Adam Haslmayr (31 October 1562 – 16 January 1630) was a German writer, who was the first commentator of the

Rosicrucian Manifestos Rosicrucianism () is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts announcing to the world a new esoteric order. Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rose ...

. He called the revelation of

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. H ...

the "Theophrastia Sancta".

Life

Adam Haslmayr was born in Bozen,

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

, and worked as a public notary in South Tyrol. In 1592 he published in Augsburg the ''Newe Teutsche Gesang'', a printed collection of polyphonic songs in German. In 1612 he stated that he saw a manuscript of

Fama Fraternitatis ''Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis'' (''Report of the Fraternity of the Rose Cross'') is an anonymous Rosicrucian manifesto published circa 1610 in Kassel, Hesse-Kassel (in present-day Germany). In 1652, Thomas Vaughan translated the work into En ...

in 1610, although the text was first published in 1614. His statement, published in his ''Answer to the Praiseworthy Brotherhood of Theosophers of Rozenkreuz'' was included in the same volume as the ''Fama Fraternitatis'', but the original edition is still kept at the Anna-Amalia Library, Germany. Haslmayr was a close friend of Karl Widemann, with whom he had shared a house, and Benedictus Figulus, both also closely related to the early Rosicrucian furore. Figulus had brought Haslmayr into contact with Widemann, who in turn introduced him to prince August of Anhalt. Haslmayr's ''Answer'' was published in 1612 with the financial aid of August of Anhalt. Shortly after, Haslmayr was sent to work at the galleys in Genoa by Maximilian III of Austria, and was released only 4–5 years later.Gilly. ''Adam Haslmayr'', pp. 55–60. He died in

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

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