi te r r esp o n d er e ag r e di tu r F ran co furti ,

g g .

1 6 22 . 4 to .

A n at o miae A mphi the atrum gi e

ef triplici m o r e ,
et c o ndi
ti o n e v aria de signata m F ran cfurte 1 6 2 3 F o l .
,
. .

Phil o s ophia S acra e t v e r e Christia na seu M e t e or ol ogica ,

Co smica F ran cofu r ti 1 6 2 6

. F ol ,
.
.

M e de ci na Ca tholi ca seu mystic um art is medi candi sac,

r a ri u m 5 parts
. F r an c o fu r t i 1.6 29
31 , .

S o phi ae cu m m o ria c e r t am en i n qu o lap si s Lydiu s a , ,

fals e stru cto re M M ersemi o repro batu s

. c el e ,

b errima v olumi ni s sui Babyloni ci gmenta accurat e ex

ami n at (S ummum b o nu m qu o d e st v e rum subj ectu m v er ae ,

magicae c abalae alchymi es fratru m R oseae Cr u cis v erorum

, ,

i n di ctarum sci en tiarum lau dem e t i n sign is calumni ato ri s ,

M M ersen n i de dec us publicatum p er J F riz i um)

.
,
. .

2 pt F ran co furti 1 6 2 9
. F ol ,
. .

D o ct o r F l u dd s A n s we r un t o M F o s t e r o r the s qu e si ng

.
,

o f P ars o n F o s te r s S p o ng e o rdai n e d by him for t he wipi n g

,

away o f the w e ap on-salv e L o n d o n 1 6 31 4to .

,
. .

Clavis Phil o s ophi se e t Al chymi ae (A R e ply t o F ath e r .

Gass en di ) F ran cofur ti 1 6 33 F ol

.
,
. .

Phylo so phi a M o saica I n qu a S api en t ia c t S ci e ntia

.

creati o ni s e t cr eaturaru m sacra v e re qu e Christia n a

ad amu ssim et enu ncleate ex pli catur G ou dae 1 6 38 F o l .

, . .
~

It will be s een fr o m t his lis t that the R o sicrucian man i

festo es fo u n d an imm e diat e d efen d er i n R o b e r t F ludd that ,

is if the A p ol ogia which b e ars his n am e is t o be co n
,

si dere d his w o rk Th er e is s om e u n c ertai n ty o n this p o i nt

.
,
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

to a lugu bri ous c on sid er at i on o f the imp e dim en t s an d de

ge n e rac
y o f th e arts a n d sci e n c e s i n m o d e r n tim e s de

m hodierno di e in
sci enti aru scholi s uigenti u m i mp edimentis . It
en large s o n the u rge nt n ec e ssity for a r e fo rma t i o n i n
Natural Phil os ophy M e dici n e and A lch emy
, ,
.

Co nc er ni ng the rst the auth o r d e clar e s it to b e imp o ssi b l e

,

for any o ne to at t ai n to the supr em e summit o f the natural

sci en c e s u nl ess he be pr ofo u n dly v ers ed i n the o ccul t m ean
i ng o f the a n ci en t phil o s o ph ers bu t the mi n ut e and m o s t
,

accurat e obs erv er w ho d oe s achi e v e this h eight w ill n ot nd

i t difcult t o adapt th e mat e rials which are pr epar e d by
Natur e in such a ma nn e r as t o pr o d u c e by the applicati o n
,

o f activ e s t o passiv e s man y marv e ll o us ef

,
fe cts b efo r e the
ti me o rdai ne d by Natur e ; an d this he adds w ill be mis
, ,

tak e n by the u n i n itiat e d for a miracl e .

Lik e o th ers o f his sch o ol he i n sists o n the unc er t ai n t y o f

,

ap oster iori an d e xp e rim en tal m e th o ds t o which he u nhesi

,

t ati ngly attribu t e s all the err o rs of t he n a t ural sci en c e s .

Par t iculars are fre qu e n tly fallibl e b ut u n iv e rsals n ev e r .

,

Occult phil o s o phy lays bare Nature i n her c o mpl et e n ak e d

n e ss an d al o n e c o n t emplat e s the w isd o m o f u n i v e rsals by

t he ey e s o f i n te llig e n c e A ccus t o m e d to partak e o f the

.

riv ers which o w fr o m the F o un t ain of Life it is u n ac ,

quai nte d with gr o ss n e ss an d with c lo ud e d wat ers .

I n M e dici n e he lam e nts the l o ss o f tha t u n iv ersal pan ac e a

r eferr ed to by H ipp o crat e s But abs o lu t ely n o thi n g re
mai n s o f that o n e an d o nly m edicam ent o f which H ipp o
crat e s mak e s m en ti o n (darkly and mystically I admit ) i n ,

s e veral plac es and still l e ss are its o p erati o ns u nd erst o o d

, ,

i n asmuch as n o o n e n ow s e arch e s with ly n x-lik e ey e s i nt o

t he pr o fo u n d d e pths o f t ru e n atural phil o s ophy to gai n an ,

accu ra te k no wl edg e o f its c o mp o siti o n and its virtu e s .
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL OG I S TS : R OB E R T F L UD D . 291

Co n c erni ng A r i t hm et ic , he asks m o urnfully and wi t h ,

appar e n t ear n e s t n e ss Which o f us has at this day the

, , ,

abili t y t o disc o v er th o s e tru e an d v i v i c num b ers wh er eb y

the el e m e nt s are u n i t e d an d b ou n d to o n e an o th e r ? A nd
t h en with r egard t o music which as he r e marks non ali ter
, , , ,

su ccedit A ri thmeti cce gudm medi cina P hi losop hia N atu rali , he
crie s t eaft r h same fashi on But g oo d G o d what is
e , ,

this wh en c ompare d with that d ee p an d tru e music o f the

wis e wh er eb y t he pre p or t i on s o f n atural thi ngs ar e inve sti
,

gat ed the harm o nic al c on c o rd an d the quali t i es o f the wh o l e

,

w o rld are r eveal e d by w hich als o c o nne ct ed thi ngs are

,

b o u n d t oge th e r p e ac e e stablish e d b e tw een c on icti ng ele

,

m ent s and wh er eby e ach star is p erp et ually susp en d ed in

,

its app oint e d plac e by its w eight an d str e ngth an d by the ,

harm o ny o f its luc en t spirit It is imp o ssibl e to r e ad with
.

o u t a smil e wh e n the auth o r urg e s th e n e c e ssity for a musical

r eformat i on o n the gr o u n d that w e hav e l o s t tha t art of

,

Orph e us by which h e m o v e d i n s en sibl e s t o n es and tha t of ,

A ri o n by which the sh es w e r e charm ed .

The curs o ry r evi e w o f alch emy is e qually gl oo my The

ar t als o o f alch e my o r ch emistry is surr o u n d e d wi t h such
, ,

i ns olubl e e nigmas that w e c an scarc ely gai n a nythi ng bu t

ign oranc e t h er efr om and ignotum p er i gnoti us H e enlarg es
, .

o n i t s cti t i o us v o cabulary and qu o t e s M ari ci n u s as fo l

,

l o ws The magist erium o f the phil o s oph ers is hidd e n an d

c on c eal ed and wh er ev er fo und is k nown by a t h ousand
,

names ; m or eo v er i t is surr ou n d e d by symb ols and is r e

,

v eal e d to the wis e al o n e y et this is n otw i thstan di ng the

, , ,

o ne o nly an d lin e al way o f the wh o l e o p e rati o n

, ,
Th en .

he hims elf c o nt in u e s N ei t h er c o mm o n re , bu t Nat ur e

h ers elf neith er articial fur nac e s bu t n at ural matric es are
, , ,

n eed ed in this w ork which is the w o rk o f Natur e o nly and

, ,
2 92 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

wh er ein n ot hing is r equire d s ave the b rief co o p er at i o n o f

her minis t er by wh o m things na t ural to things als o n at ur al

, ,

and sp eci e s t o t h e ir c ongru e n t s are duly and a ccura te ly ,

applie d . M ath em atics o p t ics and as t r ono my he tr e a t s
, ,

after the s am e fashi o n c ompari n g t h e ir tam e an d c o m mo n

,

pl ac e friv oli t i es wi t h the sub lim e kn o wl edge o f the

anci en t s .

The t hird p art is e n t i t l e d D e N atu rae A rcani s an d ,

t r ea t s o f the mys t e ri es o f Light &c d ev el oping i n a small ,

.
,

spac e a curi o us and pr ofo und phil o s o phy I t d escrib e s G od .

as the ens entiu/m e t er n al fo rm 1 nv i o lable purely ig neo us

, , , ,

wi th o u t any int ermix t ur e o f mat erial u n manife s t e d b e fo r e ,

the cr e ati on o f the u n ive rs e acc ordi ng to the m axim of

,

M ercurius Trism egis t us M onas general molem cl in seip sum

, ,

m uam

re e ct i t a r dore s E .arth is d e n e d t o be a gr o ss wat e r ,

wa te r a gr o ss air air a gr o ss re re a gr o ss eth er whil e

, , ,

the e th e r its elf is the gr o ss e r par t o f the e mpyr ea n which ,

is dis t inguish e d from the et h er eal r ealm an d is d escrib e d as ,

a wa t e r o f ex t r e m e t e nuity c on s t i t u t e d of thr ee part s o f

,

lumi nou s subs tan c e to one aqu eo us par t ; i t is the pur es t

e ss enc e o f all subs t anc e s an d is id en t ical with the lu mi ni fer
,

o us et h er o f the la t e s t sci e n t ic hyp o th esis Its plac e is the .

medium mundi wh er ei n is the sp hazra cegua li tatis i n which

, ,

the su n p e rfo rms its r e v oluti o n The sun i t s elf is c o mp o s e d

.

o f e qual par t s o f ligh t an d wa t e r Ligh t is the caus e of all

.

e n ergi e s nihi l i n hoe mu ndo p eractum fueri t sine lucis medi a ,

ti one aut a ctu di ui no

It is imp o ssibl e for man to d esir e
.

m or e c o mpl et e felici t y than the admirabl e k no wl edge o f

ligh t and i t s virt u es by which the an cient m agi c on s truc t e d
,

t h e ir e ver-b urn ing l amps fo rc e d re o ut of s to n es an d w ood

, ,

kindl e d tap ers fr o m the rays of s t ars and n at urally b y , ,

m ean s o f i t s r e e c t i ons pr oduced m any w onders in the ai r

, ,
2 94 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

frequ en tly p erfo rm e d by evil spirits w ho assum e the n am es ,

o f G o d an d o f the a ng els This d epartm en t o f N cer oman cy

.

can ,
h owe v er be p erfo rm e d by n a t ural p ow e rs d e n it e
, ,

rit e s and c er em on i es wh er eby c el e stial and divi n e virtu e s

,

ar e r e c o n cil e d an d draw n to us ; the a n ci en t Magi p r o

mu lgate d in t h eir s ecr et b ooks ma ny rul e s o f t his d o c t ri ne .

The las t sp e ci e s o f magic is the t haumaturgic b eg e t ting ,

illus ory ph en om ena ; by t his ar t the Magi pro duc e d th e ir

phan tasms an d o th er marvels .

W h en sp eaki n g of the w o n ders wr o ugh t m echanically by

R o g er Bac o n A lb ertus Mag nus an d B o et ius , the ap o l o gist
, ,

o f the Ro sicrucia n s t ells us tha t he hims elf by his as siduity ,

i n m e cha n ical arts c o n struct e d a w o o d en b u ll which l o w e d

,

and b ell o w e d aft e r the fashi o n o f the livi ng animal ; a

drag o n which apped its wi ngs hiss ed and v omit e d fo rth , ,

re and am e s up on the b ull ; and a lyr e which play e d

m el o di e s with o u t huma n i nt erv ent i on as w ell as many ,

o t h er t hi ngs which by the simpl e math emat ical ar t apar t

, ,

fr o m natural magic c o uld n o t hav e b een acc omplish e d

,
.

The sci e n t ic and phil o s ophical pri n cipl e s o f R o b er t

F ludd w er e a tt ack e d by F a t h er M e rs en ne with sp e cial ,

r efer en c e t o his b eli ef i n the Ro sicrucian S o ci ety S om e .

tw elv e y ears had pass e d si n c e the app e aran c e of the

Trac t at us A olo e ti cus which h pr bably no l o ng er
p g ,
e o

valu ed H e r epli e d to the a t tack in the w o rk e ntitl e d

.

S ophi ae cum M o ri a Cer tam e n with o ut m enti oni n g the
,

R o sicrucians . But the S ummum B on um by Jo achim ,

F r itz which acc ompa n i e d t his r eply c o n tai n s an elab ora t e

, ,

d efen c e of the Ord e r t o which i n o n e of i t s phas es F ludd

, , ,

is said to have b el o ng e d The au t h orship o f this d efen c e

.

he is supp o s e d to hav e disav o w ed Buhl e h o w e v er p oint s

.
, ,

o ut th a t as
the pri n cipl e s the s t yl e t he an im o sity t o wards
, ,
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : R OB E R T F L UD D . 2 95

M ers enn e the publish e r an d t he y e ar w er e s e v erally t he

, , ,

sam e as i n the S ephi ae cum M o ri a Certam en which

F ludd ack n o wl edg ed th er e c ann o t b e much r eas on t o d o ub t

,

that it was his But as I am u n w illi ng to c on si de r that a
.

man o f F ludd s high charact er w o u ld be guilty of d elib erat e

fals eh o o d and as i t was n o t his habit to writ e e ither

,

a nonym o usly o r ps eud onym o usly I pr efer the altern ativ e ,

offer e d by the G erma n critic wh en he says If n ot F lu dd s

, ,

it was the w ork o f a fri en d o f F ludd s I n e ith er cas e

.
,

his o pi ni o ns are r epr e s en t ed On the ti tl e -page o f the

.

S ummum B o num th er e is a large R o s e on w hich tw o
,

b ees h av e alight ed wi t h this m o tto ab o v e B at Rosa mel

,

a i bus Th b k tr ats o f the n obl e ar t o f magic t h

p . e o o e e ,

foundat i on and n at ur e o f the Cabala the ess en c e o f v eritabl e ,

alch emy an d o f the Causa F ratrum Rosece Cru cis

,
It .

id en ti e s the palac e or h om e o f the Rosicrucian s with the

S criptural h o us e of wisd o m A scendamus ad montem
.

rationabi le m, cl
cedi mus doma
ce m S a
p ienti a . The fo un da
t i o n of the m o u ntai n thus r eferr e d to is d e clar e d t o be the
Lapis angularis the c o r n er- s t o ne cut o ut of the m o un tai n
, ,

with o ut han ds This st o ne is Christ It is the spiri t u al

. .

palac e which the Ro sicrucian s d e sir e to r e v eal and is th er e ,

fo r e no e arthly o r ma t erial ab o d e Th er e is a l ong dis .

q u i si t i o n o n the signicanc e o f th e R o s e an d the Cr o ss a ,

pur ely spiri t ual i n t erpr etati on b ein g ad opt ed A t the .

c o n clusi o n the writ er a n t icipat e s the qu e s t i o n wheth er he

,

hims elf is a br o th e r o f the Ro s e Cr o ss si n c e he has s ettl e d ,

all qu esti o ns as t o th eir r e ligi o n an d symb o lism H is .

a nswer is t ha t he l eas t o f any has d e s erve d such a grac e o f

G od ; if it hav e pl e as e d G o d t o h av e so o rdai ne d it it is ,

e n o ugh . To satisfy h ow ev e r the curi o sity of his r e ad ers

, , ,

he suppli e s th e m with a curi o us l e tt er supp o s e d t o hav e

 -
2 96 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

e manate d fro m the s o ci ety and which has b een quaint ly ,

t ran slat e d i n a ma n uscript o f the s ev en t e ent h c ent ury .

This Epistl e was writt en an d s en t by y e Br e thr en of

R C to a c er t ai n e G ermain e a c o ppy wh er eo f D r F lud
. .
,

o b t ai n e d o f a P o la n d e r o f D an t z i che his fri en d which ,

he sinc e pri nt e d i n La t i n at ye en d o f his t rac t i n t i t ul ed , ,

De S mnmo Bono .

Ven erabl e an d H o n o urabl e S r

that t his will be y e rs t yeare o f t hy

S eei n g
nat ivi t y w ee pray tha t t h o u mayst hav e fr om y e M o st H igh
,

G o d a m o st happy e n tra n c e i nt o an d d e par t ur e fr o m o ut o f

,

thy l i fe and b ecaus e t h o u hast hi t h er t o b een wi th a go o d

,

min d a c on stant s earch er of h o ly phil o s ophy w ell d on e ! ,

P r o c eed fear G o d for t hus t h o u may est gai ne H e av en

, , .

G et to thys elf the m o s t tru e kno wl e dge for it is G o d w ho ,

hath fou n d o ut e v ery w ay it is G o d who al on e is circum

feren c e and c ent re But draw t h ee neere lis ten tak e t his t o
.
, ,

he who i n cr eas et h k n o wl edg e incr eas et h s orr o w ,

b ecaus e that in much kn owl edge is much gri efe w ee sp eak e ,

by exp eri e nc e F or all w orldli ngs a nd vai ne-

. gl o ri ous , ,

v au n ti nge b o as ters gorgio u s men talk ers and vai n e

, , ,

p eopl e doe u n w orthily scan daliz e y ea and curs e us for an , ,

u nkno w n mat t er Bu t w e w on d er n o t t hat ye u ngr at eful

.

w orld do e p e rs e cu t e ye pr o fess ors of ye tru e A r t s t og et h er ,

w ith ye truth i t s elf Ye tt for thy sak e wee sh all bri ey

.

a n sw er t o th es e qu es ti o n s viz : What w ee doe ? What , .

c an w ee doe Or wh eth er ar e any such as w ee ? In J oh n ,

t h ere for e w ee r e ad e that G o d is ye S upr em e Ligh t an d in

, ,

light w ee walk e so t ha t w ee e xhibi t ligh t (alth ough i n a

,

lau th er n) t o y e wo rld Bu t th o u man o f ye w o rld that .

deni est this th o u k n o w e st n ot or s e est n o t i t b eh o v e s th ee

,
2 98 H I S T OR Y OF Ti I E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

S upr em e Tru t h said e : T ell

t his to n o man fo r acc ord ,

i nge to ye vulgar way vulgarly t o di e w as k n o w n to all

,

men fro m ye beginn inge o f y e w orld B e y e e ch an g e d .

th er e fo r e be yee cha ng e d fro m d e ad st o n es int o liv i nge

,

phil o s ophical s t ones The ap o stl e sh ews y e way wh e n he

.

s aith L ett the sam e mind e be i n y o u as is i n Jes u s A ls o .

he explai n s that mi n d e in ye follo wi nge w ords viz w h e n ,

.
,

as b eing e i n
y e fo rm o f G o d h e th o ugh t i t
,
n o r o bb ery t o

be e qu al to G od B ehould th es e thi ngs 0 all you tha t

.
,

s earch int o ye abs trus e s e cr e ts of n atur e ! Y ee h eare th es e

matt ers but y o u b eli ev e th e m n ot 0 mis erab l e m ort als
, , ,

who do e so anxi ously run i n t o y o u r e ow n m in e b u t wil t ,

th o u be m or e happy 0 th o u m o s t mis erab l e w ilt t h o u be

, ,

e l eva t e d ab ov e
y e circl e s o f y e w o rld 0 th o u pr o ud o ne wil t
, ,

t h o u c o mmand in H e av en ab ov e this ear th and t hy d ark e , ,

b o dy 0 t h o u ambitio us w ill y e e p erfo rm e all miracl es O

, , ,

y e e unw o rthy K n o w y e e th e r efo r e y e ,

r ej e c t e d o f what , ,

nat ure i t is b efore it is s o ugh t But th o u O B r o th er

,
.
, ,

h eark en ! I will sp eak e wi t h S J oh n that th o u may est .

,

hav e fellowshippe wit h us and ind ee d our fellowshippe is

,

with y e F a t h er an d with J esus an d wee wri te u n t o you ,

t hat yee may rej oy ce b e caus e G o d is ligh t and i n H im th er e ,

is n o dark n e ss a t all B ut t hat th o u may e st c om e un t o us

.
,

beho uld this ligh t for it is imp o ssibl e for th ee to se e us

,

( unl e ss wh en w ee w ill ) in a n o t h er light I n t his t h er efo r e .

, ,

fo ll o w us wh er eby th o u may e s t be mad e happy with us for

, ,

o ur m o s t imm o v e abl e pallace is ye c entr e of all things ,

lik ewis e is it much obsc u r ed b e caus e c o v er e d w ith many ,

n am es . E n t er ent er in t o ye gl o ry o f G o d an d thy o wn
,

salvat i o n ye ga t es and S ch ool e o f P hi lo sophi call L ov e in

, ,

which is taugh t ev erlastinge charity and frater nall l o v e ,

and that s o m e r e spl en d en t an d i n visibl e castl e which is

R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : R OB E R T F L UD D . 2 99

buil t up o n the mou ntai n e o f ye L o rd o ut o f wh o s e r oo te ,

go eth fo rth a fo u n tai n e o f li v i nge wat ers an d a riv er of ,

l o v e D ri n ke dri nk e and again e dri nk e that th o u may est

, , ,

see all hidd e n thi ngs an d c o nv e rs e with us

,
A gain e
b ewar e ! But what ? F or th o u k no w e st v ery w ell that
n at ur e r e c eiv e s n o thing for n u t rim en t b u t that which is

sub til e the thick and foeculent is cas t o ut as e xcr em e nts

, .

It is als o w ell disput e d by thys elf t ha t t h o s e who w ill liv e ,

i n ye min de rath e r than i n ye b o dy t ak e i n n o urishm en t

, ,

by ye spirit no t by ye m o u th A s for exampl e it is lawful

, .
,

to k n o w H e av e n by H e av en n o t by e arth bu t ye virtu e s
, ,

o f this b y
y e o t h e r and if y o,
u und e rs t a n d me aright n o ,

man asc e nds i nt o H e av e n w hich th o u s e ek e st exc ept H e

, ,

w ho d e sc en d ed fr o m H e av en which t h o u s e e k es t n o t e n
, ,

ligh t en eth him rst W hats o e v er th er efo r e is n ot fro m

.

H eav en is a fals e i mmage and cann o t be call e d a virtu e,

.

Th er efo r e O Br o th er th o u can s t n ot be b et t er c o nrm e d

, ,

th en by virtu e i tselfe which is ye S upr eame Truth which

, ,

if th o u wilt r eligi o usly an d w ith all thy might end eav o ur

, ,

t o foll o w i n all thy w o rd e s and w o rk es it will c o n rm th ee ,

daily m or e an d m o r e fo r it is a e ry spirit e a glisteni nge

, ,

spark e a grai ne imp ossibl e n e v er di inge subliminge his

, , ,

o w n b o dy dw e lli ng s i n e v ery cr e at e d b eei n e su stai ni nge

, g ,

an d go v ern i nge it gold burninge and by Chri st purged

, , ,

pur e in ye re allwaye m or e gl ori ous an d pure j ubilati nge

, ,

with o u t dimi n uti o n this shall (I say ) con rme th ee daily

, ,

u n till (as a c ertai ne l earn e d man sai t h ) th o u ar t mad e lik e

a li on in battl e and can st tak e a w ay all ye str ength o f ye
,

w orld an d fear est n ot d e ath nor any vi o l en c e whats o ev e r

, ,

a div elli sh tyra nny can i n v ent viz seeinge th o u ar t be ,

.
,

c om e such a o ne as th o u d e sir est a st o ne and a w e rk e ,

.

A nd t hat G o d may bl e ss thy lab o urs which th o u shalt

.
300 H I S TO R Y :
OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

r e c eiv e in m o s t appr o v ed auth ors u n d e r a shaddow for a ,

wis e man r e ads o ne thi nge an d u n d ersta n ds an oth er .

A r t t h o u imp erfe ct ? A spir e aft er a due p erfe cti on A rt .

th o u fo ul and u n cl e a n ? Purg e thys elf with t ear e s sublim e ,

thys elfe with g o o d ma n n e rs an d vir t u e s ad o rn an d b e auti fy ,

thyselfe wi t h sacramen tall grac e s Mak e thy s oul e sublim e

and sub t il e for ye c o n t e mplati o n o f h e av e nly thi nges an d ,

c o nformabl e to angeli call S piri ts tha t i t may vivify t hy ,

vil e ash es and v u lgar b o dy an d mak e i t white and r en d er

, ,

i t al t oget h er i n c orru p tibl e an d impassibl e by ye r esurrec

t i o n o f o ur L o rd J esus Christ Do e th e s e thi nges and.
,

th o u wil t c o n fe ss that n o man hath wr o t e m o r e plai nly

th e n I Th es e thi nges the Lady Virtu e hath c o mm end e d
.

sh o uld be t o ld to th ee fr o m (or by ) w h o m accordinge to

, ,

thy d e s er t s th o u shal t h er e aft er be m o r e lar gely tau gh t

, ,

t h e s e read if th o u wilt as the ap o stl e will eth k eepe that

, , ,

which is c o mmi t t e d to thy t rust F arew ell . .

F T F i n Ligh t an d C . . .
,
.

By his t al en t s and i n t ell ectual ability Ro b ert F ludd is a ,

charact er so imp ortan t i n English Ro sicrucian lit era t ur e ,

that I pr e p o s e t o giv e a sh o rt sk et ch or syllabus o f his sin

gular c osmical phil o s ophy The substa n c e w ill be tak en fr o m
.

the M osai call Phil o s o phy an d the fo li o v o lum e e ntitl ed

,

Tra ctatus Varii and it will be r en d er ed as far as p o ssibl e

,

in the phil o s oph er s o wn w o rds

.

The auth or disti nguish e s i n s ev eral plac e s b et w een the

D ivi n e copies the e t er n al sapi e n c e the h eav e nly wisd o m
, , ,

which is o nly mystically r ev e al e d to mankin d and the ,

wisd o m which is d eriv e d fr o m the i n v en ti on a n d t raditi o n

o f me n H e d e clar e s the phil o s o phy o f the Gr e cians o r the
.
,

e thni ck phil o s o phy to be bas e d o nly o n the s e c ond an d to

, ,
30 2 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

A lep h lucidum Vo id o f form and life i t is s t ill a mat erial

.
,

d e v el o ping fr o m p o ten t iali ty int o the actual and was i n ,

fo rm e d by t he Mak er of the w o rld wi t h a universal ess enc e ,

which is the Ligh t of M o s es an d was rs t e v olv e d in the

,

e mpyr e a n h eav e n the high e st and sup ernatural r egi o n o f

,

the w orld th e ha bi taculum fontis lucidi the r egi o n n o t o f

, ,

matte r b u t o f fo rm form simpl e and spiritual b ey on d all

imagi n ati on Th er e is a s e c o n d spiri t ual h eav en par t ici
.
,

patin g in the cl arity an d t enui ty o f the rst o f which i t is ,

the bas e this is the m e dial h e av en call e d the sp hcera ,

cegualilatis an d i t i s c o rp o r e al i n r e sp e ct o f the fo rm e r The .

t hird h eav e n is the l o cali ty o f th e fo ur el e m ent s The pr o .

r e ssi o n o f the prim o rdial ligh t thr o ugh the t hr e e c el e stial

g
spac e s w as acc omplish e d duri n g the rst t hre e days of cr ea
t i on Chris t the Wisd o m and W o rd o f G o d by H is appari
.
,

t i on o ut o f dark n e ss that is b y the muta t i o n o f the r s t

, ,

pri n cipl e fro m dark A l eph to ligh t A l eph r ev eal e d the wat ers ,

c o nt ai ne d i n the pr o fo un d b o s o m o f the abyss and an imat ed ,

t h e m by the emanati o n o f the spirit o f et er nal re and t h en ,

by his admirabl e activity disti nguish ed and s eparat e d the

darkn e ss fr o m the light the o bscur e and gr o ss wat ers fr o m
,

the su b tl e an d pur e wa t e rs disp o si n g the h e av en s an d

,

sph er es as ab o v e sta t ed an d divi di ng t he gro ss er waters

, ,

int o sublu n ary el em en ts Th es e el em ent s are d escrib e d as

.

fo ll ows E art h is the c ongl o m erati on o f the mat erial

d arkn ess and the r efus e o f the h e av en s Wat er is the m o r e
gro ss spirit o f the dark ness of the i nferi or h eav e n n early ,

d evo id o f light ; A ir is the spiri t of the s e c o nd h eav en ;

F ir e the spiri t of the dark n e ss o f the Empyr ean h eav en
, .

F ludd s t h e ory o f the M acroco smu s is e nu n cia t e d in the

foll owi ng mann er .

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30 6 HIS T O R Y OF TH E RO SICR UCIA NS .

appar en t w er e th e n complicitly c o n t ai ned though i n r egard ,

t o o u r ni t e faculti e s i t can o nly be c on c eiv e d as n o t hi ng

mhi l non ms non ens a lep h teneln osum the A bs ol ut e M on ad

'

, , , ,

o r U n ity .

J o i n e d to the c o smical phil o s ophy o f Rob ert F l udd ,

th er e is an elab orat e syst e m o f spiritual e v olu t i o n and the ,

fo u ndati o n of b o th is to be s o ught i n the giga ntic hyp o

t h es e s o f the K abbalah H i s ang el ol o gy is d eriv e d fr o m
.

the w orks o f ps e u d o - D i o nysius o n the c el e stial hi erarchi e s ,

a n d he t e ach e s the d o c tri n e o f the r e- e xist e n c e o f huma n

p
s o uls which are d eriv ed fr om the vivifying ema na t i o n
,

dw elli ng i n the A nimal M andi the w o rld s spiritual v ehicl e

,

,

the catho lic s o ul which its elf is i nacte d an d pr e s e rv e d by

,

the Ca th o lic an d Et er n al S piri t s ent o u t fr o m the fou n,

t ai n o f life to i n ac t and vivify all t hi ngs .

Th es e mys tical sp e culati on s what ev er th e ir u ltimat e

,

valu e are sublim e ights o f an e xalt ed imagi n a ti on but

, ,

th ey are fo u nd i n the w riti n gs of Ro b e r t F ludd sid e by

, ,

sid e with the cr ud e s t physical t h eo ri e s and the m o st e x ,

~

p l o d e d a s t r o n o mical n o t i o n s H e d e.n i e s th e d iur n al r e v o l

uti o n o f the e arth an d c o n sid ers the light o f all th e stars
,

t o b e d e riv e d fr o m th e o n e heav enly ca ndl e

o f the s un .

R ej e c t i n g the na t ural if i n ad e quat e e xpla nati o n s o f

A ris t otl e and his succ e ss ors he pr e s ent s the m o st ex trav a
,

ga nt d efi niti o n s o f the n atur e o f W i nds cl o uds sn o w & c , , ,

.

The last is d e scrib e d as a m e t eo r w hich G o d draw e th fo rth

o f H i s h idd en tr e as ury i n the fo rm o f w o o l o r as a cr eatur e ,

pr o duc ed o ut o f the air by the c o ld bre ath o f the Divi ne

S piri t t o p erform his will o n e arth Thu n d er is a n o is e
.

w hich is mad e i n the cl o udy t e n t or pavili o n o f Jeh ovah ,

li gh t ni ng a c e rta i n ery air o r spirit a nimat e d by the

RO SICR UCIA N A P OL O GISTS : RO B ER T F L UD D .
30 7

brigh t n ess and burn ing fro m the fac e or pr es en c e o f

Jeh o vah . Li terally i nt erpr etin g the p oet ic im agery o f
S criptur e he p erc e iv es th e dir e ct int erfe r e n c e o f the D e ity
,

i n all t he ph en o m en a of Natur e an d d en o u n c e s m o r e
,

rat i o nal vi e ws as t err ene an imal and diab olical
, , .
 CH A P T ER XII .

R OS I CR U CI A N A POLOG I S TS : TH OM A S VA UGH A N .

E UG EN I U S P H ILA LETH ES , uth or o f the r enown ed

the a

I nt r o i t us aper tu s ad occlusu m Regis Palatium the Eu

,

tr anc e Op ene d t o the Cl o s ed Palac e o f the Ki ng is so far ,

c o nn e c t e d w i t h the Ro sicrucia n s tha t he publish e d a

t ran slat i o n as w e hav e s een o f the F am a an d Co n
, ,

fessi o F raterni tati s an d his phil o s o phical d o ctri n e s are
,

v ery similar to th o s e o f the mys t eri o us B r ot h erh oo d of ,

w hich he has b ee n err o n e o usly an d d espi t e his e xpr ess

,

an d r e p e a t e d d e nials r e pr e s e n t e d as a m em b er
, Lik e th em .
,

he e xp e c t e d the adv ent o f the artist Elias w ho was fo r e

t old by P arac elsus r epr es en ts his m o s t imp or t an t alchemi
,

cal w o rk as his pr ecurs o r an d d e clar es t ha t prob l ematical

,

p ers on age to be alr eady b or n i n t o the w orld The ent ir e .

univ ers e is to be t ran smu t e d and tran s gured b y the

sci en c e of this ar t is t in t o the pur e mys t ical go ld of the S piri t
ual City o f G o d wh en all curr en ci es h av e b een d es tr oy ed
, .

A fe w b ri ef y ears he cri es i n his pr o ph et ic m oo d
, ,

and I t rus t t ha t m o n e y will b e d espis e d as c o mpl e t e ly as

dr o ss and t ha t w e shall b eh o ld the d estructi on of t his vil e

,

inv ent i o n so Opp os e d to the spiri t of J e sus Ch ri s t The

, .

w orld is b ewi t ch e d by it and the i n fatuat ed n ati o n s ad or e

,

this vain an d gr o ss m et al as a divin i ty Is i t t his which .

will h elp t owards our c omi ng r ed emp ti o n and our l ofty

fu t ur e h o p es ? By this shall w e en t er tha t N e w Jer usal em
31 0 HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA N S .

H is wri tings shew him to be a supr em e ad ept o f spiri tual

alch emy and he d e spis e d the g old which he claim e d t o be
,

abl e t o manufac t ur e The his t ory o f this man w ho r o am ed

.

fro m plac e to plac e p erfo rming the m o st lavish tran smuta

,

ti on s bu t always an onym ous always o blit e rati ng his per

, ,

so n ali t o ft e n disguis e d t o c o n c e al his id en tity by his o w n

y , ,

r epre s en t ati o n in c on tin ual da ng ers an d difcultie s thr o ugh

the p o ss e ssi o n o f his t erric s e cr et an d gai n i ng n o thi ng by ,

his l ab o urs is a curi ous s t udy o f the p erve rsity of human

,

charac t er fo r th o s e w ho disb eli ev e i n alch e my and s om e ,

gro u n d for the fai t h o f th o s e who b eli e ve in it The ess en t ial .

e l e m e n ts o f fraud are wa n t i ng and the i n t ell e ctual n o bility

,

o f the man illumi nat e d m o r eo v e r by l o fty r eligi o us aspira

, , ,

tio ns is c onspicu o us i n all his w o rks

,
.

The list o fhis writi ngs is as fo ll o ws

A n throp os 0phi a M agica o r a D isc o urs e o f t he Na t ur e

o f M an an d his S t a t e aft er Dea t h A nima Magica A b .

sc o n dita 5 or a D isc o urs e of the U m v ersall S piri t o f
Na t ur e L on do n 1 6 5 0 8 v o
.
,
.

Magi a A dami ca o r the A n t iqui ti e s o f Magic an d the ,

d esc en t t h er eof fr o m A dam d ownwards pr o ve d W h ere .

un t o is add ed a p erfe c t and full disc o v ery o f the Coelum

T e rrae . L o n d on 1 6 5 0 8 v o
,
. .

The Man -M o us e t ak en i n a Trap for G nawi ng

the M argins o f E ug enius Philale thes (A sa t ir e o n H e n ry .

M or e who a ttack ed him in a pamphl e t entitl ed Obs er v a

,

ti on s up o n A nthro posophi a Magica e tc

) L o nd o n ,

.
,

1 650 . 8 vo .

Lum e n de Lumin e or a N e w M a i call Ligh t dis

g
c ov er ed and c ommun icat e d to the W o rld with the A phor ,

i smi Magici Eugeni anu L o nd o n 1 6 5 1 8 v o

.
, . .

The S e c on d Wash ; o r The M o o r e S cou r d o n c e m ore

,
 TH OM A S VA UG H A ZV .

b eing a charitabl e cur e for the distracti on s of A laz ono masti x

H enry M o re ) L on d o n 1 6 5 1
. 8v o , . .

The F am e an d Co n fessi on o f the F rat e r n ity o f R C . .

