Rose Cross over the Baltic: The Spread of Rosicrucianism in Northern Europe (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

ROSE CROSS OVER THE BALTIC Copyright CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE ""ADULRUNA REDIVIVA"" -JOHANNES BUREUS' ROSY CROSS Hanseatic Trade and the Lumen Sopho of a Christian Union Johannes Bureus Rosicrucian Altar and the Temple at Damar Adulruna and Momentum Excitationis Runic Combinations and Adulrunic Theosop Paths to Adulrunic Theosophy: Arbatel, Agrippa, and Zorasther The Growth of the Adulruna Rediviva FaMa e sCanzJA reDUX: EU-ropa and EUR-hopa CHAPTER TWO AT THE ORIGINS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS The Doubted Rok of J.V. Andreae Rose Cross and Ros Crux. Phillippo à Gabella's Stella HieroglyphicaDivergent Path of Rosicrucianism 1614-1620 Frawen dimmer: A Rosicrucian Statement on Würtemberg's Politics Helisaeus Roeslin and Simon Studion's Celestial Wheel Roeslin and Paul Grebner's European Silk Thread Rosicrucianism and the Bohemian A New Source: tench's Instruction to Carl IX in 1605 Raphael Eglinus and the Signifying Fis The Rosicrucian Printing Press at Hesse-Kassel CHAPTER THREE THE ROSICRUCIAN CONTEXT OF THE LION OF THE NORTH Rosicrucianism on Trial: Astronomy and Popular Protest The Rose Cross in Denmark and England. The Trumpet Blow of 1622: the Death of Carl PhilipThe Gemstones of Ariel and the Rosicrucian Hon A Danish-Dutch Network for Rosicrucian Material, 1622-1625 The Rooering Lion: Leo ex Silva Transformed into Leo Septentnonalis The Failure of the Dane and the Coming of the Lion The Midnight Lion of Magdenburg Angelic Voices: ARIEL, EOA and the URNA Vasorum Some Observations on Paul Grebner's Visions CHAPTER FOUR QUATERNIONS AND DEW: POSTEL AND THE ROSICRUCIANS The Instauration of the New Age: Helios Artista and Helios Tertius Cain Renatas and the Rosicrucian Lion. Confessio Fratemitatis RC and Postel's CandelabnA Few Observations on Francis Bacon's Scientific Wntings Baltic Crossways: The Religious Orders in Livonia CHAPTER FIVE ROSICRUCIAN SCIENCE: ASTRONOMY, ROSES, AND OPTICAL DESIGN The Tychonic Debate: Pliny's Rose and Phosphoric Lights Theosophy and Sperber's Gnostic Rosicrucians Cosmic Geometry: J.V. Andreae and the Brothers Natt och Dag The Dream of Descartes: Algebra and Polyhedra Oculus Sidereus: A Synthesis of Astronomical Ideas at Dantzig Johannes Bureus' Influence as Ariel Suethicus CONCLUSION. APPENDIX III THE ROSICRUCIAN SIGNIFICANCE OF LAMPERTUS' LIBER F LORIDUSBIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX. ROSE CROSS OVER THE BALTIC Copyright CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE ""ADULRUNA REDIVIVA"" -JOHANNES BUREUS' ROSY CROSS Hanseatic Trade and the Lumen Sopho of a Christian Union Johannes Bureus Rosicrucian Altar and the Temple at Damar Adulruna and Momentum Excitationis Runic Combinations and Adulrunic Theosop Paths to Adulrunic Theosophy: Arbatel, Agrippa, and Zorasther The Growth of the Adulruna Rediviva FaMa e sCanzJA reDUX: EU-ropa and EUR-hopa CHAPTER TWO AT THE ORIGINS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS The Doubted Rok of J.V. Andreae Rose Cross and Ros Crux. Phillippo à Gabella's Stella HieroglyphicaDivergent Path of Rosicrucianism 1614-1620 Frawen dimmer: A Rosicrucian Statement on Würtemberg's Politics Helisaeus Roeslin and Simon Studion's Celestial Wheel Roeslin and Paul Grebner's European Silk Thread Rosicrucianism and the Bohemian A New Source: tench's Instruction to Carl