A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Beautifully illustrated, it remains one of those rare works of scholarship which the general reader simply cannot afford to ignore.
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Dame Frances Yates (1899 - 1981). English scholar who brought about the revival of interest in the historical role of the occult sciences, demonstrating their link with the rise of modern science.
'Zestful, stylish, full of suggestive ways forward, Yates's bold reassessment of Rosicrucianism is provoking, exhilarating and indispensable.' - Diarmaid MacCulloch, BBC History Magazine
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004167133
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Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Softcover. Some creasing to spine. No signatures. Small price sticker on rear cover.; Paperback reprint. 315, [3] pages + plates. Page dimensions: 194 x 118mm. Yates was a Reader in the History of the Renaissance at the University of London. "Dr Frances Yates reveals that the ['Rosicrucian manifestos'] were connected with movements stirred up by John Deein Bohemia during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and with contemporary movements in South Germany which culminated in the short-lived reigh of Frederick, Elector Palatinate, and his wife, the daughter of James I, as 'Winter' King and Queen of Bohemia." - from dust-jacket blurb of the first edition (not this copy). Cover illustration by Justin Todd. Selected chapter titles: The Bohemian Tragedy; The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz; The Palatinate Publisher; Francis Bacon 'Under the Shadow of Jehova's Wings'; Italian Liberals and Rosicrucian Manifestos; From the Invisible College to the Royal Society; Elias Ashmoile and the Dee Tradition; Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry; The Rosicrucian Enlightenment; Index. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. Seller Inventory # 22542
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