The Rosicrucian enlightenment

A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Beautifully illustrated, it remains one of those rare works of scholarship which the general reader simply cannot afford to ignore.

Contents:

I. A royal wedding : the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with the Elector Palatine -- II. The Bohemian tragedy -- III. John Dee and the rise of 'Christian Rosencreutz' -- IV. The Rosicrucian manifestos -- V. The chemical wedding of Christian Rosencreutz -- VI. The Palatinate publisher : Johann Theodore De Bry and the publication of the works of Robert Fludd and Michael Maier -- VII. The Rosicrucian Furore in Germany -- VIII. The Rosicrucian scare in France -- IX. Francis Bacon 'under the shadow of Jehova's wings' -- X. Italian liberals and Rosicrucian manifestos -- XI. The R.C. Fraternity and the Christian unions -- XII. Comenius and the Rosicrucian rumour in Bohemia -- XIII. From the invisible college to the royal society -- XIV. Elias Ashmole and the Dee tradition : Isaac Newton and Rosicrucian alchemy -- XV. Rosicrucianism and freemasonry -- XVI. The Rosicrucian enlightenment.