Christopher McIntosh is a faculty member at the Centre for the Study of Esotericism, University of Exeter, England. He is the author of Eliphas Lévi and the French Occult Revival, also published by SUNY Press.
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| Preface | |
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| Foreword to the Second Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Enlightenment, the Aufkl�rung and Their Opponents | |
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| Rosicrucianism from Its Origins to the Early 18th Century | |
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| The Masonic Phase | |
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| The World of the Initiate | |
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| The Alchemy of the Gold- und Rosenkreuz | |
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| The Polemical Stance of the Gold- und Rosenkreuz | |
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| A Rosicrucian on the Prussian Throne | |
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| The Aufkl�rung Reaction and the Decline of the Gold- und Rosenkreuz | |
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| Rosicrucianism in Poland and Russia | |
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| The Asiatic Brethren | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A Note on Sources | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Illustrations | |
Christopher McIntosh is a faculty member at the Centre of the Study of Esotericism, University of Exeter, England. He is the author of The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason: Eighteenth-Century Rosicrucianism in Central Europe and its Relationship to the Enlightenment, also published by SUNY Press.
