Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum Explained

Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum ("The Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross") is an early text of Rosicrucianism, published in 1618 by the pseudonymous "Theophilus Schweighardt Constantiens", believed to be Daniel Mögling (1596–1635), an alchemist, physician and astronomer.

See also

• Esotericism
• Hermeticism

References

• Susanna Åkerman, Rose cross over the Baltic: the spread of rosicrucianism in Northern Europe, Brill's studies in intellectual history 87, Brill Publishers, 1998,, p. 216
• Johannes Kepler (tr. & ed. Edward Rosen), Kepler's somnium: the dream, or posthumous work on lunar astronomy, Dover Publications, 2003,, p. 184
• William R. Newman and Anthony Grafton (eds.), Secrets of nature: astrology and alchemy in early modern Europe, Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, MIT Press, 2001,, p. 301

External links

• Rosie: Speculum Sophicum Rhodo-Stauroticum
• The Alchemy website: Speculum sophicum rhodostauroticum
• University College of London: Rosicrucian text