The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason

Eighteenth-Century Rosicrucianism in Central Europe and Its Relationship to the Enlightenment
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-90-04-09502-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

The Rose Cross deals with the interaction between two movements of thought in eighteenth-century Germany: the philosophy of the Enlightenment, and the complex of ideas known as Rosicrucian. Dating from the early seventeenth century and drawing on Pietism, Freemasonry, Kabbalah and alchemy, the Rosicrucianism movement enjoyed a revival in Germany during the eighteenth century.
Historians have often depicted this neo-Rosicrucianism as a Counter-Enlightenment force. Dr. McIntosh argues rather that it was part of a "third force", which allied itself sometimes with the Enlightenment, sometimes with the Counter-Enlightenment.
This book is the first in-depth, comprehensive study of the German Rosicrucian revival and in particular of the order known as the Golden and Rosy Cross (Gold und Rosenkreuz). Drawing on hitherto unpublished material, Dr. McIntosh shows how the order exerted a significant influence on the cultural, political and religious life of its age.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcintosh, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Parapsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Klubs, Vereine, Geheimgesellschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher McIntosh studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University and German at London University. As a writer, he has specialized in the history of the western esoteric tradition. In addition to the present work, he has also written a more general study of Rosicrucianism, a book on astrology and a biography of Eliphas Lévi.