The result is this book: in which John Matthews addresses the relationship between the Grail and the Rose; Christopher Bamford speaks of the prehistory of the Rosicrucian reformation in the late Middle Ages--among women mystics, alchemists, Cathars, Franciscan spirituals, as well as in Luther and the great Paracelsus; Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke tells the wild tale of John Dee's mission to central Europe; Joscelyn Godwin unfolds the paradigmatic Rosicrucian life of Michael Maier; Claire Goodrick-Clarke recounts influence of Comenius; Paul Bembridge speaks of Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell; Robert Powell describes the roles of Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Rudolf II; and Christopher McIntosh speaks of the Rosicrucian Legacy.
Also included are the texts of the two Rosicrucian Manifestos--the Fama and the Confessio. Illustrated.
C O N T E N T S
Introduction by Ralph White
1. "The Grail and the Rose"
by John Matthews
2. "The Meaning of the Rose Cross"
by Christopher Bamford
3. "The Rosicrucian Prelude: John Dee's Mission in Central Europe"
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
4. "The Deepest of the Rosicrucians: Michael Maier"
by Joscelyn Godwin
5. "Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Rudolf II, and the Prague Hermetic Renaissance"
by Robert Powell
6. "The Twelfth Adept: Michael Sendivogius in Rudolfine Prague"
by Fafal T. Prinke
7. "The Rosicrucian Afterglow: The Life and Influence of Comenius"
by Clare Goodrick-Clarke
8. "The Rosicrucian Resurgence at the Court of Cromwell"
by Paul Bembridge
9. "The Rosicrucian Legacy"
by Christopher McIntosh