bMS 677
Copy of the Admission of Sigismund Bacstrom into the Fraternity of Rosicrucians by the Comte de Chazal, transcribed by Frederick Hockley, 1839.
Summary Information:
- Call Number: bMS 677
- Title: Sigismund Bacstrom. Copy of the Admission of Sigismund Bacstrom into the Fraternity of Rosicrucians by the Comte de Chazal, 1839.
- Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
- Quantity: 1 volume
Administrative Information:
- Preferred Citation: Sigismund Bacstrom, Admission into Fraternity of Rosicrucians, bMS 677, Andover-Harvard Library, Harvard Divinity School
- Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Biographical Note:
Sigismund Bacstrom (c. 1750-1805), born in Scandinavia, was a physician, alchemist, and Rosicrucian. He was initiated into the Societas Rosae Crucis by Comte Louis de Chazal, an occultist and alchemist who Bacstrom met on the island of Mauritius during his travels as a ship's surgeon. This meeting led to Bacstrom's interest in alchemy, and he began to study it seriously, eventually translating many works on alchemy into English. Bacstrom is the author of Bacstrom's Alchemical Anthology.
Scope and Content:
This volume is a copy of the admission of Dr. Sigismund Bacstrom
into the fraternity of the Rosicrucians by the Comte de Chazal, in the
French colony of Mauritius in 1794. It contains the original pledges
made by Bacstrom. The volume is handwritten and illustrated by Frederick
Hockley, a well-known Rosicrucian.