IX in 1605 Raphael Eglinus and the Signifying Fis The Rosicrucian Printing Press at Hesse-Kassel CHAPTER THREE THE ROSICRUCIAN CONTEXT OF THE LION OF THE NORTH Rosicrucianism on Trial: Astronomy and Popular Protest The Rose Cross in Denmark and England. The Trumpet Blow of 1622: the Death of Carl PhilipThe Gemstones of Ariel and the Rosicrucian Hon A Danish-Dutch Network for Rosicrucian Material, 1622-1625 The Rooering Lion: Leo ex Silva Transformed into Leo Septentnonalis The Failure of the Dane and the Coming of the Lion The Midnight Lion of Magdenburg Angelic Voices: ARIEL, EOA and the URNA Vasorum Some Observations on Paul Grebner's Visions CHAPTER FOUR QUATERNIONS AND DEW: POSTEL AND THE ROSICRUCIANS The Instauration of the New Age: Helios Artista and Helios Tertius Cain Renatas and the Rosicrucian Lion. Confessio Fratemitatis RC and Postel's CandelabnA Few Observations on Francis Bacon's Scientific Wntings Baltic Crossways: The Religious Orders in Livonia CHAPTER FIVE ROSICRUCIAN SCIENCE: ASTRONOMY, ROSES, AND OPTICAL DESIGN The Tychonic Debate: Pliny's Rose and Phosphoric Lights Theosophy and Sperber's Gnostic Rosicrucians Cosmic Geometry: J.V. Andreae and the Brothers Natt och Dag The Dream of Descartes: Algebra and Polyhedra Oculus Sidereus: A Synthesis of Astronomical Ideas at Dantzig Johannes Bureus' Influence as Ariel Suethicus CONCLUSION. APPENDIX III THE ROSICRUCIAN SIGNIFICANCE OF LAMPERTUS' LIBER F LORIDUSBIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX. This Volume Is A Study Of Rosicrucianism In The Early Period Of The Seventeenth Century With Emphasis Both On The Local Reception Of The Rosicrucian Pamphlets In The Baltic Area And On The Original Group Of Rosicrucian Authors In Tubingen. In The First Part Of The Book The Runic Theosophy Of The Swedish Rosicrucian Johannes Bureus Is Studied In Its Millenarian Context, Beginning With His Adulruna Rediviva Of 1616. The Paracelsian Prophecy Of The Lion Of The North Is Also Shown To Be A Rosicrucian Theme. The General Millenarian Background To The Rosicrucian Publications Is Then Explored And Implications Are Drawn From The Rosicrucian Doctrine Of The Great Conjunctions, From The Emergence Of New Stars, And From Their Comet Research.--jacket. By Susanna Åkerman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [247]-255) And Index. This volume is a study of Rosicrucianism in the early period of the seventeenth century with emphasis both on the local reception of the Rosicrucian pamphlets in the Baltic area and on the original group of Rosicrucian authors in Tübingen.In the first part of the book the Runic theosophy of the Swedish Rosicrucian Johannes Bureus is studied in its millenarian context, beginning with his Adulruna Rediviva of 1616. The Paracelsian prophecy of the Lion of the North is also shown to be a Rosicrucian theme.The general millenarian background to the Rosicrucian publications is then explored and implications are drawn from the Rosicrucian doctrine of the great conjunctions, from the emergence of new stars, and from their comet research. This volume studies the fascinating millenarian background to the early Rosicrucian pamphlets with special emphasis on their reception in the Baltic area, but also with reference to the original authors in Tübingen. This volume studies the fascinating millenarian background to the early Rosicrucian pamphlets with special emphasis on their reception in the Baltic area, but also with reference to the original authors in Tubingen.