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The Rosicrucian manifestoes were published at Kassel in 1614, and there is controversy about their authorship. This chapter will explore some of the personalities known to be involved in one way or another, and bring out some of the intended meanings of the millenarian symbolism used in them. It shows that astronomical/astrological calculations based on several major conjunctions of the stars and planets were an important part of millenarian symbolism.
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Ákerman, S. (2001). The Rosicrucians and the Great Conjunctions. In: Laursen, J.C., Popkin, R.H. (eds) Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture Volume IV. International Archives of the History of Ideas/Archives Internationales D’Histoire des Idées, vol 176. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0744-3_1
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