The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

About this book

A mysterious invitation draws Christian Rosenkreutz to a royal wedding. Seven days of tests, impossible ceremonies, deaths and transformations unfold inside a castle whose rules he barely understands.

This early Rosicrucian allegory follows Rosenkreutz through a castle of ceremonies, trials, towers and astonishing reversals. Nearly every object seems capable of carrying an alchemical meaning, though the story offers few explanations. The strange sequence unfolds with the logic of a dream, moving towards the union promised by its title.