Editing Fama Fraternitatis (section)

==Origin==
In his book ''The True Story of the Rosicrucians'' historian [[Tobias Churton]] brought to light new documents that prove the Fama was written by a group of Lutheran scholars at Tübingen in which Andreae took an active part.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} After one manuscript written in 1612, which was intended to be circulated privately escaped their control, the movement took on a life of its own, prompting new theories and pure speculations such as those brought forward by [[Émile Dantinne]] (1884–1969) who theorised that the origins of the Rosicrucians might have had an [[Islam]]ic connection. Rosenkreuz started his pilgrimage at the age of sixteen. This led him to [[Arabia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Morocco]], where he came into contact with sages of the East who revealed to him the "universal harmonic science". After learning Arabic philosophy in [[Jerusalem]], he was led to Damcar. This place remains a mystery — it did not become [[Damascus]], but is somewhere not too far from Jerusalem. Then he stopped briefly in [[Egypt]]. Soon afterwards, he embarked to [[Fes]], a center of philosophical and occult studies, such as the alchemy of Abu-Abdallah, Gabir ben Hayan and [[Jafar as-Sadiq|Imam Jafar al Sadiq]], the astrology and magic of Ali-ash-Shabramallishi, and the esoteric science of Abdarrahman ben Abdallah al Iskari. However, Dantinne states that Rosenkreuz may have found his secrets amongst the [[Brethren of Purity]], a society of philosophers that had formed in [[Basra]] ([[Iraq]]) in the 10th century. Their doctrine had its source in the study of the ancient [[Greek philosophers]], but it became more neo-Pythagorean. They adopted the [[Pythagoreanism|Pythagorean]] tradition of envisioning objects and ideas in terms of their numeric aspects. Their [[theurgy]] and [[esoteric]] knowledge is expounded in an epistolary style in the ''[[Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity]]''.

The Brethren of Purity and the [[Sufism|Sufis]] were united in many points of doctrine. They both were mystical orders deriving from [[Quran]]ic theology but supplanting [[dogma]] with a faith in the Divine Reality. There were many similarities between the Rosicrucian way as expressed in the manifestos and the way of life of the Brethren of Purity. Neither group wore special clothing, both practiced abstinence, they healed the sick, and they offered their teachings free of charge. Similarities also were evident in the doctrinal elements of their [[theurgy]] and the story of creation in terms of [[emanationism]]. However, if one studies the Fama which was written by Lutherans, the main idea of Islamic connection is easily disproved. What was intended with the Fama was a novel in which the idea of reformation of Sciences and Arts in which a Hermetic tradition of European origin is well established.