Fama Confessio The Chemical Wedding
“In his hand he held a book, written in gold on parchment, called T., which, after the Bible, is now our greatest treasure and should not lightly be exposed to the censure of the world. At the end of the book was the following [Latin] eulogy: A grain, buried in the heart of Jesus, Christian Rosenkreuz sprang from the noble and illustrious German family of Rosenkreuz. He was a beacon of his age and an ornament for future centuries. Through divine revelation, highly subtle investigations and tireless efforts he was admitted into the mysteries and secrets of heaven and earth. In his journeys through Arabia and Africa he collected a treasure surpassing that of kings and emperors. However, as it was not congenial to his age, he preserved it in an ingenious manner for posterity to uncover. Further, he appointed trusted people and close friends to be the heirs of his arts and also of his name, and he created a miniature world, corresponding in all motions to the greater one. Finally, after he had created this compendium of things past, present and future, being more than a hundred years old, he gave his illuminated soul, not through sickness (which he had never felt in his own body and never allowed others to be afflicted by), but rather summoned by the divine spirit, back to God the creator amid the last kisses of his Brethren. Our much loved Father, most sweet Brother, most faithful teacher and most unblemished friend, he was hidden here by his own kind for 120 years.” - Fama