The Rosicrucian enlightenment

See raamat räägib sellest, kuidas 17. sajandi alguse roosiristlaste liikumine ja selle salapärane esoteeriline filosoofia mõjutasid ning sillutasid teed kaasaegse teaduse, kultuuri ja valgustusajastu sünnile Euroopas.

Sisu:

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.