The Rosie Crucian Secrets, their Excellent Method of Making Medicines of Metals, and also their Laws and Mysteries, is catalogued as Harley Manuscript 6485 in the British Museum Library. The content is almost entirely Qabalistic and Alchemical. Its aims are designed toward one end: merging the separated and seemingly personal consciousness with the One-All.

This volume conveys the secret process for the unfolding of the Stone and the mysteries of philosophical geomancy. The plates of the “Trees of the Planets” have been restored from the British Museum manuscript, and are reproduced in this book in their entirety for the first time.

The use of gematria as a key to the hidden language of Alchemy is an original contribution to the field. The inter-textual notes are like a book within a book, and express hidden meanings beyond the usual alchemical jargon. The “pattern” of this work is drawn from the original work, Rosicrucian Secrets, which has been issued in a number of different editions over the years, but the notes following within the text (different typeface) are the real value of the special publication.

Written in the traditional cryptic and coded style of genuine alchemists, the original does not explain fundamentals. The commentaries throughout from Gordon James are intended to aid decipherment for serious investigators. (The Glossary section on this site also serves to elaborate on many Alchemical terms and phrases.)

To obtain a copy of The Secrets of John Dee please visit the publisher JD HOLMES.