The Invisibles: The True History of the Rosicrucians
Tobias Churton
Tobias Churton’s true history of the Rosicrucians, from the 1614 manifestos to the present day.
£15.00
Description
In 1614 a booklet appeared telling how a young German nobleman, Christian Rosenkreuz, had travelled east in search of wisdom and founded an ‘invisible fraternity’. Ever since, myths have gathered around the Brothers of the Rose Cross: that they possess the secrets of Man, God and Nature, can turn lead into gold, govern Europe in secret, and hold the true philosophy of Freemasonry. When René Descartes was accused of being one, he replied that everyone knew they were invisible.
Tobias Churton tells the true story, from the dreams of a brilliant student at Tübingen and the publication of the Rosicrucian manifestos, ‘the greatest publicity stunt of all time’, to the real Rosicrucian brotherhoods of the eighteenth century and the movements that followed, down to the present day.
