Jakob Böhme
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| + | "[[Huysmans]] declares that the [[Mysticism|mystic]] is the most practical person alive — [[Yeats]] has dived deeply into the writings of the exalted, from [[Joachim of Flora]] to [[Jakob Böhme |Jacob Boehme]], from [[St. Teresa]] to [[William Blake]]. " --''[[The Pathos of Distance]]'' (1913) by James Huneker | ||
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| - | '''''Mysterium Magnum''''' is Latin for "great mystery" and has many different associations and usages. | + | '''Jakob Böhme''' (probably April 24, 1575 – November 17, 1624) was a [[Germans|German]] [[Christian mystic]] and [[theologian]]. He is considered an original thinker within the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] tradition. In contemporary English, his name may be spelled '''Jacob Boehme'''; in seventeenth-century England it was also spelled '''Behmen''', approximating the contemporary English pronunciation of the German ''Böhme''. He is the subject of the texts "[[The Shoemaker of Gorlitz]]". |
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| - | [[Paracelsus]] and other [[alchemy|alchemist]]s employed the term "Mysterium Magnum" to denote primordial undifferentiated matter, from which all the [[Classical Element]]s sprang, sometimes compared with [[Brahman]], [[aether]] and [[akasha]]. | + | |
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| - | '''[[Jakob Böhme]]''' ([[1575]]–November 17, 1624) a German [[Christianity|Christian]] [[mysticism|mystic]] wrote a treatise entitled, ''The Mysterium Magnum'' (1623) | + | == See also == |
| + | * [[Behmenism]] | ||
| + | * [[German mysticism]] | ||
| + | * [[Christian mysticism]] | ||
| + | * [[Esoteric Christianity]] | ||
| + | * [[Sophia (wisdom)]] | ||
| + | * "[[The Secret Miracle]]" | ||
| - | ==Sacrament== | + | == Works == |
| + | *''Aurora: Die Morgenröte im Aufgang'' ([[unfinished work|unfinished]]) (1612) | ||
| + | *''The Three Principles of the Divine Essence'' (1618-1919) | ||
| + | *''The Threefold Life of Man'' (1620) | ||
| + | *''Answers to Forty Questions Concerning the Soul'' (1620) | ||
| + | *''The Treatise of the Incarnations:'' (1620) | ||
| + | **''I. Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ'' | ||
| + | **''II. Of the Suffering, Dying, Death and Resurrection of Christ'' | ||
| + | **''III. Of the Tree of Faith'' | ||
| + | *''The Great Six Points'' (1620) | ||
| + | *''Of the Earthly and of the Heavenly Mystery'' (1620) | ||
| + | *''Of the Last Times'' (1620) | ||
| + | *''De Signatura Rerum'' (1621) | ||
| + | *''The Four Complexions'' (1621) | ||
| + | *''Of True Repentance'' (1622) | ||
| + | *''Of True Resignation'' (1622) | ||
| + | *''Of Regeneration'' (1622) | ||
| + | *''Of Predestination'' (1623) | ||
| + | *''A Short Compendium of Repentance'' (1623) | ||
| + | *''The Mysterium Magnum'' (1623) | ||
| + | *''A Table of the Divine Manifestation, or an Exposition of the Threefold World'' (1623) | ||
| + | *''The Supersensual Life'' (1624) | ||
| + | *''Of Divine Contemplation or Vision'' (unfinished) (1624) | ||
| + | *''Of Christ's Testaments'' (1624) | ||
| + | **''I. Baptism'' | ||
| + | **''II. The Supper'' | ||
| + | *''Of Illumination'' (1624) | ||
| + | *''177 Theosophic Questions, with Answers to Thirteen of Them'' (unfinished) (1624) | ||
| + | *''An Epitome of the Mysterium Magnum'' (1624) | ||
| + | *''The Holy Week or a Prayer Book'' (unfinished) (1624) | ||
| + | *''A Table of the Three Principles'' (1624) | ||
| + | *''Of the Last Judgement'' (lost) (1624) | ||
| + | *''The Clavis'' (1624) | ||
| + | *''[[s:Sixty-two Theosophic Epistles|Sixty-two Theosophic Epistles]]'' (1618–1624) | ||
| - | "Mysterium Magnum" is often employed in [[Christian theology]] as a euphemism for "[[sacrament]]". | + | === Books in Print === |
| + | * ''The Way to Christ (inc. True Repentance, True Resignation, Regeneration or the New Birth, The Supersensual Life, Of Heaven & Hell, The Way from Darkness to True Illumination)'' edited by [[William Law]], Diggory Press ISBN 978-1846857911 | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[O Magnum Mysterium]] | ||
| - | * [[Mystery religion]] | ||
| - | * [[Great Rite]] | ||
| - | * [[Hieros gamos]] | ||
| - | * [[Sacred Mysteries]] | ||
| - | * [[Sacrament]] | ||
| - | * [[Communion]] | ||
| - | * [[Philosopher's stone]] | ||
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"Huysmans declares that the mystic is the most practical person alive — Yeats has dived deeply into the writings of the exalted, from Joachim of Flora to Jacob Boehme, from St. Teresa to William Blake. " --The Pathos of Distance (1913) by James Huneker |
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Jakob Böhme (probably April 24, 1575 – November 17, 1624) was a German Christian mystic and theologian. He is considered an original thinker within the Lutheran tradition. In contemporary English, his name may be spelled Jacob Boehme; in seventeenth-century England it was also spelled Behmen, approximating the contemporary English pronunciation of the German Böhme. He is the subject of the texts "The Shoemaker of Gorlitz".
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See also
- Behmenism
- German mysticism
- Christian mysticism
- Esoteric Christianity
- Sophia (wisdom)
- "The Secret Miracle"
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Works
- Aurora: Die Morgenröte im Aufgang (unfinished) (1612)
- The Three Principles of the Divine Essence (1618-1919)
- The Threefold Life of Man (1620)
- Answers to Forty Questions Concerning the Soul (1620)
- The Treatise of the Incarnations: (1620)
- I. Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ
- II. Of the Suffering, Dying, Death and Resurrection of Christ
- III. Of the Tree of Faith
- The Great Six Points (1620)
- Of the Earthly and of the Heavenly Mystery (1620)
- Of the Last Times (1620)
- De Signatura Rerum (1621)
- The Four Complexions (1621)
- Of True Repentance (1622)
- Of True Resignation (1622)
- Of Regeneration (1622)
- Of Predestination (1623)
- A Short Compendium of Repentance (1623)
- The Mysterium Magnum (1623)
- A Table of the Divine Manifestation, or an Exposition of the Threefold World (1623)
- The Supersensual Life (1624)
- Of Divine Contemplation or Vision (unfinished) (1624)
- Of Christ's Testaments (1624)
- I. Baptism
- II. The Supper
- Of Illumination (1624)
- 177 Theosophic Questions, with Answers to Thirteen of Them (unfinished) (1624)
- An Epitome of the Mysterium Magnum (1624)
- The Holy Week or a Prayer Book (unfinished) (1624)
- A Table of the Three Principles (1624)
- Of the Last Judgement (lost) (1624)
- The Clavis (1624)
- Sixty-two Theosophic Epistles (1618–1624)
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Books in Print
- The Way to Christ (inc. True Repentance, True Resignation, Regeneration or the New Birth, The Supersensual Life, Of Heaven & Hell, The Way from Darkness to True Illumination) edited by William Law, Diggory Press ISBN 978-1846857911
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