Reformation, Revolution, Renovation

Lyke de Vries, Ph.D. (2020, Radboud University Nijmegen) is a research fellow and lecturer in the history of philosophy and scientia at Radboud University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the challenge of excavating the roots of modern concepts of change and progress, primarily in heterodox traditions marginal to the paradigms dominating current historiography on the early modern period.

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Introduction

 The Rosicrucian Story

 The Historiography

 A Fresh Approach



Part 1 The Origins



1 Back to the Sources

 1.1 The Reformation of Divine and Human Things

 1.2 The Revolution of the Ages

 1.3 The Renovation of Philosophy

 1.4 Concluding Remarks



2 The Paracelsian Impetus

 2.1 Visions of a Golden Time

 2.2 The Revelation of Secrets

 2.3 Alchemy and Medicine

 2.4 Philosophical Inspirations

 2.5 Primeval Wisdom

 2.6 Concluding Remarks



Part 2 The Bibliographical Origins



3 The Authors and the Rosicrucian Worldview

 3.1 Authorship in Question

 3.2 Apocalyptic Expectations

 3.3 New Societies and Attempts at Reform

 3.4 Paracelsian Motivation

 3.5 Concluding Remarks



Part 3 The Response



4 Rosicrucianism Praised: The Early Response

 4.1 Avoiding Tribulations: The First Response to the Fama

 4.2 The Instauration of Original Wisdom

 4.3 The Rosicrucian Study of Alchemy and Medicine

 4.4 The Reform of Medicine and Sciences

 4.5 Rosicrucian Theosophy and the Reform of Divine and Human Things

 4.6 Concluding Remarks



5 Rosicrucianism Challenged: Early Debates

 5.1 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Libavius and Fludd

 5.2 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Grick and Mögling

 5.3 Concluding Remarks and Further Challenges: Official Investigations



Conclusion

 Prospects



Appendix: Theca Gladii Spiritus (1616), nrs. 175–202

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