ROSE CROSS OVER THE BALTIC

The Spread of Rosicrudanism in Northern Europe

BY

SUSANNA AKERMAN

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9PkM

'681'

BRILL LEIDEN BOSTON KOLN 1998

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Preface Introduction Chapter One "Adulruna Rediviva" -Johannes Bureus' Rosy Cross Hanseatic Trade and the Lumen Sopho of a Christian Union Johannes Bureus' Rosicrucian Altar and the Temple at Damar Adulruna and Momentum Excitationis Runic Combinations and Adulrunic Theosophy Paths to Adulrunic Theosophy: Arbatel, Agrippa, and Zoroasther The Growth of the Adulruna Rediviva
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Chapter Two At the Origins of the Rosicrucians 68 The Doubted Role of J. V. Andreae 69 Rose Cross and Ros Crux 77 Philippo a Gabella's Stella Hieroglyphica 84 Divergent Paths of Rosicrucianism 16141620 88 Frawen Zimmer: A Rosicrucian Statement on Wiirtemberg's Politics 93 Helisaeus Roeslin and Simon Studion's Celestial Wheel .... 97 Roeslin and Paul Grebner's European Silk Thread 104 Rosicrucianism and the Bohemian War 110 A New Source: Lotich's Instruction to Carl IX in 1605 .... I l l Raphael Eglinus and the Signifying Fish 116 The Rosicrucian Printing Press at Hesse-Kassel 119 Chapter Three The Rosicrucian Context of the lion of the North '. Rosicrucianism on Trial: Astronomy and Popular Protest .... The Rose Cross in Denmark and England The Trumpet Blow of 1622: the Death of Carl Philip 125 126 132 135

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The Gemstones of Ariel and the Rosicrucian lion 139 A Danish-Dutch Network for Rosicrucian Material, 1622-1625 144 The Roaring lion: Leo ex Silva Transformed into Leo Septentrionalis 152 The Failure of the Dane and the Coming of the lion 154 The Midnight lion of Magdenburg 161 Angelic Voices: ARIEL, EOA and the URNAVasorum .... 167 Some Observations on Paul Grebner's Visions 171 Chapter Four Quaternions and Dew: Postel and the Rosicrucians The Instauration of the New Age: Helias Artista and Helias Tertius Cain Renatus and the Rosicrucian lion Confessio Fraternitatis RC and Postel's Candelabri Typici A Few Observations on Francis Bacon's Scientific Writings : Baltic Crossways: The Religious Orders in Livonia Chapter Five Rosicrucian Science: Astronomy, Roses, and Optical Design The Tychonic Debate: Pliny's Rose and Phosphoric Lights Theosophy and Sperber's Gnostic Rosicrucians Cosmic Geometry: J. V. Andreae and the Brothers Natt och Dag The Dream of Descartes: Algebra and Polyhedra Oculus Sidereus: A Synthesis of Astronomical Ideas at Dantzig Johannes Bureus' Influence as Ariel Suethicus Conclusion Appendix III Bibliography Index 173 173 176 179 185 190 196 199 208 215 221 228 236 241 243 247 257