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Confessio Fraternitatis

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Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
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The Confessio Fraternitatis, or simply The Confessio, printed in Kassel (Germany) in 1615, is the second anonymous manifestos, of a trio of Rosicrucian pamphlets, declaring the existence of a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages who were interpreted, by the society of those times, to be preparing to transform the political and intellectual landscape of Europe.

From the Wikipedia article Confessio Fraternitatis, revision 1341323904, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q3643674: “1615 manifesto printed in Kassel, Germany”.

In this study

In the chronology, among the works with no securely known author.

Expands the ideological programme and announces a coming transformation of religion, philosophy and science.