The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, credited to Anonymous, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, translated by E. Foxcroft. Read by KirksVoice The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz was edited in 1616 in Strasbourg (annexed by France in 1681). It is the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious "Fraternity of the Rose Cross" (Rosicrucians). NOTE: It was translated into English for the first time in 1690 by E. Foxcroft. This translation became the source for many of the modern attempts to improve the original. The translation presented here is that of E. Foxcroft. Although the book first appeared in 1616, the story takes place over 150 years earlier. It is an allegoric romance (story) divided into Seven Days, or Seven Journeys, like Genesis, and tells us about the way Christian Rosenkreuz was invited to go to a wonderful castle full of miracles, in order to assist the Chymical Wedding of the king and the queen, that is, the husband and the bride. The story begins on an evening near Easter. In the final chapter—the seventh day—CRC is knighted; the year is 1459. It was on Easter-day 1459 that the Constitutions of the Freemasons of Strasburg was first signed in Regensburg, with a second signed shortly afterwards in Strasburg. The Gutenberg Bible began printing in Mainz, Germany in 1455, and the first Bible in German, the Mentel Bible, was printed in Strasburg in 1466. The invitation to the royal wedding includes the Monas Hieroglyphica associated with John Dee. (Summary by Wikipedia.org)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz
• Author credits: Anonymous
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 3:23:36

Catalogue topics

• rosicrucian, freemason, chymical, wedding, alchemy, christian, genesis, allegory, husband, wife

Track guide

1. 01 - Day 1 & 2 — 46:03
2. 02 - Day 3 — 55:33
3. 03 - Day 4 & 5 — 49:45
4. 04 - Day 6 & 7 — 52:15

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