In his later works, alchemy is the object of ridicule and is placed with music, art, theatre and astrology in the category of less serious sciences. In his autobiography he indicated the Chymische Hochzeit as one of his works-as a "ludibrium", possibly meaning "lampoon". Andreae’s vision of Christianopolis contrasted sharply with the reality of ChristianEurope, which during his lifetime experienced a period of utmost political and reli-gious turmoil. His role in the origin of the Rosicrucian legend is controversial. In 1650, he assumed direction of the monasterial school Bebenhausen in 1654, he became abbot of the evangelical monasterial school of Adelberg.
He became also a spiritual adviser to a royal princess of Württemberg. In 1639, he became preacher at the court and councillor of the consistory (Konsistorialrat) in Stuttgart, where he advocated a fundamental church reform. To this end, he initiated the Christliche Gottliebende Gesellschaft ("Christian God-loving Society"). Here he reformed the school and social institutions, and established institutions for charity and other aids. He studied theology and natural sciences in Tübingen,obtaining a degree in 1614. Johannes Valentinus Andreä or Johann Valentin Andreae, was a German theologian, who claimed to be the author of the Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459 (1616, Strasbourg, the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz), one of the three founding works of Rosicrucianism. Source: Internet Archive Digitizing Sponsor and Contributor: Library of Congress.Johannes Valentinus Andreae a.k.a. So farewell, my Christian reader, and gird you on the road to heaven.” Translated from the Latin of J.V.A. But the safest way will be for you to embark upon your vessel which has the sign of the Cancer for its distinctive mark, sail for Christianopolis yourself with favorable conditions, and there investigate everything very accurately in the fear of God. From ‘Hail, Christian Reader: “If anyone doubts the truth of my story, let him put off passing judgment until all reports of wanderings and sea travels have been made. PART 2: Dedicatory Hail, Christian Reader Christianopolis. Andreae, the Royal Society of London, and Educational Reform Bibliography. The ‘’Christianopolis’’ and ‘’Nova Solyma’’ V. The ‘’Christianopolis’’ and Francis Bacon’s ‘’New Atlantis’’ IV.
More’s ‘’Utopia,’’ Campanella’s ‘’Civitas Solis’’ and the ‘’Christianopolis’’ III.
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