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I'm a historian, usually dealing with texts and culture of the 16th and 17th Century, which was a hey-day for alchemy and hermeticism and the birth of modern science.
no argument there.. and kudo's on the term "modern' science
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No one of which was separated from politics, the way it is now.
hmm. yeah they seem to be seperate alright, but everything is under the thumb of politics in these times..? say there was a scientific discovery made which could revolutionise the world in 3 days.. do you think we will hear about it? ..i don't even think such research is possible unless the government of the day is funding and then monitering it?
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And it's all connected.
i love that sentance, use it often and highly recommed it
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John Dee was a first rate mathematician, but he was also an alchemist and official ambassador for Elizabeth I, and no one of those can be understood without the other.
mathematician
but ..this seems like you are casting a negative on that..? (him being an alchemist)
like if i was going to say Santa is a nice guy who brings us presents,
but....
i'm sorry which can't be understood without the other? maths, alchemy or being an ambassor or all the above? (bare with me please)
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Unfortunately, dilettantes that CTers are, they seldom bother to a) actually correctly learn about the period occultism they parrot off various websites, and think things like the Rosicrucians are alive and well or

learn the context within which they operated.
i will have to look up the word 'dilettante' but i think i get the jist of it

Whassat you say? the Rosicrucian order is no more? ..i got a magazine here with their advertisements in it?? (they want me to come and unlock my human potential and all that jazz, i already sent them my life savings and my pin number, please don't tell me they're not the original RC movement? hehe)
i got this nagging feeling in the back of my head that a group (order of the golden dawn maybe?) something like that is connected to RC.. maybe i read it in a book long ago or something?
if you're mentioning 'period occultism' it might be worth (my) alluding to the possibility that certain movements would have been part of larger movements, which may in turn have been part of larger movements still, if you get where i'm going with that.. what are your thoughts on HPB for example?
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For instance, the Rosicrucians were a group of English- and hermetically-influenced German Protestants with specific religio-political aims expressed in allegory.
well i know a little about them, but i am no historian put it that way.. i would defer to things you say there i guess.. but let me run something by you in a sec'
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With the fall of their political scion, the Elector Palantine Frederick,
the way you describe this, it comes across as the RC group was like a 'pet project' or 'brainchild/thinktank' of said Palantine Frederick, or PF was at least a 'sympathizer' of the RC movement... i would need some more info about who he was.. i suppose i could google it or wiki but i think that is an easy way to get fed a load of bullsh*t, i'm not terribly interested in them, so can survive without any further info..
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and the outbreak of the Thirty Years War in their heartland, they disbanded (in as much as they ever actually did anything but write hopeful letters to themselves).
haha.. ok sounds like things didn't go so well for them..?
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Now, if you didn't know who they were, where they were from and what they were doing, you wouldn't know the spoke in allegory. You might think they had cohesive plans for a New World Order and /meant/ it.
riiight..? so what you're saying is.. they walked like ducks, quacked like ducks.. but were not ducks? because this is how it comes across.. trees are known by fruit, even if the fruit is just hopefull letters to eachother?
(how do i say this?) umm.. if they're sitting around talking about allegorical things that can easily be construed as NWO type objectives.. how exactly do you consider them harmless?
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But no, people here get a few naked facts and go to town in looking for them being around today.
well, like i said, they're advertising in magazines now.. i can maybe scan the add and upload it if you don't believe me?
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Although the whole Egyptian thing is still beyond me.
beyond most of us it seems

but there is definantly more to that story than what 'they' are telling us..
ok here's me leetle thing i wanna run by you..you've described this RC mob well enough to me, it sounds like exactly the same as other NWO offshoot/tangient/subgroups.. you mention they have a political scion (i am trying to get to the bottom of their relationship to one another, please post some info on that if you return?) you say they speak in allegory (don't they all) and you say they were talking about NWO stuff (but did not mean it?) ..all the hallmarks are there?
anyway was good to get to see this side of you.. now when i see you(r posts) in future i won't be chuckling to myself and calling you a 'grump'

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