His contemporaries said of the famous Rosicrucian, Athanasius Kircher, that his knowledge was universal. In this work he makes a complete
study of light and its different manifestations, and
likens the world of sensorial perception to the
cosmic, spiritual realm.
In this magnificent work, one of the rare treasures preserved at the Sovereign Headquarters of the Rosicrucian Order, an engraving showing the rings of the Planet Saturn appears, then being published for the first time in a book. |