,

with a Pr efac e a nn ex e d th e re to an d a sh or t d e clarat ion o f ,

th eir physi call w ork L o nd on 1 6 5 2 8 v o .

, . .

E uphrat e s or The Wat ers o f the East b ei ng a

sh or t disco urs e of t hat great fo u n tain w h o s e wat er o w s
fro m F ire and carri e s i n i t the b eams o f the S un an d M o o n
, .

L o nd o n 1 6 5 5 8 v o
, . .

A Bri e f Natural H ist o ry i n t ermix e d w ith va ri e ty o f ,

Phil o s ophical Disc o u rs es an d Obs ervati o n s of the Burni ngs

o f M o u nt Et n a &c L ond o n 1 6 6 9 8 v o
.
, , . .

I ntr o itus A per tu s ad Occlu su m R egis P alatium P hila .

l eth ee Trac t a t us Tre s I M e tallo r um Me t am o rph o sis II

. . . .

Br evis M anductio ad R ubri um Coelestem III F o ns Chy . .

mic ac V eri tatis 1 6 7 8 4t o . . .

It is o nly i n the i n tro ducti o n to the F ame and Co nfes

si o n that Philalethes mak e s any imp o rtan t referen c e to the
Ro sicrucian S o ci e ty The r e his Opi n i o n s are expr ess ed in
.

the fo ll o wi ng ma nn er I am i n the hum o ur to afrm the

e ss e nc e and e xist enc e o f that admir e d chim aera the F ra t er ,

n i ti e o f R C . A n d no w g en tl e m en I tha nk y ou I h av e
.
, , ,

air e and r o o m enough m e think s y o u s n e ak and steal fro m

me as if the plagu e and this R e d Cr o ss w er e i ns e parabl e
, .

Tak e my L o rd ha v e m ercy al ong with you fo r I pitty y our ,

sickly brai ne s and c ertai nly as to y o ur pre s ent s tat e the

,

i nscripti o n is no t u ns e as on abl e But i n li e u o f this s om e .

,

o f y o u may advis e m e t o an ass er ti o n o f the Capreo ls o f de l

Phaebo or a r evi e w o f the li b rary o f that discr ee t g en tl e ma n

,

o f La Ma n cha for i n y o ur o pi n i o n th o s e k n ights and th e s e

,

bro th ers are equally in visibl e This is hard me asur e but I .

,

shall not insis t to dispr ov e y ou If th er e be any am o ngs t .

 31 2 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

t he livi ng o f the sam e b ookish faith with mys elf th ey are ,

the p ers on s I w o uld spe ak t o .

The pr efac e pr o c e eds to disc ours e up o n the c o nt emp t

w hich magic has u ndergo n e i n all ag e s an d th e n the au th o r

disti n ctly d eni e s his p ers o nal acquai n tan c e with the R o si
crucian S o ci ety A s fo r that F rat e r nity wh o s e H is t ory
.
,

an d Co nfe ssi o n I hav e h e r e adv e n t u r e d t o publish I hav e , ,

for my o w n part n o r e lati on to th em neith e r do I much

, ,

d e sir e th eir acquai n ta n c e I k n o w th ey are m asters o f gre at

.

myst eri es and I kn o w wi thal t hat n atur e is so large they

,

may as w el r e c eiv e as giv e I was n eve r yet so lavish an

.

admir er o f th e m as t o pr efe r th e m t o all the w o rld for i t is ,

p o ssibl e an d p e rhaps tru e that a privat e man may hav e

, ,

tha t i n his p o ss e ssi o n wh er eo f th ey ar e ig noran t I t is .

n o t t h eir titl e an d the n o is e it has o ccasi o n e d w hich

mak e s me c omm en d t h em The ack n owl edgm en t I giv e .

th e m was rs t pr o cure d by th eir b oo ks fo r th e r e I fo u n d ,

th e m t ru e phil o s o ph ers and th ere fo r e n o t chim aeras as m o st

, ,

t hi nk but men Th eir pri n cipl es ar e e v e ry way co rrespon

, .

den t to the anci ent a n d primitiv e w i se domenay th ey ar e ,

c on s on an t to o ur v ery r eligi o n and c on rm e v ery p o in t ,

th er e of I qu es t i on n o t b ut m ost of th eir prop o sals may

.

s e e m irregular to c o mm on cap aciti es bu t wh e n the preroga ,

t iv e and p ow er o f Natur e is k n o wn th er e th ey will quickly ,

fall e v en fo r th ey wa n t no t o rd er an d s o bri et y I t will be

, .

e xp e c te d p e rhaps t hat I sh o uld sp e ak s o m et hi ng as to t h eir

, ,

p ers o n s and habi t ati on s b ut in this my c old acqu ain tanc e

,

w ill excus e me o r had I any fam ili arity with th em I sh o uld

, , ,

n o t d o u bt t o u se i t w ith m or e discr eti o n A s for th eir .

e xis t e nc e (if I may sp e ak lik e a sch oo lm an ) t h ere is gr e at ,

reas o n w e sh ould b eli ev e i t ; n e ith er do I se e how we can

d eny i t unl ess w e gra n t tha t Na t ur e is s tudi ed and b ooks
, ,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

mity o f the o ld and new pr o fess ors nam ely the Ro si

,

crucian s an d the India n i nitiat e s Wh en w e have ev i

.

d enc e tha t m agicians hav e b een it is pr o o f als o t hat th ey

,

may be . I h old it t h e n w o r t h ou r o bs ervati o n th at

e v en t h o s e magi who c am e t o Christ H ims elf cam e fr o m the

Eas t ; but as w e cann o t pr o v e th ey w er e Brachmans so ,

n ei t h er can w e pr o v e t h ey w er e n ot If any man will

.

c o nt en d for the n egative i t mu st fo ll o w that the East

,

afford e d m ore magical s o cie ti es th en o ne The l e ar ne d

.

will no t d eny but wisd om an d ligh t were rs t ma nifeste d

i n the sam e par ts n am ely in the E ast
, ,
F r o m this fo u n
.

tai n als o this livi ng o ri en t al on e did the Bro th ers of R C

, ,
. .

draw th e ir who lesom wat ers .

H e c on clud e s by rei t erati n g his pr ev i o us stat e m e n t I

have n o acquain t anc e with this F ra t erni t y as to th eir per
s on s ?

 CH A PTER XIII .

R OS I CR U CI A N A POLOG I S TS : JOH N H E YD ON .

TH E last of the li n e o f ap o l o gists w ho has any claim o n o ur

n o tic e is the extra o rdi n ary R o yalist mystic an d g e o manc e r ,

J oh n H eydo n w ho i n the pr e fac e to The H oly Guid e
, , ,

has l eft us the fo ll o wing i nt er e sti n g a nd curi o us fragm en t

o f au t o bi o graphy

I was d esc end e d fr o m a n o bl e family o f L on d o n i n

Englan d , b ei ng b o r n of a c o mpl e te tall s t a t ur e small limbs

, ,

but i n e v ery part pr o p o rti o n abl e o f a dark ax en haire it

, ,

curling as you se e i n the Ei gi es and the ab o v e gur e s o f

1
,

1
Th e po rtrai ts p re x e d t o s e v eral of J o h n H e yd o n s wo rks r ep r e

s en t h im as a y o un g b ear dl e ss man
, , o f a n ami ab l e b u t me l an ch oly

c o u nt e nan c e
.
 21 6 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

A str o l ogi e the

tim e I was b orn : this is als o the Charac
at

t er o f my G e nius M alhi tr i el an d S piri t Taphz a Ben ez e lthar

,

Thascraphi marah I had the small pox an d rick et s v ery

.

y ou ng A sc e nd e nt t o Co nj uncti o n Mars an d S 01 to the , ,

quartil e o f S aturn I was a t Tardebi ch i n Warwickshir e

.
,

n e e r H e w el wh ere my m o th er was b orn e an d th er e I

, ,

l e arn e d and so car efull w er e t h ey to k eep me to the b o ok

,

an d fr o m da ng e r tha t I had o n e purp o s e ly t o a tt en d me a t

,

sch o ol an d at h o m e F or i nd e ed my par en t s w er e b ot h o f
.
, ,

th e m h on o urably d e sc end ed Th ey pu t me t o l earn the .

Latine t ongu e t o o ne Mr G eo rge Li n acr e the mi nist er of the ,

G o sp el a t G olto n ; of him I l ear n e d the Latin e and Greek

p erfe ctly an d th en w as tt ed fo r Oxford Bu t t he Wat rs
,
.

b egan and the S un cam e to the b o dy o f S atur n and fr a s

,

trate d that d e sig n an d wh er e as y o u ar e pl e as e d to s t il e me

-
a n ob l e natur ed sw ee t g en tl eman you see my nat ivity
1
, ,

Mercury V e nus an d S a t ur n are s tr o ng and by th em the

, , ,

Drag o n s h e ad an d Mars I j udg e my b ehavi o ur full o f

rigo ur and ack n owl edg e my c onv e rsati o n aus te r e I n my

, .

d ev o t io n I l o v e to u se the civility o f my k ne e my hat and , ,

hand wit h all t h o s e o u t ward and s ensi b l e m o ti on s which

,

may expr ess o r pr om ot e invisibl e d ev o ti on I foll o w ed the .

army o f the Ki ng t o Edg ehill au d c o mman d e d a t r oo p o f ,

h ors e but n ev er vi o la t e d any man & c n or d efac ed the

, , .
,

1
This a cc ou nt is addr e ss e d t o the hi gh p r i e s t or gran d mas t er o ft he
R o sic ru ci an s i n wh o s e p re s en c e h e re p re s e n t s hi m s e lf t o be s tan di ng
, .
 31 8 H I S T OR Y O F TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

with prid e and spirit es an d t ro phi es o f my vict ori es o v er ,

my en emi es an d can wi t h pati en c e embr ac e this life y et

, ,

i n my b e s t m e dita t i o n s do o ft en de e d e ath I h o n o ur any

man tha t c o nt em ns it n o r can I l o v e an y that is afraid of
,

i t this mak e s me n a t u rally l o v e a s o uldi er t ha t will fo ll o w

his cap t ai n I n my gu r e y o u may see that I am n aturally
.

bashful Yet you may r ead my qualiti e s on my cou nten

.

anc e A b o u t the tim e I trav ell e d i n t o S pai n Italy Turk ey

.
, , ,

an d A rabia the A sc e n d en t was th e n dir e ct e d t o the Tri n e o f

,

the M o o n S e xtil e o f M erc u ry and Quartil e o f V en us

,
I .

s tudi e d phil o s ophy and wri t t his tr eatis e and the Templ e
1
,

o f W i sdo m e &c C o nv ersati o n age or tr av ell hath n o t

, .
, ,

b een abl e t o a ffr on t o r enrage me yet I hav e o ne part o f ,

the m o d e sty w hich I hav e s eld o m disc o v er e d in a not h er ,

tha t is (to sp eak t ruly ) I am n o t so much afraid o f D ea t h ,

as asham e d t h er eo f It is the v e ry disgrac e and igno mi ny

.

o f o ur n atur e s that i n a m o m en t c an so dis gu re us that

,

o ur b el o v ed fri en ds sta n d afraid and s t ar t at us the birds

and b eas t s o f the eld t hat b efo r e i n a nat urall fe ar e o b ey e d

us fo rge tti ng all all egian c e b egi n t o pr ey up on us This
, ,
.

v ery th o ught i n a s to rm at sea ha t h disp o s e d and l eft me

willi ng to be swall o we d u p i n the abyss o f wat ers wh er ein ,

I had p erish e d u ns een u npiti ed with o u t w o nd eri ng ey e s

, , ,

t ears of pity l e ctur e s o f m o rality and n o ne had s aid

, ,

-
Quantum mutatas a b i llo N o t tha t I am asham e d o f the .

a n at o my o f my parts or can accus e Natur e o f playi ng the

,

pupil in any par t o f m e o r my o wn v i ti ous life for c on ,

tracti ng any sham eful dis eas e up o n me wh er eby I migh t ,

n o t cal l mys elf a c o mpl eat bo dy ed man fr ee fr o m all ,

dis eas es s o u nd an d I t hank G o d in p erfe ct h ealth

, , , ,
.

I writ my H arm o ny o f t h W rld wh n th ey w e r e

e o e ,

all a t disc o rd and sa w ma n y r e v o lu t i o ns o f k i n dome s

, g ,

1 The H o l G u id e
y .
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E YD ON .
31 9

emperours, gran d signi ours, an d

p op es I was t w enty when
this b o ok was nish ed bu t me t hi nks I have o utlive d my
,

s elf and b egi n to be weary o f the S un alth ough the S un

, ,

n o w appli e s to a Tri n e o f Mars I hav e shak e n han ds with

.

d elight and k n o w all is va nity and I thi nk n o man can ,

liv e w ell o n c e but he that c o uld liv e twic e ye t for my par t ,

I w ould n o t liv e o ve r my h o w r e s pas t or b egi n agai n the ,

mi nu t es of my day e s no t b ec aus e I hav e liv e d th em w ell

, ,

bu t fo r fear I sh o uld liv e t h em w ors e A t my d e ath I m ean .

t o tak e a t o t al adi e u o f the w o rld n o t cari ng for the bur th en,

o f a t ombs to n e and e pitaph n or so much as the bar e m em o ry

,

o f my nam e to be fo u n d a nywh e r e bu t i n the U n iv e rsal ,

R egist er o f G o d I th ank G o d tha t with j oy I m enti o n

.

it I w as n e v er afraid o f H ell n o r n e ve r gr ew pal e at the

, ,

m en ti on o f S h eol o r T o ph e t &c b e caus e I u n d ersta n d the

, ,
.
,

p olicy o f a p u lpit and x my c o n t emplati on s o n H e av e n

,
.

I writ the R o si e Cruc ian I nfallibl e A x io mata i n fo ur e ,

b ooks an d study n o t for my o wn sak e onl y b ut for th e irs

,

that study n o t fo r th ems elves I n the Law I b ega n to be a

.

p erfe ct cl erk ; I w rit the Id ea o fthe La w & c fo r the b ene t

,

.
,

o f my fri ends and pra ctic e in th e K i ng s B e nch

I e nvy n o .

man that k n o ws mo r e tha n mys elf but pi tty th e m that k no w ,

l ess e F or Igno ran c e is rud e un ci v ill and will abus e any

.
, ,

man as w e see i n bayliffs w ho are o ft en kill e d for th e ir

, ,

impud en t att emp t s ; th ey ll fo rg e a warra n t and fright a

fell o w t o ing a w ay hi s m on ey tha t th ey may t ak e it up ,

t he d e v il ] that did but bu ffet S t Paul play e s me thi nks at

,
.
,

S harp e with me To do n o i njury n or tak e n o n e was a

.
,

prin cipl e which t o my form er y ears and impati e nt affe cti o n

s eem e d t o c o ntai n en o ugh o f m orality but my m o r e s e ttl e d ,

y e ars an d Christia n c on stituti o n hav e fallen up o n s e ve r er

r e s o luti o n s I h old th er e is n o such thi ng as i nj ury and if
.
,

th ere be , th er e is no such i njury as r ev enge and no such ,

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

re venge as the c ont emp t of an i nju ry Th er e be t h o s e that

.

wil l v en tur e t o wri t e agains t my do c trin e wh e n I am d ead

, ,

t h at n ev er durs t answe r me wh en aliv e I see Cic er o is

.

abus e d by Cardan w ho is a ngry at Tully fo r praisi ng his

,

o wn daught e r an d Or i an u s is so impud en t tha t he adv e n

g ,

ture s t o forge a p o si ti on o fthe h e av en s an d calls it Cor nelius

A grippa s nativity an d th ey say t ha t Co rn elius was b o r n e to

,

b eli ev e ly es and to br o ach th em Is no t t his u nw or thi ne ss to

.

wri t e such ly es and sh ew such r e as ons for th em ? His na

,

ti v ity I c o uld n ev e r nde I b eli ev e n o man k no ws i t bu t by a

, ,

fals e gure thus th ey scan daliz e him A nd so t h ey may use

.

me but b e h o ld t he scheam o f my n a t ivity i n G eo m ancy

, ,
32 2 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

jec ts, purp o s ely t o put th e m i n t he M ar shalsey o r o t h e r ,

H o us e s of H ell t o b e d e str o y e d i n pris o n o r starv e d o r , ,

kill e d by the k eep ers an d th e n t wo o r thr ee p o or e old

,

w o m e n for as ma ny shilli ngs shall p erswad e the Cr o w n er an d

the p eo pl e to b eli e v e th e men dy e d o f c o n sumpti o n s It is .

a barbar o u s par t i n human i ty t o add u n t o any a f flic t e d

parti e s mis ery o r en d eav o u r t o m u l tiply i n any man a

passi o n wh os e si ngl e n atur e is alr e ady ab o v e his pati en c e .

The A sc en d e n t t o th e Q uar t il e o f S atur n an d par t o f

,

F o r t u ne t o t he S e xtil e o f th e M oo n cam e n ext ; and it is

tr ue I had l o v e d a la dy i n D ev o n shire b ut wh en I ,

s eri o usly p erus e d my n a tivi t y I fo u n d the s e v e nt h H ous e

,

a fic t ed an d th er efo r e n e ver r e s olv e t o marry for b eh o ld

, , ,

I am a man and I kn o w n ot h ow I was so pro p or t i o n e d

,

an d h av e s o m et hi ng i n m e tha t can b e w i th o u t me an d ,

will be afte r m e and h er e is the mis ery o f a ma n s life he

,

e ats dri n ks and sl e e ps t o -

day that he may do so t o
, , ,

m o rro w an d this br ee ds dis e as e s which bri ng d eath for

, , ,

all esh is grass A n d all th e s e cr eatur es w e b eh old are

.

but the h erbs o f the eld dig es te d int o esh i n th em or ,

m o r e r em o t ely carni ed in o urs elv e s w e are d ev o ur ers n ot

o n e ly o f me n b ut o f o urs e lv e s and tha t n o t i n an all eg o ry
,

but a p o sitiv e truth for all this mass e o f esh which w e

,

b e h old cam e i n at o ur m o uths this fram e w e l o ok up on

hath b e en up o n o ur tr en ch ers and w e hav e d e vo ur ed o ur ,

s elv e s an d wha t are w e ? I c o uld b e c o n t e nt that w e

,

might rais e e ach o th e r fr o m d e ath t o life as R o si e Crucia ns

do e with o u t c onj un cti o n o r tha t t h er e w e r e a ny w ay to
,

p erp e tuate the w o rld with o u t t his trivial and vai n way o f
c o iti o n as Dr B r o w n calls it I t is the fo olish e s t act a wis e
.

m an c o mmits all his life n or is th e re a n y t hi ng that will m o r e

,

d ej e ct his c old imagi n ati o n tha n to c o n sid er wha t an o dd

 R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : y o H N H E YD ON .
32 3

err o u r he ha t h
c ommi tte d H ad the s t ars fav our e d me I .
l
,

might hav e b een happy i n that sweet sex .

I r em e mb er als o that t his Quartil e o f S atu rn impris on e d

me a t a m e ss enge r s h o u s e for c on t e n di n g wi t h Cr o m w ell

,

w ho malici o usly c omma n d e d I sh o uld be k ep t cl o s e i n

Lamb eth H o us e as in d ee d I was tw o y ears My p ers o n
,
.

he fe ar e d an d my t on gu e an d p en o ffe n d e d him b e caus e

, , ,

am o ngst many thi ngs I said partic u larly such a day he , ,

wou ld di e an d he dy e d ,
It is v ery tru e Oliv e r opp o s e d me
.

all his life an d mad e my fath er pay s ev en t een -hu n dre d

,

p o u n ds for his lib erty ; b e sid es th ey st o l e und e r pr et en c e , ,

o f s e qu e s t e ri ng him tw o th o usa n d p o unds i n j e we ls pla t e

, , ,

&c an d y et the Ki n g s n obl e st s ervants su ffer up o n suspi

,
.

t i o n of d eath .

Wh en the m o on was dir e c t e d t o the Quart il e f

o S 01 ,

an d the M C t o the o pp o si t i o n o f S o l I w as by the pha n

. .
,

ati ck Com mitt e e o f S afe ty c o mmi t t e d t o pris o n and my ,

b o oks burn t y et I w o uld n o t en t ertai n a bas e d esign o r an

, ,

acti o n tha t sh o uld call me villai n for all the rich e s i n ,

Englan d an d fo r t his o nl y do I l o ve an d h o no ur my o w n
s o ul and have m ethin ks two arms t o o few to e mbrac e
, , ,

mys elf My c on v ersati o n is lik e the S un with all men and

.
,

with a fri en dly asp e ct t o go o d and bad Met hinks th er e is .

no man ba an d the w o rst b e st

d , tha t is whil e th e y are , ,

k ept withi n the circl e o f th o s e qualiti e s w h er ei n th ere is

goo d The m e th o d I sh o uld u se i n dis t ributiv e j us t ic e I
.

1
c ou ld be c o n te n t that w e mi gh t p ro c re ate l i k e tre e s wi th o u t
I ,

c o n j u n ct i o n o r th at th er e we re a n y way t o p er p e tu ate the wo r ld

,

with o u t this t r ivia l an d vu l gar way o f c o i ti o n i t is the fo o lish e s t

a c t a wis e man c o mm it s i n all his life n or is th er e an yt hi n g ,

th at will m o r e d e j e c t hi s c o o l e d i magi nation wh en he sh all c on sid e r ,

wh at an o dd an d u nwo r thy pie c e o f folly h e h ath c o mmi tte d I sp e ak .

n o t i n p re j u dic e n o r a m a v er s e fr o m th at sw e e t s e x
, bu t n atu rally ,

amo ro u s o f all th at is b eau tif u l Reli gio M edic i p t ii s e c 9 .

, . . . .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

o ft en o bs erv e in c o mmu t ati o n an d k ee p a g eo m et rical pr o

,

p or t i on i n b oth wh er eby becomming e qual t o o t h ers I be

, ,

c o m e u njus t t o mys elf and suber ogate i n t ha t c o mm o n

,

pri ncipl e D oe u n t o o t h ers as th o u w o ulds t be d o n e u nt o

,

t hy s elf
y e t I giv e n o alms t o sat i s e the hu n g e r o f my
b r o th e r but t o ful l an d accompli sh the will and c ommand
,
.

of G o d . This g en er al an d i n diffe r en t t emp er o f min e d ot h

n e arly disp o s e me t o this n obl e virtu e am o n gs t th o s e milli o n

o f vic e s I do i n h eri t an d h o ld fr o m A dam I hav e .

e scap e d o n e an d t ha t a m o r t al en e my t o charity the rst ,

an d fath er si n n o t o n ely o f m an bu t o f the d e vil P rid e

, , ,

a vic e wh o s e n am e is c o mpr eh en d e d i n a m on o syllabl e bu t ,

in its n a t ur e no t circumscrib e d wi t h a w o rld I hav e .

e scap e d it i n a c o ndi t i o n that can hardly av o id i t ; t h e s e

p et ty acquisiti o n s an d r eput ed p erfe c ti o n s that advanc e an d

e l e va t e the c o nc e i t s o f o th e r me n add n o fe ath e r unt o mi n e .

A n d this is the o bs erva t i o n o f my life I can l o v e an d

fo rgiv e e v en my en emi e s .

The ma t erials suppli e d i n this sin gular fragm en t o f an

aut ob i o graphy are suppl em en t e d by a Life o f J oh n

H eyd on fr o m the p e n o f F r e d erick Talb ot Esq which
, , ,

was pr e x e d to The Wis e Ma n s Cr own and which I
,

shall pr es en t t o my r ead ers i n a c o mpr e ss e d fo rm to av o id ,

the pr o lixi t y an d irr el e van c e o f much o f the o rigi n al .

Jo h n H eyd o n the so n o f F r an cis an d Mary H eyd o n n o w

, ,

o f S idm o uth i n De v o n shir e

.
is n o t bas ely but n obly de
,

sc en d e d A n tiquari e s d eriv e th e m fr o m Julius H e yd o n

.
,

Ki ng o f H u n gary an d W e stphalia that w er e d e sc en d e d ,

fr o m the n o bl e family of Caesar H eyd on i n R o m e an d sin c e ,

this r oyal rac e the lin e ru n s d o w n t o the H o n S ir Chris .

t o pher H eyd on o f H e yd o n n e ar N or thwi ck ; S i r J o h n

,

-
H eyd o n lat e l o rd li eu t en a n t o f the ki ng s T o w e r o f Lou

,
32 6 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

He wr ot e many e xc ell en t t hings and p erform ed man y ,

rar e exp erim en ts in the art s o f as t r oman cy g eoman cy &c , ,

.
,

b ut esp e cially e ighty-o ne the rst up on the K i ng s d ea th

,

pre dict ed in A rabia by him to his frien ds ; the s ec on d

up on the l o ss e s o f the} Ki n g at Worc e s t er pr edict e d at ,

Thauris i n P ersia the third pr e dic t e d the d e ath o f Oliv e r

,

Cr o m well in Lam b et h H o us e t o man y p ers o ns o f h o n o ur

, ,

m ent i on e d i n his b oo ks the fo ur t h he wr o t e o f the o v e r

t hro w o f Lamb ert an d of the D uke of A l bymarle his b ri ng
,

i ng again o f the Ki ng t o his happy c o u n tri e s an d gav e i t ,

to Maj o r Christ oph e r Berk en head a g oldsmi t h at the ,

A nch o r by F e tt e s Lan e En d i n H o l b orn

, the fth p r ec au
ti o n o r pre dic t i o n he gav e to his H ighn e ss the Du k e o f
Buckingham tw o m o n ths b efo r e the e vil was practis e d
, ,

and his e n emy A braham G o o dman li e s n ow i n the T o w e r

, ,

for att empti n g the d e ath o f that n ob l e pri n c e ; the sixth ,

fo r Co u n t Gramm o nt ; wh e n he was ban ish e d i n t o Englan d

by the Ki ng o f F ra n c e ; and he pr edic t ed by the art o f ,

as tr o ma n cy an d g eo man cy the Ki ng s r e c eivi ng of him
,

again i n t o fav o r an d his marriage t o the Lady H am el t on

,

the s e v en th fo r D uk e M inu lau s a p e e r o f G e rma n y tha t

, , ,

the E mp er our s en t to him w h e n the Turk had an army

against him and o f the d e ath o f the p o p e

, The r e s t are .

i n his b o o ks By t h es e m on um e nt s the n am e o f H eyd o n

.
,

for the vari et y of his l e arnin g was fam o us n ot o n ely i n ,

Englan d bu t als o i n many o th er n a t i on s int o which his

,

b o o ks are tran slat e d H e hath taugh t the way t o happi

.

n e ss ,
the way t o l on g life the way t o h eal t h the way to
, ,

wax y o u ng b eing old ; the way to r es olve all manner of

,

qu e s tio ns pr es en t an d to c o m e by the r ul e s of as tr oman cy

, ,

an d g e o man cy and ho w t o rais e the d ead

, .

H e is a man o f mid dl e s t atur e t en ding to t alln ess a , ,

R OS I CR UCI A N A P O LO G I S T S j
7 0 H N H E YD ON .
3 7
2

hands o m e s t raight b o dy an o val ] ruddy fac e mix ed with , ,

f -
a cl ear whi te his hair o a dark ax br o wn c ol o ur s oft
e n
, , ,

an d curli ng i n ri ngs g e nt ly at the e n ds o f t he l o cks ; his

ha n ds and ng ers l o ng an d sl en d er his l egs an d feet w e ll ,

pro p or ti o n e d so tha t to l o o k up on he is a v ery com

,

pl e at g e n tl ema n Bu t he n ev er ye t cas t a ffe cti o n o n a

.

w o man n o r do I nd him i n cli ne d to marry H e is v ery

,
.

o ft e n i n gr eat la di e s chamb e r s an d I b e li ev e his m o d e st

, , ,

b ehavi o ur mak e s th e m the m ore d elight ed i n his c o mpa n y .

The pri n c e s and p e ers n o t o n ly o f Englan d but o f S pai n

, ,

Italy F ran c e a nd G ermany s en d to him dayly an d up o n

, , , ,

e v e ry o ccasi o n he sh ew e th str o ng parts a nd a vig o r o us

brai n H iswish e s and aim e s sp eak him o w n e r of a n o bl e

.

a n d ge n e r o u s h e ar t ; his e xc ell en t b o o ks ar e ad mir e d by

the w o rld o f l e tt er ed men as pr o digi e s o f th e s e lat e r t im e s

in d ee d (if I am abl e to ju dg e a nythi ng ) th e y are full o f ,

the pr o fo u n d e st l e ar ni n g I e v e r me t wi thall If any man .

sh o uld qu e sti o n my j u dgem e nt th e y may r e ad the c o m e n ,

dati on s o f b o th u n ive rsitie s b e sid es the l e arn e d Th o mas ,

White an d Th omas R e v ell Esquir es b o th famo us i n Ro m e

, ,

an d o th e r parts b ey o n d se a that hav e highly h o n o ur e d this

,

gen tl e ma n i n th eir b o oks Ye t he hath su ffer e d ma n y

.

misfo rt un es H is fath er was s equ est er ed impris o n ed an d

.
, ,

l o st tw o th o usan d p ou n ds by Cr omw ell ; this Oliv er i m

pris o n e d this so n als o t w o y e ars an d a hal f o r th e reab ou t , ,

i n Lamb e t h H o us e fo r he an d his fath e r s family w er e

,

always fo r the ki ng and e nd e av o ur e d to the utm o st his

,

r e st orati o n ; and i nd e e d the tyra n t was cr u el but J oh n ,

Thu rlo e his s e cr e tary was ki n d t o him a nd p itti e d his

, , ,

curi o u s y outh Jo shua Le adb e ater the m e s s eng er k ept

.
, ,

him (at hi s r e qu es t and Mr J o h n Bradl ey s ) at his o wn

h o us e an d gav e him o ft en l e av e t o go abr o ad bu t b ei ng yet

, ,
32 8 H I S TOR Y O F TH E R O S I CR U CI A N S

z eal o us and ac t iv e for the ki ng he w as agai n tak en and clapt

,

up i n Lamb eth H o u s e I n th e s e misfortu n e s it c o s t him

.

1 000 an d upwards A ft er this s o m e e nvi o us villai n s fo rg e d

.
,

acti o n s of d ebt agai n st him and put him in pris on It s eems

,
.

at the begi nn ing of th e s e misfo rtu n e s a c ertai n harl o t w o uld

hav e him marry her bu t d enyi ng her s u it o r that he e v er
, ,

pr o mis e d any such thi n g an d th at he ev e r spak e t o her i n

,

his life g oo d o r e vil she d e vis ed with her c o nfe de rat e s

, , ,

abunda n c e o f mischi e f agai n st him Ma ny c o urt e d him t o .

marry but he denyed N o w th e re was l e ft am on gs t a few

,
.

o ld alm an acks a n d scraps o f o th e r m e n s wits c o ll e ct e d an d

,

b equ e at h e d u n t o the w o rld by Nich o las Culp ep er his ,

wi ddo w A lic e Culp ep er

,
she h e ari n g o f t his g e n tl e man

tha t he was an h e ir to a gre at fo rtu n e c o urts him by l et t ers ,

o f l o v e t o n o purp o s e The n e xt sai n t i n o rd e r w as she

.

tha t calls h e rs elf the G e rma n pri n c e ss but he i e s high

an d sc o r n s such fo wl gre at b e as t s
,
The rs t o f th e s e tw o .

bl ess e d b irds caus e d H eath to arr e st him and a no th er aft e r ,

him laid ac ti o n s agai nst him that he n e v er k n e w o r h e ard o f .

I n this p erpl exity w as he impris o n e d tw o y e ars fo r th e y ,

did d e sire n o thi ng but to get m on e y o r d estr o y him fo r fe ar , ,

if e v e r he go t his lib erty he migh t pu n ish th e m ; but h e

, ,

b e i n g of a n o bl e n at ure fo rgav e th e m all the ir malic e an d

, ,

sc or n s t o r e v eng e hims el f up o n such pittifu l thi ngs G o d .

i n d eed hath d o n e him j us t ic e for t his H e ath c on sum e s to

,

w o rs e t h en n o thi ng ; an d i n d ee d if I c an j udge or pr e dict

, ,

a ny thi ng his baudy

,
h o us es will be pawn e d an d he will die ,

a mis erabl e dis eas e d b eggar H eyd on s mi stris w h en he

, .

,

w as v ery y o u n g and a cl erk d esire d him to lye with h er ;

, ,

but he lik e Jo s eph r e fusi ng she hat e d him all her life
, , ,
.

G o d pr e s erv ed him alth o ugh o n e o f t h e s e t hr ee l ewd

,

w om en sw o r e t his g en tl ema n practis e d th e ar t m agi ck .

330 H I S TOR 1 7
OF TH E R OS I CR UGI A N S .

He writ e s no w fr o m H ermeup oli s a plac e I was neve r ,

at It s eems by the w o rd to be the City o f M ercury and

.
, , ,

truly he ha t h b een i n many s t ran ge plac e s am o ng the ,

R o si e Crucia ns an d at th e ir castl es h o ly h o us e s t empl e s

, , , ,

s epulchr es sacric e s ; all the w orld k n ows this g e n tl eman

,

s t u di e s h o no urabl e thi ngs an d faithfully c o mmu n icat e s

,

th e m to o th e rs ; ye t if any traduc e him h er e aft e r th ey

, ,

mus t n o t e xp e ct his vi ndicati o n H e hath r e fe rr e d his .

quarr el to the G o d o f Natur e ; i t is i n v o lv e d i n the co n

c ern men ts o f his tru ths an d he is sa t is e d with the p e ac e
,

o f a g o o d c o n sci e n c e H e hath b een misi n t erpr e t e d i n his

.

writi ng ; wi t h s t udi e d calum ni e s th ey disparag e his p ers o n ,

wh o m th ey n e v er saw n or p erhaps will se e H e is r e s o lv e d

,
.

fo r the futur e to su ffe r fo r he says G o d c o n d em n s n o

, ,

man for his pati enc e

H i s e ne mi e s are fo rc e d to prais e his
.

v ertu e and his fri en ds are s o rry he hat h n o t te n th o usa n d

,

p ou n ds a y ear H e d o th n o t r e s en t the c o mm on spl een ;

.

an d wh en the w o rld shall submi t t o the g e n e ral tribu n al ,

he will n d his adv o ca t e wh e r e th ey sha ll nd th eir j u dg e .

Wh en I writ this ge n tl eman s li fe G o d can b ear me w i t ne ss

, ,

i t w as u nk no w n to him and fo r n o privat e e n ds I was

,
.

fo rc e d to it by a str ong admirati o n o f the mist ery an d

maj esty o f Natur e writt e n by this s erv a n t o f G o d an d
s e cr e tary o f Natur e I b ega n his life s o m e y ears si n c e and
.
,

do se t i t d o wn as I do nde it If any man o pp o s e this I .

shall an s we r ; if you are fo r p eac e p eac e be with you ; if ,

r e fo r w ar I hav e b e e n so to o Mr H yd d t h
y o u a , ( e o n o r e

s o lv e n e v er t o draw sw o rd again in E nglan d e xc ep t the ,

Ki ng c o mma n d him ) N ow let no t hi m tha t puts o n

.
,

the arm o ur b o as t lik e him tha t pu t s i t o ff G a u det .

p a ti entia du ris is his m o tt o and thus I pr e s en t mys elf a,

fri end to all artis t s and e n e my to n o man

,
.
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E YD ON .
331

The list of H eyd on s publish e d w o rks is as foll o ws

Eugen ius Theo didac tus The P r o ph etical Trump et er ,

illus tra t i ng the F at e o f Gr eat Britai n (A c el e stial visio n .

in h er o ic v ers e) By the Mu s e s m o st u n wor t hy J o h n
H eyd o n L o n d on 1 6 5 5
.
, .

A N ew M e th o d of R o si e Cr ucia n P hysick wh er e i n is
sh ewe d the caus e and cure of all dis eas es L o n d o n .
,

1 658 . 4 to .

A dvic e to pp o siti o n t o advic e to a S on

a D aught er i n o ,

or dir e cti o n s fo r y o ur b e tt er c on duc t thr o ugh th e vari o us

an d m o st imp o rta nt e v en t s o ft his life L on d o n 1 6 5 8 1 2mo .

,
. .

The Id e a o f the Law charac t er e d fr o m M o s e s to Ki ng

C harl e s L on d on 1 6 60 8 v o
.
, . .

