''Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum'' ("The Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross") is an early text of
Rosicrucianism, published in 1618 by the pseudonymous "Theophilus Schweighardt Constantiens", believed to be
Daniel Mögling (1596–1635), an
alchemist
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, physician and
astronomer
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.
See also
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Esotericism
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Hermeticism
References
* Susanna Åkerman, ''Rose cross over the Baltic: the spread of rosicrucianism in Northern Europe'', Brill's studies in intellectual history 87,
Brill Publishers
Brill Academic Publishers (known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill ()) is a Dutch international academic publisher founded in 1683 in Leiden, Netherlands. With offices in Leiden, Boston, Paderborn and Singapore, Brill today publishes 27 ...
, 1998, , p. 216
*
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws ...
(tr. & ed.
Edward Rosen
Edward Rosen (12 December 1906 – 28 March 1985) was an American historian, whose main field of study was early modern science and, in particular, the work of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.
Academic life
Edward Rosen's academic life, includ ...
), ''
Kepler's somnium: the dream, or posthumous work on lunar astronomy'',
Dover Publications
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, 2003, , p. 184
* William R. Newman and
Anthony Grafton (eds.), ''Secrets of nature: astrology and alchemy in early modern Europe'', Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology,
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962.
History
The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publish ...
, 2001, , p. 301
External links
Rosie: Speculum Sophicum Rhodo-StauroticumUniversity College of London: Rosicrucian text
1618 works
17th-century documents
Rosicrucianism
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