Rose Cross and the Age of Reason

Christopher McIntosh studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University and German at London University. As a writer, he has specialized in the history of the western esoteric tradition. In addition to the present work, he has also written a more general study of Rosicrucianism, a book on astrology and a biography of Eliphas Lévi.

'...a solid work of scholarship.'Joscelyn Godwin, Theosophical History, 1995.'The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason is a stimulating and pioneering work which should encourage others to follow in its author's footsteps. It deserves a place in every masonic library of repute.'Robert Gilbert, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, 1993.'Christopher McIntosh signe là sans doute l'ouvrage le plus précieux pour saisir la genèse et l'influence du mouvement rosicrucien, et pour comprendre ce qui fait la grandeur et le particularisme de la Rose+Croix...Nous souhaitons que cet ouvrage indispensable soit rapidement édité en français.'Robert Eisenman et Michael Wise, l'Esprit des Choses, 1995.'Apart from being a valuable contribution to theoretical reflection on the nature and origins of the Enlightenment, this study is useful because the second and third chapters offer a clear and concise general introduction to the 17th- and 18th-century history of Rosicrucianism.'W.J. Hanegraaff, Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift,'By investigating the German and East European Rosicrucians McIntosh has contributed an important study that will add to our understanding of a movement whose members would not accept the world of the philosophes. McIntosh has surely acoomplished his goal...this book is essential for those interested in eighteenth-century intellectual history.'Allen G. Debus, Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 1995.