Rozikrusyenlerin Gerçek Tarihi: Kardeşliğin Kendi Tanıklığı

The profound interest now shown in all branches of mysticism—particularly the tendency of many educated minds toward those metaphysical concepts at the base of the alchemical system—makes this publication necessary. There is a very general suspicion that secrets other than the manufacture of gold are to be found in the "Pandora's Box" of Hermetic and Rosicrucian allegories. It is evident that the time has come to collect the mass of material that exists to clarify this curious problem of European history. We must depict the mysterious Brotherhood as they are revealed in their own manifestos and in the writings of those men who were directly or indirectly connected with them. Such a publication will take the subject out of the hands of unqualified writers and self-appointed "high priests" of darkness and mystery who profit from the ignorance and curiosity of their readers. As the result of conscientious research, I have succeeded in discovering several tracts and manuscripts in the British Museum Library whose existence, as far as I am aware, was unknown to previous investigators. For the first time in the literature of this subject, I offer the Rosicrucians as represented by themselves.