Rosicrucian Circular of October 4, 1782

Circulars
of the Rosicrucians
received 4 November 1782

According to the brother Fritze Real's [letter] of
this circular was printed. 1810? 20 May 1845.

There is a word available, the name of which cannot be written here; that which can now attain the light of the souls, it will come, without it being named! But to you, dear Brother, among whom some wish to walk in shadow, but nevertheless stumble in darkness like the majority of the Freemasons, the following is communicated out of true love.

Before I go any further, I will contribute a few things regarding the current state of Freemasonry in Germany, which may not be known to each and every brother! Everyone should observe — what it is, that Freemasonry in the end is discovered by our highest Sun above, that it is supposed to provide spectacles, in which many are prepared and drawn in, in order to arrive from there into the true high Sun. Freemasonry is the forecourt of the Temple, whose hidden entrance is only discovered and opened to the worthy Freemason, and the hieroglyphs of the same only receive their true interpretation and essence inside, in our hopeful Sun, and remain outside and apart from the same as shadow-pictures, without quality, and has neither beginning, target, [nor] extent. Germany has been flooded for 40 years with Freemasonry in such a form that a whole book has already been written about it. [text obscured by overlay]?

Each of these Dear Brothers may, by the oath of fidelity sworn, keep it no longer than 24 hours: then, after he has cut his name from this list, [he is to] send it sealed to the presiding Dear Brother, without reporting from whom it comes! for personal opening.

Br. Johann Peter

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