HIS T OR Y OF TH E R O SICR UCIA NS .

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that is the tru e raison d étr e of all exis t en c e s
,
Thus t he .

i n itia te aspire d to tha t i n fallibl e k n o wl edg e an d wisd o m

which is afford e d by divin e illu mina t i o n his s earch fo r ,

w hich is s o m etim e s sp o k en o f as t he s e arch fo r the quad

ratur e o f the circl e t hat is fo r the e x t ent or ar e a o f all
, ,

s el en ces huma n an d divi n e .

A m o n g th e c o n c o urs e o f i n quir e rs an d the clam o ur o f sup

,

p o s ed an d pr et en d e d disc ov e r ers th e r e r o s e gradually in t o

,

d es erv e d pr o mi n en c e an adva nc e d sch oo l of illumi n ati w ho , ,

e mpl o ying the t e rmi n o l o gy o f the tur ba p hilosog ahorum u n d e r ,

the pr et en c e o f alch emical pursuits app ear to hav e c o n c e al e d

a m o r e e xal t ed aim The chi e f r epr e s en t a t iv e o f t his s e ct

.

at the en d o f th e sixt een t h c en tury was H enry K hunrath ,

an d the w o rk i n which its pri n cipl e s are m o st ad e qua t ely

e xpr e ss e d is th e A mphi the at rum S api en t i ae IEt ern ae .

The stud e nt is dir e ct e d by th e s e writ e rs fr o m the pur suit o f

mat erial gold t o the disc ov ery o f i n c o rruptibl e and purely
spiritual tr e asur es and t h ey pr et en d to pr o vid e a mystical
,

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k ey o r I ntroi tus ap ertas to the cl o s e d P alac e o f the K i ng ,

i n which th e s e t r e asur e s ar e c o n t ain e d P hysical tran smu

.

tati o n the o n e an d supr em e e n d o f the practical alch e mist

, ,

si nks i n t o c o mpl et e i n si gni fi canc e 5 n e v erth el ess it is p er ,

fo rm ed by the ad ept an d is a lan dmark i n his sublim e pro

gr ess R ej e c ti n g the ma t erial th eo ry e v e n for this i nfe ri o r
.

pr o c ess th ey d e clare its at t ai n m ent imp o ssibl e for the u n

,

spiritual man an d j ust as the alch e mical n o m en cla tur e is

,

mad e u se of in a tran sfigured s en s e so the t ermi no l o gy o f ,

m etaphysics app ears to be pr e ss e d i n t o the s ervic e o fa co n

c epti o n far tra n sc e ndi n g the n o ti on s c o mm o nly c o n v e y e d by

the w ords wisd o m S pirituali t y &c

, ,
.

The r e sul t of t his si ngul ar divisi o n in the camp o f the

alch emists was th e i n e vi t abl e m en tal c onfusi o n o f that gr e at
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with rare tapistri es and hu ng ab o ut with pain tings ; bu t A t i

, u or s
th l m a a us.

ab ove all thi ngs I was d e light ed i n my Page w ho was so ,

exc ell en tly S p ok en an d e xp eri enc e d i n t he arts t ha t he y et

, ,

sp ent me ano th er h o ur an d i t was half an h ou r aft er t hr ee

,

wh en I fell asl eep This was the firs t n ight that I sl ept in
.

qui et and y et a s curvy dream w o uld not su ffer me t o r es t

, ,

for I was tr o ubl e d with a Do o r which I c o uld n ot get o p en ,

th o ugh at last I did so W ith th es e phant asi es I pass ed S m i m

. o n u

gifiiiiii
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the tim e till at l en g t h t o wards day I awak e d

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.

The F ourth Day .

I s t ill lay i n my bed and l eisur ely surv eighed the n ob l e A to

,
u r
l gi l on uscu e
i mag e s an d figur e s ab o u t my chamb er dur i ng wh i ch o n a d mi
“p g “
or ens
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a e .

sudd en I h eard the musick of c o r on ets as if alr eady th ey had

, ,

b een i n pr o c essi o n My Pag e skipp e d out o fthe bed as if he

.

had b een at his wits end and l o o ked m or e lik e o ne d ead

’
,

than livi ng . The r e st are alr e ady pr e s en t e d t o t he K i ng ,

said he I kn e w n o t what els e t o do bu t w eep o u t righ t

.
,

an d curs e my o w n slo athfulness I dresse d mys elf bu t my .

