between 1607 and 1616, two anonymous rosicrucian manifestos were published by some anonymous person or group, first in germany and later throughout europe. these were the "fama fraternitatis", (the fame of the brotherhood of rc), and the "confessio fraternitatis", (the confession of the brotherhood of rc). the first manifesto was influenced by the work of the respected hermetic philosopher heinrich khunrath, of hamburg, author of the "amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae" (1609) who himself had borrowed generously from the work of john dee. it referred favourably to the role played by the illuminati and it featured a convoluted manufactured history dating back to archaic mysteries of the middle east, with references to the kabala and the persian magi.