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Mysterious Rosicrucian order launched their movement by putting up vague posters in Paris

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In 1623, Parisians woke up to cryptic posters announcing that the Invisible College of the Rosy Cross had moved to their city. The catch? The posters didn't give an address, claiming that true seekers would find them through 'the desires of the mind.' It was history’s most arrogant guerrilla marketing campaign for an occult society.

Mysterious Rosicrucian order launched their movement by putting up vague posters in Paris
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