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The Chemical Wedding of Christian RosenkreutzJohann Valentin Andreae

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The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

by Johann Valentin Andreae · Joscelyn Godwin (trans.)

The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, published in 1616 and attributed to Johann Valentin Andreae, is an allegorical romance describing a seven-day journey to a royal wedding filled with alchemical symbolism. Joscelyn Godwin's modern English translation makes this dense and playful text accessible to contemporary readers. It is a central text of the Rosicrucian movement and of alchemical literature.

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