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Behmen

American  
[bey-muhn] / ˈbeɪ mən /

noun

  1. Jakob Böhme, Jakob.


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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.”

From Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples by Anonymous

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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