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The piece is a satirical account written by an Italian poet. It was circulated anonymously in 1614 with the three primary manifestos of the Rosicrucian Order. The reason for its inclusion with the manifestos has continued to be a source of mystery and debate.

It seems our topic du jour has been the utopian nature of so many economic theories, so I thought to myself, "What a perfect moment to post this text."

The entire story is humorous and entertaining (yet lofty and relevant), while summing up roughly the human history of moral thought on the nature of evil, taking a stab at philosophers, and possibly concealing the intentions of one of the more mysterious secret societies of the pre-modern era. After all, what is in Rosicrucianism found its way into Masonry, not surprisingly.

I'd just encourage you, as you read this work, to think about the parallels you are sure to find between the recommendations given to Apollo, and trends taking place in the world today.

At the end will be some notes/commentary which will enrich or give necessary background to certain phrases in the story; they'll be numbered in the text like footnotes, but the notes themselves will be found in the final comment of this thread.

{*The text of the document can be found in the comments. If you care to leave a comment, please do it as a reply to one of the existing comments containing the story so that their order doesn't get fucked up.*} The piece is a satirical account written by an Italian poet. It was circulated anonymously in 1614 with the three primary manifestos of the Rosicrucian Order. The reason for its inclusion with the manifestos has continued to be a source of mystery and debate. It seems our topic du jour has been the utopian nature of so many economic theories, so I thought to myself, "What a perfect moment to post this text." The entire story is humorous and entertaining (yet lofty and relevant), while summing up roughly the human history of moral thought on the nature of evil, taking a stab at philosophers, and possibly concealing the intentions of one of the more mysterious secret societies of the pre-modern era. After all, what is in Rosicrucianism found its way into Masonry, not surprisingly. I'd just encourage you, as you read this work, to think about the parallels you are sure to find between the recommendations given to Apollo, and trends taking place in the world today. At the end will be some notes/commentary which will enrich or give necessary background to certain phrases in the story; they'll be numbered in the text like footnotes, but the notes themselves will be found in the final comment of this thread.

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I appreciate it.

https://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/index.htm

This site has a very good archive of older esoteria. The work that I drew on for this 'update' was Arthur Edward Waite's book on Rosicrucianism. In this he gives his translation of the original Latin, but the English was very outdated, making it difficult to read. One note: A.E. Waite has been criticized by other occultists for minimizing or obfuscating Rosicrucianism. Manly P. Hall, for example, cites that Waite was highly ambitious and wanted greatly to be taken seriously academically, and so he was overly cautious when discussing Rosicrucianism publicly.

As far as topic headings where similar material might be found, I'd probably look at Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. In general, the occult at this time was quite taken with all of these ideas of universal reformation - basically all of the stuff you see going on in the world. John Dee was a major figure in Elizabethan England, and there is a lot of interest about him out there. In Freemasonry, Albert Pike is a big name.

I cannot recommend any specific works at this time. To be honest, I've only recently begun looking into the older publications.

When you ask about similar pieces, I'm not certain exactly what it is you're interested in. If things about the occult interest you, you cannot go wrong with Manly P. Hall.

A word of warning: I'm not familiar with your background and whether or not you are a religious person, or how much exposure to esoteria/occult you have. If you are a Christian and don't have a great deal of exposure to all of this thought, be careful. It can be incredibly attractive, particularly as you get into the 18th and 19th century and they begin to 'scientize' some of the spiritual content, by calling it things like 'mental science'. There are a lot of highly attractive theories going on there that clothe themselves in religious language and attempt to connect themselves to the Bible. I say this because it can lead well-intentioned people astray very easily.

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Thank you very much. I appreciate your response.