The Ro si e Crucian I nfallibl e A x i o mata or generall ,

rul e s to kn o w all thi ngs p ast pr es ent and t o c o m e Lon , ,

.

do n, 1 6 6 0 . 1 2 mo .

The H oly Guid e L eadi ng the Way to the W o n d er o f the

,

World : A Co mpl e at P hisiti an t eachi ng the kn o wl edge o f ,

all t hi ngs past pr e s e n t and to c om e L o nd on 1 6 6 2 8 v o

, , , .
,
. .

The o magia or The T empl e o f Wisdo me ,

I n thr ee par t s .

spi ri tuall c el e s t ial ] and e l e m e nt al ]

,
L on d on 1 6 6 2-3-4 8 v o
, .
, . .

The H arm ony o f the W o rld b e i ng a disc o urs e o f G o d , ,

H e aven A ng els S t ars Pla n et s E arth &c W h er e un t o is

, , , , , .
,

add e d the S ta t e o f the N e w J erusal em L ond on .

,

1 6 62 . 8v o .

P sonthonpan chi a ; B ei ng a W o rd i n S e as o n t o the

Ene mi e s of Christia n s and an app e al to the n atural facul
,

ti es of the mi n d o f man wh eth er t h ere be n ot a G od , .

L o nd on 1 6 6 4 8 v o
,
. .

The W is e Man s Cro w n ; or The Gl o ry o f the R osi e

,

Cr o ss with the full disc o v ery o f the t ru e Coelum Terree ,

or rs t mat te r o f t he Phil o s oph e rs With the Regio .

332 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Ducis, and H oly H o us eh old of R o si e Crucian P hil o s o ph e rs .

London ,
1 664 . 8v o .

El H av ar ev na; or, the English P hysi tian s Tu t o r i n the A s

tr oboli smes of M e ttals Ro si e Crucia n

L o nd on 1 6 65 8 v o .
, . .

The phil o s ophical pri n cipl e s o f J o h n H eyd o n n e e d

hardly d et ai n us l o ng That Typh o n is the adv e rsary o f
.

B ea t a P ulchr a that H yl e is the spirit o f the c o ld an d dry

,

e ar th tha t B e ata Pulchra is the vivifyi n g spirit o f Nat u r e ,

,

that the b o di e s o f the d e ad reb elli o us an g e ls b e cam e a fruit

l ess and unpr o table cha o s are matters which will scarc ely ,

i n t e r e s t the s eri o u s s t ud ent H is alch emical th e ori e s and.

e xp erim en t s b el o n g t o t he l o w e st dre gs o f this much de

grad e d sci en c e e xc ept i n th o s e parts which ar e b o dily s t o l en

,

fr o m Eug en ius P hi lale thes ; and all that is o f valu e i n hi s

1

n um e rical mysticism geo ma n tic r e v e lati on s astr o man cy

, , ,

and i n v e stigati o n s o f spiritual myst e ri e s is d e riv e d fr o m ,

a n t eri o r writ ers H is m e dical tr e atis e s are disgur e d by

.

his gr o ss sup erstiti on a nd cr e dulity but the u n h e ard o f

e xp erim en t s an d r e cip e s which th e y o cc asi o n ally p r o vid e

mak e th e m e xtr e m ely curi o us r e adi ng Tres rares was curi euzc .
, ,

ct r echerchs des ama teurs his b o o ks o n e an d all c o mman d, , ,

large pric e s i n the mark e t and the r epublicat i o n o f his ,

marv e ll o us Ro sicrucian re v eri e s an d r o man c e s is a v en t ur e ,

that d es erv e s w ell at the han ds o f all s t ud e nts o f the by

ways of o ccul t ism .

I n Jo h n H ey d on w e nd the n am e s R o sicrucia n R o si ,

c ru ci an i sm & c , us e d in a gen eral s ens e and as t erms t o

.
, ,

c onj u r e with The supp o s e d br et hr en ar e c onfo und e d wi t h

.

the e ld e r alch emists th eo s ophists e tc , an d an irrati o nal , .

,

1
Comp are th e Te mpl e of W i s do me , v ol . i .
,las t p age s wi th ,

the P fa c
re e to Va
an s Eu ph rate s
u
gh

,

an d al so wi th th e Occ u l t
P hil o s o phy o f A gr ippa b o ok iv , .
 334 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

L o n d o n the sam e day which is fo ur day es j o urn ey ; th ey

,

t augh t me exc ell e nt pr e dic t i o ns o f A str o l o gy and Earth

quak e s ; th e y slack the Plag u e i n Citi e s ; th ey sil en c e the
vi ol ent Wi n ds and T e mp e sts th ey calm the rage o f the
S ea an d R iv ers ; th e y walk i n the A ir ; th ey frus tra t e t he
malici ous asp e ct o f W itch e s t h ey cure all Dis e as e s I de .

sir e d o n e o f th e s e to t ell me wh e th e r my Co mpl exi o n w er e

capabl e o f the s o ci ety o f my go o d G e n ius ? Wh en I see
y o u agai n said ,
h e I will t e ll
, y o u which is wh e n h e pl e as e s
,

t o c o m e t o me for I k n ow n ot wh er e t o go to him
,
W h en .

I saw him agai n th e n he said Y e sh o u ld pray t o G o d for

, ,

a goo d an d h o ly man can o ffe r n o m o r e acc e ptabl e sacric e

to G o d than the o blati o n o f hims elf his s o ul 1
, .

H e said als o that the g oo d G enii ar e as the b en ig ne ey e s

,

o f G o d ru nni ng t o an d fro i n the w o rl d with l o v e an d pity

, ,

b eh o ldi ng the i n n o c e nt e n d e av o urs o f harml ess and si ngl e

h eart e d men e v er r eady to do th em goo d and to h e lp
, ,

t h em ; at his g o i ng away he bid me b e war e o f my s eemin g

fri ends who w o uld do me all the hur t th ey c o uld and caus e
, ,

the G ov er no urs o f the Nati o n s t o b e a ngry w ith me and set ,

b ounds to my lib erty which t ruly happ en e d t o me Many .

t hi ngs m ore he t old me b efo r e w e par t e d bu t I shall not ,

n ame t h e m h e r e .

This R o si e Crucian Physick or M e decm es I happily and ,

un exp e ct e dly light up o n i n A rabia which w ill pro v e a

,

r estaurati o n o f h e alth to all tha t ar e afic te d wi th sick ness

which w e ordin arily call natural and all o th er dis eas e s, .

Th e s e men hav e n o small i n sight i n t o the b o dy Walfo or d ,

W illiams and o th ers o f the F rat e rnity n o w livi n g may

, ,

b e ar up in the sam e lik ely e quipag e wi t h th o s e n o bl e D ivi n e

1
This re mar k is als o pi rat e d fr om t he s ame t re atis e b y H en r y
M o re .
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O GI S TS : 7 OH N H E YD ON .
335

S pirits th eir Pred ec ess ors th ough the u n skilful ne ss i n men

c o mm only ack n owl edg e s m or e o f s u p ern atural assistan c e i n
ho t u n s ettl e d fan ci e s an d p erpl ex e d m ela n ch oly tha n in
, , ,

the calm an d disti nc t u se o f r eas o n ; y et for mi n e o w n part ,

I l o ok u p o n th e s e R o sie Crucian s ab o v e all men truly i n

spired and m o r e t han any that pr o fess e d th e ms elv e s so this
,

sixt ee n h u ndr e d y ears an d I am ravish e d with admira t i on

,

o f th e ir miracl e s an d tra n sc en da n t m e cha n ical i n v e n ti o n s ,

for the salving the Ph aeno m e n a o f the w o rld I may with

o ut o f fen c e th er e fo r e c o mpar e th e m with B ez ali el an d
, ,

A h oliab th o s e skilful w ork ers o f the Tab ernacl e who as

, , ,

Mo s es t esti e s w ere ll e d with the S pirit of G o d and

, ,

th er efore w er e of an exc ell en t und ers t a ndi ng t o n d o ut

all mann er o f curi o us w o rk .

N or is it any m o r e argum en t that th o s e Ro si e Crucian s

w er e no t i nspir e d b e caus e th ey do n o t say th ey are th en
, ,

that o th ers are i nspir ed b e caus e t h ey say th ey are ; the

,

s u ppr essi o n o f what so happ en e d w o uld argu e s obriety an d

m o d es ty wh en as the profe ssi on o f it wi t h s o b er men w o uld
,

be susp ect e d o f s o m e pi ec e o f m e lanch o ly an d distrac t i on ,

e sp e cially i n th e s e thi ngs wh e r e the gra n d pl easur e is th e

,

e vid e n c e an d e x ercis e o f r e as o n n o t a bar e b eli ef o r an i n

, ,

e ffabl e s en s e o f life i n r e sp e ct wh er eo f th e r e is n o tru e

,

Christian but he is i nspir ed If any m o r e z eal o us pre

.

t en d er t o prud e nc e and righ t eo usn e ss wa nting e ith er l eisur e ,

or ability t o e xami n e th e s e R o si e Cr u cia n M e de cin es t o the

b o tt om e shall n o twi ths t an din g e ith er c on d e mn th em o r

,

admir e th em h e hath u nb ec omi ng v en tur e d o ut o f his

,

sph er e an d I ca n no t acqu it him o f i nj ustic e or fo lly N or

, .

am I a Ro si e Crucia n n or do I sp eak o f spit e o r h op e o f

, ,

gai n o r fo r any s uch ma t te r th er e is n o caus e G o d k n ows

, ,

I en vi e n o man b e h e W hat he w ill b e I am no P hysitian

, ,
 H I S TO R Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

ne v er was n or n ev er m ean t o be what I am it mak es n o

,

matt er as to my pr o fessi o n .

Lastly th es e h o ly and g o o d men w o uld hav e me kn o w

,

tha t the gr eat est s w ee t an d p erfe c t i on o f a v ertu ous s o ul is

the kin dl y a cc o mplishmen t o f her o wn n atur e i n t ru e wis ,

d om e an d divin e l ov e ; an d th es e miracul o u s thi ngs tha t

are d o n e by t h e m are p e rfo rm e d i n o rd er that the w o rth an d

k no wl e dge within t h em may be tak en n o tic e o f and t hat ,

G o d th e r eb y may be gl o ri e d wh o s e wi t n e ss e s th ey ar e
,

but no o th er happi ness accru es to th em but that h ereby ,

th ey may be i n a b ett er capacity of maki ng o th ers happy .

This A p ol ogu e fo rms a s o rt o f pr efac e to the sixth

b ook o f The H o ly Guid e which is thu s en titl ed ,

Th e R os i e Cr oss U n c o v er e d , an d the P l aces ,

Te mp l e s , H o l y H o u se s, C as t l es, an d

I n vi s i b l e M ta i ns o f the Br e th r e n
ou n

di sc o v er e d an d c o mmu n ic ate d t o the

W o r ld fo r the f u ll sat i sf act i o n o f
,

P h i l os oph ers , A lchy rn ists, A str o man cers ,

G e o man c ers, P hy si t ian s, an d A str o n o mer s .

By Jo h n H eydon , G en t, Whom/nos, a S er van t o f G o d, an d

a S ecre tary o f N at u re .

This publicati o n is a s o rt o f p erver t e d v ersi o n of the

F ama F raterni tati s I t r e pr es en ts the R o si cru cl ans as
.

ack n owl e dgin g the r en ew e d church i n Englan d an d its ,

Chri s t ian h ead C ar olus Magn us S e cundus an d war ni n g ,

all l ear n e d me n to tak e h ee d of the A urum Chymi cu m

1
Bri tan ni c um publish e d by E lias A shm o l e Esquir e It

, , .

c o ntai n s s om e i nformati o n o n English R o sicrucian s which ,

c an hardly be tak en s eri o usly e v en by an en thusiastic

1
A re as o n this an i mo sity will b e fo u n d in the p re fac e o f A sh
for
mol e s

W ay t o Bliss which s tate s t hat w or k to h a v e b een pu b
,

l i sh e d to p re v e n t t h e iss u e o f an i mp e rfe c t Co py b y H e yd o n which ,

H eyd o n , h o we v e r d e n i e s
, .
 H I S T OR Y OF TI I E R OS I CR U CI A IVS .

t wo mo nths, w hich did cast g r e at cl e ar n e ss by w hich

out ,

fo u r y o un g m e n mad e pas te fo r bre ad an d tw o d eliv er e d ,

the l o av e s t o o th e r tw o and th e y si t th e m d o wn u p o n a rich

,

c lo ath o f silk Th en the o th er tw o me n t o o k the l o av e s an d

.

d eliv e r e d th e m u n t o o n e man by tw o l o ave s at o n c e and he ,

did se t th e m i n t o the o ven t o bak e A t the o th e r m o uth o f

.

the o v enjther e was a man that dr e w o u t the wh i t e l o av e s an d

pas t s and b e fo r e him w as a no th er y o u ng man that r e c e iv e d

,

th em an d pu t th e m i nt o bask ets which w e re richly pai nt ed

, .

C B w e nt i nt o a n o th er chamb e r e ighty o n e cubit s fr o m

. .
,
~

this and the R o sie Cr ucia n s w e lc o m e d him H e fo u n d a

, .

tabl e r e ady set and the cl o th laid th e r e st o o d p o ts o f sil v e r

an d v e ss els o f go ld b o rd e r e d w ith pr e ci o us ston e s an d
,

p e arl e an d bas o ns and e w ers o f g o ld t o w ash th e ir ha n ds

,
.

Th e n w e w en t to dinn er Of all ma nn e r o f esh fo wl an d

.
, ,

sh o f all ma nn e r o f m e a t i n t he w o rld th e r e t h ey had

, ,

pl e n ty a nd p o ts o f g o ld gar n ish e d with p re ci o us stone s

, , ,

full o f wi n e This chamb er was mad e o f chrys tal an d

.
,

pai nt e d richly w ith g old an d az u re ; u p o n the walls w er e

writt en an d e ngrav en all thi ngs past pr e s en t an d t o c o m e , , ,

an d all ma nn er o f g o ld en m e de ci n e s fo r the dis e as e d Up o n .

the pav e m e n t w as S pr e ad abr o ad r o s e s o w e rs an d h erbs , , ,

sw e et sm elli ng ab o v e all savo urs i n the w o rld and i n t his

chamb er w er e div ers birds yi ng ab o ut an d singi ng mar
v ello u s sw ee tly .

I n this plac e hav e I a d e sir e to liv e if i t w er e fo r n o ,

o th e r r e as o n b u t w hat the s o phist s o m e tim e s appli e d t o the

m o un tain s H os p ri mu m sol salutat ultimosque deserit Quis , .

locu m non amet di es longi ores habentem

,
But o f t his plac e I
.

w ill n ot sp eak any m o r e l e s t r e ad ers sh o uld mistak e me so

'
, ,

as to ent ertai n a su spi ti o n t hat I am o f this Ord er 1

.

1
This p ass age is s to l e n fro m E u ge n i u s P hilal e th e s Of p 31 3 o f . . .

this his to ry .
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL OG I S TS : 7

OH N H E YD OIV .
339

The m e dical and o th er r e cip e s w hich ar e gi v en io n the

au th o rity o f the F ra te r n ity may be j u dg e d fr o m th e fo ll o w

i ng sp ecim en s
The R o si e Crucia n s say p e arl h elp eth sw o u n di n gs an d ,

w ithsta n ds the plagu e o f p o ys o n s an d smarge an d j aci n th

h elp the plagu e an d heale the w o un ds o f v en o m o us sti ngs
,
.

The wat e r o f Nil e mak e s the w o m en o f Egyp t quick o f

c o n ce i te a nd fr u itful : s o m e tim e s th ey b e ar s e v en childr en

at a birth an d this is sal t-p e t erwa t er Th er e is a w o n d er

,
.

ful v e rtu e i n the oy l of t o bacc o i n the ti n c t ur e o f saffro n , ,

i n the o w e r o f brimsto n i n qu icksilv er i n c o mm on salt , ,

an d c O r e ss m o lt e n an d made a wat e r kills the p o ys o n o f

pp , ,

the t o adst o o l Juyc e o f p o ppy and amb e r which is n o

.
,

st o n e bu t a hard clammy j u yc e call e d bitum en e aseth the

, , ,

lab ou r o f w o m en an d the falli ng-sick ness in childr e n .

N o w fo r me ttals if it be tru e w hich all me n gra n t tha t

, , ,

pr e ci o us st o nes sh o w Such p o w er an d v ertu e o f h e ali ng ,

w hat shall the mix tu r e s o f all th e s e mettals u nder a fortu n

a te c o nst ellati o n made i n the c o n v ersi o n o f th eir o wn
,

plane ts do This mixtur e th ey call el e c t rum sigil telesme

,
.
, , ,

sayin g it will cur e the c r amp benu mmi ng palsi e falling , , ,

sick n e ss go ut lepr o si e dro psie if it b e w o r n o n the h e art

, , , ,

nger . O th e rs th e y mak e t o caus e b e au t y in ladi e s &c , .

A p e rfu m e o f R C is c omp o u n d e d of the saphi ri ck

. .

e ar t h an d t he aeth e r If it be br o ught to i t s full exaltati o n

.
,

it w ill shin e lik e the day-s t ar i n her fr e sh e ast ern gl ori es .

I t hath a fascin at i ng at trac t iv e quality fo r if yo u exp o s e i t

, ,

to t he o p en air it will draw t o it bir ds an d b eas t s and

, ,

driv e away ev il spiri t s A str um S oli s o r the R C min eral .

, . .

su n
,
is c omp o u n de d o f the aet h er an d a bl oo dy ery , ,

spirit ed e arth it app e ars i n a gummy c o nsist en cy bu t wi t h ,

a ery hot gl owi ng c omple xi o n It is sub s ta ntially a cer

, , .
 34 0 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

tai n j purple j ani mated, divi ne salt ,all ma nner o f an d c u reth

v en er eal dist emp e rs c o n sumpti on s an d dis eas e s ofthe mi n d

, , .

W e giv e a n o th er mede cin e which is an azur e o r ski e ,

c ol o ur e d wa t er the ti n ctur e o f it is light an d bright i t r e

, ,

e ets a m o s t b eautiful rain b o w an d tw o dr o ps of t his wat e r

,

k e eps a man h e althy I n it li es a bl o o d -r ed e arth o f gr e at

.

ve rt u e .

I n the pag e s t h at imm edia t ely fo ll o w I shall r epri n t ,

the st o ri e s an d all e g o ri e s which ar e t o be fo u n d i n the

,

w o rks o f J o h n H eyd o n an d which hav e r efe r e n c e to the

,

R o sicrucia n Ord e r Th ey may be p e rmitt e d to sp e ak fo r

.

th e ms elv e s It is o bvi ou s that th ey are d e v o id o f his t o rical

.

valu e but th ey ar e all e xc e ssiv ely curio us an d the pi e c e

, ,

which I hav e e n titl e d Vo yage t o the La n d o f the R o si
,

crucian s and w hich fo rms the g eneral pr e fac e to The H o ly
,

Guid e is an i nt e r e sti n g r o ma ntic cti on
,
.

A very tru e Narrative of a G entleman R . C

.
,
u ho
'
hath the
con tinua l soci ety o f a Gu ar di an Genius .
1

Obla t i o n i t s e lf was such a sacric e to G o d that a g oo d

of ,

an d h o ly man c o uld o f fe r n o gr e at er as app e ars by t he ,

acc eptan c e o f a g en tl ema n by d e sc e n t fr o m the ly n e s o f the

P lant agin e ts who w as in Egypt Italy an d A rabia an d
, , , ,

th er e fr e qu ent ed the s o ci ety o f the i n spir e d Christian s with ,

wh o m he b e cam e acquai n t e d aft er t his ma nn er I n Englan d .

,

b ei ng at a t av ern i n Ch e ap-sid e m o r e t o h e ar and b ett er

his j udgm en t o f the r eput e d wis e t han to drink wi n e th eir ,

disc o urs e b e i ng of the n atur e and digni t y o f A ngels which ,

was i nt e rrupt e d by a g ent l eman for so he app ear e d t hat , ,

said to an o th er i n the co mpany S ir yo u are n o t far ,

1
Th i sst ory is ano th e r theft fr om the wo rks o fH e nry M o r e w ho d o e s ,

no t s tate th a t t he su b j e c t o fthe narrative wa s a ge nt le man R C . .

a
34 2 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

he c i n his sl ee p s e em e d t o he ar the v o ic e of G o d sayi n g

on e ,

t o him I will sav e thy s o ul ; I am H e tha t b e for e app e ar e d

,

u nt o t h ee . S in c e d o th the spiri t e v e ry day k n o ck at his
d oor e ab o u t thr ee o r fo ur o cl o ck i n the m o rn i n g H e rising

.
,

th er e app ear eth a child o f fair e s t at ur e v ery c om ely who , ,

gav e him a b ook which he k eep et h v ery w ell yet l et t eth man y ,

se e it that c an
p r e v ai le with him this b oo k is full o f divi n e

thin gs such as I n e v e r r ed o r h eard of A no th er tim e his

, .

can dl e did fall d ow n up o n the gr o u n d an d w en t o ut an d ,

th er e app ear e d b efor e him s o met hin g ab o u t the bign esse o f

a nu t r o u n d and shi n ing and mad e a n o yse he s t riv e d to
, ,

tak e it up bu t i t turn e d li k e quicksilver so t hat he c o uld

, ,

n o t ha n dl e it .

Many g en tl em en hav e b een in his c ompan y wh en he ha t h

b een pull e d by the c o at as th ey hav e s e en b ut c o uld not
,

p erc eiv e w ho did it s o m e tim e s his gl o v e s lyi n g a t o n e en d ,

o f t he t ab l e hav e b ee n br o ught an d giv e n him bu t th ey se e

, ,

the gl o v e s as th ey th o ught c o me o f th ems e lv e s

, ,
.

A n o th er t im e b ei n g with s o m e m erchan t s a t di nn er that

,

w er e s tran g ers to this spirit an d w er e abash e d wh e n th e y ,

h e ard the n ois e bu t saw n o thi ng pr es en t ly a pap er was ,

giv e n to the g en t l ema n w ho r e ad it an d so did the o th e rs

, ,
.

It said tha t h e sh o uld s erve G o d an d fe ar n o thing fo r the ,

e n e mi e s o f his fath er which hat e d him sh o uld all s u r e ly di e ,

an d so sh o uld all that s o u ght t o do him hurt an d t o b e ,

assur e d he n am e d such a man and said he shall die such a

'

day an d h e di e d The m erchan ts w er e struck en with fe ar

, .
,

but he bid th e m be o f g o o d c o u rag e for th er e was n o hurt ,

t o w ards th em an d the b ett e r to assur e th em o f it he t o ld

, , ,

th e truth o f t he W h o l e matt er .

Ev e r si n c e this spiri t ha t h b e en alwai es with him an d by ,

s o m e s e n sibl e sign e did e v er adv e rtis e him o f thi ngs as by ,

R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E YD O IV .
34 3

striki n g his right ear e if he did n o t w e ll if o th e rw is e his

, , ,

l eft if any dang e r thr e at en e d he was for et o ld o f it W h en

,
.

he b egan to prais e G o d i n psalms he w as pr es en tly rais e d ,

an d str e n gth e n e d w ith a spiritu al an d sup er n atu r al p o w e r .

H e daily b egg e d o f G o d that H e w o u ld t e ach him H i s w ill ,

H i s la w an d H i s truth he se t o n e day o f the w e ek apart

,

fo r re adi ng the S criptur e an d m e ditati o n w ith s i n gi n g of ,

P salms all the day i n his h o u s e but i n his o rdi n ary c o n v e r

,

sati o n he is su fcien tly m erry if he lik e his c ompan y and

,

be o f a ch e erfu l mi nd e if he talk o f an y vai n thi ng o r i n ,

discr e etly or offe r to disc ov er any s ecr e t he is fo rbidd en or

, ,

if he at any tim e w o uld disc o v er any i n spir e d s e cr et he i s ,

fo rthwith adm o n ish e d th er eo f i n hi s eare Ev ery m o r n i ng .

he is call e d to pray e r H e o ft en g o e s to m e e t the H o ly

.

Co mpan y at c ertai n tim e s and th e y mak e r e s o l u ti o n o f all

,

th eir acti o n s .

H e giv e s alm e s s e cr e tly a nd the m o r e he b e s t o w s the

,

m or e pr o sp er o u s he is ; he dar e s n o t c o mmit any k n o w n

fa u lt an d bath by Pr o vid en c e o f G o d b e e n dir e ct e d thr o ugh
,

many e mi ne n t dan gers e v e n th o s e that s o u ght his l ife di ed .

A t an o th e r tim e wh e n he w as i n v e ry g re at dan g e r u p o n
, ,

th e asc e n da n t c o m i n g t o the b o dy o f t he S u n an d th e co n ,

j u n cti o n o f S atu r n an d Jupit er O pp o si n g his asc e n da nt he ,

b ei ng n e wly go n e to bed he said that th e spi rit w o uld n ot

,

le t him al o n e t il l he had r ais e d hi m agai n an d t o ld him he

w as fals ely acc u s e d wh er e fo r e he w atch e d a nd pray e d all
,

that night The day aft e r he e scap e d the ha n ds o f his per

.

se cu t o rs i n a w o n d e rfu l m a n n e r o n e di ed an d the o th e r is

v e ry sick Th e n cam e a v o ic e t o hi m sayi n g S in g Qu i

.
, ,

sedit i n Lati bulo A ltissimi .

Many o th er passage s happ e n t o this party dai ly as a ,

hun dre d w ill te sti e ; b u t it is an e n dl e ss lab o u r t o r e cit e

34 4 1 1 1 5 TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

t h e m all . The man is no w a liv e i n go o d h eal th and w ell

, ,

k no w n am o ng all me n t o be a fri en d t o all and d e sir o us t o

do g oo d .

John H eydon encounters the Sp irit E uterp e .

Walking up on plai n s o f Bulv erton H ill to s t udy

the
numb ers and the nat ur e o f t hi ngs o n e ev eni ng I c o uld see , ,

b et w een me an d the light a m o st exquisi t e divi ne b eauty

, ,

her fr am e n e i th er l ong n o r sh or t bu t a mai n d e c ent ,

s t at ur e ; at tire d she was in t hin l oos e silks bu t so gr een ,

th at I n ev er saw the lik e for the c o l o ur was not ear thly

,

in s om e plac e s i t was fanci e d wi t h g old an d silv er rib b ands ,

w hich l ook e d lik e the sun and lyllie s i n the eld of gr ass .

H er h e ad was o v ercas t with a thi n o a ting ti ffa n y which ,

she h eld up with o n e o f her hands an d l o o k e d as i t w er e , , ,

fr o m u n d er it H er e y e s w er e quick fr esh an d c el estial

.
, , ,

but had s om e thi ng o f a s t art as if she had b een puzzl ed ,

wi t h a suddain o ccurr e n c e F ro m he r vail e did he r l o cks

.

br eak ou t lik e sun b eams fr o m a mist th ey ran dishev eld

,

to her br est and t h en r et ur n e d t o h er ch eeks in curls an d

,

rings of g ol d H er hair b ehind her w as ro wl ed to a curi o us

.

gl ob e w ith a small sh o rt S pir e ow er e d with purpl e and

,

ski e c o l our k not s H er ri ngs w er e pu re i ntir e e m eralds

.
,

for she v al u e d n o m et al and her p enda nt s o f b u r ni ng car

'

bu ncles . I n bri e f h er wh ol e habi t was y outhful and

,

o w ery ; it sm elt lik e the East an d was th or oughly ayrd ,

with rich A rabian di apasms .

Whils t I admir e d her p erfec t i o ns and prepar e d to mak e ,

my addr e sse s she pr ev en ts me with a v o lu n tary appr o ach

,
.

H e r e i nd ee d I e xp e c t e d s ome disc o urs e fr om her but she

, , , ,

l o oki ng v ery s eri o usly and sil en tly i n my fac e t ak e s me by ,

t he ha n d an d s o ftly whisp e rs My l o ve I fre ely giv e yo u ,

 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

not in an A lk e mu st,
bu t as th ey dre am th e y kn o w n ot
what W h en this is d o n e all is t o n o purp o s e bu t th ou gh
.
, ,

t h e y fail e in th eir practic e th ey yet b e li ev e t h ey u nd er ,

stan d the A x i o mata o f n umb e rs w ell e n o ugh N o w my .

,

b el o v e d J H that y ou may k n o w what t o do I will t e ach

. .
, ,

o u by e xampl e Tak e a rip e grai n o f c o r n that is hard

y
an d dry e e xp o s e it t o the su n b eams i n a glass o r o th e r

v e ss el ] and it will be a dry grai n for e v e r ; bu t if y o u do

,

bury it i n the e ar th that the n itr o us saltish moystur e o f the

,

e l e m en t may diss o lv e it th en the su n will w ork u p o n it

,

an d mak e it spr o u t t o a n e w b o dy It is j ust thus with the .

c omm o n astr o l og er ; h e e x p oseth t o the planets a p erfe c t

c o mpac t e d b o dy and by this m ea n es thi nk es t o p erfo rm the
,

Ro si e Crucian G amaoea an d marry the i nferi our and ,

sup er i o u r w o rlds .

It must be a b o dy r e duc e d i n t o sp erm e that the h e av en ly ,

fe mi ni n e m o is tur e which r e c eiv e s an d r et ai n s the impr e ss

,

o f t he A stral ] A g e n t may be at lib erty an d imm e diat ely

, ,

e xp o s e d t o the masculi ne re o f Nat u r e This is the .

gr o un d o f the B eril but y ou must r e m e mb er that n o thi n g

,

c an be stelli e d w ith o ut t he j o y n t mag n e tism o f t hr e e

h e av e n s what th ey ar e yo u k n o w alr eady

.

Wh en she had thus said she t o o k o ut o f her b os om t w o ,

mirac u l o u s m e dalls with n u mb er s an d n am e s o n th em ;

th ey w e r e n o t m e talli n e but s u ch as I had n e v e r s ee n
, ,

n e ith e r did I c o n c e iv e th e r e was i n Natur e such pur e a n d

gl o ri o us s u bsta n c e s I n my judgm en t th e y w er e tw o
.
,

magical Tel e sms but she call e d th e m S aphi rick s o fthe su n

,

a n d mo o n Th e s e miracl e s Eu t erp e c omm en d ed to my

.

p e r u sal an d st o pt i n a m ut e c er em o ny S he lo okt u p o n
, .

me i n sil en t smil e s mixt with a pr e tty ki n d o f sad ne ss fo r

, ,

w e w e r e u nwilli n g t o pa r t b ut her h o u r o f t r a n slati o n was

,
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL OG I S TS : 7 O H N H E YD OIV .
34 7

c om e an d taki ng as I th o u ght her last l eav e she past

, , , , ,

b efo r e my ey e s i n t o the e th er of Na t ur e excusin g h ers elf ,

as b ein g sl eepy o th erwis e she had exp o u n d ed th e m to me .

I lo o kt admir ed an d w e arie d mys elf i n that c on t emplati o n

, ,

th eir c ompl exi o n was so h eav en ly th eir c o n tin uan c e so ,

myst eri o us I did n o t w ell k n o w w hat t o mak e o f th em I

,
.

turn e d asid e to see if she was still asl eep but she was ,

go n e and this did n o t a lit tl e tr o ubl e me I e xp e ct e d

, .

her r e t urn till the day was quit e sp ent but she did n ot ap ,

p e ar A t last xi n g my ey e s on t hat plac e wh ere she

.
,

s om et im es r es t ed I disc o v er e d c ertain pi e c e s o f g old full o f

, ,

n umb e rs and n am e s which she had l eft b ehi n de her an d

, ,

hard by a p ap er fold e d lik e a l et t er Th es e 1 t ook up an d .

,

n ow the night appr o achi n g t he e v en i ng star ti nn e d i n the ,

W e st wh en taking my last surv ey o f he r o w ery pill o w I

, ,

part e d fr o m it in th es e v ers es
Pr e tty gr e en ban k far ewe l an d m ays t th o u wea r , ,

S u n -b e am s a n d r o s e a n d lilli e s all th e y ear ;

, ,

S he sle p t o n t h e e b u t n e e d e d n o t t o sh e d ,

H er go ld twa s j o y e n o u gh t o be h e r b e d

.
,

Thy o we r s a re fav o u r i te s fo r t his l o v d d a y ,

e

T h e y were my r ivals a n d wi t h h e r did pl ay ,

Th e y fo u n d th e i r h e a v e n at h an d a n d i n h e r e y s , e

E n j o y d a c o py o f t h e i r ab s en t ski e s

.

Th e i r we a k e r p ai n t did wi th tr u e gl o r i e s t ra d e ,

A n d m in gl d wi th h e r ch e e ks o n e p o sy ma d e

A n d did n o t he r s ft ski n c o n n e t h e i r p id e o r ,

A n d wi th a sk r e e n O f silk h e r owe r s divid e ,

Th e y h ad s c k d lif f m th e n c e an d f r m h e r h e at

u e ro ,
o

Bo r w d a s o u l t o m ak e th e m s e lv e s c o m pl e at

r o .

0 h appy pill w th o u gh th o u ar t l aid e v en o

W i t h d u s t sh e mad e th e p almo s t a h e av e n
,
e u

H r b re ath rai n d spic e s a n d e a ch am be r ri n g

e ,

Of h e b i gh t l cks s t e w d b ra c e l e ts e r t hy sp ri n g

r r o r o .

Th at e ar th s n o t p o o r did s ch t e as u re h o ld

,
u a r ,

B t th r ic e i n r i c h d wi th am b e r spic e a n d gold

u , , .

Thus mu ch at t his tim e an d n o m o r e am I all o w e d by my

34 8 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

mistr ess Eut erp e t o pu b lish Be th er efo r e g en tl e r ead er .

, , ,

adm on ish ed that with me you do e arn e s t ly pray to G od

, ,

that it pl eas e H im t o o p en t he h earts and e ars o f all ill

h eari ng p eo pl e an d to gran t u nt o th e m H is bl essin g that
, ,

th ey may be abl e to k n o w H im in H i s o m n ip ot en cy with ,

admiring c o nt emplati o n o f Nat ur e t o H is h o no ur an d ,

prais e an d to the l o v e h elp c omfo r t and s tr engt h eni n g o f

, , , ,

o u r n e ighb o urs and to the r e s t o ri n g o f all the dis e as ed by

,

the medeci n es ab o v e ta ught .

I had giv en you a m o r e larg e acc ou n t o f the mys t eri es o f

Nat ur e an d th e R o si e Cr o ss bu t whilst I studyed mede cin es ,

to cur e o th ers my d ear e sis t e r A n n e H e yd o n dy ed and I

, ,

n e v er h e ard she was sick (fo r she was o ne hundr e d mil e s

fr om mee) which pu t s an en d t o my wri t ings and t hus I

, ,

take my l e av e of the w o rld I shall writ e n o m or e ; yo u .

kn o w my b o oks b y n am e and this I wri t e that n o ne may

,

abus e me b y pri n t in g b o o ks in my n am e as Col e d oe s Cul ,

p ep er s I r e turn t o my rst happy s olitud e s

. .

V oyage to the La nd f
o the R osi cr u ci a ns .

We trav ell ed fr om S ydmo u th fo r L on d on and S pain by

the s o u t h sea t aki ng with us victuals fo r tw e lv e m on et hs
, ,

an d had g o o d wi n ds fr o m t he E ast th o u gh s o ft an d w e ak e , ,

fo r v e m o ne ths S pac e and m o r e But th en the wi n ds cam e

.

ab o ut i nt o the W e st so as w e c o u ld mak e lit t l e way and

, ,

w er e s o m etim e s i n purp o s e to tur n back Th en again t h e r e .

ar o s e str o n g an d great win ds fr o m the S o uth with a p o i n t ,

E ast which carr i e d u s up t o wards the N o rth by which

, ,

tim e o ur victuals fail e d us and w e gav e o urs e lv e s fo r l o st

,

men an d pr ep ar e d for d e a t h
,
We did lift up o ur h e arts .

an d v o ic e s t o G o d b e s ee chi ng H i m o f H i s m e rcy t hat H e

,

w o uld disc o v er lan d t o us that w e might n ot p erish The , .

