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The work reviews the origin and meaning of the name “Rosicrucian,” places the movement within late-16th-century German mystical philosophy, and traces claims and controversies across multiple chapters. 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This electronic edition created by Celephaïs Press, somewhere beyond the Tanarian  \nHills, and mani(n)fested in the waking world in the year 2005 of the common error.  \nThis work is in the public domain.  \nLast revised Feb. 2008.  \nPlease report errors to [dancingstar93@gmail.com](dancingstar93@gmail.com)  \nciting revision date.  \nANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.  \nPAGE  \nPreface—Influence of the Secret Societies—Romantic Associations connected with the Rosicrucian Fraternity—Universal ignorance concerning it—Extent of the Rosicrucian literature—  \nPretensions of this History. . . . . . . . 1  \nINTRODUCTION.  \nDerivations of the name Rosicrucian—Derivation from the supposed founder, Christian Rosencreutz—Derivation from Ros and Crux  \n—History of the term Ros in Alchemy—Derivation from Rosa and Crux—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  \nComedy . . . . . . . . . . . 5  \nCHAPTER THE FIRST.  \nOn the state of Mystical Philosophy in Germany at the close of the Sixteenth Century—Perpetuation of Neo-Platonic traditions  \n—Revolution in Religion, Science, and Philosophy—Paracelsus  \nand his successors—Rise of the Spiritual Alchemists . . . 27  \nCHAPTER THE SECOND.  \nThe Prophecy of Paracelsus and the Universal Reformation of the  \nWhole Wide World . . . . . . . . . 34  \nCHAPTER THE THIRD.  \nThe Fama Fraternitatis of the Meritorious Order of the Rosy Cross,  \naddressed to the learned in general and the Governors of Europe ........... 64  \nvi ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS  \nPAGE  \nCHAPTER THE FOURTH.  \nThe Confession of the Rosicrucian Fraternity, addressed to the  \nlearned of Europe . . . . . . . . . 85  \nCHAPTER THE FIFTH.  \nThe Chymical Marriage of Christian Rosencrteuz . . . . 99  \nCHAPTER THE SIXTH.  \nOn the Connection of the Rosicrucian Claims with those of Alchemy and Magic—Fanaticism and Follies of the Rosicrucian Manifestoes—Discrepancies between the Universal Reformation and the Fama Fraternitatis—Religious Opinions of the Society—Scientific and Philosophical Pretensions—Doctrine of the Macrocosmos and of the Microcosmos—Theory of Elementals—Doctrine of Signatures—Physical Transmutations—The Great  \nElixir . . . . . . . . . . . 197  \nCHAPTER THE SEVENTH.  \nOn the Antiquity of the Rosicrucian Fraternity—Absence of historical traces before the seventeenth century—Researches of Semler—The Militia Crucifera Evangelica—Absurd pretensions of Mr. Hargrave Jennings—The Templars and the Rosi  \ncrucians . . . . . . . . . . . 210  \nCHAPTER THE EIGHTH.  \nTheories as to the authorship of the Rosicrucian Manifestoes—The story of Christian Rosencreutz not historically true—Claims of Taulerus, Joachim Junge, and Ægidius Guttmann—Case of Johann Valentin Andreas—Sketch of his Life—Predilection for Secret Societies—Digest of the Evidence adduced to prove that Andreas wrote the Rosicrucian Manifestoes—Examination of this Evidence—Futility and Repulsiveness of Professor Buhle’s hypothesis—Facts of the Case—A tenable hypothesis—Charac  \nter of the Rosicrucian Mystery . . . . . . . 217  \nCHAPTER THE NINTH.  \nProgress of Rosicrucianism in Germany—Andreas Libavius—His hostile criticism—Echo of the God-illuminated Brotherhood  \nR. 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