The Theoretical Brothers, or the Second Stage of the Rosicrucians

(and where are there not such people?) were secretly bought to testify against the society and its principles. — They were accused of the most shameful crimes; they were imprisoned, their assets seized, and since in those times one had only to be a minor naturalist naturalist: "Naturforscher," a scholar of the physical world; in the medieval period, scientific observation was often mistrusted by the church and the state to be branded a sorcerer — without hearing their defense, they were publicly burned as such—

Burned! cried the tender Nurmahal Nurmahal is a character in the fictionalized "Oriental" framing narrative, reacting to the historical tale being told by the courtier. with horror — that is terrible!

Yes! my dear lady! Reasons of state Reasons of state: "Staatsinteresse," the political doctrine that the interests of the government or monarch override all moral or legal considerations have surely provoked even greater villainy than burning sixty knights for the sake of a few hundred thousand purses. —

These unfortunate knights, who sensed their imminent destruction, hid their writings and their knowledge; some of the survivors collected these and continued their society under another name. —

And the Rosicrucians? Rosicrucians: "Rosenkreuzer," a mysterious secret society of healers and alchemists that rose to prominence in the early 17th century; the text here links them directly to the surviving Templars asked Shah Gebal Shah Gebal is the fictional Sultan listening to this history. in a tone that was something between boredom and annoyance. —