Table of Contents

Preface by Paul M. Allen Introduction by Carlo Pietzner The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, an essay by Rudolf Steiner (1917) The English Translation of 'The Chymical Wedding' by Paul M. Allen The Hermetic Romance, The Chymical Wedding, translated by Ezechiel Foxcroft (1690) The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of the Rosie Cross, translated by Thomas Vaughan (1652) Illustrations, Series A The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians, illustrated Heinrich Khunrath's Amphitheater of Eternal Wisdom, illustrated The Rosicrucian Brotherhood, by Robert Fludd (1629) The Parabola, A Golden Tractate, by Hinricus Madathanus (c.1630) The Holy Mountain, A Rosicrucian Allegory, by Thomas Vaughan (1651) Illustrations, Series B On the History of Christian Rosenkreutz, by Rudolf Steiner (1909) Christian Rosenkreutz and the Temple Legend, by Rudolf Steiner (1904) Johann Amos Comenius and the Temple of Pansophia, by Rudolf Steiner (1916) Rosicrucianism, Karma, Reincarnation, by Rudolf Steiner (1911) References to Christian Rosenkreutz in Lectures and Writings of Rudolf Steiner, compiled by Paul M. Allen Illustrations, Series C Castle Karlstein and Its Rosicrucian Connections, by Ita Wegman (1924) An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles of Rosicrucian Interest, compiled by Paul M. Allen The Pleasure Garden of Chymistry, illustrated, by Daniel Stolcius (1624) A Catalogue of Rosicrucian Books, compiled by F. Leigh Gardner (1923) Editorial and Reference Notes

About the Author

Paul Marshall Allen was an authority on the life and work of Rudolf Steiner and edited many of his books as well as A Christian Rosenkreutz Anthology. With his wife Joan deRis Allen, he co-authored Fingal's Cave: the Poems of Ossian and Celtic Christianity; Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures; and The Time Is at Hand!