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Ancient Weitees And Modeen Peactices
Immediately after the above narration follows a declaration of their mysteries addressed by the Society to the whole world . They profess to honour the Empire and the laws of the Empire , and that the art of gold-making is but a slight object with them—a mere TcapEpyov . The whole work ends with these w ords : — " Our house , though an hundred thousand men shall have looked upon it , is yet destined to remain untouched , imperturbable , out of sight , and unrevealed to the whole godless world for ever . "
The third book , which originally appeared in Latin , with the title , " Confessio Eraternitatis Bosese Crucis , ad Eruditos Europae , " * contains nothing more than general explanations of the object and spirit of the Order . It is added that the Order has different degrees ; that not only princes and men of rank and learning , but also mean and inconsiderable persons are admitted as members , provided they have pure and disinterested purposes , and are willing to exert
themselves for the ends of the institution ; that the Order has a peculiar language ; that it is possessed of more gold and silver than the whole country besides could yield ; but that it is not this , however , but true philosophy , which is the object of their labours .
< Such is De Quincey ' s account of the three works which , according to him , were the origin of the Eosicrucian Society . "Where practicable in so abridged a notice as the present one , we have used his own words ; as it is our object as far as possible to furnish our readers at
once with a reproduction of his papers and a refutation of his theory . Now ( says De Quincey ) arises the question , from what quarter do these three works proceed . The reputed author , according to his account , was John Valentine Andrea , whom we mentioned in our last number , a celebrated theologian , satirist , and poet , of Wurtemburg . He was born in 1586 at Herrenburg , in Wurtemburg , and
received an excellent education ; he early gained distinction from his skill in languages , as also in mathematics , history , and geography . He sought to redress the evils of the times in which he lived , by means of secret societies , ( on what motives and arguments , he has not told us in the record of his life which he has left behind him ) , and as early as his sixteenth year , he had written his " Chemical Nuptials of Christian Eosycross , ' his " Julius ; sive , De Politiix , " his
" Condemnation of Astrology , " and other kindred works . It is not , however , our present purpose to give the various particulars of Andrea ' s life , which are given here at some length , and which may be found , as we are here told , in detail , by those who are interested in them , in the second book of Seybold ' s "Auto-Biographies of Celebrated Men . " One special object of his labours and his travels , however ,
( for he travelled much ) w as to bring together into one society the noble , the enlightened , and the learned men of his time—a society which he hoped to see as under the influence of one soul , towards the redressing of public evils . This design he presented originally
* The Confession of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross to the Learned of Europe
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Ancient Weitees And Modeen Peactices
Immediately after the above narration follows a declaration of their mysteries addressed by the Society to the whole world . They profess to honour the Empire and the laws of the Empire , and that the art of gold-making is but a slight object with them—a mere TcapEpyov . The whole work ends with these w ords : — " Our house , though an hundred thousand men shall have looked upon it , is yet destined to remain untouched , imperturbable , out of sight , and unrevealed to the whole godless world for ever . "
The third book , which originally appeared in Latin , with the title , " Confessio Eraternitatis Bosese Crucis , ad Eruditos Europae , " * contains nothing more than general explanations of the object and spirit of the Order . It is added that the Order has different degrees ; that not only princes and men of rank and learning , but also mean and inconsiderable persons are admitted as members , provided they have pure and disinterested purposes , and are willing to exert
themselves for the ends of the institution ; that the Order has a peculiar language ; that it is possessed of more gold and silver than the whole country besides could yield ; but that it is not this , however , but true philosophy , which is the object of their labours .
< Such is De Quincey ' s account of the three works which , according to him , were the origin of the Eosicrucian Society . "Where practicable in so abridged a notice as the present one , we have used his own words ; as it is our object as far as possible to furnish our readers at
once with a reproduction of his papers and a refutation of his theory . Now ( says De Quincey ) arises the question , from what quarter do these three works proceed . The reputed author , according to his account , was John Valentine Andrea , whom we mentioned in our last number , a celebrated theologian , satirist , and poet , of Wurtemburg . He was born in 1586 at Herrenburg , in Wurtemburg , and
received an excellent education ; he early gained distinction from his skill in languages , as also in mathematics , history , and geography . He sought to redress the evils of the times in which he lived , by means of secret societies , ( on what motives and arguments , he has not told us in the record of his life which he has left behind him ) , and as early as his sixteenth year , he had written his " Chemical Nuptials of Christian Eosycross , ' his " Julius ; sive , De Politiix , " his
" Condemnation of Astrology , " and other kindred works . It is not , however , our present purpose to give the various particulars of Andrea ' s life , which are given here at some length , and which may be found , as we are here told , in detail , by those who are interested in them , in the second book of Seybold ' s "Auto-Biographies of Celebrated Men . " One special object of his labours and his travels , however ,
( for he travelled much ) w as to bring together into one society the noble , the enlightened , and the learned men of his time—a society which he hoped to see as under the influence of one soul , towards the redressing of public evils . This design he presented originally
* The Confession of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross to the Learned of Europe