With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians

Franz Hartmann’s book blends travel narrative, dialogue, and esoteric exposition to introduce Rosicrucian and Theosophical ideas. Historically, it belongs to the modern occult revival and offers readers a window into how Rosicrucianism was imagined as a living tradition of hidden wisdom, especially through discussions of initiation, spiritual development, and occult philosophy.

Franz Hartmann (1838–1912) was a German physician, theosophical writer, and occultist associated with the late nineteenth-century occult revival. He wrote extensively on Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Paracelsian ideas, and mysticism, helping to popularize esoteric philosophy in Europe and the United States.