THE REAL HISTORY ‘OF THE ROSICRUCIANS FOUNDED ON THEIR OWN MANIFESTOES, AND ON FACTS AND DOCUMENTS COLLECTED FROM THE WRITINGS OF [INITIATED BRETHREN, BY ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE, AUTHOR OF “TIME MYSTERIES OP MAG! DIGEST OF “tite WRITINGS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: GEORGE REDWAY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1887.ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. Preface—Influence of the Secret Socicties—Romantic Associations connected with the Rosiorucian Fraternity—Univerml ignor- ance concerning it—Extent of the Rosicrucian literature— Pretensions of this History INTRODUCTION. Derivations of the name Rosicracian—Derivation from the supposed founder, Christian Rosoncreutz-—Dorivation from Nos. and Cruz —History of the term Rosin Alchemy—Derivation from Ross and Cyiur—On the Rose in Symbolism, the Cross in Symbolism, and on the significance of their union, with special reference to the Romance of the Rose and the Paradise of the Divine Comedy : CHAPTER THE FIRST. On the state of Mystical Philosophy in Germany at the close of the Sixteenth Century—Perpetustion of Neo-Platonie traditions —Revolution in Religion, Science, and hileaphy —Paracelsts and his suecessors—Rise of the Spiritual Alchemists CHAPTER THE SECOND. ‘The Prophecy of Faracelans and the Universal Reformation of the wholo Wide World 2. hoe CHAPTER THE THIRD. ‘Tho Fama Fraternitatis of the Meritorious Ordor of tha Rosy Cross, addressed to the learned in general and the Governors of Europe. . - rage 27 avi ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER THE FOURTH, ‘The Confession of the Rosicrucisn Fratemity, addreswed to the learned of Europe sy oe CHAPTER THE FIFTH. ‘The Chymical Marriage of Christian Rosencreuts CHAPTER THE SIXTH. ‘On the Connection of the Rosicrucian Claims with those of Alchemy and Magic—Fanaticism and Follies of the Rosicracian Mani. festors—Discrepancies between the Universal Reformation an the Fama Fraternitatis—Religious Opinions of the Society— Scientific and Philosophical Pretensions—Doctrine of the Ma- crocosmos and of the Microcoemos—Theory of Elementals— Doetrine of Sigmatnrea Physical Transmutations—The Great ‘lixir . sos CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. On the Antiquity of the Rosieracian Fraternity—Absence of his- torical traces before the cevanteenth century—Ressarches of Somler—The Militia Crueifera Evangelica—A beurd pretensions of Mr Hargrave Jennings—The Templars and the Rosi- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. ‘Theories az to the authorship of the Rosierucian Manifestoes—The story of Christian Kosencrouts not historically true—Claims of Taulerus, Joachim Junge, and Agidins Guttmann—Case of Johann Valentin Andreas—Sketch of his Life—Predilection for Secret Societies—Digest of the Evidence adduced to prove that Andress wrote the Rosicrucian Manifestoes—Kxamination of this Evidence—Futility and Repulsiveness of Professor Buhle's bypothesis—Facts of the Oase—A tenable ® bypothesis—Charac- ter of the Rosicrucian Mystery CHAPTER THE NINTH. Progress of Rosicrucianisin in Germany—Andreas Libavius—His hostile criticism —Echo of the God-illuminated Brotherhood R. C.—The Open Letter or Report of Julianns de Campis— Fama Remissa ad Fratres Roser Crucis — Confessin Recepta Vicious attack by Johann Valentin Alberti--Other pamphlets of the Period . Pace 197 210 246