Behmen
Americannoun
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He Anthroposophus and Fludd, And Jacob Behmen understood; Knew many an amulet and charm, That would do neither good nor harm; In Rosy-Crusian lore as learned As he that verè adeptus earned.”
But Behmen never uses words in this merely literary way, being indeed in nowise a man of letters.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
Behmen is concerned with the real nature of things, apart from time and space, with their apparent, but so misleading, facts.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
This translation from the original German is not exactly literal, but rather a liberal version, or paraphrase, the thought of Behmen being expanded and elucidated, though in nowise departed from.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
Jacob Behmen first announced the three working properties of nature, which Newton stole, as described in the Gentleman's Magazine, July, 1782, p.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
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