The Adventures of Christian Rosy Cross

by David Foster

THE ROSICRUCIAN MYTH IS RETOLD IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY COMIC NOVEL, WHICH DRAWWS ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE OCCULT EPIGRAMS OF MICHAEL MAIER THE 17TH CENTURY ALCHEMIST AND CHIEF APOLGIST FOR THE ROSICRUCIAN MOVEMENT. FOSTER'S ICONOCLASTIC ACCOUNT OF HIS YOUTHFUL HERO'S TRAVELS IN THE EAST, IS AT ONCE A PICARESQUE FICTION, A SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY, AN ETHIC FOR THE DRUG USER, AND A DEEPLY FELT LAMENT FOR T THE NOW DEPARTED...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140077014
• ISBN13: 9780140077018
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.