350 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

t he c er r et u rn e d and l eft o n ely a s ervan t to r e c eiv e o u r

of ,

an sw e r C o n s u ltin g am o n gst o u rs elv e s the d en ial o f lan d

.
,

i n g an d hasty warn i n g us away tr o ubl e d u s much o n the

, ,

o th e r sid e t o n de t he p e o pl e had la n guag e s an d w e r e full

, ,

o f h u man ity did c o mfo r t us ; ab o v e all the sig n e o f th e

, ,

cro ss e was to us a gr e at rej oy ci ng an d a c ertain pr e sage o f

goo d Our a n sw er was i n the S panish t on gu e that o u r
.

ship was w e ll o u r sick man y an d i n v e ry ill cas e so that

, , ,

if th ey w e r e n o t p ermitt e d t o la n d th e y ran i n dan g er o f ,

th eir l i ve s Ou r o th e r wa n ts w e set d o w n i n particular add

.
,

i ng that w e had s o m e li tt l e m e rcha ndiz e which if i t pl e as e d , ,

th e m t o de al e fo r might supply o u r wa n ts w ith o u t b ei ng

,

chargabl e u n t o th e m W e o ffer ed s o m e r e w ard i n pis t o l e t

.

u nt o the s ervant an d a pi e c e o fcrims o n v elv e t for the o fc er

, ,

but he t o o k th em n o t n or w o u ld scarc e l o o k u p o n th em
, ,

an d so l e ft us i n a n o th e r b o at which was s e n t for him .

A b o ut thr ee h o urs aft e r th er e cam e t o w ards us a p ers o n

o f plac e H e had a g o w n with wid e sl e av e s o f a ki n d e o f
.

w at e r chamolo t o f an e xc ell en t gr e en c o l o ur farr e m or e

, ,

g lo ssi e tha n o urs H i s u n d e r appar e l w as gr e en azur e an d

.
,

s o w as his hat b e i ng i n th e fo rm o f a t u rba n dai n tily mad e

, ,

a n d n o t so lar g e as Turkish turba n s The l o cks o f his .

haire cam e b el o w the brims of it A r e v er e n d man was he .

t o b eh o ld H e cam e i n a b o a t par tly gilt with fou r e p er

.
,

s o n s m o r e an d was fo ll o w e d by an o th er b o at wh er e i n w er e
, ,

s o m e t w en ty W h en he was wi t hi n a ight-sh o t o f o ur
.

ship sign es w er e mad e that w e sh o uld s en d s o m e t o m ee t

,

him which w e pr e s en tly did i n ou r ship b o a t s en ding the

, ,

ri n c i all man am o n gst us sav e o n e a n d fo ur e o f o u r num

p p , ,

b er with him Wh en { w e w e r e c om e withi n six yards o f

.

th e ir b o at th ey calle d to us to s t ay and th er e up on the man

, ,

wh o m I b efo r e d e scrib e d st oo d up and with a l o ud v o ic e , ,

R O S I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E YD ON .
35 1

i n S pa n ish ,ask e d A re ye Christia n s ? W e a n sw er e d that

,

w e w er e at w hich he lift up his right ha n d t o wards H e av e n

, ,

an d dr e w it s o ftly t o his m o u th (which is t he g e stur e th ey

u se wh e n th ey tha nk G o d) an d th e n said
If y e will
, ,

s w e ar by the m e rit o f th e S avi o ur that y e are n o pirat es ,

n o r hav e sh ed bl oo d law fu lly o r u nla w fully w ithi n forty

, ,

day e s past yo u may hav e lic en s e to lan d

,

W e said that .

w e w e r e all r e ady t o tak e that o ath wh e r e up o n o n e o f th o s e ,

w ith him b ei ng as i t s ee m e d a n o tar i e mad e an e n tri e o f

, , , ,

this act which d o n e a n o t h er aft er his l o rd had sp o k en a

, ,

littl e to him said ,

My l o rd w o uld hav e yo u k n o w that
i t is n o t o f prid e that he co mme th n o t ab o ard y o ur ship ,

b u t fo r that y o u d e clar e that y o u hav e m any sick am on gst

o u h e w as w ar n e d by t h e c o n s ervati o n o f h e alt h that he
y ,

sh o uld k e e p a dista nc e W e w er e his humbl e s ervan ts

.
,

a n d acc o u n t e d fo r g r e at h o n o u r an d si ngular human ity t o

w ards u s that which had b e e n alr e ady d o n e bu t h o p e d that ,

the n atur e o f the sick n e ss w as n o t i n fe cti o us S o he re .

tu r ned an d a whil e aft e r cam e the n o tary ab o ard h o ldi ng

, ,

a fr u it lik e an o ra nge b ut o f c o l o ur b e t w een o ra ng e-t aw ney

,

a nd scarl e t w hich cast a mo st e xc e ll e n t o d o u r

,
H e us e d it .

fo r a pr e s ervativ e agai n st i nfe cti o n H e gav e us o ur o ath .

,

by the n am e o f J e sus an d H is m e rits a n d t old us tha t ,

n e xt day by six i n the m o r ni ng w e sh o uld be s e nt t o an d

, ,

br o u ght to the stra ngers h o us e wh er e w e sh o uld be a ec o m
,

mo dated b o th fo r o ur wh o l e and o ur sick Wh en w e o ffer ed .

him s o m e pist ol ets he smili ng said he mus t n ot be t wic e

,

paid for o ne lab o ur .

The n e x t m or n i n g th er e cam e the sam e ofc e r t hat

cam e t o us at rst with his ca ne t o c o n d u ct us to the ,

stra ngers h o us e
If yo u w ill foll o w my advic e said he
.
, ,

s o me fe w w i ll rst o with me an d se e th plac

g e e a nd h o w ,
352 H I S TOR y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N s .

it may be mad e c o nv en i e n t for you th en y o u may s en d fo r

y o ur sick an d the r e s t o f y o ur n umb er
W e thank e d him .
,

an d said t ha t this car e w hich he t o o k o f d e s ola t e stra ng ers

G o d w o uld r e ward an d six o f us w e n t ash o r e wi t h him

,
.

H e le d us th o r o w thr ee fair e str e et s and all the way th ere ,

w er e gath ere d s o m e p eopl e o n b o th sid e s in a r ow bu t i n ,

so ci v ill a fashi o n as if i t had b een n o t t o w o n d e r at us but ,

t o w e lc o m e us D iv ers o f th e m as W e pass e d put t h e ir

.

arms a littl e abr o ad w hich is th e ir g e stur e w h en th ey bid

,

The stra ng e rs h o us e is fair e an d spaci o us

a ny w elc o m e .
,

built o f brick and with hands o m e w i nd ow s s o m e o f glass

, , ,

s om e o f a ki n d o f cambri ck o yled H e br o ugh t us i n to a .

faire parl o ur ab o v e staire s an d th en ask e d w hat n umb er o f

,

p ers o n s w e w ere an d ho w ma ny sick ? W e a ns were d tha t

,

w e w e re i n all 2 5 0 wh er e o f o u r sick w er e s e v e n t e e n
,
He .

d e sired us to s t ay t ill he cam e back which was ab o u t an ,

h o ure aft er and th e n he le d u s to see the chamb e rs pro

,

v i de d fo r u s b e i n g in n umb e r 2 5 0
,
Th ey cas t i t t ha t fo ur e
.

o f th o s e chamb ers which w e r e b e t t e r tha n the r e s t might

, ,

r e c e i v e fo ur e o f o ur pri n cipal men ; the r e st w er e t o l o dg e

us The chamb ers w er e ha nds o m e ch eerful an d furnish ed
.
, ,

civil ly Th e n he led us to a l o ng gall ery wh ere he sh o w e d

.
,

us al o ng o ne sid e s e v en te en c ells having par titi o n s o f ce dar

, ,

which gall ery and c ells b e i ng i n all 900 w e r e i nstitu t ed as

, ,

an i n rmary H e t o ld us w ithall t ha t as any o ne sick w ax e d

.

w ell he migh t b e r em o v ed to a chamb er fo r which purp o s e ,

th ere w er e set fo r t h ten spar e chamb ers This d o n e he .

,

br o ugh t us back to the parl o ur an d lift ing up his can e a ,

lit t l e as th ey do e wh e n th ey giv e any c o mman d said to

, ,

us Ye are to k no w that the c ust o m o f the land r e quir et h

th at aft er this day and to-m orr ow which w e giv e y ou for
, ,

rem o vi n g y o ur p eo pl e fr o m y o ur s hip o u ar t o k e e p w ithin

y e ,
354 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

w aye s . W e are c o m e am ongst a Christian p eo p le full o f ,

pi ety and humanity Let us n o t bri n g c o n fusio n o f fac e

.

up o n o urs e lv e s by sh ewi ng our vic e s o r u nw o r thi nesse .

Th ey hav e cl o is t er e d us for thr ee dai es w ho k n o w eth

wh eth er it be not to t ak e s om e t as t e o f o u r mann ers an d
c ondit i o n s and if th ey nd them bad t o banish us s traight
,

F o r G o d s l o v e l et

waye s if g o o d to giv e us fur t h er tim e
,

us so b ehav e o urs elv e s as w e may be at p e ac e wi th G o d

an d m a nde grac e i n t he e ye s o f this p e o pl e O ur
y .

c o mpan y with on e v o ic e t hank e d me for my g o o d adm o n

iti ou and pr o mis e d to liv e s ob erly an d civilly with o ut
, ,

givi ng the l east o ccasi on of o ffe n c e W e sp en t o u r thr ee

.

day e s j oyfully during which tim e w e had e v ery h o ur e j oy

,

o f the am e n dm e n t o f o u r sick .

The m o rr o w aft e r o u r thr e e day e s th er e cam e t o us a n e w

,

man clo athed i n azur e sav e that hi s turb a n was whit e

, ,

w ith a s mall re d cro ss e at the top H e had als o a tipp e t

.

o f n e li n n e n .H e did b e n d to us a littl e an d put his ar ms ,

br oad ; w e saluti ng him i n a v ery l o wly man ner H e de .

sire d to sp eak with s o m e fe wo f u s wh er eu p on six o nely ,

stay e d and the r e s t av o id e d the r o o m H e said I am

, .

by o f c e go v ernour o f t his h o us e o f strang ers and by v o c a ,

ti o n a Christian pri est o f the Ord e r o f the Ro si e Cr o ss e ,

a n d am c o m e t o o f fe r y o u my s ervic e as s t ra ng ers an d ,

chi e y as Christian s The S tat e hath giv en you lic en c e t o

.

s tay o n lan d for the spac e o f six w e eks an d let i t n ot ,

tr o u bl e y o u if y o ur o ccasi on s ask furth er t im e fo r the law ,

i n this p o i n t is n o t pr e cis e Ye shall als o u n d ersta n d that

.

the stran g ers h ou s e is a t this tim e rich an d much afo r e

hand fo r i t hath laid u p r e v en u e th e s e 36000 y e ars so

,

l on g it is sin c e any s trang er arriv e d i n this part Th e r e .

fo re tak e ye no car e the S tat e will de fray you all the ti m e

R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O GI S TS : }

OH I V H E YD OIV .
35 5

you stay A. s f o r any m e rchandiz e ye hav e br o ught y e ,

shall be w ell us ed an d hav e y o ur r eturn e ith er i n m erchan

,

diz e o r g old an d silve r for t o u s i t is all o ne If you hav e

, .

any o t he r r e qu e st t o mak e hi de it n o t o n ely this I mus t

, ,

t ell you that n o n e of you mus t go ab o v e a j uld or karan ,

( that is w ith th e m a m il e an d an half ) fr o m th e walls o f the ,

city w ith ou t esp e ciall l eav e We a n sw er e d admiring this

.
3)
,

graci o us an d par en t-lik e usag e that w e c ou ld n ot t ell what ,

t o say t o e xpr e ss e o u r t ha n ks an d his n obl e fr ee o ffers l eft ,

us n o thi ng to ask I t s eem e d that w e had b efo r e us a

.

pict u r e o f o ur salva t i o n in H eav en fo r w e t hat w ere awhil e ,

sin c e i n the j aws o f d e at h w ere now br o ugh t i nt o a plac e

w h er e w e fo u n d n o thi ng but c o ns olati on s F or the c om .

man d em en t laid o n us w e w ould n ot fail e t o o b ey it th ou gh

, ,

it was imp o ssibl e bu t o ur h e arts sh ould be e name d to tred

furth er up on this happy and h o ly gr o u n d Our t o ngu e s .

sh o u ld cl e av e to the r o o f o f o ur m outh ere w e sh o uld fo rg e t

e ith er his r e v e r e n d p e rs o n or this wh o l e n ati o n i n o u r

pray ers W e als o h u mbly b es o ugh t him t o acc ept us as his

.

tru e s ervan ts pr e s e ntin g b oth o ur p ers on s and all w e had

,

at his fe et H e said he was a pri es t and l o ok ed fo r a

.

pri e st s r e ward which w as ou r br o th erly l o v e an d the go o d

, ,

o f o ur s o uls an d b o di e s S o he w en t fr o m u s n ot with o ut
.
,

t ears o f ten de rnesse i n his ey e s and l e ft us c o nfus e d with ,

j y
o a n d ki n d n e ss sayi ng am o ngs t o u rs e lv e s that w e w e r e
,

c om e i nto a land o f an g els .

The n ext day ab ou t t en o f the cl o ck the go v e r no ur cam e

, ,

t o us agai n an d aft er salut ati o n said familiarly that he

, , ,

was c o m e to visit us call e d for a chair an d sat him d o wn

, , .

W e b e i ng s o m e ten o f u s (the r e st w er e of the m ea ner s o rt

, ,

o r els e go n e abr o ad ) sa t d o w n with him wh e n he b ega n

, ,

thus We o f this isla n d o f A panu a or Chriss e in A rabia

356 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I C R U CI A /VS .

(for so t h ey call i t i n th e ir languag e ) by m e an s ,

o f ou r

s oli t ary situati on the laws o f secre sy which w e hav e for

,

o ur trav ell ers an d o u r rar e admissi o n o f stra n g e rs k n o w

, ,

w ell m o st par t o f t he habitabl e w o rld a rid are o urs elv es

u nkn o wn Th er efo r e b e caus e h e that k now eth l e as t is
.
,

t tes t t o ask qu esti on s it is m o r e r e as on fo r the e n t ertain

, ,

m en t of the t im e that ye ask me qu es ti o ns than tha t I ask

,

y ou.

W e humbly t ha n k e d him a n d a n sw e r e d th at w e,

c o n c eiv e d by the tas t e w e had alr e ady t ha t t h er e was n o

, ,

w o rldly thi ng m ore w o rthy t o be k n o w n t han the s t a t e o f

that happy la n d but si n c e w e w er e met fr o m the s e v eral
,

e n ds o f the w o rld an d h o p e d assur e dly that w e sh o uld m ee t

,

o n e day i n the K i n do me o f H eav e n w e d e sir e d t o k no w

g ,

( i n r e sp e c t tha t la n d was so r e m o t e divid e d by vas t u n , ,

kn ow n s eas fr o m wh er e o ur S avi o ur walk e d o n e arth ) w ho

was the ap o stl e o f that n ati o n an d ho w i t was c o n vert e d to
,

the faith I t app ear e d i n his fac e that he t o ok gre at con

.

t e ntment i n this qu e sti o n in the rs t plac e for (said he ) ,

i t sh e w eth t ha t y o u rst s eek the K ingdo me o f H e av en .

A b o ut 2 0 y e ars aft e r the A sc en si on o f o ur S avi o ur it

,

cam e t o pass e that th er e was s een by the p eo pl e o f D amcar ,

o n the e as t e rn c o ast o f o ur islan d within n ight as it might , ,

b e s o m e mil e i n t o th e sea a gr e at pillar of light i n fo rm o f

, ,

a c olumn o r cylind er risi n g fr om the sea a gr eat way t owards

H e av e n . On the top was a larg e cr o ss e o f light m o re r e ,

spl e n d e n t than the b o dy o f the pillar up o n which so st ra ng e ,

a sp e c ta cl e the p e o pl e o f the city gath e r e d up on the sa n ds

t o w o n d e r an d aft e r put i n t o a numb er o f small b o a t s t o go
,

n e er e r this marv e ll o u s sight Bu t wh en the b o ats w er e c om e

.

within ab out 6 0 yards of the pillar th ey fo u n d t h ems e lv e s

b ou n d an d c o uld go n o fu rth e r Th ey st o o d all as in a .

th e atr e b eh o ldi n g this light as an h eav en ly sig ne Th e r e

, .
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

li nn en ,
b oo k c on tain ing all the can o n ical b o ok s o f the
the
Old and N ew T estam ent acc o rdi ng as y o u hav e th e m , ,

W hil e the A p o calyps e its elf an d s o m e o th e r b oo ks o f the ,

N e w T e stam en t n ot at t hat tim e writt e n w er e n ev erthe

, , ,

l e ss th e re i n A nd for the l ett er it was i n th e s e w o rds

, .
,

I J o h n a s erva nt o f the H igh e s t and A p o stl e o f Je sus

,

Christ was war n e d by an a ng el ] that app e ar e d t o me i n a

, ,

visi o n o f gl o ry that I sh ould c o mmit this ark t o the o o ds

,

o f the sea Th er efo r e I do testi e and d e clare u n t o that

.

p eopl e wh e re G o d shall o rdai n this ark t o c o m e t o lan d ,

that i n the sam e day is c o m e u nt o th e m salvatio n and p eac e

an d g o o dwill fr o m t he F ath e r an d fr o m the L o rd J e sus .

Th er e was als o as w ell i n the b o o k as the l ett e r a gre at

miracl e wr o ught c o nform t o that o f the ap o stl e s i n the
,

o ri i n all gift o f t o n g u e s fo r th e r e b ei n g at that tim e i n this

g ,

la n d H ebr ews P e rsia ns an d I ndia ns b e sid e s the n a t iv e s

,
1
, , ,

e v ery o ne r e ad up o n the b o o k a n d the l e t t er as if th ey had

b een writt en i n his o w n languag e Thus was t his la n d .

sav e d fr o m in d elity t hrough the ap o stolicall and miracul o us

e va ng e lism o f S J o h n . .

H er e he paus e d an d a m e ss e ng er call e d him fr o m us so

, ,

this w as all that pass e d i n tha t c o n fer en c e The n e xt day .

the sam e G o v e rn o u r cam e ag ai n t o us imm e diat ely aft e r

dinner an d afte r w e w e re set he said
,
We ll the qu e s , ,

tio n s are o n y o ur part On e o f o ur n umb er said aft er a
.
,

lit tl e paus e that th e r e was a mat t er w e w er e n o l e ss d e sir o us

,

t o k n o w than fe arful t o ask but en c o urag e d by his rar e ,

human ity t o wards us w e w ou ld tak e the hardiness to pr o ,

p oun d i t W e w ell o bs erve d th o s e his form e r w o rds that

.
,

this happy isla n d was k no wn to fe w a nd ye t kn ew m o st o f ,

1
Th e islan d n o twi ths tan ding h a d b e en
, , un visi te d by st a r n ger s
fo r the spac e o f y e ar s S e e p 35 4 . . .
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t he n ati o n s of t he w o rld w hich w e fo u n d to be tru e co n

, ,

si derin th e y had t he la nguag e s o f E ur p n d k n w much

g o e a ,
e

o f o u r stat e and busi n e ss t w n t w iths t a di g th

y, e e , o n n e re

m ote disc o v eri es o f this las t age n e v e r h e ard the l east ink
,

li ng oi this islan d ; w e n e v e r h eard t ell o f any ship of th eirs

tha t had b een s e en to arriv e up on any sh or e o f Eu r op e .

A n d y e t the mar v e l l r est e d n o t i n this for its sc i tu atio n i n

,

the s e cr et c o n clav e o f such a vas t se a m o ught caus e i t b u t ,

tha t th ey sh o u ld hav e kn o w l edg e o f the la nguag e s b o o ks , ,

a ffair e s o f th o s e that lye such a dista n c e fr o m th em w as a ,

thi ng w e c o uld n o t te ll what to mak e o f fo r i t s e em ed a

,

pr o pri ety o fdivi n e p o w ers a nd b e ings to be hid den t o o th e rs ,

and y e t t o hav e o th e rs o p en as i n a light to th e m A t this

.

sp ee ch the G o v er n o ur gav e a grat io u s smil e a nd said tha t ,

w e di d w e ll to as k pard o n fo r a qu e sti o n which imp o rt e d as

if w e th o u gh t this a la n d o f magician s that s e n t fo rth spirits
,

o f the air e i nt o all parts to bri n g t h em i nt e llig e n c e o f o th e r

c o u n tri es It w as a n s w er ed by us i n all p o ssi bl e humbl e

.

n e ss e b u t y e t w ith a c o u n t e n an c e tak e i ng k no w l e dg e that

,

he spak e it but m errily that w e w e r e ap t e n o ugh t o t hi nk

,

th er e w as s om e thi ng s up ern atural ] i n this isla nd but rath e r ,

as angelicall tha n magical] but to let his l o rdship k no w

tr uly w hat mad e us d o ubtful to ask this que sti o n was be ,

caus e w e re membre d he had giv e n a t o uch i n his fo rm e r

sp ee ch that this la n d had law s o f se cresy t o uchi ng stra ng ers .

To this he said Yo u r em e mb e r aright and i n that I shal l

,

say I m u st r e s e rv e particulars which it is n o t law ful t o r e v e al ,

but th er e will be e no u gh l e ft to give y ou satisfac ti o n Yo u .

shall u n d erstan d that ab ou t thr ee th o usan d y e ars ag o e the ,

navigati on o f the w o rld (sp e cially for r e m o t e v oyag e s ) w as

gr eat er than it is n o w W h e th er it was that the e xampl e
.

o f the A rk that sav e d the r e mn ant o f me n fr o m t he u ni v e r

 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

sall del u g e,
gav e c on de nc e to adve n tur e o r what ,
i t w aS ,

b u t s u ch is the tr u th The P h oenicia n s a

.
n d Tyria s n h a d

gr e at ee ts so had the Carthagi n ia n s th eir c l y o o n T O .

, ,

ward the East the shippi ng o f E gypt an d P al sti e n a was

lik ewis e gr e at Chi na als o and A m e rica ab o u n d e d i n tall
.

ships This isla n d had ft een hu ndre d o f gr e at c o n t ent .

A t that tim e this la nd was kn o w n an d fr e qu ent e d by ships

a nd v e ss els o f all the n a t i o n s b efo r e n am e d an d th ey had ,

many t im e s men o f o th er c o u n tri e s tha t w er e n o sa yl er s ,

that cam e with th e m as P e rsia ns Chald ean s Egyptian s , , ,

a n d Gr e cian s so as alm o s t all n ati on s r e s o r t e d hith re o f ,

,

wh o m w e hav e s o m e stirps w ith us at this day Our o w n .

ships w en t su n dry v o yage s .

A t the sam e tim e the i nhabi tan ts o f the H o ly Lan d did

,

o urish F o r t h ough the n arrat i on and di scripti on mad e

.

by a gr ea t man wi th yo u tha t the desc enda nts o f N ep t un e

,

pla n t ed t h er e an d o f the mag nic ent t e mpl e palac e ci ty

, , , ,

an d hi ll (se e my Rosie Crucian I nfalli ble A x ioma ta ) an d the ,

ma nifo ld n avigabl e ri v ers (which as so ma ny chai ns en

v i ro ned the si te an d t e mpl e ) an d the s e v eral ] d egr e e s o f

m
,

asc e n t wh er eby m e n did cli b up to the sam e as if i t had

b e en a S cala Co di be all p o e tical ] an d fabul ous ye t so
, ,

much is tr ue that the said c o u nt ry o f Jud ea as w ell as P eru , ,

th e n c all ed Coya M e xic o t h en n am ed Tyrambel w er e

,

mighty pr o ud kingdo me s i n arms shippi ng and rich e s

, , ,
.

A t o n e tim e b oth mad e two gr e at e xp editi ons th ey o f ,

Tyrambel thr o ugh Jud e a to the M e dit erra ne sea and th ey ,

o f Coya thr o ugh t he S o uth S e a up on this o u r isla n d F or .

the form e r o f th e s e which was int o Eur o p e the sam e au t h o r

, ,

am on gst y ou had s om e r elati on s fr o m his B e ata (see the

H arm o ny o f the W o rld lib i the P r efac e) A ssur e d ly

, . .
, .

s uch a thi ng th er e was but wh e th e r the anci e nt A th enian s

,
36 2 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

again sl o wly an d b e ing simpl e an d savag e w e re n o t abl e

, , ,

to l e av e l e t t ers arts and civility t o th e ir p o st erity

, ,
H avi ng .

lik ewis e i n th e ir m o u ntai no us habitati o ns b e e n u s e d (in

r e sp e ct o f the ex tream c o ld) t o cloathe th e ms elv e s wi th
ski n s o f tygers be ars an d gr e at hairy g o at e s wh e n th e y
, , ,

cam e d o wn i nto the vall ey an d fo u n d the i n to l e rabl e h e ats

which are th er e th ey w e r e fo rc e d to b egi n the custome o f
,

go ing n ake d which c o nti n u e th at this day o n ely th ey tak e

, ,

gr e a t prid e in the fe ath ers o f birds By this mai n acci

d en t o f tim e w e l ost o ur traf qu e with t he A m ericans with ,

wh om in r egard th ey lay n e ar e s t to us w e had m o s t c o m

, ,

m erc e A s fo r o th er par ts o f the w o rld navigati o n did e v ery

.
,

wh e r e greatly d e cay so that par t o f e n te rco urse which c ould

,

be fr o m o th e r n ati o n s t o sayl e to us hat h l o n g si n c e c e as e d .

But n ow o f the c e ssati o n O f i n t erc o urs e w hich m o ught

be by o ur sayli ng to o th e r na t i o n s I ca nn o t say b ut o ur ship
,

pi ng fo r n umb er str e ngth marrine rs pil o ts and all thi ngs

, , , ,
'

is as gr e at as e ve r ; a nd th e r efore w hy w e sh o uld se t at
, ,

h o m e I shal l n o w giv e y o u an acc ou nt by its e lf Th e r e .

r ai ne d i n this isla n d ab o ut n i ne t e e n hu n dr e d y e ars ag oe

g , ,

a Ki ng wh o s e m e m o ry o f all o th e rs we m o st ad or e not ,

sup e rstitio u sly bu t as a divin e i n s trum e n t th o ugh a mor tall

, ,

man . H i s n am e was E ug e n ius The o di dac tu s (y o u may r ead

this at large i n o u r Id e a o f the an d w e e st e e m

hi m as t he lawgiv e r o f o ur n ati o n This K i n g had a large .

h e art i n scrutabl e fo r g o o d and was w h o lly b en t to mak e

, ,

his k i ngdome an d p e opl e happy H e th e r efo r e tak e i ng.

, ,

i n to c onsid erati o n ho w su fci en t this la n d was to mai ntai n

its elf with ou t an y aid o f the forrai n er b e i ng 5 600 mil e s i n ,

circuit and o f rar e fe rtility i n the gr eat e s t part th er e of ;

ndi ng als o t he shippin g migh t be pl en tifully se t o n w orke
by shi n g an d by tra n sp or tati o n fro m p or t to p o r t and ,
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E YD ON .
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lik e wis e by sayling u n t o s o m e small isl an ds no t farr fr o m

us an d u n d er the Cr o wn an d laws Of this S t at e r e calli ng
,

the o urishi ng e stat e W h e r e i n this la n d th en w as th o ugh ,

n o thi n g wa n t e d t o this n o bl e and he r o i call i n t e nti o n but t o

giv e p erp etuity t o that w hich was so happily e stablish ed .

A m o ngst o th e r fu ndam e ntal ] laws o f this k ingdome he did ,

o r dai n e the i n t erdicts an d pr o hibiti on s w hich w e h av e

t o uchi ng e n tra n c e of stran ge rs d o ub t in g n o ve lti e s and co m

,

m ixtu r e o f man ne rs N e v er th el e ss h e pr e s erv e d all p o i n ts

.
,

o f huma n i ty i n maki ng pr o visi o n fo r the r eli ef o f stran g e rs

distre ss ed w h e r eo f yo u hav e tast ed at which sp ee ch w e
, ,

all r o s e u p an d b o w e d o u rs e lv e s .

H e wen t o n That K i ng als o still d esiri ng t o j oyn

h u man ity and p o licy a nd thi nking it agai n st huma n ity to
,

de tai n e stra ng ers agai n st th e ir will and agai n st p olicy tha t ,

th e y sh o uld r etur n to disc o v e r th e ir k n o w l e dge o f this

stat e did o rdai n that o f the strang e rs p ermitt e d t o la nd
, ,

as many at all tim e s m o ugh t d epart as w o uld bu t as man y ,

as w o uld stay sh o u ld hav e v ery go o d c o n diti o n s w h e r e i n ,

he saw so farr that i n so ma ny ag e s si n c e t he pr o hibiti o n ,

w e hav e m e m o ry n o t o f o ne ship that e v e r r e tur n e d and

.

but o f thir tee n p e rs on s at s ev eral ] time s that ch o s e to re

, ,

turn i n o u r b ott o ms W hat th o s e fe w may h av e r e p o r te d

.

abr o ad I k n o w n o t but what ev er th ey said c o uld be tak en

, ,

but f o r a d am F or o u r trav e lli ng h e n c e o r law giv e r

re . u -
,

th o ught t alt og e th er to r e strai n it but this r e strai n t hath ,

o n e admirabl e e xc epti o n pr e s e rvi n g t he g oo d which co m

,

m eth by c omm u nicati o n w ith stra ng er s an d av o idi ng the ,

hurt Y e shall u nd erstan d that amo n g the e xc ell en t acts

.

o f that K i ng o n e hath the r - mi n e n c e t h e e r e cti o n an d

p e e

i n stituti o n o f an Ord er o r S o ci e ty w hich w e call the

, ,

T empl e o f the R osi e C ro ss e the n o bl e st fo u n dati o n that

,
36 4 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

e v e r was up o n e arth an d the lanthorn e o f this K i ngdo me

,
.

It is d edicat e d to the st u dy o f the w o rks an d cr eature s o f

G od S o m e thi nk it b e ar e th the fo u n d e r s n am e a littl e

.

c orrupte d as if it sh o uld be F H R C his h ou s e but the

, . .
- . .
,

r e c o rds w rit e i t as it is sp ok en I tak e it to be de no mi n

.

ate o f the K i ng o f t he H e br e ws w hich is - famo us w i th yo u

, ,

an d n o s t ra ng e r t o us fo r w e hav e s o m e parts o f his w o rks

,

which yo u hav e l o st n am ely that R o si e Crucian M which

, ,

he wr o t e o f all thi n gs past pr e s e n t o r t o c o m e and o f all

, , ,

thi ngs that have life and m o ti o n This make th me thi nk .

that o ur K ing n din g hims elf to symb o liz e with that K i ng

o f the H e br e w s ,h o n o ur e d him w ith The Titl e o f this
F o u n dati o n and I n de i n a n ci e n t r e c o rds this Ord er or
,

S o ci e ty o f the R o si e Cr o ss e is s o m e tim e s call e d t he H o ly

H o us e an d s om e tim e s t he C o ll e dg e o f the S ix D ays W o rks

, ,

w h ereby I am satis ed that o ur e xcell en t King had l e ar ne d

fr o m the H ebrews that G o d had cr e a t ed the w o rld an d al l
th ere i n w ithin six days and th e re fo r e he i n s t itu t i ng that
,

H o us e for the n di ng o u t o f t he o n e n ature o f thin gs did

giv e it als o tha t s ec o n d n am e W h e n the Ki ng had fo r
.

bidd e n to all his p eo pl e n avigati o n i n t o any part no t u n d e r

his cro wn h e had n e v e rth el e ss this o rdi nanc e that e v ery
, , , ,

tw elv e y e ars th er e sh o uld be se t fo r th t w o ships app o i n te d

to s e ve ral ] v o yag e s that in e i t h er o f thes e ships th ere
sh o uld be a missio n o f thre e o fthe F e ll ows or Br ethren o fthe
H oly H o us e wh o s e e rra n d was t o giv e us kn o wl e dg e of the
,

a ffair e s and stat e o f th o s e c o u nt ri es to which th ey w ere de

sign e d and e sp e cially of t he sci en c es arts man ufactur e s
, , , ,

and i n v e nti o n s o f all the w o rld a n d w i thall t o bri ng u nt o

,

u s b o o ks ,
i n str um en ts and patte rn s i n e v e ry ki n de that
,

the ships aft e r th e y had la n d e d the Br e thr en o f t he R o si e

Cro ss e sh o uld r e t u r n and that the Br e thr e n R C sh o uld

,
. .
36 6 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

was eno ugh t o mak e us fo rg et all that was d e ar to us i n

o u r o w n c o u n tri e s Con ti nually w e m et with thi n gs right
.

w o rthy o f o bs ervati o n an d r elati o n as i n d e ed if th er e b e a ,

mirr o ur i n the w o rld w orthy to h o ld m e n s e y e s it is that

,

c o u n tr ey On e day t h er e w e re tw o o f o ur c o mpa n y bidd en

.

t o a fe as t o f the fr at er n ity as th e y call it an d a m o st , ,

n atural ] ,
pi ous and r e v er en d cu stom e it is sh ewi ng that
, ,

n ati o n t o b e c o mp o u n d e d o f all go o dne s se I t is gran t e d .

t o any man who shall liv e t o se e thir ty p ers o n s d e sc e n d e d

o f his b o dy aliv e t o g et h er an d all ab o v e thr ee y e ars o ld

, ,

t o mak e this fe ast which is d o n e at t he c o s t o f the S tat e

,
.

The F ath e r o f t he frat ernity wh o m th ey call the R C , . .

,

t w o days b efore the fe ast tak e th to him thr ee o f such

fri en ds as he like th to chus e an d is assist e d als o by ,

the go v e rn o u r o f t he city wh er e th e fe as t is c el ebrat ed ,

an d all t he p ers o n s o f the fa mily o f b o th s ex e s are sum , ,

mo n ed t o att en d u p o n hi m Th e n if th er e be any dis

.
,

c o rds o r suits th ey ar e c o mp o u n d e d and app e as ed Th e n

, .
,

if an y o f the family be distr e ss e d o r d e cay e d o rd e r is ,

tak e n fo r th e ir r eli e f and c omp e t e n t m e ans t o liv e .

Th e n if any be s u bj e ct t o vic e th ey are r e pr o v e d and

, ,

c e n sure d S0 . lik e wis e dir e ctio n is giv e n t o u chi n g

, ,

marriag e an d the c o u rs e s o f life The go v e rno ur assisteth .

t o put i n e x e c u ti o n the d e cre e s o f th e Ti rsan if t h ey sh o uld

b e dis o b e y e d th o u gh that seldo m e n ee d e th such r ev e r enc e

, ,

th ey giv e to the o rd e r o f N atur e The Ti rsan d o th als o .

th en chus e o n e man fr o m am ongst his s on s t o liv e i n h o us e

with him who i s call e d e v e r aft e r the S o n ne o f the Vi ne
, .

On the fe ast day the fath e r o r Ti rsan c o mmeth fo rth aft e r

, ,

D ivi n e S e rvic e i n to a larg e r o o m wh er e t he fe ast is c e l e ,

br t d which r m hath n half -pac e at the upp er e nd

a e o o a
, .

A gai n s t th e w all i n t h e mi d dl
,
e o f t h e half-pac e is a c hair e ,
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E YD ON .
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plac e d fo r hi m w ith a tabl e an d carp et b efo r e it Over the

,
.

chair e is a slat e mad e r o u n d o r o val ] an d it is of an ivi e

, ,

s o m e what w hit e r than o urs l ik e the l eaf of a silve r asp e

, ,

but m or e shi n i n g fo r i t is gr een all w in t er The slat e is

,
.

c uri o usly wr ou ght o f silv e r and silk o f div ers c ol ou rs ,

broydi n g o r bi ndi n g i n the ivi e It is the w o rk o f s o m e o f

.

the daught ers o f the family an d is vail e d o v er at the t o p,

w ith a n e n et o f silk a nd silve r but the substa n c e o f i t is ,

tru e ivi e wh ereo f aft er it is tak en d o w n the fri ends o f the

, , ,

family ar e d e sir o u s t o hav e s o m e l eaf to k ee p The Tirsan .

co mmeth fo rth with all his g enera t i o n or li n ag e the mal e s ,

b efo r e him and the fe mal e s foll o w i ng him an d if ther e be a ,

m o th er fr o m wh o s e b o dy the w h o l e lin ag e is d esc en d ed th e r e ,

is a trav ers e plac e d i n a l o ft ab o v e o n the ri ght ha n d o f the ,

c haire with a priv ie d o o re and a carv e d wi n d o w o f glass

, ,

l e ad e d with g o ld a nd bl e w wh ere she sitt eth but is n ot,

s ee n W h e n the Ti rsan is c o m e for th he sitt et h d o wn in

.
,

t he chair e an d all the li n ag e plac e th ems e lv e s agai n s t the

,

wall b o th at his back and u p on t he r e tur n o f the hall i n

, ,

o rd e r o f th eir e ar e s with o ut di f
f e r e n c e o f sex d sta d
y , a n n ,

u p o n th e ir fe e t Wh en he is se t the r oom e b ei ng alwayes

.
,

full o f c o mpa ny bu t with o ut dis o rd er aft e r s o m e pau se

, ,

th er e c o mmeth in fro m the l o we r end o f the r o om a Taratan ,

o r h e ral d an d o n e ith e r sid e o f him tw o y o u n g lads wh e r e o f

, ,

o n e carri e th a scr o w l e o f th e ir shi n i n g y e ll o w pa r chm e n t

,

an d the o th e r a clust e r o f grap e s o f g o ld with a l o n g fo o t ,

or st alke The h eralds an d child re n are clo athe d with

.

man tl e s o f sea-wate r gr een satti n bu t the h erald s ma ntl e ,

is str eam ed w ith gold an d hath a train e Th e n the h e rald .

with thr e e curtsi e s o r rath er inclin ati o n s c ommeth up as

, ,

far as the half-pac e an d tak eth i nt o his ha nd the scro wl e

, .

