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The Chymical Weddin? of
Christian Rosenkreuti

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The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

By Anonymous
Translated by E. Foxcroft

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The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz was edited in 1616 in Strasbourg (annexed
by France in 1681). It is the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious "Fraternity of
the Rose Cross" (Rosicrucians).

NOTE: It was translated into English for the first time in 1690 by E. Foxcroft. This
translation became the source for many of the modern attempts to improve the original. The
translation presented here is that of E. Foxcroft.

Although the book first appeared in 1616, the story takes place over 150 years earlier. It is an
allegoric romance (story) divided into Seven Days, or Seven Journeys, like Genesis, and tells us
about the way Christian Rosenkreuz was invited to go to a wonderful castle full of miracles, in
order to assist the Chymical Wedding of the king and the queen, that is, the husband and the
bride. The story begins on an evening near Easter. In the final chapter — the seventh day —
CRC is knighted; the year is 1459. It was on Easter-day 1459 that the Constitutions of the
Freemasons of Strasburg was first signed in Regensburg, with a second signed shortly
afterwards in Strasburg. The Gutenberg Bible began printing in Mainz, Germany in 1455, and
the first Bible in German, the Mentel Bible, was printed in Strasburg in 1466. The invitation to
the royal wedding includes the Monas Hieroglyphica associated with John Dee. (Summary by
Wikipedia.org)

Read by KirksVoice; total running time: 03:23:36. Dedicated Proof-Listener: M Z Spark.
Meta-Coordinator/ Cataloging: Karen Savage.

This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified without permission. For more
information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Cover picture by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1904). Copyright expired in
US, Canada, EU, and all countries with author's life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the
public domain.

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