The Rosicrucian Enlightenment RevisitedSteinerBooks, 1999 - 267 pagina's In 1995, to honor the role of Central Europe in the spiritual history of the West, the New York Open Center invited students of Rosicrucianism and the Western Mystery traditions to the Czech Republic to discuss the historical backgrounds of Rosicrucianism. Two years later a second meeting was held in Prague to celebrate the Hermetic world of Rudolf II. 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. Illustrated. C O N T E N T S Introduction by Ralph White 1. "The Grail and the Rose" 2. "The Meaning of the Rose Cross" 3. "The Rosicrucian Prelude: John Dee's Mission in Central Europe" 4. "The Deepest of the Rosicrucians: Michael Maier" 5. "Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Rudolf II, and the Prague Hermetic Renaissance" 6. "The Twelfth Adept: Michael Sendivogius in Rudolfine Prague" 7. "The Rosicrucian Afterglow: The Life and Influence of Comenius" 8. "The Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell" 9. "The Rosicrucian Legacy" |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 81
... alchemy and hermetic wisdom who developed Cesky Krumlov to its highest point . After his death his brother Petr Vok , who shared his interest in these matters , was closely associated with the figures involved in the events leading up ...
... alchemy , hermetic philosophy , and cabala , and intensely engaged in the scientific work that was about to erupt with the discoveries we now associate with a very different cultural climate . But the control of Bohemia by forces ...
... alchemy and concluded that there was far more to this secret art than conventional wisdom suggests . Nevertheless , few have penetrated to the core of this arcane world , though it clearly con- tains deep and worthwhile secrets . Fewer ...
... Alchemy and the Hermetic Tradition . " Throughout that summer a festival had taken place in Prague under the auspices of President Vaclav Havel . It had hon- ored the period of the Emperor Rudolf II ( I576-I6I2 ) , who had made Prague ...
... alchemists of the day prac- ticed their art at the Powder Tower within the castle . They performed physical alchemy in the laboratorio below , and spiritual alchemy in the oratorio above , and a visitor , if granted a few moments of ...