The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited.
Hudson, NY: Lindisfarne Books, 1999. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. xviii + 268 pp, illustrated. Uncorrected Proof Copy. A collection of essays which have their origins in two conferences held in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The publishers observe: "The result is this book: in which John Matthews addresses the relationship between the Grail and the Rose; Christopher Bamford speaks of the prehistory of the Rosicrucian reformation in the late Middle Ages--among women mystics, alchemists, Cathars, Franciscan spirituals, as well as in Luther and the great Paracelsus; Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke tells the wild tale of John Dee's mission to central Europe; Joscelyn Godwin unfolds the paradigmatic Rosicrucian life of Michael Maier; Claire Goodrick-Clarke recounts influence of Comenius; Paul Bembridge speaks of Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell; Robert Powell describes the roles of Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Rudolf II; and Christopher McIntosh speaks of the Rosicrucian Legacy. Also included are the texts of the two Rosicrucian Manifestos--the Fama and the Confessio." Covers lightly rubbed at edges, corners lightly bumped, spine lightly faded, otherwise a tight, unmarked near Fine copy. Item #59266
ISBN: 0940262843
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