This is the Ki ng s charter c o n tai n i ng gifts o f r e ven u e and

,
36 8 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

many pri v iledges e x empti on s an d p o i n ts o fh o n o ur gra nte d

, , ,

t o the fath e r o f the fra t er n ity ; it is stil e d an d dir e c t e d ,

To such an one o ur w ell b el o v e d fri e nd and Cr e di tour

'

, ,

which is a t i tl e pr op er only to this cas e for th ey say the ,

Kin g is d ebt or t o no man but for pr opagati o n o f his sub

j e cts. T h e sea ] se t t o th e Ki ng s char t e r is R C and th
e . .
,

Ki ng s imag e emb o ss ed or mouled i n g old This chart er the

.

h erald r ead e th al o ud the fath er or Ro si e Crucian sta n di ng

, , ,

up supp ort e d b y tw o of his s on s Th en the h erald mo unteth

, .

the half- pac e and d eliv er et h the char t er i nt o his han ds and ,

with tha t th er e is an acclam ati o n H appy are the p eo pl e

o f A panu a ! Th e n the h erald tak e th i nt o his han d fr o m ,

the o th e r child e the clust e r of gr ap e s which are dai n tily

, ,

e n am e ll e d If the mal es of the H oly Island ar e the gre ate r

.

n umb er the grap e s are e n am ell e d purpl e with a su n set o n

, ,

the t op .If the femal e s prev ai le t h ey are en am ell e d i nt o a ,

gr eenish y ell o w w ith a cr e sc en t o n th e t o p The grap e s

,
.

are in n um b e r as ma n y as the d e sc en da n ts o f the frat er n ity .

This g o ld en clust e r the h e rald d eliv er eth als o t o the Ro si e

Cru cia n who pr e s e ntly d eliv e r eth it to that s o nn e fo rm erly
,

ch o s en to be i n his h ou s e with him w ho b e are th i t b efore ,

his fath er as an en sig n o f h o no ur wh e n he go eth in pub lick

e v e r aft e r A ft e r t his c er e m o n y the fath er or R o si e
.
, ,

Crucian r eti re th an d aft er s o m e tim e co mme th fo rt h agai n

, ,

t o di n n er wh er e he sitt e th al o n e u nd e r the slat e n o n e o f

,

his d esc en da nts sit with him e xc ept he happ t o be o f the ,

H o ly H o us e H e is s erv e d o nly by his o w n mal e childr e n

.

u p o n th e k n e e the w o m e n stand ab o ut him l e a n i ng ,

agai nst th e wall The r o o m b el o w the half-pac e hath tabl e s

.

o n the sid e s fo r th e hest w h s rv d with g at and

g s o are e e ,
re

c o m ely o rd e r T o wards the end o f di nn er (which i n th e ir

.

gr e at e st fe asts n ev er last eth ab ov e an h o ur an d an hal f)

37 0 H I S TO R Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

city wh o s e nam e was Nich olas W alfo rd and his man S ed e

, , ,

Jo h n B o ok er H e was a Je w an d circumcis e d fo r th ey
.
,

hav e s o m e fe w stirps o f Je w s yet am o n g th em wh om th e y ,

l e av e to th eir o wn r eligi o n which th ey may the b ett e r do e

, ,

be caus e th e y are o f a farr di eri ng disp o siti o n fr o m the

Je ws i n o th er parts givi n g u n t o o u r S avi o u r ma ny high
,

a ttribu t e s and l o vi ng the nati o n o f Chassalo ni a ex tr e aml

, y .

This man o f wh o m I sp eak w o uld e v e r ack n o w l edg e that

Christ was b o r n o f a Virgi n and was m o r e tha n man he ,

w o uld t ell ho w G o d mad e H im rul er o f the S eraphims

w hich guard H is thr on e (r e ad the H arm ony o f the
Th ey call H im als o the milk e n way E mepht an d ,

the Eliah o f the M e ssiah an d ma ny o th e r high n am e s , ,

w hich th o ugh th ey be i n feri o r to H i s Divi ne Maj esty ar e

, ,

farr fr o m the lan guage Of o th er J e w s F o r the c o u ntry o f .

A pami a the H o ly Islan d o r Chassalo n ia for it is all o n e

, , ,

plac e this man w o uld make n o end of c o m mendi ng it b ei ng

, ,

d e siro u s by t raditi o n am ongst the J e ws th er e t o hav e it

, ,

b eli e v e d th at the p eo pl e w er e o f the ge n erati o n s of A braham

by a no th e r so n w h o m th ey call N achoran an d that M o s e s
, ,

by a s e cr e t Cabala (r e ad the T e mpl e o f W i sdo me lib 4 )

,
.

o r dai ne d the Laws o f J e rusal e m which th ey n o w u se an d ,

t hat w h e n M e ssiah sh o uld c o m e an d si t i n H i s thr o n e at

H i e r usalem the K i ng o f Chassalo nia sh o uld sit at his fee t
, ,

w h e r e as o t h er ki ngs sh o uld k e ep a gre at dis t a n c e S e tti ng .

asid e the J ewish dre am e r the man was wis e and l earn ed
, ,

e xc ell e n tly s e e n i n the laws an d c u st o ms o f that n ati o n .

A m ongst o th er disc o u rs e s I t o ld him I was much a ffe c t e d

wi t h the r elati o n fro m s o m e of the c o mpan y of th e ir F e as t
o f the F r at e r nity an d b e caus e pr o pagat i o n o f famili e s p ro .

c ee ded fr o m nuptial c o pulati o n I de sir e d t o kn ow what

,

laws th ey had c o nc erning marriage a nd wh eth e r they w e r e ,

R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : 7 OH N H E y p o zv .
37 1

ty e d to o n e w ife To this he said

. Yo u hav e r e as o n t o
c omm en d that e xc ell en t i n stit u ti o n o f the F e ast o f the
F amily . Th o s e famili e s t ha t are par tak ers o f its bl e ssi ng
o u rish e v er aft e r i n an e xtra o rdi n ary manner Yo u shall .

u n d e rsta n d that th e r e is n o t u n d e r the H e av e n s so chast a

n ati o n as this Of A pamia . It is the virgi n o f the w o rld I .

hav e r e ad i n o n e of y o u r b o oks o f an h o ly h ermit that de

sire d t o see the spirit o f fo r n ica t i o n and th e re app e ar e d to
,

him a littl e fo u l e ugly aethi o pe But if he had d esir e d t o

.

see the spiri t o f chasti ti e o f the H o ly Isla n d it w o uld hav e ,

app e ar e d i n the liken esse o f a fair e b e autiful ch erubi n fo r ,

th er e is n othi n g am o ngst mo rt all men m or e admirabl e tha n

the chast e mi u d e s of this p e o pl e Th ere are n o stew es n o
.
,

diss o lut e h o u s e s n o cu rtisans Th ey w o n d er with d et e sta

,
.

ti o n at yo u i n Eur o p e w hich p ermit such thi ngs th ey say

y e hav e pu t mar r iag e o u t o f o fc e fo r marriage is a r e m edy
,

for u n lawful ] c o n cupisc e n c e and n atural ] c o n cupisc en c e

,

s e e m e th as a sp u r to marriage bu t wh en me n hav e at
ha n d a r e m edy m o r e agre e abl e to th eir c o rr u pt will mar ,

ri a e is alm o st e xpuls e d A n d th e r efo r e th er e are s e e n with

g .

y o u i n n it e m e n that marry n o t bu t ch o o s e a lib erti ne an d

,

impur e si ngl e life ; an d ma n y that do marry marry lat e , ,

wh e n the prim e an d str ength of th eir y e ars is past Wh e n .

th ey do marry wha t is marriage to th em but a v ery bargai n

, ,

wh er ei n is s o ught allianc e or p o rtio n or r eputatio n wit h

, , ,

s o m e i n differ ent d esir e of issu e and n o t the faithful ] n up t ial

,

u ni o n o f man and wife t ha t was rst insti t u t e d ? N eith er

is i t p o ssibl e that th o s e who hav e cas t away so bas ely so
much o f th eir str en gth sh o uld gr eatly esteeme childr e n
e matt er as chast e men do e
(b e i n g o f t h e sam ) S o lik ewis e .

duri ng marriage is the cas e much am en d ed as it o ugh t to ,

b e if th o s e thi ngs w e r e t ol erat e d o nly fo r n e c e ssity

, The
37 2 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

hau n ti n g o f diss olu te plac e s o r r e s o r t to c ur ti z a ns are n o

, ,

m o re p u n ish e d i n marri e d men tha n i n batch e l o rs ; the de

r e d c us to me o f cha ng e an d t he d e light i n m e r e trici o us
p a v

e mbrac e m en ts w h e r e s i n is t u rn e d i n t o ar t
( ) mak e marriag e ,

a dull thi ng and a kin d e o f imp o siti o n o r tax Th ey h ear

, ,
.

y o u d e fe n d th e s e thi n gs as d o n e t o av o id gr e at e r e v i ll s a s ,

adv o u tri es d e o w eri ng o f virgin s u nn a t ural ] lust and the

, , ,

lik e but th e s e vic e s an d app e tit e s do still r e mai n an d

,

ab o u nd u nlawful ] l u sts b e ing lik e a furn ac e ; if yo u st o pp

,

t he am e s alt o g e th er it will qu en ch ,
bu t if yo u giv e i t any
v e n t it will rage A s fo r m asc u lin e l o v e th ey hav e n o
,
.
,

t o uch o f it an d y et t h er e are n o t so faithfu l ] an d i nvi olat e

,

fri en dships i n t he w o rld as are th e r e Th e ir us u al sayi ng .

is that wh o s ev e r is u n chast e can n o t r e v er en c e hims elf an d

, ,

that the r ev er en c e o f a man s s elf is n ext r e ligi o n the

, ,

chiefe st bridl e o f all vic e .

I c o nfe sse d the ri ghte o us ne sse o f A qu an na was gr e at e r

tha n the r ighteou snesse o f Eur o p e at which he b ow e d his ,

h e ad and w e nt o n i n t his ma nn er Th ey hav e als o ma ny.

,

w is e and e xc ell en t laws t o uchi ng marriage Th ey all o w n o .

p o lygami e Th ey hav e o rdai ne d tha t n o n e do e i ntermarri e

.

o r c o n tract u n til a m o nth be past fr o m th eir rst i n t e rvi e w .

Marriage with o u t c o n s en t o f pa ren ts th ey do n o t mak e

v o id bu t t h ey mulct it i n the i nheri to u rs fo r the childr en
, ,

o f such marriag e s are n o t admitt e d t o i nh e rit ab o v e a third

th e ir par en ts i n h eritan c e I hav e r ead i n a b ook o f o n e

.
,

o f y o ur men o f a fai n e d c o mm o nw e alth wh e r e the marri e d

, ,

c ou pl e are p ermi t t e d b efor e the c on t ract to see o n e an o th er

n ak e d This th ey dislik e for t h ey thi n k it a sc o rn to giv e
. ,

a r e fusal ] aft e r so familiar k n o wl e dg e b ut b e caus e o f

ma ny hidd en d efe c t s i n men and w o m en s b o di es th e y hav e

,

n ear e e v ery t o wn e a c o upl e o f p o o l e s (w hich th e y call A dam

37 4 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

t he hi n d er-en d the lik e o f emerau ds o f the P eru c ol o ur .

Th er e was als o a sun o f gold radiant u p on the top in the

mids t and o n the to p b efo r e a small ch erub o f go ld with
,

wings display e d The chari o t was c o v er e d with d o t t s o f

.

go ld t issu e d up o n bl e w H e had b efo r e hi m fty a tt en d

.

a n ts y o un g me n all i n whit e sat t en l o os e c o ats t o the mid

, ,

l egg s t o ckings o f whi t e silk sh oe s of bl ew v elve t an d hats

, , ,

o f the sam e with n e pl u m e s o f div ers c o l o urs set r o u n d

,

lik e hat-ba n ds N ext b efo re t he chari ot w en t tw o me n

.

bare-h ead ed in li nn en garm en ts d o w n t o t he foot girt and

, , ,

sh o es of bl e w v e lv e t w ho carri e d the o n e a cr o si er the

, ,

o th e r a past o ral ] sta f f lik e a sh eep -h ook e the cr o sier b ei ng ,

o f pal m e- w o o d the past o ral ] staff of c e dar H o rs emen he

,
.

had n o n e as it s e em ed t o av o id all tumult an d tr o ubl e

, ,
.

Behi n de his chari o t w e n t all the o i cer s an d pri n cipals o f

the c o mpa n i e s o f the city H e sat al o n e up o n c u shi on s o f
.
,

a kin d e o f e xc ell e n t bl ew plush and u n d er his fe et curi o us ,

carp e ts o f silk o f div ers c ol o urs lik e the P ersia n bu t farr ,

ner H e h eld up his bar e han d bl e ssi ng the p eo pl e i n

.
,

sil e n c e The str ee t was w o nd erfully w ell k ept ; the w i n

.

d o ws lik ewis e w e r e n o t crou de d but e v ery o ne s t o o d i n ,

th e m as if th ey had b ee n plac ed W h e n the sh e w w as .

past the Jew said to me

,
I shall n o t be abl e to a tt en d
y o u as I w o uld i n r e gard o f s o,
m e charg e the ci ty hath

l ay d up o n me for the e nt ertai n m en t o f this R o si e Crucia n .

T hr e e days aft er he cam e t o me agai n an d said Ye ar e ,

a happy man ; the F ath e r o f the T empl e o f the R o si e

Cr o ss tak e th n o t ic e o f y o ur b e i ng h e r e an d c o mmands m e ,

t o t e ll y o u t hat he w ill admit all y o ur c o mpa n y t o hi s

pres en c e and hav e privat e c o nfe r e n c e wi t h o n e o f y o u that

,

y e s h a ll ch o o s e an d fo r this,
hath app o i nt e d t h e day aft e r
t o -m o r r o w A n d b e caus e h e m e an e th t o giv e yo u his
.
R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL OG I S TS : y OH N H E YD OIV .
37 5

bl e ssi n g he hath app oin t e d it i n the fo r e n oo n

, W e ca me .

at o ur day and I was ch o s en for the privat e accesse W e

, .

fo un d him i n a fair e chamb er richly ha ng ed an d carp e ted , ,

u n d erfoo t with ou t any d egr ee s to the stat e H e w as set

, .

up o n a low thron e richly ad orned an d a rich cl o th of stat e

, ,

o v e r his h ead o f bl e w sa ttin embr o der e d H e had t wo

, y .

page s of h o no ur o n eith er ha n d o ne nely attir e d in w hit e

, , .

H is u nd er garm ents w ere lik e that he w o re i n the chari o t ,

but i n st ead of his g o wn he had o n him a ma n tl e w ith a

, ,

cap e of the sa me ne black fastn ed ab o ut him

, We , .

b ow e d low at o ur e ntra n c e an d w h e n w e w er e co me n ear e ,

his chair he s t o o d up h o ldi ng fo rth his han d u ngl o v ed i n

, , ,

p o sture o f bl essi ng an d e v e ry o n e o f us st oop e d d o w n and

,

kiss e d the hem o f his tipp et That d o ne the r e st de .

,

part e d an d I r e mai ned Th en he war ne d the pag e s fo rth

,
.

o f the r o o m e caus e d me t o sit d o w n b e sid e him and spak e

, ,

th u s i n the S panish t ongu e

G o d bl ess th ee my so n I w ill giv e th ee the gr e at e s t
,

j e w e l I hav e I w ill impar t u n t o th e e fo r the l o v e o f G o d ,

an d men a r e lati o n o f t he tru e stat e o f t he R o si e C r o ss e

,
.

F irst I w ill s et fo rth the e n d o f o u r fo u ndati o n s e c o n dly

, ,

the pr e parat i o ns an d i n str u m e n ts w e hav e fo r o u r w o rke s

thirdly the s e v eral fu n cti o n s w h e r e t o o ur fe ll o ws are

,

assig ne d ; and fo ur thly the o r di n an c e s a nd rights w hich ,

we o bs e rv e The e n d o f o u r fo u n dati o n is the k n o w l e dg e

.

o f caus e s a n d s e cr e t m o ti o n s o f thi ngs an d t he e n largi n g o f ,

t he b o u nds o f K i ngdo mes t o t he effe cti n g o f all thi ngs

p o ssibl e The preparati o ns an d i n st r um e n ts are th e s e W e

. .

hav e large cave s o f s ev e ral d e p ths the d eep est su nke ,

fe e t S o me ar e digge d u nd e r gr e at hills a nd m o u ntai ne s

.
,

so that if y o u r e ck o n t o ge th e r the d e pths o f the hill and o f

,

the cav e s o m e are ab o v e s e v e n mil e s d ee p

,
Th es e cav es .
37 6 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

we call l o w e r r egio n and we u se th em for all coagu

the ,

lati o ns i n durati o ns r efrig erati o ns an d c o n s ervati o n s O f

, , ,

b o di es W e u se th e m lik ewis e for the i mitati on o f n at ural

.

mi ne s and the pr o duc t i on of n ew articial rriettalls by co m

,

p o siti on s and mat erials which w e lay th er e for m an y y e ars .

W e u se th e m als o s o m etim e s for cure ing s o m e dis e as e s an d ,

fo r pr o l o n gati o n o f life i n h e rmits that ch oo s e t o liv e th ere ,

w ell accomo dated of all things n e c e ssary by wh o m al s o ,

w e l e ar n many thi ngs (r ead o u r T empl e o f

We hav e buri alls i n s everal earths wh er e w e put div ers e ,

c e m ents as the C hin es es do th eir bo rc ellan e bu t w e have

,

th e m i n gr eat er vari e ty and s om e o f th e m m o r e n e W e

,
.

hav e als o gr e at vari e ty o f c omp o sts an d s o yl e s fo r the

maki ng o f the e arth fruitful ] We hav e t ow ers the high e st .
,

ab o ut half a mil e i n h eight an d s o m e o f th e m set u p o n ,

high mountai n es so that the van tage o f t he hill with the

,

t o w e r is i n the high es t o f th em thr e e mil es at l eas t Th e s e

, , .

plac e s w e call the upp er r egi o n acc o u n ti n g the air e b e tw een

t he hi gh e st plac e s an d l o w e st as a middl e r e gi on W e u se .

th e s e t ow e rs acc o rding t o th eir s ev e ral ] h e ights an d situ a

,

ti o n s fo r i n s o lati on r efrig era t i on c on s ervati o n an d the

, , , ,

vi ew o f div ers m e te ors - as wi nds rain s n o w haile an d , , , , ,

s o m e o f the ery m et e o rs al s o U p o n th e m i n s o m e plac e s

.
, ,

are dw e lli ngs o f h ermits w h o m w e visit e s o m e tim e s an d

, ,

i nstruct what t o obs e rve (R e ad o ur H arm o ny o f the

W o rld W e hav e gr e at lak e s b o th salt and fr esh wh e re o f , ,

w e hav e u se fo r the sh an d fo wl e W e u se th e m als o fo r .

burials o f s om e n at ur al ] b o di es for w e n d a differ en c e i n ,

thi n gs buri e d i n e arth or i n air e b el o w th e e ar th an d

, ,

thi ngs bu ry e d i n the w at er W e hav e als o p ool es o f w hich

.
,

s o m e do straine fre sh wat er o ut o f salt an d o th ers by arts ,

do turn e fr e sh wat e r i n t o salt W e hav e als o s o m e r o cks

.
37 8 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

ci o u s, wh er e tr ee s an d b e rri es are se t wh er e of w e mak e ,

divers ki nd e s of dri nks b esid es the vineyards I n th ese w e

,
.

practis e lik ewis e all c o n clusi on s o f grafti ng and i no culati ng ,

as w ell o f wild tr ees as frui t t r ees which pr o duc e man y ,

ef fe cts We mak e by ar t i n the sam e o rchards and gar

.
,

d en s tr e es or o w ers to c o m e e arli er o r lat e r than th eir

,

s eas o ns an d to b e ar e m ore sp ee dily t han by th eir n a t ural ]

,

c o urs e th ey do W e mak e th e m als o by art much gr eat e r

.

than th ei r natur e and th eir frui t gr eat er sw e et er an d o f

, , ,

differi ng tas t e sm ell c o l o ur an d gur e fr o m t h eir n atur e

, , ,
.

Man y o f th em w e so o rd er as th ey b ec o m e o f m e dici n al ] u se .

W e hav e als o m e ans to mak e div ers plants ris e b y mix

t ur e s o f ear ths wi t h o ut s ee ds and to mak e div ers plants ,

diffe ri ng fro m the vulgar and to mak e o ne tr ee o r plan t ,

tur n i n t o an o th er .

We hav e als o parks an d en cl o sur es o f all s or t s o f b easts

an d birds which w e u se n o t o nly fo r vi e w o r r arenesse but
, ,

lik ewis e fo r diss e cti o n s and tryalls that th er eby w e may tak e ,

ligh t what may be wr ough t up o n t he b o dy o f man H er e i n .

w e n de ma n y stra ng e e ffe c t s as the c on ti nui n g life i n th e m

th o ugh div ers parts which y o u acc o u n t vital ] b e p e rish ed
, ,

a nd tak e n fo r th r e suscitati o n o f s o m e that s e e m d e ad in

app earan c e an d the lik e W e try als o all p oys o n s an d o th e r

.

me decin e s up o n th em By ar t lik e wis e w e mak e th e m

.
, ,

gr e at e r or small er tha n th e ir ki nd e is W e mak e th e m .

m o r e fruitful ] an d c o n trary-w is e m o r e barr e n than th eir

, , ,

ki nd e is W e mak e th e m di ffe r i n c ol o ur shap e activity

.
, ,
.

W e hav e c o mmixt u re s and c op ulati on s o f div ers ki n d e s ,

w hich hav e p ro duc e d man y n e w ki nds an d th em n o t ,

barre n as the gen eral ] o pi ni o n is W e mak e a n umb er o f .

ki n d e s o f s erp en ts w o rms i e s sh e s o f putr e facti o n

, , , , ,

w h er eo f s o m e ar e advan c e d (i n effe cts ) t o p erfe ct cr e at u re s ,

R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : y OH N HE YD ON .
37 9

an d hav e s e x es and pr o pagat e N e ith er do w e this by .

chanc e bu t k no w b e fo r ehan d o f w hat mat t er an d c o mmix

,

t u re what ki n d e o f cr ea tur e s will aris e We hav e als o .

par ticular p ool e s w h er e w e mak e tri alls up o n sh e s .

W e have als o plac e s for br ee d and g en erati o n of t h o s e

kin ds o f w orms and i e s whi ch ar e of sp ecial ] u se such as ,

are w i th y o u y o u r silkw o rms an d b e e s .

I will n ot h old yo u l o ng with r e c ounti ng of o u r bre w

o e e -
h us s bak h o us e s and k itchin s wh er e are mad e divers
, , ,

dri nks breads an d m eat s rar e an d o f sp e cial ] effe c t s

, , ,
.

W i n es w e hav e o f grap es and dri nks o f o th e r j uyces o f ,

fr uits grai n es an d r o o ts ; als o of mix t ure s with h o n ey sugar

, , , ,

mann a an d fruit s dry ed an d d e c o ct e d al s o o f th e t e ar es

,

o r w o u n di ng o f tr ee s an d o f the pulp o f ca n e s ,
Th e s e .

dri nks are of s ev eral ages s om e t o the age or last o f fo rty ,

y e are s W . e ha v e dri n k e s als o br e w e d w i th s e v e ral ] h e rbs ,

r o o t s and spic es yea w ith s e ve ral ] eshes an d whit e m eats ;

, , ,

s o m e o f the dri nks are i n effe ct m eat an d dri nk b oth so ,

that div ers e sp ecially in age do d e sir e t o live with th em

, , ,

with littl e o r n o m eat o r br ead A b o v e all w e striv e to .

hav e dri nks o f ex tr e am thi n parts to i n si nu a t e i nt o the ,

b o dy with o ut biti n g sharpn e sse o r fre ttin g i ns o much as , ,

s o m e o f th e m p ut u p o n the back o f y o ur han d will with a , ,

littl e stay pass e t hr ou gh to the palm an d yet tast e mild e to

,

the m o uth W e hav e w at ers which w e ri p en i n that fashi o n

.

as th ey b e c o m e no urishi ng Breads w e hav e of s ev e ral ] .

grains r o o ts and k e r nels s o m e of esh and sh dri e d with

, , ,

div ers ki n d e s o f l e av e nings an d s e as o n i ngs so that s o m e do e

ex tr e aml m o r e app e t it e s o m n o rish so as div e rs doe
y e u ,

liv e of th e m v ery l o ng with o ut any o th er m e at F o r .

m eats w e hav e s o m e o f th e m so b e at en mad e t end e r an d

, , ,

m orti e d y e t with o ut c orr u pti n g as a w e ak e h e at o f the

, ,
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

s t o mach will turn th e m i nt o g o o d chylus W e have s om e .

m ea t s als o br ead and dri nks w hich tak en by men en abl e

, , ,

th em to fast l o n g aft er an d s o m e o th ers that mak e the v ery,

e sh o f me n s bo di e s s e n sibly m o r e hard and t o ugh and

th e ir str engt h far m o r e gre at than o ther w is e it w o uld b e .

W e h av e disp en sat o ri e s o r sh o ps o f m e dici nes wh er ein , ,

y o u may e asily thi n k e if w e hav e su c h vari e ty o f plan ts

a n d livi n g cr e atur e s m o r e tha n you hav e in E u r op e the
, ,

simpl e s drugs an d i ngr edi en ts of medeci n es must lik e

, , ,

wis e be i n so much the gr eat er vari et y We have th e m o f .

div ers ag e s and l o ng ferm en tati on s for th e s e pr e parati on s

w e hav e n ot o nly all mann er o f exquisit e di stillati o ns an d
s eparat i o n s e sp e cially o f g e ntl e h e ats and p erc olati o n s
,

thro u gh divers strain ers but als o exact fo rm e s o f c o mp o si ,

ti o n s wh er eby th ey i n c o r po rat e alm o st as th ey w e r e

,

n atural ] simpl es .

W e hav e als o div ers m e cha n ical ] arts which ou hav e

y
n o t an d stu f
,
fs mad e by th e m as pap ers li nn en silks , , , ,

tissu e s dai n ty w o rks o f fe ath e rs o f w o n d e rful ] lusture e x

, ,

c e ll en t di e s a n d ma y o th rs
n e
,
sh o ps lik ewis e as w e ll for ,

s u ch as are n o t br o ught i nt o vulgar u se am ongst us as fo r

th o s e that ar e fo r yo u m u st k no w that o f the thi ngs fo r e
,

cit e d man y o f th e m are gr o w n i nt o u se thro ugh o u t the

k ingdome bu t y et if th e y did ow fr o m o ur i n v e n ti on w e
, ,

have o f th e m als o for pat ern s and pri ncipals .

W e have fur n ac es o f gr eat div ersit i es erc e an d quick , ,

str o ng an d c ons t an t s o ft an d mild e blown e quit e dry , , ,

m o ist an d the lik e A b o v e all w e h av e h e ats i n i mi tati on

,
.

o f the s u n s an d h e av e nly b o di e s h eats t hat pass div e rs i n

,

e q u aliti e s an d as it w er e arts
,
pr o gr e ss e s an d r eturn s
, , ,

wh er e by w e pr o duc e admirabl e e ffe cts B e sid e s w e have .

h eats o f du ngs an d o f b elli e s and maws o f livi ng cr eatur e s

, ,
38 2 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I C R U CI A A S .

h o us e s wh e re w e practis e and d em o n stra t e all s o un ds and

,

th e ir g e n e rati o n W e hav e harm o n i es (r e ad the H arm o n y

.

o u hav e n o t o f qua r t e r an d l e ss e r
o f t h e W o rld
) which

y ,

ki d s
n e o f o n
s u ds divers i nstrum ent s o f musick to you u n
k n o w n s o m e sw eet er t ha n any yo u hav e t o ge t h e r w ith
, ,

b ells an d ri ngs that are dai nty and sw ee t (S ee my b o o k .

o f G e o ma n cy a nd W e r epr e s en t small s o u nds

as gr e a t an d d ee p gr e at s o u n ds as e xt enu at e and sharp e
,

w e mak e div e rs tr embli n gs an d warbli n gs o f s o u n ds w hich

i n th e ir o rigi n al ] ar e e n tir e W e r epr e s e n t and imitat e all

.

articulat e s o u n ds a nd l e tt ers (r e ad my Cabbala or A rt by , ,

w hich M o s e s sh e w e d so man y sign s i n a nd the

v o ic e s an d n o t e s o f man y b e asts an d birds W e hav e c er .

tai n h elps w hich se t to the e ar do furth e r the h e ari ng

, ,

gr e atly W e hav e stra ng e and ar ti ci all eccho s r e ectin g

.
,

the v o ic e ma ny tim e s a nd as it w e r e t o si n g it s o m e that

, , , ,

giv e back the v o ic e l o ud e r tha n i t cam e s o me shrill e r s o m e , ,

d e ep er s o m e r e n dri ng the v o ic e differi n g i n the l e tters o r

, ,

articular s o u nd fr o m that th ey r e c e iv e W e hav e als o

,
.

m e a n s to c o nv ey s o u n ds i n tru nks an d pip e s i n stra nge ,

li n e s a nd distan c e s .

W e hav e als o p e rfum e h o us e s wh e r ewith w e j o y n e all

,

practic e s o f tast e W e multiply sm ells w hich may s e e m

.

strange W e imitat e sm ells maki ng th e m br e a t h e o u t o th e r

.
,

mixtur es than th o s e that giv e th e m W e mak e div e rs imi .

tati o n s o f tast e so that th ey will d e c e iv e any ma n s t as t e s

,

an d i n this T e mpl e o f the R o si e Cr o ss e w e c o n tai n als o

a co t n u r e h o us e wh er e w e mak e all sw eet-m eats dry an d

-
, ,

m ois t and pl e asa n t wi n es milks broaths an d sall ets i n

, , , , ,

farr gr e at er vari e ty tha n you have .

W e hav e als o engi n e - h o us e s wh ere are pr epar e d e ngin e s

,

an d i n strum e n ts fo r all s o r t s o f m o ti o n s Th er e w e imitate .

R OS I CR UCI A N A P OL O G I S TS : yOH N H E YD ON .
38 3

an d p rac tis e s w i fter m o ti o n s tha n any y o u hav e an d mak e ,

a n d multiply th e m m o r e e asily an d w ith small fo rc e by ,

wh e els and o th e r m e a ns W e mak e th e m str o nger tha n .

y o urs are e xc eedi n g y o ur ca n n o n s a n d basilisks W e r e

, .

pr e s en t als o o rdi n a n ce i n str u m en ts o f w arr an d e n gi n e s o f

, ,

all ki n ds lik e w is e n e w mixt u re s an d c o mp o siti o n s o f gun

,

p o ud e r wild- re burn i n g i n w ate r and u n qu en chabl e als o

, ,

r e -w o rks o f all vari e ty b o th fo r pl e as u r e an d u s e

,
We .

imitate als o ights o f birds w e hav e s o m e d egre e s o f yin g

i n the aire (r e ad t he F amilia r
W e hav e ship s
an d b o ats fo r g o i ng u n d e r wat e r als o s w immi ng girdl e s a n d ,

supp o rt ers W e hav e curio us c lo cks an d o th er lik e m o ti o n s

.

o f r e tu rn e an d s o m e p e rp e t u al ] m o ti o n s
,
W e imitat e als o .

m o ti o n s o f livi n g cr eat u r e s by imag e s o f m e n b e asts bi rds

, , , ,

sh e s and s erp e nts W e ha v e als o a gr e at n umb e r o f o th er

, .

vari o us m o ti o n s strange fo r e quality nenesse and subtility

, , ,
.

W e have als o a math e matical ] pallac e w h e r e ar e r e pr e ,

s e nt e d all i n strum en ts as w e ll o f ge o me try as astr o n o my

, , ,

g eo man cy and telesmes

,
.

W e hav e als o h o us e s o f de c e its o f the s ens e s w her e w e ,

re pr e s e n t all ma nn er o f fe ats o f j ugling fals e appari t i o n s ,

imp o stur e s illusi on s an d th ei r fallaci e s and sur ely yo u will

, ,

easily b e li e v e t hat w e tha t hav e s o ma n y thi n gs truly n atural ]

,

w hich i nduc e admirati o n c o uld i n a w o rld o f particulars ,

d e c e iv e the s en s e s if w e w o uld disguis e th o s e thi ngs an d

,

lab o ur to mak e t h em s eem m or e miracul o us But w e do .

hat e all imp o stur e s an d ly e s i n s o much as w e hav e sev eraly ,

fo rbidd en it to all o u r br e thr en u n d er pai n of ign o mi ny ,

an d n e s that th ey do n o t sh o w any n atural ] w ork e o r

,

thing ad o rn e d o r s w e lli ng but o nly pur e as it is and , ,

with o u t all affe ctati o n o r strangenesse .

Th e s e are my son the rich e s o f the R o si e C r ucia ns
, ,
384 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

(r e ad o ur T empl e o f

F or t he s e v e ral e m

p ylo m e n ts a n d o fc e s o f o u r fe ll o w e s w e ha v e tw e lv e tha t ,

sayl e i nt o fo rrai n c o u n tri e s u n d er the n am e s o f o th er

n ati o n s fo r o u r o w n w e c o n c e al
, b u t o u r s e al is R C and . .
,

w e m e et up o n a day alt og e th er Th e s e bri n g us the b o o ks

. ,

abstracts an d patt er n s o f exp erim e n ts o f all o th er parts

,
.

Th e s e w e call m e rc ha n ts o f light .

W e hav e thr ee that c o ll e c t the e xp er im e nts i n all b o oks .

The s e we call depre da to urs W e hav e thr ee that c oll e ct .

t he e xp erim en ts o f all m e cha n ical ] arts lib eral ] sci e n c e s an d , ,

prac tic e s which are n o t br o ugh t i n t o arts Th e s e w e call .

my st ery men W e hav e thr ee that try n e w e xp erim en ts

.
,

such as th ems e lv e s thi n k g o o d Th e s e w e call pi o n ers o r .

mi n e rs W e have thr e e that draw the e xp eri men ts o f t he

.

fo rm er fo u re [divisi o n s] i n to titl e s a nd tabl es to give the ,

b e tt e r light fo r the dra w i ng o f o bs e rvati o n s a nd o f axi o ms

o u t o f th e m Th e s e w e call c o m pli e rs W e hav e thr e e
. .

tha t ba n d th ems e lve s l o o ki ng i nt o t he e xp e rim e n ts o f th eir

,

fe ll o w e s and cast a bo u t how to draw o f th e m thi ngs us efu l

,

for man s life and kn o wl e dg e as w e ll fo r w o rks as fo r

,

s trange d em o n strati o n o f caus es m ea n s o f n atural divi n a ,

tio n s and the e asie and cl ear e disc o v ery o f the v e r tu e s a nd

,

parts o f b o di e s Th e s e we call d o wry men or b e n efac to rs

. .

Th en aft e r div ers e m eetin gs and c o n sults o f o u r wh o l e

,

n umb e r t o c o n sid e r o f the fo rm e r lab o urs an d c o ll e c t i o ns

, ,

w e hav e th re e that tak e car e o u t o f t h e m to dir e c t n e w ex

r i me n ts o f a high er ligh t m o r e p en e tra t i ng i n t o Natur e
p e ,

than t he fo rm e r Th e s e w e call lamps W e h av e thr e e

. .

o th ers that doe ex e cut e the e xp erimen ts so dir e c t e d an d

r ep o r t t h em Th e s e w e call i n o culat o rs Lastly w e hav e

. .
,

th ree tha t rais e the form er disc o v eri e s by e xp erimen ts i nt o

gr e at er o bs ervati on s axi o m es an d aph o ri sm es Th e s e w e
, , .

call i nt erpret ers of Natur e .