,

P age was r ea dy l o ng b efo re me and ran o ut o f the chamb e r ,

to see how a f fairs might ye t s t a n d H e s oo n r e tur n e d wi t h

.

the j o yful n e w s that the tim e was n ot past o nly I had ,

o v er- sl ept my br eakfas t th ey b ei ng u nwilli ng to wak en me t l

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ur

b ecaus e o f my age bu t that n o w i t was tim e for me t o go

,

with him to the F o untai n w h er e m o st w er e ass embl e d ,

.

With t his c o ns olati o n my spirit r etur ne d wh e r efo re I was ,

s o on r eady with my habit and w en t aft e r the P age to the,

F o u nt ai n i n the Gard e n wh er e I fo u n d that the Ly o n i n

, ,

st e ad o f his s wo rd had a pr etty large tabl e t by him L i

,
. e on s
T b l a u a'
H avi ng w ell vi e w e d it I fou n d t hat it was tak en o u t o f the
,

an ci en t m onum en t s and plac e d h er e for s o m e e sp e cial

,

h o nour The inscripti o n w as w o rn with age an d th er efor e ,

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a sol w ritt en an d publish ed , by s o m e o th er cr eatur e s th e n

men I t is tru e i nd ee d that th eir know le dg at firs t was
.
, ,

n o t purchas e d by t h eir o w n disquisiti o ns fo r th ey r ec e iv e d ,

it from the A rabian s am ongst wh o m it r emai ne d as the

,

m onum en t and l egacy of the childr en o f the Eas t N or is .

this at all impr ob ab l e for the eas tern c oun tri e s hav e b een
,

”
al ways fam o us fo r magical and s ecr et s o ci eti es .

H e c ompare s the habita t i o n of the Brachman s as it is ,

d e scrib ed by Philostratu s i n his life o f A p oll o nius with the ,

R o sicrucian Locus S ancti Sp ir itus c o n c e rn i n g which he qu o t e s ,

the foll o wi ng curi o us p assag e by a w rit e r wh o m he d o e s n ot

n am e Vidi a liguando Olymp i eas domos non p rocul a F lu ,

t iolo cl
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Civ itate nota, g u as S . Sp i r itus v oeari i maginamur .

H eli con est de guo loguor ,

bicep s P arnassus, i n quo E gu us
au t

P egasus fontem ap eru it p erennis aguae aakae stillantem, in guo

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Dia na se laca t, cui Venus u t P edi ssequ a ci S aturnus ut A ntcam

bulo, j
con ungu ntur . I ntelligenti ni miu m, inex p erto mi nimum
dictum ”
hoe cri t Qu o t i ng aft erwards
. the d escripti o n o f the
Elysium of the Brachman s I hav e s een (saith A p oll onius )
the Brachmans o f I n dia dw e lli n g o n the e arth and n o t o n

the earth ; th ey w e r e guard e d with o u t walls an d p o ss e ssing ,

n o thing th ey enj oy ed all thi ngs -t his is plai n enough

, ,

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says P hilale thes and o n t his hill hav e I als o a d esire t o
,

liv e if it w ere for no o th er r eas on b u t what the sophist

,

a
pp yl e d t o t he m o u n ta i n s
H os p r imu m so l s alu ta t u l ti mosqu e de se rit
, ,

Q u is lo cu m no n a me t di e s longio res haben tem ?

,

But of
this plac e I will n o t sp e ak any m o re l e s t the r e ad ers ,

sh ould be so mad as t o e nte rtain a suspici o n that I am of

the Ord e r
” “
H e att empts h o w ev er to sh ow the c onfo r
.
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S e e I nt r o d u c ti o n , a nte, p . 10 .