Second Series: The Rosicrucian Enlightenment and Romanticism

17th Century Alchemy and the Rosicrucian Manifestos: Atalanta Fugiens and the Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz

Dame Francis Yates was the first to explore the profound impact of hermeticism and alchemy on the politics, literature, and art of the 17th century, with a focus on the historical context of the Elizabethan Renaissance in England, and the Rosicrucian manifestoes in Europe. This session delves into the mysteries of perhaps the most extraordinary of all alchemical texts, the Atalanta Fugiens of Michael Maier.

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