Dieser Band enthält Andreaes Abgesänge auf die Rosenkreuzerbewegung. In den 25 Trialogen >Turris BabelDer Turm von BabelTractatSchädlichkeit der Neugier und das falsche Streben nach EinzigartigkeitDe curiositatis pernicie syntagma. Ad singularitatis studiososTurris BabelThe Tower of BabelTractatHarmfulness of Curiosity and the False Pursuit of SingularityDe curiositatis pernicie syntagma. Ad singularitatis studiosos<, 1620) is also a reckoning with the Rosicrucian furor. In addition, Andreae describes pseudo-scientific hocus-pocus, false prophets, sanctimonious sectarians, aristocratic art connoisseurs and youthful non-conformism in psychologically refined and satirically pointed portraits as varieties of »curiosity«, the seductive power of which he knows from his own experience.
