Rosicrucianism, this mysterious and influential ideological movement, has until now rarely become the subject of serious scientific research. For the first time, a monograph is being published in Russian, which, although it was published a quarter of a century ago, has not lost its heuristic meaning to this day. Based on a thorough analysis of works, letters, visual materials of the 17th century. the author, a well-known specialist in the history of the European Renaissance, offers an original concept of the Rosicrucian Enlightenment, an era that invisibly prepared the transition from the Renaissance magical-kabbalistic traditions to the European culture of modern times. Translation by A. Kavtaskin, ed. T. Baskakova M.: 1999