History and Evolution of the SRIA

Rosicrucianism, as a public phenomenon, began with three short texts published in the German states between 1614 and 1616. They are the Fama Fraternitatis, the Confessio Fraternitatis, and the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz. Together they are usually described as the Rosicrucian manifestos, and they announced to the reading public the existence of a secret fraternity dedicated to the re