A Pious and Useful Admonition Concerning the Brothers of the Rosy Cross (1618) - Page 2

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R Likely an abbreviation for Rosae Crucis (Rosy Cross), indicating the manuscript's association with the Rosicrucian movement.

HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY

original: "PHILOSOPHIA • HERMETICA". Hermetic philosophy is an ancient tradition of spiritual and material knowledge attributed to the mythical figure Hermes Trismegistus, often associated with alchemy and the search for hidden truths in nature.

Neuhausius|Henricus Neuhausius (fl. 1618–1623) was a German physician and philosopher known for his early writings about the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. His name here likely attributes the following text to him or suggests the manuscript was influenced by his works.

Below the text, a hand-colored emblem is pasted onto the page. It features a "Pelican in its Piety"—a bird pecking its own breast to feed its chicks with its blood—a traditional symbol of self-sacrifice and spiritual rebirth. The pelican stands on a shield bearing the Rosy Cross (four roses on a saltire cross). The image is crowned by a radiant sun and encircled by a green serpent, symbols of divine enlightenment and the eternal cycles of nature.