Concerning the three principles of the divine essence / by Jacob Boehme, translated by John Sparrow, revised by C. J. B., with an introduction by Dr Paul Deussen, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel.

  • Jakob Böhme
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1910
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Credit: Concerning the three principles of the divine essence / by Jacob Boehme, translated by John Sparrow, revised by C. J. B., with an introduction by Dr Paul Deussen, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was the ^aching source, is now SUL, or the oil ^ Or lake of of the lovely pleasant fountain, which presseth through all the fountains, so that from hence the light is kindled. 13. And the sound or noise, in the turning wheel, is now the declarer or pronouncer in all the fountains, that the beloved child is born; for it cometh with its sound before all doors, and in all essences; so that in its awakening, all the virtues or powers are stirring, and see, feel, have smell, and taste one another in the light, for the whole birth nourisheth itself in its first mother, viz, the ^ harsh essence, being now become so thin [or pure], ^ Or sour, meek, sweet, and full of joy, and so the whole substantiality^ birth standeth in very great joy, love, meekness, and humility, and is nothing else than a mere pleasing taste, a delighting sight, a sweet smell, a ravishing sound to the hearing, a soft touch, beyond that which any tongue can utter or express. How should there not be joy and love, where, in the very midst of death, the eternal life is generated, and where there is no fear of any end, nor can be ? 14. Thus in the harshness there is a new birth again; understand, where the tart [sour astrin- gency] is predominant in the birth, and where the fire is not kindled according to the bitter sting or prickle, or from the beginning of the anguish : But the rising [or exulting] joy, is now the centre and kindling of the light, and the tartness [or astringency] hath now ^in its own quality the*Or for.
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