Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: EX UNO OMNIA
The Great Man
The Magus
The Hermetic Magus
Alchemy
Lichfield
C. H. Josten
ONE: THE COMING ONE
The Ashmoles
Formative Influences
Mother
TWO: LICHFIELD—THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF ENGLAND
St. Chad and the Origins of Lichfield
Gaia
Childhood
THREE: LONDON CALLING
FOUR: WAR
Astrology
The Intelligencer
Ashmole’s Persona
Defending Oxford
Dreams and Spires
Women
Worcester
FIVE: DEFEAT AND REBIRTH: FREEMASONRY
Free Masonry
Secret Signs
SIX: RETURN TO LONDON
Women Again
Lady Mainwaring
SEVEN: THE 1650s (I): THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE
Ex Uno Omnia
Fasciculus Chemicus
One Hieroglyph—New Being
The Theater of British Chemistry
Ashmole and the Rosicrucians
The Rose Cross Fraternity
A Gathering Reputation
The Way to Bliss
EIGHT: THE 1650s (II): STUDY TO BE QUIET
Secret Work
A Journey to Staffordshire
Contemplative Men and Antiquarian Recreation
The Tradescant Deed of Gift
NINE: THE WINDSOR HERALD
The Royal Society
The Antiquarian
The Masterpiece
Astro-Politics
TEN: LICHFIELD—THE RECONSTRUCTION
Restaurator
The Loving Cup
Our Magus
Ashmole’s Politics
Bills, Bills, and More Bills
Ashmole and the Mason’s Company
The Origins of Freemasonry
ELEVEN: THE MUSEUM
The Tradescant Rarities
The Ashmolean
“Those Fatall Flames”
TWELVE: COMING HOME
Saving Dee
Sendivogius, Kelley, and Dee
Toward Home
Postscript
INDEX
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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