Rosicrucian Trilogy

Description

Rosicrucian Trilogy features modern translations of Fama Fraternitatis (1614), Confessio Fraternitatis (1615), and The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz (1616) with 30 original illustrations by Hans Wildermann. They were written by several men: Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654), a Protestant theologian; Tobias Hess (1558-1614), a Paracelsian physician; and Christoph Besold (1577-1638).

Four hundred years ago, the publication, in Kessel Germany, of these 3 anonymous documents launched the Rosicrucian movement. It sprang from the Reformation period with the hope of engineering a new future for mankind, what ensued was the Thirty Years’ War with the death of millions through religious persecution, famine, and disease. The story of Christian Rosenkreuz and his secretive order, as told in the Fama Fraternitatis, had political repercussions that continue to this day, while The Chemical Wedding is a landmark in European fantasy fiction. Rosicrucian Trilogy offers the 3 founding documents in reliable, readable, modern English. Fully annotated and with modern introductions, these new translations explain the historical context, shed light on the beginnings of the Rosicrucian Order, bringing this fascinating material to a wider readership.

Product Details:

ISBN: #9781578636037.
Paperback of 192 pages.
Publisher: Weiser Books, Published: September 2016.
Size: 5.9 x 0.3 x 8.9 inches, Weight: 0.50 Lbs.

Authors/ Translator

Joscelyn Godwin is composer, musicologist and translator, known for his work on ancient music, paganism and occult music. He authored the first complete English language translation of the first illustrated printed texts, the Incunabulum Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499). He teaches at Colgate University.

Author/Translator

Christopher McIntosh ranges far and wide as an author. Pursuing a varied and wandering career, working as a journalist, a publisher, a United Nations official and a university lecture. He has lived in many different places including Edinburgh, London, New York, Hamburg and Bremen. His work includes travel-writing, literary criticism and biography, with focus is on Western esoteric traditions. His novel, Return of the Tetrad, has established him as a skilled writer of fiction.