Rosicrucian Counterculture

Examines the Rosicrucian involvement of figures like Ren Descartes, Robert Fludd, John Dee, Elias Ashmole, and the alchemist pirate Prince Rupert of the Rhine Traces the saga of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his countercultural successors Frederick and Elizabeth, who triggered the Thirty Years War Shows how Rosicrucianism inspired the English Revolution and explores the Rosicrucianism of John...