386 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Las tly w e h av e circui ts or visi t s o f div ers principal

,

citi es o f the ki ngdome wh er e we doe pu b lish such n ews

, ,

pr o tabl e i n v en t i o ns as we think g ood and we doe als o

, ,

d e clar e n atu ral divina t i on s o f dis eas es plagu es swarms of , ,

hurtful ] cr eat ur es sc arci t y t emp e s t s ear thquak e s gr ea t

, , , ,

i n u n dati o n s c o m et s t emp eratur e o f the y ear an d div ers

, , ,

o t h er t hi ngs an d w e giv e c o u n s e l t h er e up o n for the pr ev e n

,

ti o n and r em edy o f th em .

Wh en he had said this he d esir e d me to give him an

,

acc oun t of my l ife tha t he migh t r ep or t it to the Br et hr en

,

o f the R o si e Cr o ss e aft er which he s t oo d up ; I kn eel ed

,

d o wn and he laid his righ t han d up on my h e ad sayi ng G o d

, , ,

bl ess e t h ee my son and G o d bl ess e t h es e r ela t i ons which

, ,

w e hav e mad e I giv e th e e l eav e to publish t h em for the

g oo d o f o th er n ati ons for w e are h er e in G o d s b os o m e a
,

,

land u nk now n .

A n d so he l eft me havi ng assigne d a v alu e o f ab o u t two

,

t h o usan d p o unds i n g o ld fo r a b o un ty to me and my fell o ws ,

fo r t h e y giv e gr ea t larg ess es wh er e t h ey c o m e up o n all

o ccasi o ns.
 CHA PT ER XIV .

ROS I CR U CI A N I S M I N F R A N CE .

WH E N the
d o cumen ts o f the F ra tern i t y w er e rs t pu b
lishe d Pr o fe ss o r B uhl e t ells us t ha t F ranc e had gr e atly
,

the start o f G erma n y an d En glan d i n g en e ral ill umi na
ti on tha t she was c ons equ ent ly pr ot e c t e d agai n s t the
,

d elusion o f her n eighb ours an d t ha t R o sicrucianism n ev er

,

had e v en a m o m en tary succ ess t h e r ei n On th e o th e r .

h an d Gabri el Naud e publish e d in 1 6 2 3 his I nst ructi on

,

in la F ra n c e sur la v rit de l H istoi re de s F r er e s de la R oz e

Cr o ix which op en s b y ass erti ng with ou t ap ol ogy o f any
, ,

kind tha t the F r en ch by th e ir disp o siti o n are quick to

,

e m b rac e and t o fo ll o w e v e ry sp e ci e s o f n o v e l and ri di cu

l o us o pini o n Th ey are accus e d of exc essiv e cr e duli t y and

.
,

are t h e laughing -s t o ck of m or e s o b e r n at i o ns They hav e .

cr edit e d e v ery absurdi ty fr o m P o st el the r esusci t at e d and

mere Jea nne t o the rej uv en a t i ng F o un t ain o f B o ric o and the
imm ortali ty and r et urn of Parac elsus The hist ory o f the .

Br ethr en R C is d e clar e d to be the m os t o u t rageo us of all

. .

t h eir b oo ks are us el ess and c o mpl e tely inc o mpr eh ensi b l e ,

e v e n wh e n s tripp e d o f t h e ir en igm as N on e bu t imp o s t ors

.

h av e claim ed to be i n i t ia t e d m emb ers and the fals e r ep o rts ,

spr ead abr oad by the s o ci ety are pr ej udicial to all king
d o ms and all forms of g o v ernm en t
, .

This b o ok t h o ugh dull and v erb o s e was u n d o ub t edly

, ,

ins trum en tal in pr ev en ti ng the spr ead o f the ne w d o c tr i n e s .

 38 8 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

De Qui n c ey af rms t ha t F ranc e was n e v er wa nt i n g i n the

ig no bl e r el em en t s of cr e dulity b u t t ha t she has always,

lack e d its n obl er or im agin a t iv e par t On t his acc o u n t

.

the F r e nch h av e al ways b ee n an irr eligi o us p eo pl e A nd .

the sch e m e o f F ath er R o sycross was to o much c o nn e c t e d

wit h r eligi o us feeli ngs and m o ve d t oo much u n d er a r eli
,

grous impuls e to r e c o mm en d i t s elf t o th e F r en ch

, .

1
The rs t app earanc e o f R o sicrucia nism i n F ra n c e was in
the y ear 1 6 2 3 wh e n th e fo ll o wi ng mys t eri o us placard was
,

afx ed t o the walls o f Paris We the d epu t i es o f o ur

,

chi e f c o ll eg e o f the B r ethr en o f the R o sy Cr oss n o w so ,

visibl n d invi sibl e i n t his t o w n do t each in

j o u rn i n,g e a , , ,

the n am e o f the M o s t H igh t o wards wh o m th e h e arts o f

,

the S ag e s t urn e v ery sci en c e wi th o u t e i t h e r b o oks symb ols

, , , ,

o r sign s ,
an d w e sp e ak th e la nguag e o f the c o un t ry in

which we tarry t ha t w e may e x t ricat e o ur fell o w-men fr o m

,

e rr o r an d d e s t ructi o n .

Th er e ar e a t l east fo ur differ en t v ersi on s of t his m an i

fes to Gabri el N aud r eads
. B y the grac e o f the M o s t
H igh w e t e ach wi t h o u t the assis t a n c e o f b o o ks o r
,

sign s ho w to sp eak the language o f e v ery c o u nt ry wh er e

,

w e el e c t to s t ay i n ord er t ha t w e may r e scu e o u r fe ll o w

,

men fr o m the e rr o r o f d e a th A F r en ch br o chur e pub
.
,

li she d i n 1 6 2 3 and en t i tl e d Effr o yabl e s pac t i on s fai t e s

,

e n tr e le diabl e et le s pr t e n d u s i nvisibl e s av e c l eur dam ,

n abl es i n s t ruc t i on s p ert e deplorable de l e urs escoli ers et

, ,

l eur mi serable n pre s en t s s t ill m or e imp o r t an t variat i o ns

, .

W e th e depu t i e s o f the Coll e g e o f the R o si e-Cr o ss

, ,

a dvis e all th o s e w ho s e ek e n t ran c e i nt o o ur s o ci ety an d

c o ngr egat i on to b ec o m e i nitiat ed in t o the kn owl e dg e o f

,

the M o st H igh i n wh o s e caus e w e ar e a t t his day a ssembl e d

, ,

1
S ee A ddi t i on al N o t e s N 0 V I , . .
390 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Th e ir g e n eral ass emb li es are h e ld i n the pyramids of

Egyp t ; b u t lik e the r o ck wh e nc e t he spri ng o f M o s e s issu e d
, ,

th es e pyramids pr o c ee d with t h em i nt o the d es ert and ,

fo ll o w t h em i n t o the La nd o f Pr o mis e .

N o au t h ori ty is given for this s tat em ent and i t is in all ,

pr ob ability on e of t h o s e r o m an t ic falsi cati ons wi th whi ch

Eliphas L evi t o o k pl easur e in mystifying his r ead ers and ,

whi ch m ak e hi m ab s olu t ely w ort hl ess as a s o b er his t o rian .

This man ifes t o whatev er i t s o rigin al form at tract ed

, ,

g e n e ral a n d chi e y h o s t il e att en t i o n an d i t w as a cc

,
o u n t e d
fo r i n vari o us ways by the p amphl e t eers o f the p eri o d .

Naud e c onsid ers it a h o ax If w e s eek for the pr e cis e

.

o rigin o f this squall o f wind which n o w whistl e s o v e r o u r

c oun t ry w e shall nd tha t the r ep o r t o f t his frat er ni ty

,

h aving b ee n spre ad ab r o ad s om e sh o r t t ime sinc e in G er

many c ertai n pr ofe ss ors d o c t o rs an d s t ud en t s o f this city
, , ,

w er e m o v e d by curi o sity to i nv es t igat e the m att er b y m e ans

o f the n e w b o oks which w er e mad e kn own to t h e m b y pu b

lishers afte r t h eir r et urn fr o m the F rankfo r t fair ; bu t dis

c o v eri ng not hi n g exc ep t chim eras and r o d o m on t ad e t h er ein ,

th ey pr eferr ed whil e awai ti n g the farc e to div ert th em

, ,

s elves by t his c om e dy
Qua m p r otinus ur bi

P a nder e, r es a lta sy lv a ci ca li gine mer sa s,

an d c ompr omis e th eir r eputati o n b y b e c o mi ng i t s rs t de

n o u n cers j udgi n g t ha t t h e r e w e r e fo ols e n o ugh i n P aris t o
,

A n d i n fact ab o u t

prev ent this fo lly fr o m s t agn ati ng .

, ,

t hr ee m on th s ago o ne o f th es e individu als k n o wi ng tha t ,

th e Ki n g b eing a t F o ntain ebl eau the r ealm t r an qui l an d

, ,

M an s eld t o o r e m o t e for daily n ews t h er e was a scar ,

city o f to pics o n Cha ng e as w ell as i n all circl e s con

, ,

clud e d t o supply yo u with g o ssip by placardin g the public

 R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N F R A N CE .

plac es with this n ot ic e c on tai ni ng six li nes o f man u

,

1
script .

On the o th er ha n d the an onym o us auth o r o fan E x amin

,

ati on o f the u nk n o w n an d n o v e l Caballa o f th e Br e thr e n

of the R o s e- Cr o ss acc epts the ma ni fe s t o as auth en tic an d ,

d enou n c e s i t wit h t erribl e earn estn e ss

.F lagran t bl as
ph emi e s are to be fou nd in th es e few li n es I n the rs t .

pl ac e th es e s acril egi ous wr et ch e s pr et en d t o hav e en roll e d

,

th ems elve s u n d er the ban n er of that cr o ss which th eir ,

m as t er the prin c e o f darkn e ss abh ors b ey o n d any thi ng

, , .

I n the s e c o nd plac e th ey ass ert that th ey can b e c om e i n

,

v isibl e at pl easur e a quality i n c o mmu n icabl e t o any n atural

,

b ody which c o nsis t s of matt er an d form and o n e w hich can

,

n ev e r be acquir ed by any l egitimat e sci en c e In the third .

plac e t h ey b o ast tha t th ey can te ach e v ery bran ch of l earn

,

i ng in a m o m ent with o u t b ooks or sign s w hic h e vid en t ly

, ,

t r an sc ends the p o ssibili t i es of the human i nt ell e ct for , ,

th ough the acquisi t i o n o f the sci en c e s may be c ertai nly

facili tate d by m ean s o f abri dg em ents an d e pit o m e s it can ,

o nly be a cc o mplish e d by d e gr e e s an d w ith t im e I n the .

fo urth plac e th ey claim to be acquai nt ed wi th all dial ec t s

,

a d wi t h e v ery v ari ty o
n e f
la guag e a prero gativ e n ev er
n

c o nferr ed exc ep t o n the ap o stl es wh os e liv es w er e v ery

,

di ffer ent fro m th ei rs It r emains to be c o ncl u d e d t h at

.

such p ers on s are n o t c o m missi one d by G od to sav e us fr o m

e rr o r a nd d e s t ruc t i on bu t are r ais ed up by S ata n t o drag
,

i nt o the abyss th o s e s o uls which are carri ed away by a n

o v erw een i ng curi o si t y .

The m o s t cOpi ou s i n fo rma t i o n with r egard to the s t range

manife s t o is to be fo und in the F rightful Co mpacts
-
b et w een the D e vil and the so call e d Inv isib l e s a pamphl et ,

1
I n s tr u c t i o n a la F ran c e,
0 iii
. p 26 .
, . .
39 2 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

full malici o us lib els which h o w ev er are so curi ous t ha t

of , , ,

s o m e o f t h em are w ort h r epr o ducing as bri ey as p o ssibl e .

A cc ordi ng t o this acc o u n t the manuscript placard was ,

p o st e d i n s ev e ral parts o f P aris an d awak en e d the curi o si ty

,

o f the l e arn e d an d illit erat e alik e E v ery o n e was as t ound e d .

at the ass er t e d i n visibili t y o f the B r e thr e n an d a t th e ir ,

gift o f t on gu e s A cc ording t o s o m e th ey must b e the

.
,

m ess eng ers o f the H oly Gh o st o th ers said that th ey w e re ,

p ers on s o f e mi n en t san c t ity the r e s t that the wh ol e , ,

busin ess was one o f illusi o n s an d o f magic By many the .

p o wer o f disc er n ing the i nm o s t t h o ugh t s was admir ed

b ey on d the o th e r privil eg e s but that such a facul t y was ,

i nh er en t i n Deit y o n ly an d th e y w er e incr edul o us in t his

,

r e sp e ct Th en i t was urg ed that the d evil had k n owl edg e

.

o f thi n gs b o th pas t an d pr e s en t but that if he had kn o wl e dg e

,

o f t hi ngs pr e s en t th o ughts m u st b e i n clud e d i n this class and

, ,

t hat t h erefo r e the d evil might n o t o nly k no w th em bu t

, , ,

migh t impart the sam e k no wl e dge to his e missari es .

A c ertai n lawy er of Paris says this m en daci o us chr onicl e

, ,

c onc eiv e d a vi o l en t d e sir e t o be enr o ll ed i n the n ew order ,

o n acc o u n t o f the o bvi o us adva n tag e s o f Oc casi o nal i n visi

b i li ty an d he had n o s o o n er fo rm e d the pr oj e c t t ha n one
,

o f the I n visibl e s app e ar e d b efo r e him an d i n fo rmi ng him ,

tha t he c o uld r e ad his t h o ughts dir e c t e d his p et ri ed ,

list e ner to m eet him that e v en i n g a t eigh t O cl o ck o pp o site

a c ertain mark et wh en he sh o uld att ai n his d esir e This

, .

said the myst eri o us b ei ng disapp ear e d as miracul o usly as

,

he had c o m e t hith er an d the lawy e r c on vinc ed by his o wn ,

s en s e s that t h er e was s o m e t ruth i n the claims ofthe placard ,

did n o t fail to r epair to the app oi nt e d plac e wh e re the sam e ,

p ers on age met him ban dage d his ey e s whirl e d him through
, ,

a maz e o f all eys and br o ugh t him to the ab o de o f the

,
394 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Ot h er s t ori es qu ally cr edib l e are t old by the s am e wri te r

e

to illus t rat e the t ragical c o ns e qu en c e s o f a v o lu n t ary con

n ec ti o n with the i n famo us I n visibl e s A s o ldi er was com .

manded b y th em o n his i n itia ti o n t o en r o l hims elf am ong

, ,

a b an d of assassi n s wh en he was sp ee dily as sassi n at e d

, A .

magis t rat e of Pic ardy in answ er t o his u n expr e ss ed wish

, ,

was mir acul o usly visi t e d by o ne o f the mystic six in his

own cl o s e t was ini t i at e d i n t o the Ord er an d i n tw o days
, ,

c ommi tt ed suicid e A n A ngl o-F r enchman who had en t er ed

.

up o n the sam e u n h appy c ours e wishin g to r evisi t Englan d , ,

was ins ta nta neo usly t ran slat e d to B oul o g ne and r equ e sti ng
th e d e m o n who had b r ou gh t him t o b e ar him acr o ss the
S t rai t s t o L o n d o n he was s e iz e d wi t h fury and c as t in t o
,

the sea b e t w een Calais and D o v er wi t h a frightful n ois e .

This o ccurre d i n the pres en c e o f two hundr e d D ut ch ships

o n a v oyag e fr o m A ms t erdam t o I n dia .

A cc o rding to this sin gular an d scurril o us p amphl et the ,

R o sicrucian s or I nvisibl e s who are id en tical in the m i n d o f

,

the wri t er bu t wh o m h e disti nguish e s fr o m the S pa n ish

,

illumi n at i numb er ed in all t hir ty-six an d t h ey w er e divided

, ,

in t o six ban ds Th eir g en eral ass embly was h eld at Ly ons

.

o n Ju n e 2 3 1 6 23 a t 1 0 P M
, ,
which was tw o h ours b efo r e
. .
,

the Gr and S abba t h o f the Wi t ch es Th er e b y the p ow er .

,

o f an an t hr o p o phag o us n e cr o ma n c e r A star o t h o n e of the , ,

princ es of the i n fern al h o rd e s app e ar e d in ligh t and spl en ,

d o ur an d was r epr es en t ed by the magician as a m e ss enger

,

o f the M o s t H igh A ll pr o st rat e d th ems elve s b efo re the

.

d em on w ho ask ed wh at t h ey d e sir ed an d was i nform ed by

, ,

t h eir sp ok esman t h at th ey w er e a li t tl e o ck which he had

ass e m b l e d i n the n am e o f th e m as t er o f A s tar o th t o s erv e
, ,

him h enc eforth o n such c onditi on s as w e r e laid d o wn in the

pap er which he n ow o ffer ed to the emissary o f the king It .
 R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N F R A N CE .

c ontai ned the gr eem en t b e tw een the N e cr o

A rticl es of A

mancer Re spuch and the D epu t i e s for the e s t ab lishm en t of

the Coll ege o f the R o sicrucians The subscrib ers c erti ed .

b efor e the m o st high t o hav e e nt er ed i n t o the fo ll owing

c o mpac t s n am ely t h ey pr o mised to r ec eiv e wi th submi s
, ,

si o n the ord ers of the supr em e sacri cer R e spuch r enounc , ,

i ng bap t ism chrism and u n cti on r e c eiv ed in th e n am e o f

, ,

Chris t d et e sti ng an d abh orri ng all fo rms o f pray er confes ,

si on sacra m en t s an d all faith in the r esurr ec t i o n of the

, ,

b ody ; pr omisi ng t o pr o claim the t eachings impart e d to

t h em by Respuch thr ou gh all quar t ers of the gl o b e ; and
pl ed gi ng th eir h o n our an d t h eir life wi t h o u t any h o p e o f ,

p ard o n grac e or ab s olu t ion to p erform all t his ; in pr oof

, , ,

o f which th ey had o p en e d e ach o f t h em a v e i n i n the l eft

arm ,
and had signe d this parchm en t e ach wit h his o wn
bl o o d The magicia n o n his par t pr o mis ed to the d epu
.
, ,

ti es s ev erally and c oll e ctiv ely that he w o uld t ran sp o rt t h em

, ,

at any m o m en t fr o m eas t t o w e s t or fr o m n o rth t o s o u t h , ,

an d caus e th e m to sp e ak n a t urally e v e ry lan gu age in th e

univ ers e B y t his agreem en t he b o u n d hims elf to en abl e

.

th em to ent er and l eav e all palac e s h o us es chamb ers an d , , ,

cab i n ets thr ough cl o s ed an d l o ck ed d oors to en du e t h em

, ,

with the m o s t p e rsuasiv e el o qu en c e to en abl e t h e m to cast ,

h or o sc op es and to r ead the m o s t s e cret t h oughts t o mak e ,

th em ad mir e d by the l ear ne d s ough t aft er by the c uri o us , ,

m agni ed ab o ve the pr o ph ets o f old and to giv e each o f ,

the m o n his signi ng the parchm en t a go ld en ri ng e nrich ed

, ,

b y a pr e ci ous sapphir e und er which t h er e sh o uld be a

,

d em on who w ould act as t h eir guid e A s t ar oth assumi ng .

,

the lik en e ss of a radia n t y o uth car e ss e d and emb r ac ed his ,

victims who blin dly mist o ok him fo r the appariti o n of a

,

p o w e rf u l de i ty and b
~
e i n g pr,
o mis e d his
,
c o n ti n ual pr o vi
396 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

d enc e th ey s ol e mn ly b o und t h ems elv e s n ev er to d eroga te

,

fro m the articl e s t o which th ey had subscrib e d what ev er ,

might happ en to tur n a d eaf ear t o the G o sp el o f Christ

, ,

an d to publish am o n g all th e n ati o n s t o wh o m th ey w er e

tran sp o r t e d the t ruth o f the mighty d omin i o n wh er eo f

he was the e missary i n o rd er t ha t b y th eir pr each
,

i ng t h e y migh t dissipa t e the e rr o rs o f th o s e men who

b eli ev ed i n the imm or t ality o f the s o ul The ar ticl e s w er e .

t h en rati ed c on rm ed and appr o v e d b y A s t ar o th o n the

, ,

par t o f his mas t er aft er which the d em on van ish e d to

,

a ssist a t the S ab b a t h which w as h eld fr o m e l e v en a t n ight

, ,

t o o n e i n the m o rn i n g o n the v igil o f S J o h n the B aptist

,
.
,

i n the vici nity o f th e labyri n th am ong the Pyr en ees The .

n e cr o ma n c er was l eft al one with the invisibl es w ho w er e to ,

r e c eive the p o w ers pr omis e d by b ei ng br eath e d on i n the

fo llo wi ng ma nn er -A ll s tripp e d nak e d and pr o s t ra t e d
th ems elv es wi t h th eir fac es a t up on the e ar t h the magi
ci an with a p o t o f gr e as e an d u ngu en t s rub b e d e ach o f
, ,

t h em afte r the anci en t fashi o n o f Th essalian s orc ery o n

, ,
.

the upp e r par t o f the n e ck the arm pi t s the l o w e r p o rti o n

, ,

o f th e spi n e the par t s o f g en e ra t i o n an d the fu n dam ent

, ,

t h e n he br ea t h e d in the righ t ear o f each deputy sayin g ,

D epart and r ej o ic e i n the r e sul t o f my pr o mis es H e .

gav e the d e m o niac al ri ng t o all of t h em an d t h en a sudd en ,

blast of wi n d transp o r te d t h e m a t the c o mman d o f the ,

magicia n an hu ndre d l eagu e s to the gre at ass embly o f the

, ,

s orc erers H er e as n e w c om ers th ey r e c e ive d fr o m S ata n

.
, ,

the mark o f magicia n s six o f th e m w ere s en t in t o S pai n ,

six i n t o I t aly six in t o F ranc e six in t o G erman y fo ur to

, , ,

S w e d en two in t o S wi t z erla n d tw o in t o F land ers t w o i nt o

, , ,

L orrai n e an d the r e m aini n g two in t o B urg oyn e Thus

, .

t h e y w ere c o mmissi on e d o nly t o go i nt o Cath o lic c o u nt ri e s ,

 39 8 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

wi t h ends r ais e temp es t s r avage elds d e s tr oy o rch ards

, , , ,

a ss as sin ate and t o r t ur e t h eir n eigh b o urs b y the ini c t i o n o f

innum erab l e dis eases .

The spiri t which pro mp t e d t h e s e gr o t e squ e c alumni e s ,

m anufact ur ed fr o m the foul est gu tt ers of b l ack m agic is ,

easily disc erni b l e The writ ers w e r e Cat h o lics i n c ens e d b y

.

the Pr ot e s tan t ism o f the R o sicrucian m an ife s t o e s m eeti n g ,

vi o l enc e b y vi ol enc e and d o c t rin es of Pap al ex t ermin at i o n

,

wi t h ch arges o f bl asph emy ath eism an d d e vil-w orship

, , .

G abri e l Naud e is the m o st r eas o nab l e of all the F r anc o

R o sicruci an cri t ics but he is un en durab ly s t upid and
, ,

splu tt ers in a s eethi n g sea of cl assical qu o t ati ons .

In additi on t o the privil eg es and p ow e rs which are o p enly

claim e d by the Ro sicrucian s Naud e en um erat es the fo ll o w
,

ing s o me of which are t o be fo und indir ec t ly in t h eir

,

d o cum en t s and o th ers he has e x t rac t e d by a s om ewh at

,

p erv ers e in t e rpr e tat i on

Th ey afrm tha t the c o nt empla t i o n s o f t h eir fo u n d r
e

surp ass e v erythi ng which has b een ev er kn o wn disc o v er ed , ,

or und erst o o d sinc e the cr ea t i o n of the w orld thr o ugh

, ,

human s t udy divi n e r ev elatio n or the minis trat i o n ofange ls

, , .

Th at t h ey are d es t in e d to ac c omp lis h the appro achi ng

r e s t o rat i o n of all t hings to an impr o v ed c ondi t i on b efo r e th e
e nd arriv e s .

Th at t h ey p oss ess wisdo m and pi et y in a supr em e

d egr ee are undisturb ed o wn ers o f all t ha t is d e sir ab l e
,

am ong the b o un t i e s o f Nat ur e an d can disp ens e her gift s

,

at wi ll .

Th at in wh at s oe v e r pl ac e t h ey may be t h ey kn o w all

th at tak e s pl ac e e ls ewh er e b ett er t h an if th ey w er e pr es en t .

Tha t t h ey are su bj e c t n ei t h er to hu ng er t hirs t a e

, g , ,

illn e ss o r o th e r n at ural i n c o nv eni e nc e

,
.
 R OS I CR UCI A N I S M I N F R A N CE .

Th at th ey l earn by r ev elat i o n of th ose p erson s who are

w o r thy of admissi on i nt o th eir s o ci e ty .

That it is p o ssibl e for th em always to liv e as if t h ey had

e xiste d fr o m t he b e gi nn ing o f the w o rld o r w o uld r em ai n ,

t ill the end o f the age s .

That th ey p o ss ess a b ook in which t h ey can as cer t ain

all thi ngs which are to be fo u n d in b ooks n ow existi ng or ,

will be fo u n d i n the b ooks o f the futur e .

Tha t th e y can c o mp el the m o st migh ty spirits and

d em ons i nt o t h eir s ervic e and by the p o w er of th eir i n can
,

tati o n s can draw p earls an d pr e ci o us s t o n e s t o wards th e m .

Tha t G od has e n v el op e d th e m i n a cl o ud t o c o n c e al

th e m fr o m t h eir en emi es unl ess at l e as t t h ey have ey es

, , ,

m or e p en e trati ng tha n the e agl e s

.

That t rst igh t Br hr e o the R os e Cr o ss had the

h e e e t n f -

gift o f h e ali n g all dis e as e s to such an e x t ent tha t th ey w er e

o v er w h elm e d by the c o n c o urs e o f su ffer e rs and tha t o n e o f ,

th em who was an ad ept i n Kabbalistic Myst eri es wi t ness

, ,

his b ook calle d H cur e d the yo u ng Co un t of N orfolk o f

,

the l e pr o sy wh e n he was i n England .

Tha t G o d has d et ermin e d to incr eas e the nu mb er of

t h eir F ra t ern ity .

Tha t th ey hav e disc ov er ed a new langu ag e to giv e

expr e ssi o n to t he nat ur e o f all thi n gs .

That b y th e ir m eans the tripl e cr o wn of P et er will be

gr o u n d i nt o the dust .

Tha t th ey c on fess fr eely an d publicly with n f ar

o e of ,

r epr e ssi o n tha t the p Op e is A nti-Chri s t

, .

Tha t th ey d en o unc e the blasph e mi e s o f E as t an d We s t ,

m ean in g Mah o m et an d the P o pe and r e c o g nis e bu t two

,

sacram ent s wit h the c e r em o ni es o f the early Church

, ,

ren ew e d by th eir congregati on .

40 0 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Tha t th ey ac k n o wl edge the fo urth m o narchy an d the

Emp er o r o f the R o man s as th eir L ord and as the h e ad o f ,

all Christ e n d o m .

That th ey will fur n ish him with m or e g old an d silv er

'

th an the S pani sh Ki ng d eriv e s fr o m b o t h the Indi es the ,

m ore so as th eir tr easur e s ar e i n exhaustibl e .

That th e ir c oll ege which th ey n am e the Co ll ege o f the

,

H oly Gh o s t can su ffer n o i nj ury ; e v en sh ould a hu n dr ed

,

t h o usan d p ers on s b eh old an d r e mark i t .

That t h ey p o ss e ss s e v eral mys t eri o us v olum es in th e ir

library o ne o f which tha t n ame ly which th ey priz e n e xt

, , , ,

t o t he Bibl e is tha t which the r e v er e d an d ill u mi n a t e d

,

fa th er R C h e ld i n his right han d aft er d e ath

. . .

F i n ally t ha t t h ey are c o n vi n c e d an d c e rtai n t ha t the

,

tru t h o f t h eir maxims will abid e to the v ery end o f the

w orld .

N 0 v o ic e app e ars to hav e b een rais e d i n F ranc e i n d efenc e

o f t he p ers e cut e d Ord e r It is k no w n up o n the c o n te m
.

p ora r
y au t h o ri t y o f t h e M ercu r e de F ran ce says a writ e r in ,

Chamb ers Jou rnal

that a p opular pa nic the n a t ural
,

r e sult of th e s e at r o ci ous calum ni es w as e xcit e d by the fear

o fthis mys t eri o us s e c t n o n e o f wh o s e m e mb ers had e v er b e e n
,

s een . The m o st absurd s t ori e s ab o ut t h em w e r e daily

r ep or t ed and fo u n d lis t eners A n i n nk eep er ass ert ed that

,
.

a myst eri o us strange r en t er ed his i nn r egal ed hims elf on his ,

b e st an d sudd enly van ish e d i n a cl o ud wh en the bill was

,

pr e s en t ed A n o th er had b ee n s erv e d as scurvy a trick by

.

a similar s t ranger who li v e d up on the ch o ic e s t far e and

, ,

dru n k t he b es t wi n es o f his h o us e for a w e ek and paid him ,

with a han dful of n ew gold c o i n s which turned i nt o sla t e s ,

o n the fo ll o wi ng m o rn i n g I t was als o said t ha t s ev eral

.

p ers o ns o n a wak ening i n the middl e o f the n igh t fo u nd

 C H A PT ER X V .

CON N E CTI ON BETW EE N TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S A ND

F RE E M A S ON S .

P R OF ES S OR B U H LE afrm s as the main th e sis o f his

c on cl udi ng chap t er tha t F r eemas onry is n eith er m o r e n o r
l ess t han R o sicrucian ism as m o di e d by th o s e who t ran s

plant ed i t i n t o En glan d H i s e l egan t an d i nt er e sti ng
.

hyp oth e sis r e s t s on a: micr o sc o pical fo un da t i on o f ac t ual

fac t A p assage i n F ludd s r ej oi n d er to the Ex ercitatio

.

o f Gass en di sta t e s t ha t the Fa tr es R

E pis t o l ae C are . .

th en c efo rth t o be call e d sap i entes or sop hos The G erman .

cri t ic s discrimin at ing c o mm en t ary o n t his s t at em en t is t ha t

the o ld n am e w as ab olish ed bu t as y et a n ew o n e had n ot

,

b een c onferr e d an d t ha t the imm e dia te hi n t for the n am e

,

Mas on s was d eriv e d fr o m the Ro sicrucia n l eg en d c on c er ning

th e
H o us e of th e H oly Gh o s t
an all eg o rical buildi n g
,

which typi e d the s ecr et purp o s e o f the S o ci e ty H aving .

fath ere d F r e emas onry o n the r eno w n e d K en tish R o sicrucian ,

Pr o fess o r Buhl e en t ers o n a Qui x o tic qu e st t hr o ugh the

fo li o s o f his victim i n s earch o f c orr o b o rati ng passages and ,

disc o v ers i n the S ummum B o n um which F ludd dis
,

o w n e d as w e hav e s e e n that J e sus was the lap is angulari s

, ,

o f the human t empl e i n which men are st o n e s an d that the ,

auth o r calls up o n his st u d en ts to be t ran sfo rm e d fr o m d ead

i nt o livi n g phil o s ophical st o ne s 1
Transmutemini trans ,

1
This p ass age h app en s t o o cc u r in the E pis tl e from the R o si
c r u ci an S o ci e ty t o a G e rman n eo phy te which w as p r i n te d i n the
,

S u mm u m B o n u m , bu t fo r which n e i th e r F l u dd no r the u nk nown
Jo achi m F r i tz are re s po nsi b le .
 R OS I CR UCI A N S A N D F R E E M A S ON S .
40 3

mutemi n i , de lapi dibus mortui s i n lapid e s viv o s phil o

so phi co s

On this fo u ndati o n r e s t s his wh o l e hyp oth esis
.

c on c erning th e tran s gurati o n o f the R o sicr u cian F rat er nity

an d its r e app eara n c e as the Mas on ic Br o th e rh o o d I t is .

n e e dl e ss t o say that it is sl en d er an d u n satisfac t o ry i n the

e x tr e m e .

I do n ot pr o p o s e t o discuss the o rigin o f F r eemas o nry .

Tha t v exati o u s qu e sti o n has b een p erp e tually d ebat e d with

si ngularly u npr o tabl e r esults A ll I am c on c er ne d with
.

pro vi ng is that th ere is n o trac eabl e c onn e c t i on b et w een

Mas o nry an d Ro sicru cianism The fo rm er is d e ned by it s
.

initiat es to be a scien c e o f m orality v e il ed in all eg o ry and
, ,

illustrat e d by symb ols an d agai n as a sys t em of d o ctrine s
,

taught i n a ma nner p eculiar to its elf by all egori e s and sym

, ,

b ols. Its c er em o n ie s are e x t ernal addit i o n s which affe c t

,

no t its substan c e .The t w o d o ctri n e s o f the u n it y o f G o d
an d the imm ortali t y of the s o ul c o n s t itu t e the phil o s o phy

o f F r e emas o nry . I t has n ev er b e en at any p eri o d o f its
hist o ry an ass o ciati on for sci ent ic r es earch es and the ex
i m t l i v e stigati o n o f Na t ur e w hich was a primary

p er e n a n ,

o bj e c t with the R o sicr u cia n Br o th e rh o o d I t has not o nl y

.

n e v er laid claim t o the p o ss e ssi on o f any t ra n sc e n d e n t al

s ecr et s o f alch emy an d magic or to any skill i n m edici n e

, ,

bu t has n ev er manifes t e d any i nte r es t in th e s e o r kindr ed

subj e cts Origi n ally an ass o ciati o n fo r the diffusi o n o f
.

natural m orality i t is now simply a b enet s o ci ety The

, .

impr ov emen t o f mankind and the e n c o urag em en t of phila n

thr opy w er e an d are its o s t en sibl e o bj e c t s and t h es e als o,

w er e the dre am o f the R o sicru cia n but o n the o th e r hand

, ,
,

i t has n ev er aim e d at a r eforma t i on i n the ar t s and sci en c es ,

for i t was n ev e r a t an y p e ri o d a l e ar n e d s o ci e ty and a larg e ,

pro p o rt io n o f i t s m emb ers hav e b een ch os en fr o m illit erat e

40 4 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

cl ass es I t is fr ee alik e fr o m the en t husiasm and the

.

err o rs o f the e ld er Ord er for th o ugh at o n e t im e i t app ears

,

to hav e e xclud e d Cath o lics fr o m i t s ra nks as at t his day ,

the Cath o lic C hurch e xc o mmu n ica t e s an d d en o unc e s i t s

m emb ers i t has b een si ngularly d e v o id o f pr ejudic e s and
,

si ng ularly u n affect ed by the craz e s o f the tim e It has n ot .

c ommi tt ed its elf to s ec on d A dv en t th eo ri es i t d oes no t call

the P op e A n tichris t ; it d o e s n o t e xp e ct a u niv e rsal
cataclysm It p re ach e s a n at ural m o rali ty an d has so littl e
.
,

int er es t in mys t icism tha t i t daily misin t erpr et s an d practi

c ally d espis es i t s o w n mys t ical symb ols .

Th o s e w ho b elie v e in the hyp o th esis o f Pr o fe ss or Buhl e

ca n n ot sh e w tha t F ludd was eith er a R o sicru cian or a F r ee
mas on Th er e is s o m e r eas o n t o b eli eve t ha t the fo rm er
.

B ro t h erh oo d did spli t up subs e qu en tly i nto diffe r en t

s ec t ions but t h er e is n o t it tl e o f evid en c e to pr ov e tha t t h ey
,

d e v el op e d i n to F r eem as o ns M ack ey says t ha t th ey pro

.

t rac t ed th eir e xis t enc e t ill the middl e o f the eigh t een t h
c en t ury and t h en c eas e d to m e et o n acc o u nt of the d e at h
,

o f o n e o f t h eir chi efs n am e d Burn b u t he d o es n o t s tate,

his auth ori ty H e als o t ells us th at o ut o f the Ro sicrucian

.

