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The real history of the Rosicrucians founded on their own manifestoes

and on facts and documents collected from the writings of initiated brethren.

Also known as The Real History of the Rosicrucians; The real history of the Rosicrucians; The Real History Of The Rosicrucians

by Arthur Edward Waite

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The Real History of the Rosicrucians is a book by Arthur Edward Waite, first published in 1887. This comprehensive study investigates the origins, doctrines, and influence of the mysterious Rosicrucian brotherhood, separating historical fact from myth and legend. Waite examines the early Rosicrucian manifestos, the cultural and philosophical context of their appearance in 17th-century Europe, and the secretive movements and esoteric traditions they inspired. With a critical yet sympathetic approach, the book explores the symbolic language, alchemical themes, and spiritual ideals associated with the order, while dismantling popular misconceptions and spurious claims. It remains a foundational text for those seeking an informed and thoughtful exploration of one of the most enigmatic and influential societies in Western esotericism.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Initiatory orders and secret societies, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from global-grey matched “Occult Teachings and Traditions”. Retained metadata contains “esoteric” in the description, “Esotericism” in the description, “occult” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occult Teachings and Traditions”· via Global Grey ebooks
    • “esoteric”· in description
    • “Esotericism”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “Occult Teachings and Traditions”· in subject
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Rosicrucians”. Retained metadata contains “Rosicrucians” in the title, “Rosicrucians” in the alternative title, “rosicrucian” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Rosicrucians”· via Open Library
    • “Rosicrucians”· in title
    • “Rosicrucians”· in alternative title
    • “rosicrucian”· in description
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”.

    • “Mysticism”· via Open Library
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Retained metadata contains “legend” in the description.

    • “legend”· in description

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The Real History Of The Rosicrucians

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The real history of the Rosicrucians

1887George RedwayEnglish—No ebook

and on facts and documents collected from the writings of initiated brethren.

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London: George Redway, 1887

1887G. Redway; London, G. RedwayEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: ias7
  • Scanner: scribe1.shenzhen.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1623 .R7 W35
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: George Redway, 1887
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