Pyrrho Clidensis Redivivus: A Consideration of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood

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[infi]nite knowledge within Himself and embraces it: but the temperate man attains a great and ample portion. Therefore, he asked for only as much of this gold as a temperate man alone is able to carry. I believe this to be the "refined gold" original: aurum ignitum; literally "fire-tested gold," a term used in alchemy and scripture to denote spiritual purity which John commands us to buy in the Apocalypse Revelation 3:18: "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich.". Thus far Ficino Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), a Neoplatonist philosopher who sought to reconcile ancient wisdom with Christian doctrine.

Another Christian person could say, and rely upon what Christ—in whom all things are One original: in quo Uno omnia—teaches: seek first the Kingdom of God, etc., and then hope for what the Truth of God has promised. In the One original: In uno, everything that is to be determined is contained from the beginning in an exemplary way original: exemplariter; referring to the divine "ideas" or patterns of all things across all the arts; and when one looks upon it rightly, there appears an impressive original: impressivè; in the sense of a divine imprint or manifestation third thing—or a perfected trinity—which cannot displease God. Yet ultimately, it returns to a single point, so that one remains one; this is spoken, to be sure, in a digressive manner original: excursivè, etc.

His—the Father’s companions original: Patris socii; likely referring to members of a spiritual brotherhood or initiates—have the command to make use of the clothing and customs of every nation and station in whatever place original: in loco they are. They have their certain token original: tessaram; a password or sign of recognition among members of a secret society and characters symbolic scripts or ciphers. He who sees his end approaching occupies himself with a