by Theresa Crater | Sep 26, 2014 | Moravian, Star Family, Uncategorized
I recently wrote a review for the book Masculinity, Senses, Spirit, which “examines the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the realms of the spirit and the senses in the Atlantic world from the Eighteenth century to the present,”...
by Theresa Crater | Apr 14, 2014 | Masons, Moravian, Mysteries, Paganism, Roscrucians, Sacred Geometry, Star Family
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by Theresa Crater | Mar 17, 2014 | Moravian, Roscrucians, Star Family
In The Star Family I suggested that Comenius was a Rosicrucian, therefore having strong ties to mysticism and the Western Metaphysical tradition. How true is this? First, who is Comenius? Born Jan Amos Komenský in 1592 in in the town of Nivnice in Moravia, a Province...
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...
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