. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . um, this antiquary must receive The Rosicrucians 381 some credit and attention. Feasts of astrologerswere held, which De Quincey asserts started thisEnglish society of Free Masons. Oughtred, thesun-dial maker, whose interesting personality isdescribed in another chapter of this book, was an-other member. Sir Christopher Wren, who alsomade sun-dials,was first GrandMaster. TheRosicrucians heldthat all things visi-ble and invisiblewere produced bythe contention ofligh
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . um, this antiquary must receive The Rosicrucians 381 some credit and attention. Feasts of astrologerswere held, which De Quincey asserts started thisEnglish society of Free Masons. Oughtred, thesun-dial maker, whose interesting personality isdescribed in another chapter of this book, was an-other member. Sir Christopher Wren, who alsomade sun-dials,was first GrandMaster. TheRosicrucians heldthat all things visi-ble and invisiblewere produced bythe contention oflight and shade;and a sun-dialwould have beenas appropriate anemblem as a Roseand Cross forthese English di-allers who wereso many of themRosicrucians. The transition from Rosicrucianism to FreeMasonry was very easy ; I shall not attempt evento indicate it. The Fraternity of the Rosy Crossin England is still chosen from the Masonic body;the same terms are used by the Masons as by theolder society. The inquisitive searcher after mys-teries may gather somewhat of the resemblances,associations, and derivations common to both socie-. Pillar-dial at Martock, Somerset,England. 382 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday ties by reading De Quinceys indifferent accountof the Rosicrucians; and a much more accuratepresentation, Mr. Waites Real History of the Rosi-crucians, which I presume is as fair a story ofthis greatest of all mystic societies as can ever bewritten. That curious figure in English history, Friar RogerBacon, is claimed as a Rosicrucian ; as the greatestmind of the thirteenth century, an age rich in greatminds, his name certainly would cast honor on anyclass or society or sect. His manner of thought andhis ideas were of the sixteenth century rather thanhis own, hence he was naturally unappreciated by hiscontemporaries. His writings were so vast that hisbiographer said it would be easier to collect the leavesof the Sibyl than the titles even of Bacons held, as did Frankenst
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