by Theresa Crater | Mar 10, 2014 | Star Family, Winston-Salem
The climax of The Star Family takes place at the source of a sacred spring that flows out into Washington Park. Does such a place exist? Washington Park exists. I played in the park as a child in a mossy grotto with a creek, rocks, a couple of deep pool (well, they...
by Theresa Crater | Feb 24, 2014 | Moravian, Prague, Roscrucians, Star Family
Last week I talked about how Frederick V and Elizabeth wanted to create an ideal court based in Rosicrucian teachings, according to Frances Yates (The Rosicrucian Enlightenment). They moved their court from Heidelberg to Prague. The Protestant estates of Bohemia...
by Theresa Crater | Feb 17, 2014 | Moravian, Roscrucians, Star Family
One of the most revealing connections Yates makes in her book is the Rosicrucians were deeply involved with the attempt to overthrow Catholic and Hapsburg control over Europe. So were the Moravians, the group featured in The Star Family. But rather than define the...
by Theresa Crater | Feb 10, 2014 | Masons, Moravian, Mysteries, Roscrucians, Star Family
Frances Yates’ book on the importance of the Rosicrucians in the European Enlightenment became a critical part of my research for The Star Family. She helped deepen my conviction that several important Moravian church leaders were also part of the Western Mystery...
by Theresa Crater | Feb 5, 2014 | Conferences, Moravian, Mysteries, Publishing, Star Family, Writing
I will be a panelist at the Moravian Writers’ Conference in Bethlehem, PA in June. My panel is called “Writing Moravians: Stories from the Archives.” I’ll be talking about the research behind my novel The Star Family with writers from Lehigh...
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