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Like Maier, Fludd declared that he was not Rose-Croix.
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Theophilus Schweighardt, of Constance, is one of the great apostles of the Rose-Croix.
His Mirror of Rosicrucian Wisdom (27) is of capital importance. There he explains well the true
character of the Rosicrucian undertaking:
See here represented all the art of the world, all its knowledge and all its expertise:
however, seek first the kingdom of God.
Ora et labora.
If you do not understand my sincere lessons, you will not understand any book.
Many people, belonging to all classes of society, inquire insistently about this Fraternity.
Few days would pass in Frankfurt, Leipzig, in other places, but above all in Prague, where ten,
twelve and even twenty people wouldn t come together to talk about these things, not counting
those authoritative people who persevere in their work together. However, they have been
betrayed by false brothers; this is why the author decided to bring to the light of day the spirit
and regulations of this College. The public must know that, since the Brothers assembly is held
nowhere, a man of heart, pious and loyal, can easily and without great effort come to speak to
them.
In the same work we read: Go back into yourself, reject the things of this world,
consider the two old treatises of Thomas Kempis written one hundred fifty years ago, observe
their instructions. If you do that , you will already be half Rose-Croix... and a Brother will soon
appear in person.
Under the pseudonym of Florentinus de Valentia, he responded to an attack by F. G.
Menapius on 3 June 1617 and, in his Flourishing Rose (36) gave important details about the
spirit which animates the Brothers. They do, he tells us, the opposite of the wise who dispute
logic and not the thing itself.
Menapius said that the Rose-Croix are sorcerers, black magicians, devils incarnate. This
is false, for every day they help the world without interruption, but anonymously.
They are, in mechanics, the mirrors of Archimedes.
In architecture, the seven wonders, the automata of Archytas, Bacon, Albert, mirrors,
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perpetual fire, perpetual motion.
In arithmetic, the rythmomachy, usage and composition of the wheel of Pythagoras, his
method of giving a number to everything up to God.
In music, that of the nature and the harmony of things. In geometry, the quadrature of the
circle.
The Rose-Croix seek the Kingdom of God, regeneration in Jesus Christ by reading the
only Book of Life.
Florentinus de Valentia then takes the first person, and says:
We hear the Word in spirit in a silent Sabbath.
The book which contains all others is within you, and in all men.
He it is who leads to wisdom, who guides the wise, who has given me knowledge of all
things, of creation, time , stars, animals, thoughts, men, plants.
The kingdom of God is in you (Luke XVII, 21).
The Word is the wisdom of God, His image, His spirit, His law, Christ in man.
Just as a little finger placed before the eye can prevent you from seeing an entire town,
so a little fault can prevent you from seeing the treasure of Regeneration...
Adam only feel through his own freewill.
I wish to be nothing and hear all, abandoning myself to God like a child, combine my
will with His, seek Him before all, let His kingdom act within me (36).
***
Irenaeus Agnostus appears to be the pseudonym of Gotthardus Arthusius, from Dantzig,
who was Vice Rector of the Gymnasium of Frankfurt -on-the-Main and who Semler believed to
have been Chancellor of Westphalia. He signed one of his books (24) the unworthy notary of
the Fraternity for Germania. In Fons Gratiae (37) he takes up again the teachings of the Fama:
To fight against faults and vices, live in humility, justice, truth, chastity, like the first brothers.
After the preparation, which could last five years, the man, having carried the cross, will know
the rose.
This Pacific Unknown is an enigmatic person. Works published under his name are
apologies for the Rose-Croix42. Yet one of the brochures signed by him43 sets itself violently
against a work also published under his name which is mentioned here (note 3). Certain authors,
Buhle and Waite, have likened - but without proof - Irenaeus Agnostus to one of the adversaries
of the Rose-Croix, like F.-G. Menapius.
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For example: Mirror of Constancy or Exhortation necessary for those whose names are already given to the holy and
blessed Fraternity of the Rose-Croix, so that they must not let themselves be led into error by certain wicked and perverse
writings, but should stay firm and remain confident. By Ireneus Agnostus (5 August 1618).
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The Footsteps of Sages, or the Ultimate and Fundamental Discovery of the Pious and Blessed Fraternity of the
Illustrious Order of the Rose -Croix. Directed... against the Mirror of Constancy , and which is written in a most ironic
and extravagant manner. By Ireneus Agnostus (13 June 1619).
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Another anonymous author signed Rhodophilus Staurophorus (friend of the Rose-Bearer
of the Cross). A. Peeters-Baertsoen identifies him, without any proof, with Irenaeus Agnostus.
Rhodophilus Staurophorus is the author of a brochure of 15 pages, written in August 1618: The
Philsophical Abduction (38). He signs himself the unworthy servant of the Fraternity of the
Rose-Croix .
***
Let us again quote Julianus de Campis, author of the Letter dated Belbosco, 24 April
1615 (39) which was published with the Fama in the edition of 1616 and in that of 1617.
Kazauer (8) claims that it was by Julius Sperber, counselor of Anhalt-Dessau, author of the Echo
of the Rose-Croix Fraternity (40).
***
One of the wisest of the Rosicrucian writers is the author of The Age of Gold Restored [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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Like Maier, Fludd declared that he was not Rose-Croix.
