
The Pegasus of the Firmament: A Pansophic Manifesto
Central to the Rosicrucian call for a world reform was the teachings of Pansophism, or Pansophy, which was a concept in the educational system of “universal knowledge” proposed by John Amos Comenius (1592–1670). Thus, just as there would be a call for what was ultimately a universal religion, so too, would the Rosicrucians call for a system of “universal knowledge.” Recall Comenius was a member of the Bohemian Brethren and was the spiritual father of Zinzendorf’s Moravians. Comenius would work closely with Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586-1654), author of the Chemical Wedding, in furthering this Rosicrucian reform in education.




