Rosicrucian Circular of October 4, 1782

May the latter, the recently emerged ☐ Lodge of the Illuminati and Unionists, turn to its own benefit and keep watch against the evident danger in which it hovers. This ☐ Lodge wants to make an epoch in Freemasonry in Germany, and I have already said before that it seeks everywhere to send out visitors to brothers of all systems, that with it everyone is welcome who learns something new of secret arts, regardless of how they may behave otherwise. Will Satan leave this desired opportunity unused to spread his Caco-magical evil-magical abominations in Germany as well, which are making France so unhappy? Will this founded art not become a sad probability, if not even a deadly certainty, since we know of the villains who taught us in this black hellish art, who have the strongest influence in the so-called secret chapter of this ☐ Lodge? Woe to you villains! God will demand the blood of your poor, seduced brothers from your hand from the O Order!

This is what the sketch looks like, which depicts Freemasonry in Germany in its true form from the last 20 years up to this hour. German Freemasonry is a deformed, ugly child of a beautiful mother; however, since this ugliness is actually no natural defect, but only stems from neglect and a bad upbringing, there is all hope that after discarding evil habits, this unruly child can again become similar to the beautiful mother who bore it. But now I must speak of a foreign bastard, who, generated by unworthy parents through fraud on the streets, has infiltrated the family of Freemasonry. I mean the sect-building of the false Rosicrucians R.C..

This scum of malice was the standpoint of some Freemasons in France and later also in Germany, who, being ignorant of the understanding of the true, venerable hieroglyphs, sought the explanation of the same from their origin in the history of older mystical societies, and therefore naturally stumbled upon the Rosicrucians. Some swindlers took advantage of this, claimed to still be in connection with this still existing, hidden society, made people believe that Freemasonry had stood in community with the Rosicrucians from the beginning, and pulled these types of gullible, curious people and enthusiasts to their side. However, the ruinous fraud did not rest generally at once, but found only a few adherents, until about 15 years ago, during a certain revolution of Freemasonry, when the now deceased Professor Schröter in Marburg in Saxony appeared, publicly passed himself off as an initiated Rosicrucian, took in other men, but finally confessed that he possessed nothing more than the appearance of connection. On this occasion, the pride of a fake mystical society awoke everywhere again. Finally, a few years ago, some adventurers took this delusion, entered into a close alliance, formed a new society, pretended this was a genuine continuation of the old Rosicrucians, thereby acquired other false Rosicrucians—of which there are countless—but spread so quickly themselves that it is time to warn honest people of these swindlers, in that they seek to deceive the world through the aping of this most holy O. Order. Here is a list of some of the most prominent, namely: 1) George of N., a former true Rosicrucian who led the name Apkarus Foetens a Sales likely a Latinized/alchemical pseudonym with us, and who through his committed frauds, false talk, and system-enemies, through sect-building...