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THE ROSICRUCIANS
First published London: John Hotton
,
1870
.
Expanded second edition,
London: Chatto and Windus
,
1879
.
Further expanded third edition,
London: s.n.
,
1887
.
Fourth edition, London: George Routledge
& Sons and New York: E. P. Dutton, no date (ca.
1890
)
.
This electronic text issued by Celephas Press,
somewhere beyond the Tanarian Hills,
and manifested in the waking world
Leeds, Yorkshire, England,
2004
.
This work is in the public domain.
THE
ROSICRUCIANS
Their Rites and Mysteries
FOURTH EDITION, REVISED
B
Y
HARGRAVE JENNINGS
AUTHOR OF
Ó
THE INDIAN RELIGION
;
OR
,
RESULTS OF THE MYSTERIOUS
BUDDHISM
Ô; Ó
PHALLICISM
Ô; Ó
ONE OF THE THIRTY
Ô,
ETC
.
ETC
.
Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings
and Twelve Full-Page Plates
Celephas Press
Ulthar - Sarkomand - Inquanok Ï Leeds
2004
Vnto the very points and prickes, here are to be found great misteries.
Ð
Nicholas Flammel
,
1399
.
Quod sit Castellum in quo Fratres degunt? Quinam et qualies ipsi
sint? Cur, inter alia nomina, appelletur Fratres? cur C
RUCIS
? cur
R
OS
C
RUCIS
? Ð
Gassendus
,
1630
.
Quod tanto impendio absconditur, etiam solummodo demonstrare,
str re st.
Ð
Tertullian
.
Preface to the Third Edition
T
HE
words ÓThird EditionÔ to a work of this character,
which, it will readily be confessed, prefers claims to
being quite
sui generis
, excite mixed feelings on the
part of its Authors.
The present edition has been carefully revised, at
the same time that it has been largely extended. It
comprises, now, T
WO
V
OLUMES
. The addition of
new engravingsÐsingularly suggestive, prepared with
great care, presenting very antique and authentic
claimsÐspeaks for value.
The Authors can refer with pride to the numerous
letters which reach them, if pride, or even particular
gratification (according to ordinary ideas) could ac-
tuate in the statement of the fact. This is a serious
treatise upon the Ó
Rosicrucians
Ô. Letters expressing
great interest, some anonymous, some with names,
addressed from all partsÐfrom Germany, France,
Spain, the West Indes; from India, Italy, and Den-
mark, and from remote corners in our own countryÐ
these have multiplied since the work was first pub-
lished. America has displayed unbounded curiosity.
To all these communications, with a few exceptions,
no answers have been (nor could be) returned. The
volumes themselves must be read with attention, or
nothing is effected. The book must be its own inter-
preter, if interpretation is sought. But interpretation
does not apply in this instance.
With one word we shall conclude. The Authors
v
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