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Curious Books.
list of such tractates , but many more , doubtless , exist in MS . so far unknown and nncollated . I say this because it has been harshly averred that all Rosicrucian study and investigation is a wild-goose chase , a giving up of time and
attention to what is utterly worthless and meaningless . I once thought so myself , but I no longer hold that view . The more I look for , hunt after , seek to collect old Masonic books , the more I am confronted with Hermetic literature .
It exists everywhere , and hardly a day passes but some new and curious old Hermetic or Rosicrucian work turns up , which evidences , apparently , that at one time the Rosicrucian Confraternity was very active and very widely spread . For men do not write about that concerning which they care nothing , which is not to the fore , which
does not tread upon the preconceived theories , or antagonize their favourite vanities . Rosicrucian literature seems to have started into existence about 1614 . Any earlier works in which the Fraternitas Roseae Crucis is mentioned as a Confraternity or a Sodalitas are very valuable indeed .
Two books are mentioned of 1605 and 1612 , but so far they have not been verified . I therefore invite in the pages of " Maga " any contributions towards a collection of early Rosicrucian works . The importance of Hermeticism in respect of a true History of Freemasonry is very great . We have far too long ignored all such books
and facts . A wiser criticism and a more careful study now call for their consideration and purview .
To An Intrusive Butterfly.
TO AN INTRUSIVE BUTTERFLY .
" Kill not—for Pity ' s sake—and lest ye slay The meanest thing upon its upward way . " —Five Rules of Buddha . T" WATCH you through the garden walks ,
I watch you float between The avenues of dahlia stalks , And flicker on the green ; You hover round the garden seat , You mount , you waver . Why ,
Why storm us in our still retreat , 0 saffron Butterfly !
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Curious Books.
list of such tractates , but many more , doubtless , exist in MS . so far unknown and nncollated . I say this because it has been harshly averred that all Rosicrucian study and investigation is a wild-goose chase , a giving up of time and
attention to what is utterly worthless and meaningless . I once thought so myself , but I no longer hold that view . The more I look for , hunt after , seek to collect old Masonic books , the more I am confronted with Hermetic literature .
It exists everywhere , and hardly a day passes but some new and curious old Hermetic or Rosicrucian work turns up , which evidences , apparently , that at one time the Rosicrucian Confraternity was very active and very widely spread . For men do not write about that concerning which they care nothing , which is not to the fore , which
does not tread upon the preconceived theories , or antagonize their favourite vanities . Rosicrucian literature seems to have started into existence about 1614 . Any earlier works in which the Fraternitas Roseae Crucis is mentioned as a Confraternity or a Sodalitas are very valuable indeed .
Two books are mentioned of 1605 and 1612 , but so far they have not been verified . I therefore invite in the pages of " Maga " any contributions towards a collection of early Rosicrucian works . The importance of Hermeticism in respect of a true History of Freemasonry is very great . We have far too long ignored all such books
and facts . A wiser criticism and a more careful study now call for their consideration and purview .
To An Intrusive Butterfly.
TO AN INTRUSIVE BUTTERFLY .
" Kill not—for Pity ' s sake—and lest ye slay The meanest thing upon its upward way . " —Five Rules of Buddha . T" WATCH you through the garden walks ,
I watch you float between The avenues of dahlia stalks , And flicker on the green ; You hover round the garden seat , You mount , you waver . Why ,
Why storm us in our still retreat , 0 saffron Butterfly !