{"product_id":"2940012377388","title":"Mysteries Of The Rosie Cross","description":"Published in London in 1891.  A very detailed book on the subject! (156 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e1. Who and What were the Rosicrucians?\u003cbr\u003e2. Historical Notices of the Rosicrucians.\u003cbr\u003e3. Early Leaders---Literature---Romantic Stories.\u003cbr\u003e4. The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R.C.\u003cbr\u003e5. John Heydon and the Rosicrucians.\u003cbr\u003e6. Gabalis: or the Extravagant Mysteries of the Cabalists.\u003cbr\u003e7. The Hermetick Romance, or Chymical Wedding.\u003cbr\u003e8. Modern Rosicrucians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt:\u003cbr\u003e.....Who and what were the Rosicrucians? When and where did they flourish, and what influence did any peculiar tenets they may have held, or practices they may have indulged in, exercise upon the world. We shall endeavor to answer these queries as distinctly as so mysterious and extravagant a subject will allow of, and illustrate the whole by copious extracts from the writings of recognized leaders and disciples.\u003cbr\u003e.....Comparatively very little is known about these people; and, if we open any of our works of general references, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, we find little more than a bare reminder that they were a mystic sect to be found in a few European countries about the middle of the fifteenth century. That such a sect did exist is beyond question, and the opinion that what is left of it exists at the present time in connection with modern Freemasonry, seems not altogether destitute of foundation. They appear to have a close connection with the Alchemists; springing into existence as a distinct body when those enthusiastic seekers after the power of transmuting the baser into the nobler metals were creating unusual sensation...","brand":"Digital Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170478506224,"sku":"2940012377388","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012377388_p0.jpg?v=1763568210","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012377388","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}