PART I

CHAP.

PAGE

I:

CRITICS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS CRITICIZED

1

II:

SINGULAR ADVENTURE IN STAFFORDSHIRE

6

III:

EVER-BURNING LAMPS

13

IV:

INSUFFICIENCY OF WORLDLY OBJECTS

17

V:

THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHERS

24

VI:

AN HISTORICAL ADVENTURE

33

VII:

THE HERMETIC BRETHREN

38

VIII:

MYTHIC HISTORY OF THE FLEUR-DE-LIS

45

IX:

SACRED FIRE

63

X:

FIRE-THEOSOPHY OF THE PERSIANS

76

XI:

IDEAS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS AS TO THE CHARACTER OF FIRE

86

XII:

MONUMENTS RAISED TO FIRE-WORSHIP IN ALL COUNTRIES

98

XIII:

DRUIDICAL STONES AND THEIR WORSHIP

115

XIV:

INQUIRY AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MIRACLE

131

XV:

CAN EVIDENCE BE DEPENDED UPON? EXAMINATION OF HUME'S REASONING

137

XVI:

FOOTSTEPS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS AMIDST ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS

148

XVII:

THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND

156

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XVIII:

PRISMATIC INVESTITURE OF THE MICROCOSM

162

XIX:

CABALISTIC INTERPRETATIONS BY THE GNOSTICS

167

XX:

MYSTIC CHRISTIAN FIGURES AND TALISMANS

178

XXI:

THE 'ROSY CROSS' IN INDIAN, EGYPTIAN, GREEK, ROMAN, AND MEDIAEVAL MONUMENTS

187

XXII:

MYTH OF THE SCORPION, OR THE SNAKE, IN ITS MANY DISGUISES

195

XXIII:

OMINOUS CHARACTER OF THE COLOUR 'WHITE' TO ENGLISH ROYALTY

199

XXIV:

THE BELIEFS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS-MEANING OF LIGHTS AND OF COMMEMORATIVE FLAMBEAUX IN ALL WORSHIP

209

XXV:

THE GREAT PYRAMID

225

PART II

I:

HISTORY OF THE TOWER OR STEEPLE

233

II:

PRESENCE OF THE ROSICRUCIANS IN HEATHEN AND CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE

254

III:

THE ROSICRUCIANS AMIDST ANCIENT MYSTERIES. THEIR TRACES DISCOVERABLE IN THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD

263

IV:

ROSICRUCIANISM IN STRANGE SYMBOLS

280

V:

CONNEXION BETWEEN THE TEMPLARS AND GNOSTICISM

295

VI:

STRANGE SPECULATIONS OF THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS

309

VII:

ROSICRUCIAN ORIGIN OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER. DEDUCTIONS, AND PROOFS, FROM HISTORICAL AUTHORITIES

314

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VIII:

ROSICRUCIAN SUPPOSED MEANS OF MAGIC THROUGH SIGNS, SIGILS, AND FIGURES

329

IX:

ASTRO-THEOSOPHICAL (EXTRA-NATURAL) SYSTEM OF THE ROSICRUCIANS--THE ALCHEMIC MAGISTERIUM OR 'STONE'

338

X:

ROSICRUCIAN 'CELESTIAL' AND 'TERRESTRIAL' (MEANS OF INTERCOMMUNICATION)

354

XI:

THE PRE-ADAMITES. PROFOUND CABALISTIC OR ROSICRUCIAN SPECULATIONS

360

XII:

THE ADAPTED ROSICRUCIAN CONTEMPLATION. INTRUSION OF SIN. RUINS OF THE OLD WORLDS

379

XIII:

INDIAN MYSTERIOUS ADORATION OF FORMS. THE UNITY OF THE MYTHOLOGIES FOUND IN THE BHUDDISTIC AND MOHAMMEDAN TEMPLES

390

XIV:

DOCTRINE AND RATIONALE. THE EMBODIED 'CHILDREN OF THE ELEMENTS', BOTH OF HEATHEN AND OF CHRISTIAN PERIODS

401

XV:

ROBERT FLOOD (ROBERTUS DE FLUCTIBUS), THE ENGLISH ROSICRUCIAN

408

XVI:

NOTICES OF ANCIENT AUTHORITIES

416

XVII:

MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENTS: THE ARK OF NOAH

418

XVIII:

CABALISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS. THE SAN-GRËALE, GRËAL, OR HOLY GRËALE

420

XIX:

THE ROUND TABLE IS THE RATIONALE OR APOTHEOSIS OF THE MOST NOBLE THE ORDER OF THE GARTER

424

XX:

REMARKS UPON TWO CURIOUS BOOKS

427

XXI:

REMARKS RELATING TO THE GREAT MYSTIC, ROBERT DE FLUCTIBUS

429

XXII:

ALCHEMY. THE POWER OF PRODUCING GOLD AND SILVER, THROUGH ARTIFICIAL MEANS. DOCTRINE OF THE ROSICRUCIANS

432

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XXIII:

THE OUTLINE OF THE CABALA, OR KABBALAH. ITS MYSTIC INDICATIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE SENSIBLE AND SPIRITUAL WORLDS (NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL), AND THE CHARACTER OF THEIR RECIPROCITY, AND DOUBLE WORKING

442

XXIV:

CABALISTIC PROFUNDITES

454