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ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.<br />

Preface Influence of the Sec^eil^ocieti^s^f^^antTlSAss.qciations<br />

connected with the^Jsosicruoian FraternYC^-MJniversa!!. ignorance<br />

concerning jt-^ Extent of the Rosicrucian literart^re<br />

Pretensions of thisiTIistory pfj>.\ f. % "> v\<br />

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\ fc^TRODUCTION. ,>< fe / /<br />

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Derivations of the name RosiiJrucian-^Derivahon from'thelsupposed<br />

founder, Christian Rosencreutz Derivation from Rbs and Cnix<br />

History of the term ftos in Alchemy Derivation from Rosa<br />

and Crux On the Rose in Symbolism, the Cross in Symbolism,<br />

and on the significance of their union, with special reference to<br />

the Romance of the Rose and the Paradise of the Divine<br />

Comedy<br />

CHAPTER THE FIRST.<br />

On the state of Mystical Philosophy in Germany at the close of the<br />

Sixteenth Century Perpetuation of Neo-Platonic traditions<br />

Revolution in Religion, Science, and Philosophy Paracelsus<br />

and his successors Rise of the Spiritual Alchemists . . 27<br />

CHAPTER THE SECOND.<br />

The Prophecy of Paracelsus and the Universal Reformation of the<br />

whole Wide World 34<br />

CHAPTER THE THIRD.<br />

The Famu Fraternitatis of the Meritorious Order of the Rosy Cross,<br />

addressed to the learned in general and the Governors of<br />

Europe 64<br />

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