Mystery And Thought Under The Stars:Rosicrucian In The Age Of European Enlightenment Of The 17th Century

In the early 17th century of Germany,it has been someone who had anonymously published three mysterious declarations,these declarations firstly mentioned a secret society which concentrated on an universal reformation of the whole world and the new knowledge enlightenment-it called "The Fraternity of the Rosy Cross".According to legend,the founder of the brotherhood was Christian Rosenkreutz who was a legendary historical figure,however,its reality and existence have always been a mystery.Rosicrucian's symbol pattern is the center of a blood red rose inlaid with a sacred cross,abiding occultation and keeping secret were the creeds and rules by which the brotherhood followed from beginning to end.Rosicrucian appeared with a intersection of imaginary and actual gesture in front of the crowd,it is indistinct,elusive,and difficult to search,because of this,it has made those seekers obsessed and fascinated.Although there are countless pundits who wanted to join them,but no one has been able to get a reply and be invited into the brotherhood,and no one has been able to get a glimpse of the true face of the Rosicrucian.Since its inception,as a kind of knowledge-based religious secret society,the Rosicrucian has been advocating to cure the disease freely,promoting all European pundits mutually exchange and spread of all types of knowledge,arts and science,paying attention to the universal and general reformation of the whole wide world,emphasizing these double paths of exploring the nature and interpreting of the Bible to promote the recovery of the European classical civilization and wisdom,and then welcome to the arrival of the new millennium and a return to the holy Adam era of the Eden.Among them,nature represented modern experimental philosophy which has mixed modern science and mystical practice represented by magic,alchemy,astrology;moreover,the Bible was the symbol of Jesus and Christianity,Rosicrucian's members hoped for attacking the corruption and depravity of the Catholic Church by re-interpreting the Bible.Rosicrucianism and movement thereby became flourish throghout European continent,its flame triggered European pundits who have paid more attention and reflection to the universal reformation of the whole world,as well as recognized and promoted the advancement of knowledge,and it also accompanied by endless criticism,suppression and complaints from their opponents.In any case,the emergence of the Rosicrucian was not an accident,for it is a product between modern knowledge science and mysticism,its aim and purpose conformed to the needs of European society and people at that time.Whether it is bit high weight ruling class and the elite intellectuals,or ordinary lower classes,there were a group of enlightenmental prophets who have been hidden behind the age,they wanted to break down the old rules and orders,and desired for a new dawn to come.In this sense,Rosicrucian had happened to undertake the fruits and glories of the Renaissance,and then leaded to the knowledge dawn and enlightenment of the 17th century,as well as the following growth and development of the Reformation,it has became a historical landmark and micro-miniature between these three major events.At the same time,under the guidance of the classical thought of Hermeticism and Neoplatonism,Rosicrucian's members and those reformers who were deeply influenced by the Rosicrucian philosophy also hoped for achieving the utopian reformation plans in the republic,they desired to shatter the old barriers of the Habsburgs House in Europe,and the authority of emperor of the Holy Roman Empire,of the Catholic Church as well as its bishops.