{"product_id":"the-rosicrucian-enlightenment","title":"The Rosicrucian Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 17th century, a series of anonymous manifestos announced the existence of a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages. Frances Yates spent years figuring out what they actually meant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rosicrucian Enlightenment\u003c\/em\u003e is Yates's investigation into the Rosicrucian manifestos — the \u003cem\u003eFama Fraternitatis\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eConfessio\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eChemical Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e — and their relationship to the broader current of Hermetic and alchemical thought in early modern Europe. Her argument: the Rosicrucian movement was not a hoax or a fantasy, but a serious attempt to articulate a Hermetic reform of knowledge at a moment of profound political and religious crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe three Rosicrucian manifestos examined in historical and philosophical context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationship between Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and the Hermetic tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of John Dee, Robert Fludd, and Michael Maier in the movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlchemy, Qabalah, and the dream of a universal reformation of knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe legacy of Rosicrucianism in Western esotericism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholarly, gripping, and essential. Yates writes history the way it should be written — as if the ideas actually mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seekers \u0026 Sages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908417605807,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/5080\/8751\/files\/unnamed_4d4cb32d-3926-49a0-8857-6bd55b931d85.jpg?v=1778700447","url":"https:\/\/seekersandsages.ca\/products\/the-rosicrucian-enlightenment","provider":"Seekers and Sages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}