Lyke de Vries, Ph.D. (2020, Radboud University Nijmegen) is a research fellow and lecturer in the history of philosophy and scientia at Radboud University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the challenge of excavating the roots of modern concepts of change and progress, primarily in heterodox traditions marginal to the paradigms dominating current historiography on the early modern period.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresAbbreviationsIntroductionThe Rosicrucian StoryThe HistoriographyA Fresh ApproachPart 1 The Origins1 Back to the Sources1.1 The Reformation of Divine and Human Things1.2 The Revolution of the Ages1.3 The Renovation of Philosophy1.4 Concluding Remarks2 The Paracelsian Impetus2.1 Visions of a Golden Time2.2 The Revelation of Secrets2.3 Alchemy and Medicine2.4 Philosophical Inspirations2.5 Primeval Wisdom2.6 Concluding RemarksPart 2 The Bibliographical Origins3 The Authors and the Rosicrucian Worldview3.1 Authorship in Question3.2 Apocalyptic Expectations3.3 New Societies and Attempts at Reform3.4 Paracelsian Motivation3.5 Concluding RemarksPart 3 The Response4 Rosicrucianism Praised: The Early Response4.1 Avoiding Tribulations: The First Response to the Fama4.2 The Instauration of Original Wisdom4.3 The Rosicrucian Study of Alchemy and Medicine4.4 The Reform of Medicine and Sciences4.5 Rosicrucian Theosophy and the Reform of Divine and Human Things4.6 Concluding Remarks5 Rosicrucianism Challenged: Early Debates5.1 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Libavius and Fludd5.2 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Grick and Mögling5.3 Concluding Remarks and Further Challenges: Official InvestigationsConclusionProspectsAppendix: Theca Gladii Spiritus (1616), nrs. 175–202BibliographyIndex

Lyke de Vries, Ph.D. (2020, Radboud University Nijmegen) is a research fellow and lecturer in the history of philosophy and scientia at Radboud University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the challenge of excavating the roots of modern concepts of change and progress, primarily in heterodox traditions marginal to the paradigms dominating current historiography on the early modern period.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresAbbreviationsIntroductionThe Rosicrucian StoryThe HistoriographyA Fresh ApproachPart 1 The Origins1 Back to the Sources1.1 The Reformation of Divine and Human Things1.2 The Revolution of the Ages1.3 The Renovation of Philosophy1.4 Concluding Remarks2 The Paracelsian Impetus2.1 Visions of a Golden Time2.2 The Revelation of Secrets2.3 Alchemy and Medicine2.4 Philosophical Inspirations2.5 Primeval Wisdom2.6 Concluding RemarksPart 2 The Bibliographical Origins3 The Authors and the Rosicrucian Worldview3.1 Authorship in Question3.2 Apocalyptic Expectations3.3 New Societies and Attempts at Reform3.4 Paracelsian Motivation3.5 Concluding RemarksPart 3 The Response4 Rosicrucianism Praised: The Early Response4.1 Avoiding Tribulations: The First Response to the Fama4.2 The Instauration of Original Wisdom4.3 The Rosicrucian Study of Alchemy and Medicine4.4 The Reform of Medicine and Sciences4.5 Rosicrucian Theosophy and the Reform of Divine and Human Things4.6 Concluding Remarks5 Rosicrucianism Challenged: Early Debates5.1 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Libavius and Fludd5.2 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Grick and Mögling5.3 Concluding Remarks and Further Challenges: Official InvestigationsConclusionProspectsAppendix: Theca Gladii Spiritus (1616), nrs. 175–202BibliographyIndex

Lyke de Vries, Ph.D. (2020, Radboud University Nijmegen) is a research fellow and lecturer in the history of philosophy and scientia at Radboud University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the challenge of excavating the roots of modern concepts of change and progress, primarily in heterodox traditions marginal to the paradigms dominating current historiography on the early modern period.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresAbbreviationsIntroductionThe Rosicrucian StoryThe HistoriographyA Fresh ApproachPart 1 The Origins1 Back to the Sources1.1 The Reformation of Divine and Human Things1.2 The Revolution of the Ages1.3 The Renovation of Philosophy1.4 Concluding Remarks2 The Paracelsian Impetus2.1 Visions of a Golden Time2.2 The Revelation of Secrets2.3 Alchemy and Medicine2.4 Philosophical Inspirations2.5 Primeval Wisdom2.6 Concluding RemarksPart 2 The Bibliographical Origins3 The Authors and the Rosicrucian Worldview3.1 Authorship in Question3.2 Apocalyptic Expectations3.3 New Societies and Attempts at Reform3.4 Paracelsian Motivation3.5 Concluding RemarksPart 3 The Response4 Rosicrucianism Praised: The Early Response4.1 Avoiding Tribulations: The First Response to the Fama4.2 The Instauration of Original Wisdom4.3 The Rosicrucian Study of Alchemy and Medicine4.4 The Reform of Medicine and Sciences4.5 Rosicrucian Theosophy and the Reform of Divine and Human Things4.6 Concluding Remarks5 Rosicrucianism Challenged: Early Debates5.1 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Libavius and Fludd5.2 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Grick and Mögling5.3 Concluding Remarks and Further Challenges: Official InvestigationsConclusionProspectsAppendix: Theca Gladii Spiritus (1616), nrs. 175–202BibliographyIndex