Stanislas de Guaita was a French poet based in Paris, an expert on esotericism and European mysticism, and an active member of the Rosicrucian Order. He was very celebrated and successful in his time.
Stanislas de Guaita 1861–1897), philosopher and poet.
De Guaita's drawings of the upright and inverted pentagrams, representing Spirit over matter (holiness) and matter over Spirit (evil), respectively, from his book La Clef de la Magie Noire, in 1897.
Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement influenced by Esoteric Christianity and Hermeticism that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several tex
Stanislas de Guaita
…Moselle – 19 December 1897, Tarquimpol) was a French poet based in Paris, an expert on esotericism and European mysticism, and an active member of the Rosicrucian Order. He was very celebrated and successful in his time. He had many disputes with other people who were involved with occultism and magic. Occultism…
The publication of the Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis (1614)
Frater C.R.C. – Christian Rose Cross (symbolical representation)
A 17th century depiction of the Rosicrucian concept of the Tree of Pansophia, 1604
18° Knight of the Rose Croix jewel (from the Masonic Scottish Rite)