***
Theophilus Schweighardt, of Constance, is one of the great apostles of the Rose-Croix.
His Mirror of Rosicrucian Wisdom (27) is of capital importance. There he explains well the true
character of the Rosicrucian undertaking:
See here represented all the art of the world, all its knowledge and all its expertise:
however, seek first the kingdom of God.
Ora et labora.
If you do not understand my sincere lessons, you will not understand any book.
Many people, belonging to all classes of society, inquire insistently about this Fraternity.
Few days would pass in Frankfurt, Leipzig, in other places, but above all in Prague, where ten,
twelve and even twenty people wouldn t come together to talk about these things, not counting
those authoritative people who persevere in their work together. However, they have been
betrayed by false brothers; this is why the author decided to bring to the light of day the spirit
and regulations of this College. The public must know that, since the Brothers assembly is held
nowhere, a man of heart, pious and loyal, can easily and without great effort come to speak to
them.
In the same work we read: Go back into yourself, reject the things of this world,
consider the two old treatises of Thomas Kempis written one hundred fifty years ago, observe
their instructions. If you do that , you will already be half Rose-Croix... and a Brother will soon
appear in person.
Under the pseudonym of Florentinus de Valentia, he responded to an attack by F. G.
Menapius on 3 June 1617 and, in his Flourishing Rose (36) gave important details about the
spirit which animates the Brothers. They do, he tells us, the opposite of the wise who dispute
logic and not the thing itself.
Menapius said that the Rose-Croix are sorcerers, black magicians, devils incarnate. This
is false, for every day they help the world without interruption, but anonymously.
They are, in mechanics, the mirrors of Archimedes.
In architecture, the seven wonders, the automata of Archytas, Bacon, Albert, mirrors,
39
perpetual fire, perpetual motion.
In arithmetic, the rythmomachy, usage and composition of the wheel of Pythagoras, his
method of giving a number to everything up to God.
In music, that of the nature and the harmony of things. In geometry, the quadrature of the
circle.
The Rose-Croix seek the Kingdom of God, regeneration in Jesus Christ by reading the
only Book of Life.
Florentinus de Valentia then takes the first person, and says:
We hear the Word in spirit in a silent Sabbath.
The book which contains all others is within you, and in all men.
He it is who leads to wisdom, who guides the wise, who has given me knowledge of all
things, of creation, time , stars, animals, thoughts, men, plants.
The kingdom of God is in you (Luke XVII, 21).
The Word is the wisdom of God, His image, His spirit, His law, Christ in man.
Just as a little finger placed before the eye can prevent you from seeing an entire town,
so a little fault can prevent you from seeing the treasure of Regeneration...
Adam only feel through his own freewill.
I wish to be nothing and hear all, abandoning myself to God like a child, combine my
will with His, seek Him before all, let His kingdom act within me (36).
***
Irenaeus Agnostus appears to be the pseudonym of Gotthardus Arthusius, from Dantzig,
who was Vice Rector of the Gymnasium of Frankfurt -on-the-Main and who Semler believed to
have been Chancellor of Westphalia. He signed one of his books (24) the unworthy notary of
the Fraternity for Germania. In Fons Gratiae (37) he takes up again the teachings of the Fama:
To fight against faults and vices, live in humility, justice, truth, chastity, like the first brothers.
After the preparation, which could last five years, the man, having carried the cross, will know
the rose.
This Pacific Unknown is an enigmatic person. Works published under his name are
apologies for the Rose-Croix42. Yet one of the brochures signed by him43 sets itself violently
against a work also published under his name which is mentioned here (note 3). Certain authors,
Buhle and Waite, have likened - but without proof - Irenaeus Agnostus to one of the adversaries
of the Rose-Croix, like F.-G. Menapius.
***
42
For example: Mirror of Constancy or Exhortation necessary for those whose names are already given to the holy and
blessed Fraternity of the Rose-Croix, so that they must not let themselves be led into error by certain wicked and perverse
writings, but should stay firm and remain confident. By Ireneus Agnostus (5 August 1618).
43
The Footsteps of Sages, or the Ultimate and Fundamental Discovery of the Pious and Blessed Fraternity of the
Illustrious Order of the Rose -Croix. Directed... against the Mirror of Constancy , and which is written in a most ironic
and extravagant manner. By Ireneus Agnostus (13 June 1619).
40
Another anonymous author signed Rhodophilus Staurophorus (friend of the Rose-Bearer
of the Cross). A. Peeters-Baertsoen identifies him, without any proof, with Irenaeus Agnostus.
Rhodophilus Staurophorus is the author of a brochure of 15 pages, written in August 1618: The
Philsophical Abduction (38). He signs himself the unworthy servant of the Fraternity of the
Rose-Croix .
***
Let us again quote Julianus de Campis, author of the Letter dated Belbosco, 24 April
1615 (39) which was published with the Fama in the edition of 1616 and in that of 1617.
Kazauer (8) claims that it was by Julius Sperber, counselor of Anhalt-Dessau, author of the Echo
of the Rose-Croix Fraternity (40).
***
One of the wisest of the Rosicrucian writers is the author of The Age of Gold Restored [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]