The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians (Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer)
Anonymous (Attributed to multiple authors)1785
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One of the most important and beautiful artifacts of the 18th-century Rosicrucian revival. Originally published in Altona in 1785, this work consists of several mystical treatises and a series of complex alchemical and Kabbalistic diagrams that summarize the 'secret' teachings of the fraternity. Franz Hartmann's 1888 English version brought these high-grade Rosicrucian symbols to the modern public, detailing the path to spiritual illumination through the 'Chemical Marriage' and the understanding of the Microcosm and Macrocosm.
Also known asGeheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer
This edition1888
EditionOccult Publishing Company, Boston (Hartmann's version)
RosicrucianismAlchemical Transformationcontemplation of symbolsAlchemical meditationHermeticismesoteric symbolismallegorical interpretationHermetic traditionAlchemical symbolism
Contents15 chapters
- 01The Water-Stone of the Wise: Treatise
- 02Chapter I: The Fourth Spirit
- 03Chapter II: Our Water
- 04Chapter III: The Three Principles
- 05Chapter IV: The Stone in Its Entirety
- 06Chapter V: Completion of the Work
- 07Aureum Seculum Redivivum (The Golden Age Restored)
- 08Foreword to the Christian Reader
- 09The Golden Age Restored: Main Text
- 10Cabalistic and Theosophical Figures
- 11Figura Cabalistica: The Number of God
- 12Figura Divina: Divine Philosophy
- 13Scala Philosophorum: Ladder of Philosophers
- 14The Bottomless Pit and Chaos
- 15Additional Secret Symbols and Emblems
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Franz Hartmanntranslator
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