Rosicrucian Books & Manifestos
The Order of the Rosy Cross — manifestos and mysteries.
Rosicrucianism began with a series of anonymous manifestos published in early seventeenth-century Germany, announcing a secret brotherhood devoted to esoteric wisdom, spiritual reform, and the healing of the world. Whether the order existed or was a philosophical fiction, the manifestos ignited a movement that has never fully died.
Blending alchemy, Hermeticism, and Christian mysticism around the emblem of the rose and the cross, the Rosicrucian current shaped Freemasonry, the Golden Dawn, and numerous modern orders. Its literature stretches from the original manifestos to elaborate later expositions.
Essential Texts
Astrologia Theologizata, Hoc Est: Quod Externus Homo Cum Omnibus Operibus, Quantumvis lumine naturae in omni scientiarum genere splendibus, deponi, abnegari & plane emori: Internus Autem Per Lumen Gratiae Assumi, Confessione & vita praedicari, & soli Deo ad regni coelestis haereditatem capiendam vivere debeat
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Start Here
Read the three founding documents in order: the Fama Fraternitatis, the Confessio Fraternitatis, and the allegorical Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz. A. E. Waite’s histories give valuable context.
From the Collection
Ancient Kaldi Oracle; or, Rosicrucian Predictive Symph
Paschal Beverly Randolph
Ancient Kaldi Oracle; or, Rosicrucian Predictive Symph
Paschal Beverly Randolph
English · Rosicrucianism
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry: Its Teachings, Rules, Laws and Present Usages Which Govern the Order at the Present Day
R. Swinburne Clymer
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry: Its Teachings, Rules, Laws and Present Usages Which Govern the Order at the Present Day
R. Swinburne Clymer
English · Secret Societies
Bibliotheca magica et pneumatica: Geheime Wissenschaften : Magie, gute und böse Geister, Gespenster, Volksaberglauben, Hexen und Hexenprocesse, Inquisition, Sympathie, Hellseherei, Weissagungen, Astrologie, Chiromantie, Phrenologie, Mnemotechnik, Stenographie, Geheimschreibekunst, Freimauerer, Illuminaten, Rosenkreuzer, Curiosa und Jocosa, die Frauen, Liebe und Ehe, Gauner, Verbrecher, Ungeheuer, ungewöhnliche Naturerscheinungen, Portraits von Magikern, Astrologen, Verbrechern etc., Spiele, Volksfeste, merkwürdige Gebräuche. 16
Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat in München
Bibliotheca magica et pneumatica: Geheime Wissenschaften : Magie, gute und böse Geister, Gespenster, Volksaberglauben, Hexen und Hexenprocesse, Inquisition, Sympathie, Hellseherei, Weissagungen, Astrologie, Chiromantie, Phrenologie, Mnemotechnik, Stenographie, Geheimschreibekunst, Freimauerer, Illuminaten, Rosenkreuzer, Curiosa und Jocosa, die Frauen, Liebe und Ehe, Gauner, Verbrecher, Ungeheuer, ungewöhnliche Naturerscheinungen, Portraits von Magikern, Astrologen, Verbrechern etc., Spiele, Volksfeste, merkwürdige Gebräuche. 16
Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariat in München
German · Rosicrucianism
La Franc Maconnerie Revelations D'un Rose Croix 1920
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La franc-maçonnerie: Histoire authentique des sociétés secrètes depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours - Un ancien Rose-Croix
Un ancien Rose-Croix
La franc-maçonnerie: Histoire authentique des sociétés secrètes depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours - Un ancien Rose-Croix
Un ancien Rose-Croix
French · Rosicrucianism