Rosicrucian manifestos

The Rosicrucian manifestos are three anonymous German publications of the early seventeenth century announcing a secret brotherhood.

Established The Fama Fraternitatis (1614) and Confessio Fraternitatis (1615) described the order of Christian Rosenkreutz; the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz followed in 1616. Johann Valentin Andreae later acknowledged writing the Chymical Wedding.^[1]^[2] Tradition / belief The manifestos claim that Christian Rosenkreutz lived for over a century and that his tomb was opened 120 years after his death.^[3] Scholarly debate No evidence shows that an organised Rosicrucian order existed when the manifestos appeared; historians debate whether they were a satire, a reform programme or a call to an ideal brotherhood.^[4]

References

↑ Thomas Vaughan (trans.), The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R: C: (1652). English; public domain.
↑ A.E. Waite, The Real History of the Rosicrucians (1887). public domain.
↑ Fama (1614), in Vaughan (1652).
↑ Waite (1887); Frances Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1972). Cited only.

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[1] Thomas Vaughan (trans.), The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R: C: (1652). English; public domain.

[2] A.E. Waite, The Real History of the Rosicrucians (1887). public domain.

[3] Fama (1614), in Vaughan (1652).

[4] Waite (1887); Frances Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1972). Cited only.

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