F ra t er n i t y th er e was e s t ab lish e d in 1 7 7 7 tha t ass o cia t i on

call e d The B r o t h ers o f the G o ld en Cr o ss wh o s e a] ,

ch emic al pr o c ess es are d escrib e d b y S ig mund Rich ter .

This S o ci et y was v ery num er o us in G erm any and e v en

,

e xt en d e d i nt o o t h e r c o u n t ri e s e sp ecially i nt o S w e d en
, A .

s e c o n d schism fr o m the R o sicrucians was the s o ci et y o f

The I ni tia t e d Br o th ers o f A sia which was o rga n is e d in

,

1 7 8 0 an d wh o s e pursui t s lik e t h o s e o f t he par en t i n sti tu

, ,

ti o n w er e c onn e ct e d wi t h alch emy and the n at ural sci enc es

, .

I n 1 7 8 5 i t a tt rac t e d the att e n t i on o f the p o lic e and two

, , ,

y ears la t er , r ec eive d a fatal b l o w, in the r ev el at i on of all its

406 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

1
D icti o nnair e M aconni qu e d e clare s that it w as cr eat ed
i n P al e s t i ne b y G o dfr e y de B o uill o n in the year 1 1 00 ,

an d tha t the R o s e was e mbl e matic o f s e cr e cy an d the Cr o ss

o f imm o r t ality I t pr ofe ss es to d eal with the spiritual

.

sid e of alch emy and t o s eek that sam e mys t eri ous S t o ne
,

which was the obj e c t of B asil Val en tin Parac elsus Khun , ,

r at h and the t ru e tu b p hilosop horum of psych o ch emic al

,
r a -

t r ansmu t ati ons Bu t the shall o w pr et en c e has d e c eiv e d

.

n o o n e for the sublim e t radi t i o n o f the v eri t ab l e magnum

,

op us e xclusiv ely p o in t s t o t ra n sc en d e n t spiritu al s e cr e ts ,

and n o t t o the e t e r n al c omm o n plac e o f m o ral an d mas on ic

plat it udi narian s tha t is t o say the i lli t erat e i n itiat io n s

,

o f Mas o nry ign o r an tly ad o p t i n g a garbl e d alch emical ter

,

min ology hav e fall e n i n t o the gr o ss an d p o rci ne e rr o r o f

,

in terpr et ing al ch emical symb olism m orally i n s t ead of pn eu

mati cally S o ve r eign chap t ers and s o v er e ign princ e s o f
.

Rose - Cr o ix K n ight P ri n c e s of the E agl e an d the P elic an

, ,

an d P rinc e P e rfe c t Mast ers sh o uld c o ntinu e to di ne su mpt u

,

o u sly n o o n e will dispu t e th eir pr o ci e ncy as i n i t ia t es o f

the gas t r o n o mical mys t e ry b u t i n the n am e o f the Grand

, ,

A rchit e c t le t t h e m l eav e the m orally uns earchab l e mys t ery

,

o f the phi losophi ck g old t o the tru e S o n s o f the Do c t ri ne .

The Ro s e-Cr o ss d egr e e is r epr e s en t e d b y C arlil e as the

ac
p lus u ltr a o f Mas o n ry I t has t hr ee
. p o i n t s o f which t he ,

t wo rs t ar e c al l e d S o v ereign Chapt ers an d th e third t he ,

Mys t ic S upp er which is h eld fo ur t im e s a y ear The pre

, .

sidi ng ofc er is digni e d wi t h the sub lim e t i tl e of Ev er

M o s t P erfec t S ov e reign the t wo W ard e ns ar e M o s t Ex

cellent and P erfe ct B r o t h ers Th er e is als o a Mast er of
.

1
D ic t i o nn a i r e M agon n i qu e , o u R e c u e il d Esqu isses de to u te s le s

partie s de l e di ce c o nnu s ou s le n o m de M aconner i e

A ar is
. P
5 8 25 , 8 v o .
 R OS I CR UCI A N S A N D F R E E M A S ON S .
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the Cere m o n i es , an d
brethr en are the M o st R e sp e ctful

Knigh t s . The ann ual fe stival o f the o rd e r is c el ebra t e d
o n S hr o v e Tu e sday The j e w el is a gold en c ompass ex ,
.

t en d ed ou an arc to the sixt een th part o f a circl e or t wen ty ,

two and a half d egr ee s
- acc ordi n g to Mack e y
,
C arlil e .

d escrib es i t as a tria ngl e fo rm e d by a c omp ass an d a quar t er

o f a circl e
B et w een the l egs of the c ompass is a cro ss
.

r e sting o n the arc of t he circl e ; i t s c en t r e is o ccupi e d by a

full-bl own r o s e wh o s e s t em twi ne s ar o und the l o w er limb
,

o f the cr o ss ; at th e foo t o f this cr o ss o n the sam e sid e o n ,

which the r o s e is exhibit ed is the gur e of a p elican w o u n d

,

i ng its br e as t to fee d i t s y o u ng which are in a n es t sur ,

r o u ndin g it ; wh il e o n the o th e r sid e of the j e w e l is the

gure of an e agl e with wi ngs display ed On the arc o f the
,
.

circl e the P W o f the d egre e is e ngrav e d i n the ciph e r

1
o f the Ord er A tripl e cr o w n surm o u nt s the h e ad o f t he
.

Ord er . This symb olism is u n d o ubt e dly b orro w e d fr o m the

Ro sicrucia n s which is the wh ol e ext e n t o f the con n e cti o n
,

supp os e d to subsis t b etw een the t w o Ord ers The R os e .

Cro ss d egr e e i n F r ee mas o n ry is a dmi tt e d t o be a m o d ern

i n v ent i o n .The ri t ual of the r e c ep t i on s i n the t hr e e p oi nt s
o f t his d e gr ee will be fo und i n Carlil e s
Ri t ual o f F re e

m as onry and in the rs t v olum e o f H eckethorn s S ecret
,

S o ci et i e s o f all A ge s and Co u ntri e s .

M a ck e y s Le xic on o f F re e ma s o nry , p 2 69

1
. .
 CH A P TER XVI .

M ODER N R OS I CR U CI A N S OCI ETIES .

IT is an o pi ni on ent ertai ne d by the e l ect in m o d ern t h eo

s o phical circl e s that the tru e R o sicrucian Br o th erh oo d
,

migrat e d i nt o I n dia and this n o ti o n is said to be counten

,

an ce d by a Lati n pamphl e t o f H e nricus N euhu si u s pub ,

lishe d i n 1 6 1 8 u n d e r the t itl e Pia e t utilissima A dmoni ti o

,

de F ratribu s R osae C ru cis and which was aft e rw ards
,

t ranslat e d int o F r e n ch Th ey hav e d e v el o p ed i nt o Thi b et an

.

Br o th ers hav e exchange d P r o te stan t Chris t ianity for

,

e s o t e ric Buddhism and are n o l ong er i nt er e s t e d i n the

,

n umb er o f the b e ast Th eir vi ol en t a n t ipa t hy to the p op e

.

still r emai n s : th ey hav e n ot ye t t o r n h i m i n p i e c e s with

nails bu t pr obably e xp ect t o acc omplish t his l o g ch erish e d
,
n -

proj e c t ab o ut the p eri o d of the n ext g eneral cat aclysm .

This is an i nt er e s t ing t h eory which migh t be d eb ated

wi t h pr o t I hav e n ot p ers o nally disc o v er ed much t rac e
.

o f the Ro sicrucia n s in I n dia but the ab s e nc e o f his t o ric al

,

do cum en ts on this p o in t a ffo rds a n e eld for th e imagi na

ti on whi ch wri t ers lik e Mr H argrav e J enn ings sh o uld not
,

all o w to li e fall o w I n my pro saic capacity as a hist ori an

.
,

I hav e n ot b een abl e t o fo ll o w i n the fo ot st eps of the

Frat er nity fu rth e r than th e Island o f Mauritius Thanks .

t o the la t e Mr F r e d erick H o ckl ey wh o s e valuab l e library o f

,

b o oks an d man uscrip t s t r eating o f all bran ch e s o f o ccul t ism

, ,

has b een r e c en tly disp ers ed I hav e disc o v er e d t h at a c er t ai n

,
4 10 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R O S I CR UCI A N S .

the r e d empti o n Of S piritual Natur e s ) havi ng th ou ght me ,

w o r thy to be admit t e d in t o th eir a ugust s o ci ety i n qu ality ,

o f a M e mb er A ppr e ntic e an d Br o th er an d t o par tak e o f ,

th e ir sublim e k no wl edge I do h er eby e ngag e i n the m o s t

,

s o l e mn mann er
1 That I will al ways t o the utm o s t o f my p o w er co n
.
, ,

duc t mys elf as b e c o m es a w o rthy m emb er with s obri ety ,

an d pi e t y an d t o en d e av o ur t o pr o v e mys elf gra t e ful to the

,

S o ci e ty fo r so di sti n guish e d a fav o ur as I n o w r e c ei v e dur ,

i ng the wh o l e c o urs e o f my n a t ural life .

2 That d erisi o n i n sult an d p e rs e c u ti o n o f this a u g u s t

.
, ,

s ocie ty may be guard e d agai n st I will n e v er o p enly pub

,

lish that I am a m e mb e r n o r r ev e al the n am e or p ers o n

,

o f such m e mb ers as I k n o w a t pr e s en t o r may k n o w h er e

after .

3 I s o l emnly pr o m i s e that I will n e v e r d uri ng my wh o l e

.

life publicly r ev e al the s e cre t kn owl e dge I r e c e iv e at pr e s en t ,

o r ma y r e c e iv e at a fu t ur e p e ri o d fr o m th e S o ci e ty o r fr o m ,

o n e o f its m e m b ers n o r ev en priva t ely b ut will k eep our

, ,

S e cr ets sacr ed .

4 I do h er eb y pr omis e t hat I will instruc t for the b en e t

.

o f g o o d me n b e fo r e I d epa r t t his life o ne p ers o n or t wo

, ,
,

p ers ons at mo s t i n o ur s e cr e t k no wl edg e and i ni t iate and

, ,

r e c e iv e such p ers on (o r p ers o n s ) as a m emb er o r apprent ic e

i n to our S o ci e ty i n the sam e mann er as I hav e b een
,

ini ti at e d and r e c eive d ; but such p ers on o nly as I b eli eve

to be t ruly w o rthy an d o f an upright w ell - m ean i ng mi nd
, ,

blam el ess c on duct s ob er life and d e sir o us o f kn o wl edg e

, ,
.

A nd as th er e is no dis t in cti o n o f s e x e s i n the S piritual

W o rld n e ith er am ong the Bl ess e d A n gels n or am ong the
, ,

ra t i on al imm or t al S pirits of the human rac e ; and as w e

hav e had a S e miramis Qu een o f Egypt ; a Myriam the
, ,
 M OD E R N R OS I CR UCI A N S OCI E TI E S .
41 1

pr oph e t e ss ; a P er onella the w ife Of F lammel an d lastly , , ,

a L eon a Co n s t an tia A bb e ss of Cl erm on t w ho was actually

, ,

r e c eiv e d as a practical m e mb er an d mast er i n t o o ur S o ci ety

i n the y e ar 1 7 36 which w o m en are b e li ev e d to hav e b een
all p o ss e ss o rs o f the Gr e at W ork c o n s e qu en tly S or ores Rosece
,

Crucis an d m e mb ers o f o u r S o ci e ty by p o ss e ssi on as the

, ,

p o ss essi o n o f this o ur A rt is the k ey t o the m o s t hidd e n

k no wl e dg e ; an d m o r e o ve r as r ed empti on was ma nife st e d
, ,

t o ma n ki n d by m ean s o f a w o man (th e Bl e ss e d Virgi n ) an d ,

as S alvati o n w hich is o f i n n it ely m or e val u e than o ur

,

wh ol e A rt is gran t ed t o th e femal e sex as w e ll as to the

,

mal e o ur S o ci ety d o es n o t excl u d e a w o rthy w o ma n fr om

,

b e i ng i n i tiated G o d hims elf n ot having e xclud e d w o m en

,

fr om partaking of ev ery felicity i n the n ext life We will .

n o t h esitat e t o r e c e iv e a w o rt hy w o ma n i n t o o u r S o ci e ty as

a m emb er appr e n tic e (an d e v en as a practical m e mb er o r ,

mast er if she d o e s p o ss ess ou r w o rk practically an d has

, ,

h ers elf acc omplish e d it) pr ovid e d sh e is fo u n d lik e P er o

, ,

n ella F lammel s wife to be s ob e r pi o us discr eet prud ent

,

, , , , ,

and r e s e rv e d o f an upri gh t an d blam el e ss c on duct

,
an d ,

d esiro us of k n owl e dge .

5 I do h er eb y d e clar e that I i n t en d with the p e rmissi o n

.
,

o f G o d to c o mm en c e o ur gr e a t w o rk with mi n e o w n ha n ds
,

as s o o n as circumstan c e s h e alth o pp or tu nity an d tim e will

, , ,

p ermi t ; l st that I may do g o o d t h er e wi t h as a faithful

,

steward ; 2n d that I may m erit the c on t inu e d c on d enc e

,

which the S o ci ety has plac ed in me i n quali ty o f a m emb er

appr entic e .

6 I do furt h er m o s t s o l e mn ly pr o mis e tha t (sh o uld I

.

acc o mplish the Gr eat W ork ) I will not ab us e the gre a t

p o w er en t rus ted to me by app e ari ng gr eat an d e xalt ed or ,

s eeki ng to app ear i n a public charact er i n the w o rld by

412 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

hu n ti ng aft er vain t itl e s o f n o bilit y an d vai n gl ory which ,

ar e all eet i n g and vai n bu t will e nd e av o ur t o liv e a s o b e r

,

a nd o rd erly life as b e c o m e s e v ery Christi an

,
t h o ugh n o t ,

p o ss ess e d o f so gr e a t a t e mp oral bl essi ng ; I will d ev o t e a

c o nsid erabl e par t o f my abu n dan c e an d super uity (mul
ti pli able i n nit ely t o w o rk o f priva t e charity ) t o ag ed an d ,

d eeply-aficted p eopl e to p oor childr en and ab o v e all t o

, , , ,

such as l ov e G o d an d ac t uprigh tly and I will av o id en ,

c o u ra i n
g g lazi n e ss an d t h e pr o fe ssi o n o f public b eggars .

7 I will c o mmu nica t e e v ery n e w o r us eful disc o v ery

.

r elat ing to o u r w ork to the neare s t m emb er o f o ur S o ci et y ,

an d hid e n o thi n g fr o m him s eei ng he ca nn o t as a w o r t hy

, ,

m emb er p o ssibly abus e it or pr ej udic e me th er eby o n the

, ,

o th e r ha n d I will hid e t h e s e s e cr et disc o v eri e s fr o m the

,

w orld .

8 I do m o r eo v er s ol emnly pr o mis e (sh o uld I b e c o m e a

.
, ,

mas t er an d p o ss ess o r) that I will no t o n the o ne hand , ,

assis t aid or supp o rt with g old or with silver any g o v er n

, ,

m ent Ki ng o r S o v er eig n wha t e ver exc ep t by paying

, , , ,

tax e s n or o n the o t h er hand an y p o pul ac e o r par ticular

, , , ,

set o f me n t o e n abl e t h e m t o r e v o lt agai n s t the g o v er n m en t

,

I will l e av e pu b lic affairs an d arran gem en t s to the g o v ern

m en t o f G o d who will bri ng ab o u t the e v e n ts for et old i n
,

the r e v e lati o n o f S t J o h n which ar e fas t a cc o mplishi ng

,
I
will not i nt erfer e with affairs of g o v ernm en t .

9 I will n eith er build churc he s chap els n or h o spitals

.
, , ,

a n d such public chariti e s as t h er e is alr e ady a su f

, ci en t
numb er o f such p u b lic b uildi ngs and ins ti t u t i on s if t h ey ,

w er e o nly pr op erly appli e d and r egul at ed I will no t giv e .

a ny s alary to a pri e s t o r churchman as such t o mak e him ,

m or e pr o ud and i n s o l en t t h an he is alr eady If I r eli eve a .

distr e ss ed w orthy cl ergyman I will c on sid e r him i n the ligh t

,
 414 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR U CI A N S .

n o, n o t a si ngl e grain unl e ss the p ers on is an initiat e d and

,

r e c eiv e d m emb er and Brot h er of the R o sy Cr o ss .

To k e e p faithfu lly the ab o v e articl e s as I no w re

c ei v e th em fr o m a w o rthy m e mb e r o f o ur S o ci e t y as ,

h e r e c e iv e d th e m hims elf I willi ngly agr e e an d S ig n

, ,

this with my n am e and a fx my s e al to the sam e

,
.

S o h elp me G o d .A m en S BA CS TR OM L S
. .
,
.

I hav e i nitiat ed and r e c eiv e d Mr S igismund Bacstrom ,

D o c t o r o f Physic as a prac t ical m emb er an d br o t h e r

,

ab o v e an appr en tic e i n c o ns e qu en c e o f his s olid

l earnin g which I c ertify b y my n am e and s e al
,
.

Mauritius 1 2 S ep t 1 7 9 4
, DU CH A ZEL
. .
,

The P hi losop hi e S ea l o f the S o ci ety of the R osicru ci ans .

A m on g Mr H o ckl ey s man uscrip t s th er e is als o the

D iary o f a R o sicrucia n P hil o s o ph e r durin g the rst
p eri o d o f the w ork It d escrib e s the preparati o n of the
.

rs t mat t er and br eaks o ff abrup tly aft e r a few l eave s

, .

W h eth er this u nnam ed phil o s oph er was a t ru e Ro sicruci an ,

 M OD E R N R OS I C R UCI A N S O CI E TI E S .
41 5

an d wh eth er the Co mt e de Chaza l c ou ld lay claim to that

disti n c t i o n are pr o bl ems which cann o t be s olv ed I n di
,
.

vidual pr et en ders an d fraudul en t ass o ciati o ns hav e o cca

si o nally app e ar e d e v e r si n c e th e publicati o n o f the F ama
an d Con fe ssi o F r ater ni tatis .

It i s c er t ain that a ps e ud o -s o ci ety e xist e d i n Englan d

b efor e the y e ar 1 8 36 fo r i n that y ear w e nd G o dfre y
,

H iggi n s sayi n g that he had j o i ne d n e ith e r the Te mplars

n o r the R o sicrucia n s I hav e abstai n ed from b e c omi n g a
.

m emb er o f th em tha t I might n ot hav e my t o ngu e t i e d or

,

my p en r e strai ne d by the e ngag e m en ts I mus t hav e mad e

o n en t e ri ng the chap t e r or en campm en t But I hav e .

r eas o n to b eli ev e t hat th ey hav e n o w b e c o m e i n a v ery ,

par ticular ma nner what is call e d e xcl u sively Christian

,

Ord ers an d on this acc o u n t are th o ught by ma ny p ers o ns

, , ,

to be o nly a bas t ard ki n d o f mas o n s Th ey are r eal mas o n s .

,

an d th ey o ught t o be o f tha t univ ersal Christianity o r

C r ee sti ani ty which in clud e d Jews Buddhists Brahmi n s
, , , ,

M ohamedan s

H e iden ti es the Te mpla rs an d R o si oru
.

eia u s with Manich a e an B uddhists an d ass e r t s the R o si ,

crucia ns o f G erm an y t o be ign o rant o f th eir o rigi n b ut , ,

by traditi on th ey supp o s e th e ms elv e s d e sc endan ts of the

,

an ci en t Egyptia ns Chald ean s Magi an d Gym n o s ophists

, , ,

and this is pr o bably tr u e .

The pr e s en t R o sicr u cia n S o ci ety o f Engla nd o n i t s r e ,

m o d elling s om e thirty y ears ago cu t o ff by mutual c on s en t ,

its c o nne cti o n w ith the fe w a n ci en t m emb ers th en existing ,

who w e re pr o bab ly r epr es en t ative s o f the

R o sic r ucian s

r eferr e d to by H iggin s an d establish e d its elf as a p ublic

,

b o dy i n so far as the fact o f it s exist en c e was n o t its elf a

,

s e cr et A previ o us i nitiati o n in t o Mas on ry is an i n di sp en

.

sabl e qualicati o n o f can didat e s as will be s een in the ,

Ordina n c e s o f the S o ci e ty The r e as o n for this r egulat ion

.
416 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

is t h at c er t ai n mas onic s e cr et s are r ev eal ed to the acc ep t ed ,

and i t w o u ld o th e rwis e be u n fair to Mas o n ry Thus on .

,

his admissio n as a n o vic e the p o s t ul an t is r e quire d t o ,

r ep ea t the Mas o nic arcan a .

I am en abl e d to p res en t t o my r ead ers fr o m s ourc e s ,

hith er t o u npublish ed the ,

Rules and Ordinances o f the R osi cru ci a n S oci ety f g

oE n la nd .

The S o ci e ty Br ethr e n o f the R o sy Cro ss is t ot ally

of

i n d ep end en t b ei ng e stablish e d o n it s ow n b asis an d as a

, ,

b ody is no o th erwis e c onn ec t e d with the Mas o nic Ord er

t ha n by havi ng i t s m emb ers s el e c t e d fro m tha t frat er n ity .

I Tha t the m ee ti ngs o f the S o ci ety shall be h eld i n

.

L on d on at such h o us e as the maj ority of memb e rs s hall

,

s el e c t o n the s e c ond Thursday i n Janu ary A pril July and

, , , ,

Oc t o b er i n each y ear The br ethr e n shall di ne t o g e th er

.

o nc e a y e ar a t such tim e an d plac e as the maj ori ty may

,

s el ec t The rs t m e et ing i n the y ear sh all be c o nsid er e d

.

as the o bliga t o ry m ee t i ng an d any m emb er unabl e t o ,

att en d o n t ha t o cc asi o n o r at the b a n q u e t m ee ti ng s hall

, ,

be r e quir e d t o s en d a w ritt e n excus e to the S e cr etary

G en eral E ach bro th er pr e s en t a t the ba n qu et shall pay
.

his qu o ta t o wards the exp en s es t h er eo f .

II The Ofc ers o f the S o ci e ty shall c on sis t of the Thr ee

.

Magi a Mast er -g en eral for the rst an d s e c on d o rd ers a

, ,

Depu t y M as t e r g e neral a T re asur er-g en era] a S e cre tary

-
, ,

g en eral and s e v en A n ci ents who shall fo rm the R ep re sen

, ,

tati v e Co u n c il o f th e Br o th erh oo d The A ssist an t Ofc ers .

shall b e a P r e c ent o r a Co n duct o r of N ovic es an Organis t

, , ,

a T o rch B e ar e r a H e rald a Guardian o f t he T empl e an d a

, , ,

M e dallis t .

I II The M as t er -
. gen eral and the Ofc ers shall be el ected
41 8 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

The s eni or m emb er of the n i nth gr ad e shall be d e sig na t e d

S upr em e Magus and the o t h e r t wo m e mb ers S eni o r and

,

Ju n i or S ubsti t u t e s r esp ec t iv ely The gra n d t ot al o f mem

.

b ers shall t hus be limi t e d to 1 4 4 or the squar e of 1 2 The ,

.

n um b e rs o f r egist er e d N o vic e s o r A spira n t s sh all n o t be

r e stric t ed but m e mb ers o nly shall b e p ermi tt ed t o be pre

,

s ent at the ceremonial m eetin gs o f the S o ci et y .

VI The dis t in c t i on of H on orary M emb er may be con

.

ferr e d up o n e mi nen t br et hr en pr o vid e d tha t t h eir el e ction

,

t o such m emb ership shall b e u n a n im o us an d t ha t t h e ir ,

n umb e r b e strictly limit e d t o 1 6 o r the squar e o f 4 ,

An .

H o n o rary P r e sid e n t w ho must be a n o bl e ma n an d t hr e e

, ,

Vic e-Pr esid en ts sh all b e e l e ct e d fro m th e h o no rary mem

,

b ers A Gra n d P atr o n may als o be e l e cte d i n lik e ma nner

. .

VII N o aspiran t shall be admi tt ed in t o the S o ciety

.

u nl e ss he be a Mast er Mas on and o f g o o d m oral charac t er

, ,

tru t hful fai t hful and i n t elligen t H e mus t be a man of

, , .

go o d abili t i es so as to be capabl e o f u n d ers t anding the

,

r e v elati ons o f phil os ophy an d sci e n c e ; p o ss e ssing a mi n d fr ee

fro m prej udic e a nd anxi o us for i n str u cti on H e mus t be a .

b eli ev er in the fu ndam ental p ri n cipl e s o f the Christia n

d o ctrin e a tru e philan t hr o pist an d a l oyal subj e c t n am e s
, , ,

o f aspirants may be submitt e d by any m e mb e r at the

m eet ings of the S o ci ety an d if appro v e d aft er the usual

,

scru t iny th ey shall be plac e d o n the r oll o f N o vic es and

, ,

ball o t e d fo r as vaca nci es o ccur in the list o f m emb ers .

VIII Ev ery N o vic e on a dmissio n t o the gr ad e o f

.

Z elat o r shall ad o pt a Lati n m o tt o to be app en d e d to his ,

sig nat ur e i n all c ommu nicati on s r ela t i ng t o the S o ci ety .

This m o tt o canno t u n d er any pr e ten c e be afterwards

chan g e d an d n o tw o br e thr en shall be at lib er t y to ad o p t
,

th e sam e m o t t o .
 M OD E RN R OS I CR UCI A N S OCI E TI E S .
419

I X The fee for admissi on to each Ord er sh all be ten

.

shi lli ngs and the annual subscrip t i o n fro m e very m emb er
,

t o d e fray the c o nt i ng en t exp en s e s o f the s o ci et y shall be

v e shilli ngs The r egistry fe e for a n ovic e or aspir an t
.

sh all be s e ven shillings and S ixp e nce .

X A s vacan ci es o ccur in e ach grade by d ea th r esigna

.
, ,

ti o n o r o th er wis e the m emb ers o f s u ch grad e sh all el e c t

, ,

bre thr en fr o m the n ex t grad e to supply the vacan ci e s t hus

cr eat e d .

. e -
X I The M ast r g en eral shall hav e the sup erin t end enc e
an d r egula t i o n o f the o rdi n ary a f fairs o f the S o ci ety sub
h w v e r t o the v et o o f the Magi i n ma tt e rs r ela t i ng
j e c,
t o e ,

to the ritual H e shall be assist e d i n the discharg e o f his

.

duti e s by the Co uncil an d shall be emp o were d t o arrang e

,

for the due p erfo rma n c e of e ach c er e mony by app oi nti ng ,

w ellq uali e d b r ethr en to assis t as C el ebrant S u ffraga n , ,

Ca n t o r and Guards in the vari o us grad e s o f the rs t and

,

s e c on d Ord ers The M G shall pr esid e a t the g en eral

. . .

m eet ings o f the bro t h erh o o d and shall at all t im es be re ,

cei v e d with the h o n ours due to his imp o r t a nt o f ce .

X II The Deputy Mas t er -g e neral shall as the represen

.
,

tati v e o f the chi ef pr e sid e at all m eet i ngs i n his abs en c e

, ,

and i n the abs n c f a n Pas t Mas t e r -

g en e ral and such
e e o y o n ,

o ccasi o ns shall be v e ste d with e qual au t h o rity fo r th e tim e

b eing ; subje c t h ow e v er to app eal bei n g mad e fr o m hi s

, ,

h a e -
d e cision s to t e M s t r g en eral and his Cou n cil .

X III The Tr easurer -gen eral shall r ec eive fr om the

.

S e cr e tary-g en eral all m o neys b el o ngi ng to the S o ci et y ,

and shall k e ep an acc o u nt of his r e c eip t s and disburs e

me nts which shall be audi t e d b efor e the o b liga tory m eeting

,

i n J an uary by the A nci e n t s und er the sup ervisi o n of the

, ,

Mas ter-ge n eral N o e xp ens es sh all be inc urre d wi th o u t

.
42 0 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

t he kn owl edge of the chi ef or his d epu ty The pr o c eedings .

o f the S o ci e t y S hall be prin t e d quart erly und er the t itl e o f ,

TH E R OS I CRU CI A N an d a c opy sh all be s en t to e v ery sub

,

scribing and h o n or ary mem b er by the S ecr et ary-g en eral .

The r ec ord shall b e c o ndu c t e d und er the sup e rvisi o n o f the

S upr e m e Magus .

X IV The S ecr et ary-

. gen eral shall c onv en e all m eet ings
o f the C o uncil an d g eneral b o dy ; r e c ord the pr o c ee di n gs
.

in the minu t e b ook r egis t er the n am es r esid e n c e s and , , ,

m otto es o f all m emb ers wi t h d at es o f admissi o n to e ach ,

grad e c o ll e c t all fee s an d subscrip t i o ns wh en due and ,

fo r thwith pay th e m o v er to the Tr eas ur er .

X V The Co u n cil o f A nci en t s shall att en d the m e eti ngs o f

.

the S o ci et y and i n t he abs e n c e o f the M G P M G an d

, . .
,
. . .
,

D M G the S eni o r A n ci e nt pr e s en t shall pr e sid e

. . .
,
Th ey .

shall generally assis t the Chi ef in the discharg e of his du t i es ,

m ore esp e cially wit h r efere nc e t o the c er em o nials of the

s ev eral Ord ers .

X VI The P r ec ent o r an d Organ is t shall h av e the dire c t i o n

.

o f all musical arra ng e m e n t s a t the m e et ings o f the S o ci e t y .

X VII The Co nduc t o r o f N o vic e s sh all e xamin e all aspi r

.

a nts and r e p o r t t o the C o u n cil as to t h e ir qualica t i o ns fo r

,

admissi o n t o the grad e o f Z ela t o r he shall als o p erfo rm all

the du t i es app er t aini n g to his o fc e in the

X VIII The Torch B ear er sh all disch arg e the p eculi ar

.

du t i es all o tt ed to him m or e e sp eci ally t h o s e w hi ch rel at e to

,

t he c er e m o ni e s in the rs t gr ad e .

X I X The H erald and Guardian sh all d efend the e n trance

.

o f the T e mpl e and p ermi t n o o ne to e n t e r wi t h o u t rs t

,

a cqu ai n t i n g the Co nduc t or .

XX The J ew e ls fo r the M agi Of c ers and Br et hren, are

.
, ,

t o be w orn at all c er e m o ni al m eet i ngs .

42 2 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

e mb roid er ed o n i t in r os e-c ol our e d silk as sh own in the ,

e ngr avi n g b el o w which is as n early as p o ssibl e on e-

t hird o f
,

the actual si z e o f the j e w el .

Jewel f
o the F raterni ty .

The l oz eng e-shap e d j e we l o f the R o si e Cr o ss as ab o v e , ,

wi t h ou t the mi t r e susp end e d by a green ri bb o n an inch i n

,

wid t h , an d with o u t the e mb r o id er e d cr o ss .

This i nfo rm ati o n is t ranscrib ed fr om a s ecr et r ec o rd o f

the ass o cia t i on e n t i t l e d
,
The R o sicru cia n which w as rs t ,

pu b lish e d in 1 8 6 8 app earing as an innit esimal quar t erly

,

o f t w e lv e small pag e s and su b s e qu en t ly c o ntinu e d as a

,

m o n t hly magazine which subsis t ed til] the y ear 1 8 7 9 wh en

, ,

it acc o mplish ed a n oth er t ran sfo rmati on wh os e his t ory I h av e

,

fail e d to t rac e Th er e is much c u ri o us ma t erial c on tain ed

.

in the t wo s eri es A n e arly n umb er ann o u n c e s the o bj ects

.

o f the s o ci et y which i t r epr e s e n t s

I t is calculat e d to
.

m e et the r e quir e m ent s o f t h os e w o r thy Mas on s who wish to

study the sci en c e an d ant iquiti e s o f the Cr aft and t rac e it , ,

thr ough i t s succ e ssiv e d ev el opm en t s t o the pre s en t t im e ;

,

als o t o cull i nforma t i on fr o m all the r e c o rds e x ta n t of ,

th o s e myst eri ous s o ci et i e s which had t h eir e xis t en c e in the

d ar k age s o f the w o rld wh en migh t m ean t righ t wh en e very ,
 M OD E R N R OS I CR UCI A N S O CI E TI E S .

man s hand was agains t his br o th er an d w h en such com ,

bi nations w er e n e c essary t o pr ot e c t the w eak agai ns t the

s t ro n g
.

Th es e obj ects app ear to hav e b een fulll e d i n a v ery

d esul t o ry mann er so far at l eas t as the o rgan o f the ass o
, , ,

ci ati on is c o n c e rn e d R ep or t s o f Mas on ic m ee t in gs l o ng
.
,

s erial s t ori es o f an o ccul t charact er and s o m ewha t feebl e ,

p oetry b y supr em e magi and w orthy fra t r es p erm an en tly ,

o ccupi e d a larg e pr op o rt i o n o f an e xc ee di ngly limi t ed spac e

for a p eri o d of te n y ears .

In 1 8 7 1 the s o ci et y i n form e d its memb ers t hat i t was

e ntir e ly n o n-mas onic i n charac t er wi t h the s o l e exc epti o n
,

that ev ery aspiran t was r equir e d to b el on g to the mas o nic

Br ot h erh oo d The assig ned r eas on is the n um er ous p o i nt s
.

o f r e s e mbl anc e b et wee n the s e cr ets o f R o sicr ucia n s an d

F r eemas o ns The o bj e ct o f the ass o cia t io n was th e n s t at e d

.

to be pur ely li t erary and an t iquaria n and the pr o mulgati o n ,

of a n ew m as o nic ri t e was by n o m e an s i nt en d e d The .

s o ci ety is a t pr e s en t c omp os ed of 1 44 F ratr es and is rul e d ,

o v er by t hr ee b r et hr e n w ho h av e a t tai ne d t o the ninth

,

e n -
d egr ee or S upr em e M agus S v e ty tw o o f th es e c o mp o s e
.
,

the L on d o n Co ll eg e an d t hir t y-
,
six is the s t atut ory numb er

o f e ach o f the tw o sub o rdin at e c oll eg e s at Bris t o l and
Man ch est er Eve ry Co ll eg e e xc ep t i ng the M e tr op oli t an
.
, ,

w as r e stric te d i n 1 8 7 7 to t hi rt y - six subscribi ng m emb ers ,

e xclusiv e o f t h o s e o f the ni n t h grad e the fo ll o wing n um bers

b ei ng p ermitt ed i n e ach gr ad e
1 Magist e r T empli
.

2 A de ptu s Ex e mptu s
.

3 A deptus Maj o r
.

4 . A de ptu s Mi no r
5 . P hilo sophu s
42 4 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

6 . P r a ct i c u s or III
.

"
7 . Theari cu s or H .

8 Z elat o r I O

. or .

The numb ers w e r e d ou b l ed i n the Me tr op oli t an Coll ege ,

bu t t h es e arrangem en t s w er e practically abr ogat e d by the

admissi o n o f sup er n um e rary m e mb ers u n t il th e o ccurr e nc e

of substan tive vac anci e s

A Y o rkshir e Coll eg e w as c on
.

s ecrat ed i n 1 8 7 7 ; a c o ll eg e i n Edi nburgh t o r epr es en t th e

E as t of S c otla nd had b e e n e s t ab lish e d s o m e t im e pr ev i o usly .

The prim e m o v e r i n t his A ss o ciati on w as R ob er t W e n t

w o rt h Li ttl e w ho di ed i n the y e ar 1 8 7 8 at th e age of
, ,

-
t hirty eigh t ; he was the S upr em e Magus and the ac t ual ,

r evival o f the Ro sicrucian Ord er i n E nglan d was o wi n g to

his i n s trum ent ality The H o n orary Pr e sid en t ship has b ee n
.

c o nferr e d up on vari o us n obl em en the la t e L ord Lyt t on

,

was el e c t e d Gra n d Patro n and am ong the m o s t imp or t an t

,

m emb ers mus t be r eck o n e d the la te F r ed erick H o ckl ey ,

K enn eth Mack enzi e an d H argrav e J enni ngs

,
.

The m o s t n o t ab l e cir cums t a n c e c onn e c t ed wi t h this

s o ci et y is the c ompl et e ign oran c e which s eems t o hav e
prevail e d am ongs t its me mb ers g en erally c on c erni ng ev ery
t hing c onn e c t e d wi t h R o sicrucia nism This is c on spicu o us
.

i n the magazi n e which th ey publish e d F rat er W illiam

.

