Behmen
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The Works of Jacob Behmen, the "Teutonic Theosopher," translated into English, were first printed in England in the seventeenth century, between 1644 and 1662.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
So again Behmen says: "The Fire in the Light is a fire of Love, but the Fire in the Darkness is a fire of Anguish, and is painful, irksome, and full of contrariety."
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
Hallam writes Behmen: his index-maker, rather superfluously, gives "Behmen or Boehm."
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
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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