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APOLOGETIC

TREATISE

Part One.

ON MYSTIC

CHARACTERS.

C H A P T E R I.

In which parts of the "Confession of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross" original: "Confessionis Fraternitatis de Rosea Cruce." The Confessio Fraternitatis, published in 1615, was the second of the anonymous Rosicrucian manifestos. the greatest weight and impact of Dr. Libavius’s Andreas Libavius (c. 1550–1616) was a famous German physician and chemist. Although a pioneer in chemistry, he was a fierce critic of the Rosicrucians, viewing them as both scientifically unsound and politically dangerous. analysis or investigation is found. Regarding the author's sincere intent, purpose, and goal: and that it is not his aim to argue with any slanderer using aggressive weapons, but rather to protect the wholeness of Innocence with the shield of fairness, and to wash away the marks of disgrace cast upon the Brothers of the Rosy Cross with the flowing waves of truth.

After I had thoroughly examined Dr. Libavius’s analysis or inquiry into the Confession of the Brothers of the Society of the Rosy Cross Rosea Crux (the Rosicrucian Order, a secret society of sages and alchemists purported to possess hidden wisdom), and had carefully considered his purpose with both my eyes and my mind: