In a breathtaking span of detailed research, Tobias Churton reveals, without resorting to mythology or pseudohistory, the most uptodate knowledge on the development of Gnostic alchemy, the true origins of preGrand Lodge Freemasonry, and the mysterious Fraternity of the Rosy Cross (the Rosicrucians). Following the Hermetic spiritual and philosophical stream through 1,600 years of esoteric history, Churton introduces readers to great men of magic and...