Carp en t er c o mplai n s t ha t he has n o t o b t ai ne d much ligh t

fr o m the w ork of F ra t er J enni ngs an d that he hims elf is
,

an u n taugh t sp e culat o r F ra t er Wil liam R u ghan is

.

a ckn o wl e dg e d as an ad e pt bu t he d oe s n o t s eem to hav e

b ee n awar e tha t the F am a and Con fessi o F raternitatis

o riginally app e ar e d i n G erm an y F rat er Carp en t e r inclin e s

.

t o the o pi n i o n that the qu e s t i o n had b et t er b e l e ft t o i t s elf ,

as an inquiry i n t o the mat t er is d e stin ed to get ev ery o n e

who at t empts it i n t o an en t a n gl e m en t H e h u mbly c on
.
42 6 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

I t s charac t er can hardly h av e d e c eiv e d the m o s t cr edulo us

of i t s p o s t ula n t s S o m e o f i ts m emb ers wrap t h ems elv e s
.

in d ark ne ss and mys t ery pr o claimin g th ems elv e s Ro si

,

cruci an s with in t en t to d e c eiv e Th es e p ers o n s nd a few

.

v ery few feebl e i a t ruth v ery fe ebl e b eli e v ers an d
admir ers Ot h ers ass er t tha t the S o ci et y is a mask t o
.

s o m et hi ng els e the l as t r e s o urc e of c orn er ed cr e dulity and

e xp os ed imp o s t ur e Th ere are similar ass o ciat i o ns in o th er
.

p ar ts of Eur op e and als o in A m erica e g the S o ci e tas ,

. .
,

R osi cruciana o f B o s t on In c o ncluding t his n o tic e o f

.

m o d ern Ro sicruci an ass o ci at i on s I beg l eav e t o war n my ,

r ead ers t ha t all p ers ons wh et h er wi t hin o r with o u t the

,

m agic circl e s of public li b rari es who pr o claim th e ms elve s t o

,

be R o sicruci an s are simply memb ers o f ps e ud o-fra t ern iti e s ,

an d tha t t h er e is t ha t dif fer e n c e b e t w ee n t h e ir ass erti on an d

the fac t s o f the cas e in which the e ss e nc e of a li e c on sists .

Th o ugh the t ru e R o sicrucians supp o si ng such a s o ci ety ,

to hav e had at any p e ri o d a t angi b l e and c o rp orat e e xis t

e nc e disapp e ar ed v e ry sudd e nly fr o m the hist o rical pla n e
, ,

the glam o ur o f the mys te ry which surr o und e d th em pr o v e d

a pr o lic
p r i ma m ater ia fo r t h e alch e mical t ran s u
g ar

ti o n s o f r oman c e and p o et ry and i n sur e d th em a plac e i n

,

l eg en d Two curi o us t raditio n s are n o tic e d by H argrav e

.

J enn i ngs but his m e nt al t ortu o sity has i n b o th cas es i n

, , ,

du c ed him t o p erv ert the s t o ry which he r e c o u n ts by the

i nt r o ducti on o f w orthl ess an d u n t ruthful d etails manufac
tur ed by his o w n imagi n ati o n an d prud en t ly ascrib e d to,

o t h er o f c o urs e u nn am e d s o urc e s o f informa t i o n

, , On e o f .

th es e is the alleg e d disc o v ery of the t omb o f R osicru ci u s .

M r J enn i ngs ci t e s Pl o t s H is t o ry of S t affo rdshire as his

au t h ori t y fo r t h i s l eg en d I hav e car efully l o o k e d t hr ough

 M OD E R N R OS I CR UCI A N S O CI E TI E S

the large foli o v olum e of this an t iquary pains t aki n g

,

but hav e fail e d to v e rify the r efer en c e the Sp ectator

for May 1 5 1 7 1 2 cit e s th e st o ry i n the w ords o f th e
, ,

o rigi nal n arrat o r an d this v ersi o n I pr e s en t for c o mpari

, ,

so n to the stud e n t s o f the

distinguish ed e s ot eric littra
,

tewr s ps eud o-his t o ry

Mr H argrav e J enn i ngs says t h at i t
.

is p o o r an d in effe c tiv e an o pi ni o n n ot u n c o mm o n to ,

o t h er i n t erpr e t ers o f hist ory who manipula t e t h e ir mat eri als

in the i nt er es t s of th eir priva t e Opini on s .

A c er tai n p ers on havi ng o ccasi o n to dig s o m ewh at d eep

in the gr o u n d wh er e t his phil o s oph er lay int erre d met
, ,

with a small d oo r havin g a wall o n e ach sid e o f it H is

,
.

curi o si ty an d the h o p e s of ndin g s om e hidd en tr easur e

, ,

s oon pr o mp t e d him to fo rc e Op en the d o o r H e was imme .

diate ly surpris e d by a sudd en blaz e o f light an d disc o v e r e d ,

a v ery fair vault A t the upp e r e nd o f i t was a s ta t u e o f a

.

man i n arm our sitt i ng by a tabl e an d l eani ng on his l eft

, ,

arm H e h eld a tru n ch eon in his right han d and had a

.
,

lamp bur ning b efor e him The man had n o s o on er set on e .

fo o t within the vaul t than the statu e er e c ting i t s elf fr om

, ,

its l e a ni n g p o s t ur e st o o d b o lt upright and up on the

, ,

fell ow s advan cin g a n o th er s t e p l ift e d up t he tru n ch eo n i n

,

its right hand The man s t ill v e ntur e d a third st ep wh en

.
,

the statu e with a furi o us bl o w br o k e the lamp i nt o a

, ,

th o usand pi e c e s and l eft his gu est i n a sudd e n dark ness

, .

Up on the rep o rt o f this adv ent ur e the c o unt ry p e opl e ,

s o o n cam e with ligh t s to the s epulchr e and disc o v er e d that ,

the s t atu e which was mad e o f brass w as n o thi ng m o r e

, ,

t han a pi ec e o f cl o ck-w ork tha t the o or o f the vaul t was

all l o o s e and u n d erlaid with s e v eral spri ngs which up on
, , ,

an y man s e n t eri n g naturally pr o duc ed tha t which had

,

happ en ed .
42 8 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Ro si cruci us, say his discipl es mad e use o f t his m et h o d

,

to sh o w the w o rld tha t h e had r e- inv ent e d the ev er -burni ng

l amps o f the anci en t s th o ugh he was r e s olved no o ne sh o uld
,

r eap any advan t age fr o m the disc o v ery .

The s e c on d st ory has suffer e d s t ill fur t h er ou t rage Mr .

H argrav e J e n n ings ass er t s t ha t it is r e la t e d up on exc e ll en t

auth o ri t y . This au t h o rity is a w ork b y Dr J o hn Campb el ,

entitl e d
H ermippus R e divivus o r the S ag e s Triumph

,

o v er Old A e an d the Grav e an d th e r e fe r en c e t h er ein is
g ,

Les M emoifes H is t oriqu es for the y e ar 1 6 8 7 t o m e i

, .

p 36 5 which no o n e has b ee n abl e t o id en t ify and which

.
, , ,
1
a cc ordi ng t o William G o dwi n had p erhaps n o o th e r e xist
,

e nc e tha n i n the fe rtil e brai n o f the c o mpil e r .

Th er e happ en e d i n the y ear 1 6 8

7 an o dd accid en t at ,

Ven ic e t hat mad e a v ery gr eat stir th en an d which I thi nk

, ,

d es erv e s to be r escu e d fr o m o blivi on The gr eat free d o m .

an d e as e with which all p ers o n s who mak e a g oo d app e ar

,

anc e liv e in that city is k n o wn sufci en t ly t o all w h o ar e

, ,

acquai nt ed wit h it ; suc h th er efore will not be surpris ed

, ,

t hat a s trang er w ho w en t by the n am e of S ig n or Gualdi ,

an d w ho mad e a c o n sid e rabl e gur e t he r e was admi t t e d i n t o ,

the b e s t c o mpa ny th o ugh n o b o dy k n e w w ho or what he was

, .

H e r emai n e d at V e n ic e s o m e m o n ths an d thr ee thi ngs w ere

,

r emark ed i n hi s c o n duct The rst was that he had a small

.
,

c o ll e c t i o n o f ne pictur e s which he r eadily sh ow e d to any

,

b o dy tha t d esir e d i t the n ext tha t he was p e rfe ctly v ers e d

,

in all ar t s an d sci en c es an d sp ok e o n e v ery subj ect with

,

such r eadin ess an d sagaci t y as as t onish ed all w ho h eard

,

him an d i t was in the third plac e o bs erv e d t ha t he n ev er ,

wr o t e or r ec eiv e d any l et t er ; n ev er d esire d any cr edi t or ,

mad e u se of b ills of exch ang e b u t paid fo r e v ery thi ng i n

,

r eady -m on ey an d liv e d d ec en t ly t h o ugh n o t in spl end o ur

, ,
.

1
P refac e t o The Trav els o f S t L eo n .

4 30 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

R o sicrucian . The
ckn o wl edg e d c t i ons o f a l at er p eri o d
a

o ccas i o n ally in tr o duc e the S o ci ety to the n o v e l -r eadi ng

pu b lic A m ong t h es e may be m en t i o n e d the inc oh er en t
.

an d w or t hl e ss r o m an c e e n t itl e d
S t I r v yn e ; or The
, ,

R o sicruci an which was writ t en by S h ell ey at the age o f
,

s ev ent een ; L ord Lytto n s Zan oni

The Ro sicrucian s

-
S t o ry b y Paschal
,
R R a d olph a
n . n A m rica h lf bree d of
e ,
n a

n o inc o nsid erabl e tal en t w ho t ransl at e d the

Divin e P o
,

mi ander ,
form ed an e phe m eral R o sicrucian publishi ng
c o mpa ny an d cr o w n i ng a ch e qu er e d e xis t e nc e with a
,

sudd e n suicid e is still much r esp ec t ed am ong c ertain

,

S piri t ual circl e s o ccasi o n ally
,
c ommu n icatin g wi t h qui t e

the av erag e v eraci ty o f o th e r c on tr ols p erfo rm e d by the
ch o ir invisi b l e The o fcial o rgan o f the English S ocietas
.

Rosicruciana has als o pr o vid e d i t s s el e c t an d es o t eric circl e

of

a n t iquarian illumin ati wit h L eav es fr o m the D iary o f

a Ro sicrucia n a r o man c e of c o nsid er ab l e abilit y b y K enne th
,

Mack enz ie ,
IX .
 CON CL U S I ON .

T H ERE is a p oi nt qu oth a gran d il o qu ent ps eud o

,

R o sicrucia n i n an impr e ssiv e and trage dy v o ic e t h er e is

,

a p oi n t he r ep eat e d i n the c o n v en ti o n al whisp er of the
,

u nexplai n abl e mys t ic b ey on d which w e in evitably mus t

,

k eep sil en c e W e are driv en to tak e r e fug e in p or t en t o us

.

dark ne ss an d i n irr et ri e vabl e mys tery The g o dl e ss and
.

inc orrigibl e sc ep t icism o f a c o ars e u nsubdu e d in t elligen c e

, ,

surren d er e d to a r epr o bate s en s e an d b as ely an d wilfully

,

gr o v elli ng i n the b lind all eys o f n atural caus es b egs l eav e ,

t o b eli e ve tha t t his is b e caus e extr em e s m eet t h at the ,

h e igh t s of the i nexpr essi b l e are cl o s ely appro ximat e to the

abysmal d epths o f bat h os But the unsubdu ed in t elligenc e
.

is k no wn t o have c o ver e d the sh am e o f i t s n ak ed i gn o ran c e

with the lthy rags of a p osterior i m et h ods A nath em a .

maran atha Let i t hav e n o par t i n the life to c om e !

.

N ev er th e l ess I have fo un d i t sup eru o us to k eep gu ar d
,

o ve r the s e cr et s of the R o sicrucians or to v e il t h eir mys
,

teri es i n invi olab l e sil en c e , and this is for a simpl e r eas o n ,

n am ely tha t t h ey h av e n e v e r r e v e al e d any

,
If the m ani
.

festo es I g hav e publish e d e mana t e d i n r eality fr o m a s e cr e t

s o ciety it has st o o d gu ard o v er its o wn t r eas ur e s an d as
, ,

n ei th er Mr H argr av e J enn i ngs n or mys elf can b oast o f

havi ng ev er r eally an d in fac t s een or k no wn any supp o s e d

susp ct d m e m b er in the e sh e h av e n o t hing t o
(o r e e
) w
,

r eveal or to wi thh old . The r e c o ndi t e sys t ems c onn e c t e d

4 32 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

wi t h the illustri o us Ro sicrucian s ar e o f c o urs e e nv el o p e d , ,

in d ark n ess an d i n c o mm o n with o t h er s t ud en ts o f e s o teric

, ,

l or e I am i n cli ne d to c on sid er tha t this d arkn e ss d oe s c o v e r

,

a r eal an d p o ssibly a r e c o v er abl e kn o wl e dg e

, ,
But it is .

n o t o f o ur m akin g an d i n o ur age which has n o thing to

,

fear fr o m the rack or the fagg o t and bu t li t tl e fr o m the

,
.

mild er ag on i e s o f e t ern al Co v ent ry i t is n o l on ger w o rt h

,

pr e s erving N ihil est ap ertum qu od non rerelabi tur et oceultum

.
,

q u o d n on scietur T h
. e tim e has c o m e wh en th a t which w as

mutt er e d i n dark n ess may be d e clar ed plainly in the full

fac e of day an d wh e n tha t which was whisp er e d in the ear
,

can b e pr o claim e d o n the h o us e- t op The tr e m en d o us .

s e cr ets o f spiritual alch emy are ab o ut to surr en d er at dis

cr et i o n to the s e arching inv e s tigat i o ns of the sympath etic
an d impartial stud e n t at w o rk in the caus e o f tru t h On .

th e faith o f a fo ll o w e r o fB on n e s I can pr o mis e th at n o t hing

,

S hall b e h e ld back fr o m th o s e tru e S o n s o fthe D o c t ri n e the ,

si n c er e s eek ers aft er ligh t who ar e pr epar e d to appr o ach the

supr em e arca n a of th e psychic w o rld wi t h a cle an h ear t
an d an e ar n e s t ai m Tru e R o sicrucia n s an d t ru e alch emical
.

ad ep t s if th er e be any in e xis t enc e at this day will n o t

, ,

r e s ent a n ew pro c edur e wh e n circums tan ce s hav e b een

r adically change d The p on ti ffs o f dark ness and mys tery
.

w ill pr o bably disc o v e r t h at it is t o o lat e to mak e u se o f

t h at p olicy o f assassi n a t i o n which is supp o s e d to hav e b een
applie d i n the c as e o f the A bbe de Villars I app eal th er e .
,

fo re t o th o s e stud e nt s of o ccultism wh o are men o f m eth o d

,

as w ell as o f imagi n ati o n o f r e as o n as w e ll as o f i nt uiti on to

, ,

assis t me i n cl e ari n g away the dus t an d rubbish which

h av e accumul at e d during c enturi es o f o b livi on mi srepre ,

sentati o n an d c alum n y i n the sil en t s an c t uari es of the tran s

,

c e nden tal sci en c e s t hat the tradi t i o n ary s ecr e t s o f N at ur e

,
 A DD I TI ON A L N O TES .

N UM BER 1 .
(p .

A CCOR D I N G t o the Kabbala De nudat a of the Bar on

K n o rr de R o se nr oth, the R o s e signi e s the S hecinah . The
Z ohar s e c t ZEmon
r e as o n is giv en in the , Quad
. . sicu t

R osa cresci t ad aguas, et e mitti t odor em bonum, sic M alchuth

hoc gaudet nomine, cu m in ux um assugit a Binah, quae bonum
eleua t odorem

.

The d e n iti on o f J o h n H eyd o n c o nc er n i n g the l ett ers

R C c om e s t oo la t e to be o f m u ch valu e o n his t o rical
. .

gr o u n ds . B u t s o me may ask wha t I m e an by R C The . .

c er em o ny is an Eb o ny Cr o ss ou ri sht an d d e ck e d with
,

R o s e s o f G o ld The Cr o ss typi e s Christ s su ffe ri n gs up on

.

the Cr o ss fo r o ur si n s the R o s es o f G old sh e w the gl ory

an d b eau t y o f his r e surr e cti o n fr o m d e ath t o life This is .

carri e d to M esqu e Cas el e A pamia Chaulatean V I ri ssa

, , , ,

Caumi ch M ou nt C alv ery H ara n and M o unt S i n ai wh er e

, , , ,

t h ey m ee t wh en th ey pl eas e an d mak e r es o lu t i o n o f all

th eir acti o n s th en disp ers e th ems elv es abr o ad taki n g th eir
, ,

pl easur e alw ay es in o n e of th es e pl ac es wh er e t h ey r es olv e ,

als o all qu es t i o ns o f wha t s o ev e r hath b ee n d o n e is d o n e or , ,

shall be d on e i n the w orld , fr o m the b egi nnin g to the en d

th er eo f .A nd t h e s e are the men call e d Ro sicrucians
.
 A D D I TI ON A L N O TE S .

N UM BER II (p . .

It is the sig n o f M e rcury but its p osi t i o n i n the t w e lfth

,

clavis of Basil Valenti ne i n dicat e s a fu rth er and m o re

arcan e imp orta n c e The v i v i c g o ld the v iv i c su lphur
.
, ,

o r the tr u e r e o f the phil o s o ph ers is t o be s o ught i n t he ,

house of M ercury says Eli phas L evi

,
Myst eri e s o f M agic ,

p The sulphur m ercury and salt o f the phil o

.
, ,

s o ph ers says th e sam e ad ept

,
c on d en s e d an d v o latiliz ed
,

by turn s c omp o s e t he az oth o f the phil o s o ph ers
,
The .

alch emical bal m of sulphur acc o rdi ng to the B aron

,

Tscho u dy s Cat e chism for the Grad e o f A d ep t o r S ublim e

,

an d U n k n o w n appr en tic e P hil o s o ph er

L
( E il

see t o e

is id en tical with the radical m o istur e ,

which is als o the m ercury o f the phil o s oph ers the bas e of ,

e ve ry sp e ci e s i n the thr e e ki ngd o ms o f Nature but m o r e ,

particu l arly the s ee d and bas e o f m et als wh en it is pre

pare d phil o s ophically by the ex trac ti o n o f what is superu
o u s a nd the additi o n o f what is wa nti ng for the p e rfo rma n c e

o f the H erm etic o p u s On this p o int see P ernetz D ic

.
, ,

ti onn ai re MythO- H e rmtiqu e .

N UM BER III (p . .

This is a c omm o n and signica nt s up erstiti on P e rhaps .

i t o rigi n at ed i n t he Ph oenix l eg e nd ; i t is dear to m y s tical

writers a t any ra t e and has pr omp t e d s o m e curi ou s and
, ,

ab s t rus e r e as o n i n g The b ee is e sp e cially a subj ec t o f fo lk

.

l or e and is a symb ol o f the u ng en erati ng an d s exl ess spirit

,

o f man which y et pr e s en ts i t s elf t o the mi n d und er a mal e

,

asp e ct .


4 36 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

NUM BER IV (p . .

The sym b olic al r epr e s en tati o n of t he t et r ad und er the

gur f f ur -
square gard en e ncl o sur e h o us e or ci ty is
'

e o a o , , ,

v ery c o mm o n am o ng mys tical w rit ers A familiar i n stanc e .

is fo u nd i n the A p o calyps e wh er e the New Je r u sal em is , .

r epr es en t e d as a p erfe c t squar e d esc ending o ut o f h e ave n .

Co mpar e the R o man de la Ro s e

H au t fu t li mu r ci tou s qua r r s
S i e n fu b i en cl o s e t b arr es ,

En l e u de h ai e s u n s v e r gi ers , ,

on o n e

n av o i t en r e t b e r gi ers .

This p ass age is r en d er e d by Chauc e r i n the foll o wing

manne r
S qua re was the wall an d hi gh s ome d e l e,

En cl o s e d a n d y b ar r e d w e l e
, ,

I n s t ea d of h e d ge wa s t h at gar di n
, ,

C o me n e v er sh ep he r de th e re i n

.

N UM BE R V (p . .

The app endix to a s eri e s of epis t l e s e n t itl e d S elenia ,

A u gustalia an d wri tt e n b y J o h an n V al e n t in A n dr eas
, ,

c on tains an acc oun t t hus arr anged o f the offspring o f this

, ,

m arri age

J OH VA LENTI N I
. A N DRE E

P ro pag o .

J oh ann Val en t in A n dr eas ,

natus 1 5 8 6, 1 7 A ug , et A gn es
Elisab et h G rii ni ngeren n ,
. 1 5 9 2, 2 9 Mart . nu pti as habent
1 6 1 4 2 A ugu s t i
,
.

U n de lib eri .

1 . M ari a ,
n at . 1 6 1 6, 2 6 M art ; nu bi t P et r o Waltero ,

1 636, 2 0 Jun , U n cle .

4 38 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

Maria Barbara n at 1 6 5 2 1 1
12 .
,
.
,
A ug .

V G ot tli eb nat 1 6 22 1 9 S e pt
.
, .
,
. du ci t B arb aram
S anberti nam, 1 6 4 3, 1 9 Ju nii . Und e .

1 . Christi n a Pa t i e ntia, n at . 1 64 4 , 2 4 D e c em . o bu t
Jan
1 6 4 5, 3 .

w J o h Val e nti n n at 1 6 46 1 7 Mart

.
,
.
,
.

G ottli ebin nat 1 6 4 7 3 N o v

a

-
p , .

s
t A ugus t us G o t tli e b n a t us 1 6 4 9 1 6 Jan , , .

r
a
c Jac o b E r asmus n at 1 6 5 0 3 A ugu s t ,
.
,
o bu t
1 6 5 1 2 7 Ma rt , .

6 Maria Barb Eli sab n at 1 6 5 2 1 3 A pr

. . .
,
.
,
.

Ehr en r e ich , n at . 1 6 2 4, 1 0 Juli i ; o biit 1 6 34, 2 1

S e ptemb .

W ahrermu nd n at 1 6 2 7 2 7 N ov ; o bii t 1 6 2 9
, .
,
.
, 6
F eb r .

Jo ha n Val en t i n nat 1 6 31 9 A ug ; o bn t 1 6 32 ,
.
, ,
5
S ep t
Pat i e ntia nat 1 6 32 25 Octob ; o bii t 1 6 32 ;
,
.
, . 6
D ece mb .

N U M BE R VI (p . .

I n the rs t v olum e o f his Phil o s o phical Dic t i o nary

V o ltair e h o w ev er r e c o unt s what he c on sid er ed to be the
, ,

b e s t e xpl o it ev er p erfo rme d i n alch emy and which was ,

that of a R o sicrucia n w ho as e arly as the y ear 1 6 20 paid

, , ,

a visit t o H e nri I duc de B ouill o n of the h o us e o f Turen n e

.
, , ,

an d the s o v er eig n pri n c e o f S edan wi t h the o bj e ct o f i n ,

fo rmi ng him that his p o w er an d d o mi n i o n w ere in n o way

prop o r t ione d to his v al o ur an d that he the s t r ang er in , ,

qu es t i on was r ed with the disi nt er es t e d d esign o f maki ng

,

him as w e al thy as an Emp er o r I can r emai n no l onger .

 A D D I TI ON A L N O TE S .
4 39

tha n tw o days on y o ur e s t at e said the imp o st o r

,
I must
t h e n pro c ee d t o V en ic e an d be pr es en t at the gran d ass embly
o f my br et hr en . I n the rst plac e y o u mus t k e ep my
,

s ecr e t invi olabl e i n the s e c on d s en d to the rst apothe

,

cary i n the t o w n and purchas e a q u a ntit y o f litharge cas t

but o ne grai n o f this r ed p ow der th ere i n an d i n l e ss than
,

a quart er o f an h o ur it will be t ran sform ed i n t o g o ld .

The pri n c e p erfo rm e d the o p e ra t i on an d r ep eat e d i t

,

three tim es i n the pr e s en c e o f the vir tu o s o This p ers o nag e

.

had pr evi o usly purchas e d all the litharg e which was to be

fo u n d at the ap o th e caries i n S edan an d had r es old i t t o
,

th e m ti n c t ur e d with s e v eral o u n c e s o f g o ld The ad e pt o n

,
.

d eparting pr es en t e d all his p owd er o f pr oj e c t i o n to the duc

de B o uill o n w ho did n o t d o ub t for a m o m e n t that havi ng
, ,

manufactur ed thr e e o unc e s o f g old wi t h thr ee grai n s he ,

wo uld mak e on e hu ndr e d th o us an d o u n c e s with a prop or

ti on ate quan tity of this pric el e ss an d mys t eri o us p o wd er .

The phil o s o ph e r was i n haste to quit the t o w n he d e clar e d

that he had give n all his p o wd er to the pri n c e and t ha t he ,

n e e d e d s om e c o i n o f the r e al m to r epair t o V e n ic e fo r th e

i naugurati o n ofthe ass embly o f H erm e tics A man of m o d e

.

rat e tas t e s he ask e d simply fo r t w en ty t h o usan d cro w n s

, ,

but w as forc e d by his princ ely discipl e to acc ep t twic e tha t

sum but wh en the u nfo r t unat e duk e had exhaus t ed all the
li tharge i n S dan he c ould no l o nger manufac t ur e gold nor ,

c o uld he anywh ere disc o v e r his phil o s oph er .

A P P ENDI X OF A DDI TI ONA L DOCU M ENTS .

By an e rr o r tran scripti on the pr efac e to the F am a

of

F ratern i tati s was o mitt ed fr o m the t e x t of the pr es en t

r e vis ed v ersi on I t is addr ess e d to the wis e and under
.

standing r ead er .

W i sdome (sayeth S o l o m o n) is a tr easur e un t o men t h at

n e v e r fail eth for she is th e br et h of the p o w er o f G o d an d
,

an i nh er en c e o win g fr om the gl ory o f the A lmigh t y she

is the brightness of the e v erlasting ligh t the u n sp otte d ,

mirr or o f the p o w er of G o d an d the image o f H is g oodne ss

,
.

She t e ach e th ci vi li t y with righ t eousn ess and s t r engt h she ,

kn ow et h t hi ngs of old and conj ectureth arigh t wha t is t o

,

c o m e she k n ow eth the sub t l et ies of speaches and can

e xp o u n d dark e s e nt en c e s she for es eet h sign e s and w on d e rs ,

with the adv en t o f s eas on s and tim es W i t h t his t r easure

.

w as o ur rs t fath er A dam b e fo r e his fall fully indu e d h e nc e

i t d o t h app ear t ha t afte r G o d had b r o ugh t b efor e him all
the cr eat ur e s o f the eld an d the fo wls und er the h eav ens ,

he gav e to e v ery o n e of t h em theyr prop e r n am e accor dinge

,

to th eir N at ur e .

A lth o ugh n ow thr ough the s orr owful ] fall in t o sin n t his
, ,

e xc ell en t j ew ell w i sdo me hath b e n e l o s t and m e r e d arkn e ss

,

an d ig n or anc e is c o m e i nt o the w o rld et n t wi ths t anding

, y o, ,

the L ord G o d ha t h s om et im e s hether to b es t o w e d and

m ad e m an ife s t the sam e to s om e o f his fri ends ; the wi s e

K i ng e S ol o m o n d o t h testi e o f hims elf tha t he up o n hi s
 H I S T OR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

p ers o n s bu t espetially o f A dam H aselmeyer N otar ias P ubli cus ,

t o the A rchduk e Maximilian w ho e lik e wis e hath mad e an ,

e x t ract ea scr
ip ti s Th eolog i ci s Th eop h r as ti and wri tt e n a ,

t re atis e u n d er the titl e J e sui t s wh e r ein he will e th t ha t ,

e v e ry C hristian sh o uld b e a t ru e J e suit e t ha t is sh o uld , ,

walk e liv e and be in J esus H e was b u t ill r e ward e d o f

, , .

the Je su i tes b ecaus e i n his an sw e r w ritt e n up o n the F amam

,

he di d n am e t h o s e o f the F rat e r n ity o f the R o sy Cr o ss

m
,

the highly illu i n ate d men an d u n d e c e ivi ng J esui tes ,

fo r th e y n ot abl e t o b r o o k this layde ha n ds o n him and

, ,
'

pu t him i nt o the gallies for which th ey like wis e are t o

,

e xp e ct theyr r eward .

Bl e ss e d A ur ora wil l n o w b egi n t o appeare w ho e (aft er ,

t he passi ng away o f the dark e nigh t o f S atur n e ) with her

bright ne ss alt og eth er ex t inguish e d the shi nni nge o f the

m o on or the small sparkl es o f the h eav enly w i sdo me which
,

y e t r e m a i nes with m e n an d is a f
,o r e ru n n e r o f pl e as a n t
P h oeb us w hoe wi t h her cl ear e an d ery gli steni nge b eam es
, , ,

brings for t h that bl ess e d day l o n g wish e d for of man y t ru e

,

h eart ed b y which dayligh t th en shall tru ely be kn own e and

,

sc en e all h e av e nly t r e asur e s o f g o dly w isdo me as als o the

, ,

s e cr ets o f all hidd en and i n visibl e t hings i n t he w o rld ,

acc o rding t o the d o ctri n e o f o u r fo r efa t h ers and aun ci ent

wis e men .

This will be the righ t Kingly R ubi e mo st e xc ell e nt ,

shini ng Carbu n cl e o f the which it is sayd th at he d o th shin e

,

and giv e light i n darken es and is a p e rfe c t medeci ne o f all

,

imp e rfe c t m et ali n e bo dye s to change t h em int o the b es t

,

g o uld an d to cur e all dis e as es of men e asi ng th e m of theyr ,

pay ne s an d mis eri e s .

Be th er efo r e g en t l e r ead e r adm on ish e d tha t wi th me yo u ,

doe e ar n e stly pray t o G o d that i t may pl e as e H i m to o p e n

,
 A P P E N D I X OF A D D I TI ON A L D OC UM E N TS .
4 43

t he harts and eares o f all illh e ari n g p eopl e an d t o grant ,

u n t o t h em H i s bl essing t hat th ey may be abl e to k n o w

,

H i m i n H is o m nip o t e n cy w ith admirin g c o n t emplati o n o f

,

Natur e t o H i s h o n or and prais e and to the l o v e h elp e

, , , ,

c o mfo rt and stren gth en i ng o f o ur n eighb o urs and to the

, ,

r e st o ri ng of h e alth o f all the dis eas ed A m en . .

A R OS I CR U CI A N A LL EG OR Y .

Th ere is a m o u n tai n situat e d i n the midst o f t he earth o r

centre o f the world which is b o th sma ll an d great

,
It is s oft .

als o ab o ve m easur e hard and strong It is fa r of arul near

, .

a t hand but by the P r o vid en c e o f G od it is i n visibl e .

, ,

I n it are hidd e n m o s t ampl e tr easur e s which the w o rld is ,

n ot abl e t o valu e This m o u n tain by the en vy o f the

.
,

d evil is c o mpass e d ab o ut with v ery cru el b e asts an d rav e n

,

o u s birds which mak e the way thith e r b o th di f

,
cult and
da ng er o us and t h er e for e hith ert o b ecaus e the t im e is
, , ,

n o t y e t c o m e the way thith e r c o uld n o t be s o ugh t aft er by

,

all b u t o nly by the wor thy man s s elf-lab o ur an d i n v es tiga

,

ti on .

To this mountain y o u shall go i n a certain night wh en i t ,

c o m es m o s t l ong an d dark an d see tha t y ou p repare y o urs elf

,

by p rayer I ns ist up on the way that l eads t o the mountai n

.
,

but ask no t o f any man wh er e it li es ; o nly fo ll ow y o ur

guide who will ofer hims elf t o y o u an d will m ee t y ou i n
, ,

the way .

This guid e will bring yo u t o the m o u n t ai n a t midnight ,

w h en all thi ngs are sil ent and dark It is n e c essary tha t .

y o u ar m y o urs elf wi t h a r e s o lu t e h e r o ic c o urag e l est y o u

, ,

1
p re fa c e to H eydo n s H o ly G u id e
S e e th e
als o A S u gge s tiv e
I n qu iry c o n c e r n i n g th e R o sic r u ci an M ys te ry .
 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

fe ar th o s e t hings t ha t will h app en ,

an d fall back You n ee d
.

n o sw o rd o r o th e r b o dily w e ap on ,
o n ly c al l u p o n y o ur G o d ,

si ncerely and hearti ly seeki ng H im .

W h en y ohav e disc ov er e d the m o u nt ai n the rs t

u ,

miracle that will a pp ear is t his a m o st v eh e men t an d v ery
gr eat wi n d will shake the wh o l e mountain and sh at ter
the r ocks t o pi e c e s Yo u will b e e nc o un te r e d by li o ns
. ,

dr ag ons and o t h er t erribl e wild b e as t s b ut fear n o t

,

any o f t h e s e th i n gs Be r e s olu t e an d t ak e h e e d t h at y ou
.

r et urn no t for y our g uid e w ho b r o ugh t y o u thith er will

,

n o t suffe r a n
y e vil to b e fal l y o u A s for t he tr easure it is
.
,

n ot y e t disc o v e r e d bu t i t is v e ry n e ar
,
Aft e r this wi n d .

will c om e an e arthquak e which will o v er thr o w th os e thi ngs

,

w hich the wi n d had l eft Be sur e you fall n ot off The

. .

ear thquake b ei ng pass e d th e r e shall fo ll o w a r e t ha t wi ll

,

c on sum e the e ar thly rubbish and disc o v er the t r easur e bu t ,

as ye t y ou ca n n o t see i t A ft er all thes e thi ngs an d n ear

.
,

day b r e ak t h er e shall be a gr e at calm an d you shall se e the

, ,

day-star aris e a nd the dark n ess will disapp e ar

, Y o u will .

concei ve a gr e a t tr easur e the chi e fe st thi n g and the m o s t

p erfe c t is a c ert ai n e xal t e d t i n c t ur e with which the w o rld , ,

if i t s e rv e d G od an d w ere w o rthy of such gift s migh t be ,

tinge d and t urn ed i nt o m o s t pur e g ol d .

TH E R OS I E CR U CI A N P R A Y ER To G OD .

Jesus M ihi Omni a .

Oh Th o u ev ery wh er e and good o f all whats o eve r I do ,

r em emb er I b e s ee ch Th ee tha t I am b u t d ust b u t as a

, , ,

vap o ur spru ng fr o m e arth which e v en Thy sm all es t b r eat h

,

c an sc at t e r Th o u has t giv en me a s o ul and laws to g o v ern

.

it let tha t fra t ern al rul e which Th ou dids t rs t app oi n t

4 46 H I S TOR Y OF TH E R OS I CR UCI A N S .

fo o t of
Thy thr o ne I app eal only to the abu n d anc e of
.

Thy r e missi o ns O G o d my G o d I k no w i t is a mysteri e

, , .

b e y o n d the vas t s o ul s appreh en si on and th er efo r e d e e p

,

e n o ugh fo r man t o r e st i n safe ty i n 0 Th o u B ei ng o f all

b ein gs caus e me to w o rk mys elf to Th ee an d in t o the
, ,

r e c eivi ng arms o f Thy pat e r n al m e rci e s thr o w mys elf F o r .

o u twar d thi n gs I tha n k Th ee an d such as I ha v e I giv e

,

u n t o o th ers i n the n am e o f the Tri n ity fr eely and faith

, ,

fully wi t h o u t hidi ng a n ythi n g o f wha t was r e v e al e d to

,

me and exp eri enc e d to be n o diab o lical d elusi on or dr eam ,

bu t the A dj ectamenta of Thy rich er grac e s the mine s and

d eprivati on are b o th i n Thy han ds I n w hat Th o u hast .

giv en me I am c o n t ent G oo d G od ray Thys elf i nt o my

.
,

s o ul Giv e me bu t a h eart to pl eas e Th e e I beg n o m o r e ,

th en Th o u has t giv en and t hat to c o nti nu e me un co n

,

t emn e dly an d unpi tti e dly h on e s t S av e me fr o m the d e vil

.
,

lus t s and men and fr o m t h o s e fo n d d o tag es of m or tality

, ,

which w o uld w eigh d o w n my s o ul to l o w ne ss an d d ebauch

m en t Let i t b e my gl ory (pla n ti ng mys elf in a n obl e
h eigh t ab o v e th em ) to c on t em n th e m Tak e me from
.

mys elf and ll me bu t wi t h Th e e S um up Thy bl essi ngs .

i n th e s e t wo that I may be righ t ly g o o d an d wis e an d

, ,

t h e s e for Thy e t ernal t ru t h s sak e gran t and mak e gra t eful

,

, .

TH E E ND .

TU R N B U L L A N D S P E A R S , P R I NT ER S , E D I N B U R G H .

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