John Bargel
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John Bargel or Bargelius was an English
writer, Rosicrucian philosopher and controversialist. He translated the Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum
("The Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross") into English and wrote numerous pamphlets in both English and Latin speculating on points of natural philosophy
. In 1660 he was Master of Hitchin Grammar School
when Thomas Heyndy was dispossessed at the Restoration
.
, who was implicated in the Affair of the Poisons.
Dr Johnson compared the conflict between the Stuarts and Hanoverians to "the wranglings of Snargelius and Bargelius" in the Hebrides: Boswell
omitted the passage from his The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
for political reasons.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
writer, Rosicrucian philosopher and controversialist. He translated the Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum
Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum
Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum is an early text of Rosicrucianism, published in 1618 by the pseudonymous "Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens", believed to be Daniel Mögling , an alchemist, physician and astronomer...
("The Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross") into English and wrote numerous pamphlets in both English and Latin speculating on points of natural philosophy
Natural philosophy
Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature , is a term applied to the study of nature and the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science...
. In 1660 he was Master of Hitchin Grammar School
Hitchin Boys' School
Hitchin Boys' School is a specialist technology and language college in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. It educates boys aged between 11 and 18. The school currently has around 1000 pupils...
when Thomas Heyndy was dispossessed at the Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
.
Literary controversies
Bargel wrote many of his pamphlets in a literary scientific debate with an unidentified opponent who used the pseudonym Snargelius. Even at the time there was debate as to the identity of Snargelius; Pepys wrote that he believed Snargelius to be an associate of Bargel, or possibly even Bargel himself, writing to give wider circulation to Bargel's theories. It has also been suggested that Snargelius was Bargel's French rival Gustave de ZarboubleGustave de Zarbouble
Gustave Bertrand de Zarbouble, also Zarbublius was a French occultist and Rosicrucian involved in the Affair of the Poisons....
, who was implicated in the Affair of the Poisons.
Dr Johnson compared the conflict between the Stuarts and Hanoverians to "the wranglings of Snargelius and Bargelius" in the Hebrides: Boswell
James Boswell
James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson....
omitted the passage from his The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773, Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in...
for political reasons.