In the early 17th century a new movement was proclaimed throughout Europeannouncing the universal reform of religion science art and society. Themain proponents... » 

In the early 17th century a new movement was proclaimed throughout Europeannouncing the universal reform of religion science art and society. Themain proponents of this movement were the esoteric Rosicrucians. Europe was aworld in transition and Rosicrucianism was but the latest movement to capturethe public imagination. Concerned with spiritual illumination and intellectualknowledge the movement continued to have widespread influence long after it wassupposedly over as can be traced in the works of Isaac Newton and Fraof modernscience and medicine The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendousimpact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. «