The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

Anno 1459

In 1614 and 1615, two anonymous pamphlets appeared in Germany: the Fama Fraternitatis and the Confessio Fraternitatis, announcing the existence of a secret brotherhood — the Rosicrucians — founded by a mysterious sage called Christian Rosenkreutz who had travelled to the East and brought back a universal wisdom. In 1616, a third text appeared: the Chemical Wedding. Together, they caused the greate

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01 / Historical context

Published Strasbourg 1616. The founding text of Rosicrucianism alongside the Fama and Confessio. The three manifestos caused a European-wide political and religious panic.

02 / Why it matters

The pamphlet that sent Europe into panic. No one ever found the brotherhood.

From / associated with the text

““This day, this day, this, this, the Royal Wedding is. Art thou thereto by birth inclined, and unto joy of God designed?””

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