ABSTRACT
At the end of the chapter on Francesco Giorgi in the first part of this book, the suggestion was raised that Giorgi’s philosophy may be closely related to the philosophy of Rosicrucianism. It is certain that Robert Fludd’s vast volumes on the universal harmony, the Utriusque cosmi historia published at Oppenheim in 1617-19, are heavily influenced by Giorgi and represent, in essence, the Giorgi philosophy in a later form.1 Fludd, as we know, was associated with the Rosicrucian movement.2 Was, therefore, the influence of Giorgi which we have traced in the Elizabethan age and called an influence of Christian Cabala really the same as an influence of Rosicrucianism, a movement possibly connected with secret societies and particularly with Freemasonry?3
