The History of Rosicrucianism

The history of Rosicrucianism is simultaneously a history of historical secret societies and the power of fake news to shape reality in surprising ways. We all know about the Illuminati who secretly ruled the world, or at least the internet, for their evil purposes. But there really was a historical order of the Illuminati, and the true history is actually much more interesting than the silliness. The welter of new religious phenomena arising in Christianity gave rise to other esoteric movements as well.