CHAPTER III

LEGEND AND HISTORY OF RAYMUND LULLY

Story of the _Doctor Illuminatus_ on its mythical side—Raymond Lully and the Lady Ambrosia—His immortality and liberation therefrom—The historical personage—Lully as an alchemist—The Rose Nobles—His philosophical testament—Colleges for the study of languages founded by his efforts—The Great Art—He appears at the Council of Vienna—Lully a disciple of the Kabalists—But the tradition in his hands had become Christian 319

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