{"product_id":"the-rosicrucians-their-rites-and-mysteries-paperback-9781108073219","title":"The Rosicrucians; Their Rites and Mysteries (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073219","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rosicrucians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheir Rites and Mysteries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJennings' history joins the nineteenth-century debates that sought to determine the relationships between modern science, religion, and the supernatural.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHargrave Jennings (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073219, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 258 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHargrave Jennings' 1870 work joins the debates of the nineteenth century that sought to determine the relationships between modern science, religion, and the supernatural. A prolific writer and an occultist, Jennings (1817–1890) had previously published on the religions of India. He spent two decades researching and writing this work, which is the first history in English of the Rosicrucians. As he states, his 1858 Curious Things of the Outside World first asserted the ideas he elaborates in this text, and he is not a member of the Rosicrucian sect, simply a historian of it. This was his best-known book, in which the discussion extends to the Kabbalah, Gnosticism, the Druids, and ancient and medieval cultures; five editions were subsequently printed, and it was translated into German in 1912. It will interest scholars of the history of ideas, of the relationship of science and magic, and of the occult.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Critics of the Rosicrucians criticised\u003cbr\u003e 2. Singular adventure in Staffordshire\u003cbr\u003e 3. Insufficiency of worldly objects\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Hermetic philosophers\u003cbr\u003e 5. An historical adventure\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Hermetic brethren\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mythic history of the fleur-de-lis\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sacred fire\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fire-theosophy of the Persians\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ideas of the Rosicrucians as to the character of fire\u003cbr\u003e 11. Monuments raised to fire-worship in all countries\u003cbr\u003e 12. Druidical stones and their worship\u003cbr\u003e 13. Inquiry as to the possibility of miracle\u003cbr\u003e 14. Can evidence be depended upon? – Examination of Hume's reasoning\u003cbr\u003e 15. Footsteps of the Rosicrucians amidst architectural objects\u003cbr\u003e 16. The round towers of Ireland\u003cbr\u003e 17. Prismatic investiture of the microcosm\u003cbr\u003e 18. Cabalistic interpretations by the Gnostics\u003cbr\u003e 19. Mystic Christian figures and talismans\u003cbr\u003e 20. The 'Rosy Cross' in Indian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and mediaeval monuments\u003cbr\u003e 21. Myth of the scorpion, or the snake, in its many disguises\u003cbr\u003e 22. Ominous character of the colour white to English royalty\u003cbr\u003e 23. The beliefs of the Rosicrucians – meaning of lights and of commemorative flambeaux in all worship\u003cbr\u003e 24. The great pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 25. History of the tower or steeple\u003cbr\u003e 26. Presence of the Rosicrucians in heathen and Christian architecture\u003cbr\u003e 27. The Rosicrucians amidst ancient mysteries and in the orders of knighthood\u003cbr\u003e 28. Rosicrucianism in strange symbols\u003cbr\u003e 29. Connection between the Templars and gnosticism\u003cbr\u003e 30. Rosicrucian origin of the Order of the Garter\u003cbr\u003e 31. Rosicrucian supposed means of magic through signs, sigils, and figures\u003cbr\u003e 32. Astro-theosophical system of the Rosicrucians – the alchemic magisterium.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion:%20general%20%5BHRA%5D%22\"\u003eHRA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266182304024,"sku":"9781108073219","price":32.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073219i_d536b788-4402-45bf-84a6-0b50516d9536.jpg?v=1696748967","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rosicrucians-their-rites-and-mysteries-paperback-9781108073219","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}