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[VAUGHAN, Thomas (Translated and preface by)] The Rosicrucian Manifestos (The Founding Documents of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross)
[VAUGHAN, Thomas (Translated and preface by)] The Rosicrucian Manifestos (The Founding Documents of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross)
Full title: The Rosicrucian Manifestos (The Founding Documents of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross); Being the Fama and Confessio Fraternitatis to which is appended A Letter from the Brothers of R.C. Concerning the Invisible, Magical Mountain, & the Treasure therein Contained
Seattle: Ouroboros Press, 2012. First Edition Thus. Full cloth with gilt title and Rose Cross device. Letterpress printed dust jacket. Limited to 777 copies only. Small Octavo (5” x 7 1/3”;). 120 pages, with frontis portrait of Andreae and 2 engraved plates. Entirely reset in classic typefaces. Out of print. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
The Rosicrucian Manifestos describe the early life of Christian Rosencreutz, his pilgrimage to the East in search of occult knowledge and his eventual founding of the mysterious Brothers of the Rosy Cross. The enigmatic and axiomatic writing style places the texts firmly into the western esotericism and includes critiques upon the ‘closed minds’ of society, be it political, religious or intellectual and includes the legend of the founder CRC and gives very detailed descriptions of the Hidden Symbolical Vault wherein the secrets of the order were secured along with the body of Christian Rosencreutz laid in restful repose under an Everburning Lamp. The appended Letter from the Brothers of R.C. describes the Invisible Magical Mountain of the Adepts, how to get there and what to expect while ‘visiting’.