As a cobbler in Gorlitz, Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) came into contact with many great thinkers who sought refuge from the Roman Church and Reformation groups in post-Luther Germany. Gradually he became one of the most influential mystics of the Reformation era. This anthology provides an introduction to Boehme's wide-ranging thought and his wisdom grounded in revelation, as well as newly translated Boehme letters.
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Robin Waterfield has been a student of Boehme for over fifty years. He worked for fifteen years as a missionary in Iran and is a Jungian counselor. He is the author of Christians in Persia and Ren Gunon and the Future of the West.
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Jacob Boehme, the humble shoemaker from Görlitz went on to inspire great poets such as William Blake. Boehme attracted criticism throughout his life from the religious establishment and posthumously from those who decried his lack of formal education. However the importance of his work should not be underestimated and in many ways his lack of formal education gives him a profound insight not found in many of his contemporaries. This book edited by Robin Waterfield offers excerpts from some of his main works and provides a means to learn about Boehme without the need to grapple with his more difficult works such as Aurora and The Way to Christ. Boehme was devoutly Christian and offers an esoteric interpretation of Christianity, preferring to focus on imitating Christ rather than arguing about theological issues. This book can still offer insight to Christians today and those generally interested in esotericism. Certainly worth reading and Waterfield's expertise on Boehme is invaluable to grasp the key themes.
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JACOB BOEHME was born in 1575 in the village of Alt Seidenberg near the larger town of Gorleitz in Upper Lusatia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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JACOB BOEHME was born in 1575 in the village of Alt Seidenberg near the larger town of Gorleitz in Upper Lusatia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mercurial wheel, free lubet, angelical world, indissoluble band, threefold life, mysterium magnum, eternal birth, beloved sir, forty questions, noble image, eternal nature, light shineth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, God the Father, Most High, Son of God, Word of the Lord, Principle of God, The Philadelphian Society, Turba Magna, Quirinus Kuhlmann New!
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- Civil War by Douglas Welsh on page 47, and page 48
- Way to Christ by Jacob Boehme on page 55, and Back Matter
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- Mysterium Coniunctionis: An Inquiry into the Separation and Synthesis of Psychic Opposites in Alchemy (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 14) by C. G. Jung in Back Matter
- Mystical Sources of German Romantic Philosophy (Pittsburgh Theological Monographs) by Ernst Benz in Back Matter
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- Mystics of the Christian Tradition by Steven Fanning in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Panentheism: The Other God of the Philosophers--From Plato to the Present by John W. Cooper on page 57
- Spirituality and the Occult by Brian Gibbons in Back Matter
- Jacob Boehme: The Way to Christ (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Peter Erb in Back Matter
- Helena Blavatsky (Western Esoteric Masters) by Helena Blavatsky in Front Matter
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