Why the Dark Mark?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 121695


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Hans Andréa <ibotsjfvxfst at y...> 
wrote:

Hans:
> By the way, Geoff Bannister said some time ago that he thought it 
unlikely
> that Jo would choose such an "obscure" publication as a source.
> 
> In 1616, when this book was published, it was certainly not 
obscure! It was
> one of a set of three books called "The Rosicrucian Manifestos" 
published
> during three years. This set raised a real furore in Europe in 
those days.
> Of course the common people couldn't read, let alone afford books, 
but many
> of the elite in Europe got hold of it and there was a hell of a 
controversy.
> In fact this is perhaps the most fundamental of all Rosicrucian
> publications, and literally hundreds of other books appeared as a 
result of
> it. It was definitely the Harry Potter for Grownups in 1616!

Geoff:
I was speaking in modern terms. I wonder how many people here, prior 
to your expositions, knew of the Rosicrucians? (I did - I have a 
friend who is one.)

And, how many folk today throughout the world would count themselves 
as Rosicrucians? Perhaps you can provide an answer.