The Rosicrucian Enlightenment RevisitedSteinerBooks, 1999 - 267 páginas In 1995, to honor the role of Central Europe in the spiritual history of the West, the New York Open Center invited students of Rosicrucianism and the Western Mystery traditions to the Czech Republic to discuss the historical backgrounds of Rosicrucianism. Two years later a second meeting was held in Prague to celebrate the Hermetic world of Rudolf II. The result is this book: in which John Matthews addresses the relationship between the Grail and the Rose; Christopher Bamford speaks of the prehistory of the Rosicrucian reformation in the late Middle Ages--among women mystics, alchemists, Cathars, Franciscan spirituals, as well as in Luther and the great Paracelsus; Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke tells the wild tale of John Dee's mission to central Europe; Joscelyn Godwin unfolds the paradigmatic Rosicrucian life of Michael Maier; Claire Goodrick-Clarke recounts influence of Comenius; Paul Bembridge speaks of Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell; Robert Powell describes the roles of Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Rudolf II; and Christopher McIntosh speaks of the Rosicrucian Legacy. Also included are the texts of the two Rosicrucian Manifestos--the Fama and the Confessio. Illustrated. C O N T E N T S Introduction by Ralph White 1. "The Grail and the Rose" 2. "The Meaning of the Rose Cross" 3. "The Rosicrucian Prelude: John Dee's Mission in Central Europe" 4. "The Deepest of the Rosicrucians: Michael Maier" 5. "Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Rudolf II, and the Prague Hermetic Renaissance" 6. "The Twelfth Adept: Michael Sendivogius in Rudolfine Prague" 7. "The Rosicrucian Afterglow: The Life and Influence of Comenius" 8. "The Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell" 9. "The Rosicrucian Legacy" |
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... sufficiently prepared and made wor- thy . He who hath ears , let him hear . --Theophilus Schweighardt , Speculum sophicum rhodo - stauroticum ( " Mirror of Wisdom " ) , 1618 Contents Introduction by Ralph White ix Prologue page 1 1.
... wisdom and scientific learning . Unfortu- nately , the whole enterprise came crashing down within a year following the defeat of the Bohemian army at the Battle of the White Mountain , out- side Prague , and amid the systematic ...
... Wisdom : Oswald Croll , author of works on the magical harmonies of microcosm and macrocosm ; and , of course , John Dee , a figure of enormous influ- ence in Elizaberhan England , mathematician , magus , tutor of Sir Philip Sydney ...
... wisdom of nature . Outside its gates , how- ever , dark clouds of war loomed on the horizon as the truce between Ref- ormation and Counter Reformation forces approached its conclusion . It was clear to anyone with political judgment ...
... wisdom to the learned but was rebuffed . Instead , he returned to Germany , where he practiced philosophy , studied mathematics , and began to organize helpers in the work of the general reform of the world . Thus began the Fraternity ...