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rosicrucianism

2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

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Josephin Peladan

French writer and occultist who founded the Rosicrucian Salon (Salon de la Rose+Croix), merging fin-de-siecle aestheticism with esoteric Christianity. He championed Wagnerism, Catholic mysticism, and an androgynous ideal of spiritual art.

literatureaestheticsoccultismrosicrucianism
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Book

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment

Scholarly work by Frances Yates published 1972. Examines the Rosicrucian manifestos of 1614-1616 and the milieu of the Palatinate court of Frederick V, arguing for a Rosicrucian-Hermetic current underlying the Scientific Revolution and early Freemasonry.

intellectual historyrosicrucianismhermeticismearly modern history
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