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AN APOLOGETIC

TREATISE

Part One.

ON MYSTIC

CHARACTERS.

C H A P T E R I.

In which parts of the "Confession of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross" The "Confessio Fraternitatis" (1615) was the second major Rosicrucian manifesto, outlining the group's religious and philosophical beliefs. the greater force and efficacy of Dr. Libavius’s Andreas Libavius (c. 1550–1616) was a renowned German chemist and physician who published several critiques of the Rosicrucians, viewing them as a threat to established science and religion. "Analysis" or inquiry is situated. Concerning the sincere mind, intention, and goal of the author: and that it is not his intent to contradict any slanderer with contentious weapons, but rather to defend the integrity of Innocence with the shield of equity, and to wash away the stains of infamy, cast upon the Brothers of the Rosy Cross, as if with waves of truth.

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AFTER I had traveled through Dr. Libavius’s Analysis Analysis (an "unfolding" or detailed examination; here referring to Libavius's critical breakdown of Rosicrucian texts) or inquiry into the Confession of the Brothers of the Society of the Rosy Cross, and had surveyed his intention with both my eyes and my mind: