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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
Removing Rosicrucianism from the realm of occultist studies, the author discusses the Rosicrucian Enlightenment as a stage in European culture intermediate between the Renaissance and the 17th-century scientific revolution--a phase in which the Hermetic-Cabalist tradition was influenced by the tradition of alchemy. Dr. Yates's book examines the mysterious Rosicrucian manif...more
Hardcover, 269 pages
Published
December 15th 1999
by Routledge
(first published 1972)
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Can two anonymously authored manifestoes published in Bohemia at the start of the seventeenth century trace their origins to the esoteric magic, alchemy, and cabala of the Elizabethan adviser and tutor John Dee?
How are these two short documents, about a legendary secret society, to then shape in some ways the intellectual, political, and cultural history of Europe? Perhaps, even influencing the first natural philosophers in England as they form the Royal Society?
Historian Frances Y...more
How are these two short documents, about a legendary secret society, to then shape in some ways the intellectual, political, and cultural history of Europe? Perhaps, even influencing the first natural philosophers in England as they form the Royal Society?
Historian Frances Y...more
A really brilliant history of European mysticism
I saw this book mentioned in a Brooklyn Rail article on "Green Hermeticism" and decided to pick it up. Highly enjoyable writing that sheds actual historical light on a topic that is mired in new-age dreck. Yates traces the influence of Renaissance Hermetic-Cabalistic/Dee-influenced thought through the early 1600's and documents it's impact on the scientific revolution in Newton, Kepler and the Royal Society. I very much enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading Yates' other books...more
not an easy read
Not that easy of a read. This is a orthodox type historian, and writes like it, but her conclusions are unorthodox and disturb established ideas about western history. Highly recommended, but I helps to have some background in 16th and 17th European history to get what she is saying.
An amazing study that puts the Rosicrucian cosmic joke in a historical perspective and follows the joke's impact. A great study for occultists and lovers of Utopian schemes. Essential reading, IMO.
From Ficcino, Camillo, Erasmus (who shared the bed with Camillo) to Bruno, Dee, Christian Rosenkreutz and the Royal Society.
The first true historical look at the "Rosicrucian" movement in Europe.
sucker for the rosicrucians-- guilty as charged
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