The Fame of the Brotherhood

of the laudable Order of the R. C. R.C. stands for Rose Cross (Rosicrucian).

Damascus original: "Damasco." While the text says Damascus, Rosicrucian tradition usually identifies this location as the legendary city of "Damcar" in Arabia. was in his mind / and he could no longer master his desire / but instead hired the Arabs / to deliver him to Damascus for a certain sum of money. He was only 16 years old / when he arrived there / yet of a strong German build / there the Sages received him / as he himself testifies / not as a stranger / but as if he were one for whom they had long been waiting / they called him by name / and also pointed out to him other secrets from his monastery / at which he could not marvel enough / there he learned the Arabic language better / so that in the following year he translated the Book and the Book M. original: "librum M." This is a central, mysterious text in Rosicrucian lore, often interpreted as the "Liber Mundi" or "Book of the World," containing the secrets of the universe. into good Latin / and afterwards took it with him. This is the place / where he obtained his Physics and Mathematics / in which the world should rightly have rejoiced / if love were greater / and envy were less. After three years he returned again with good permission /

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