The Rising Dawn,
that is:
the Root or Mother
of
Philosophy, Astrology, and Theology,
from a true foundation,
Or
Description of Nature,
how All things have been
and came to be in the Beginning;
how Nature and the Elements became creaturely,
also of both qualities, Evil and Good; from which all things
have their origin, and how they now stand and work, and what
they will become at the end of this time: also how the Kingdoms of
God and of Hell are constituted, and how human beings
work creatively within each.
All from a true foundation, diligently set forth in the recognition of the Spirit in the moving power original: "Wallen" — a term Boehme uses to describe the surging, vital, or boiling movement of the divine essence of God
by
J a c o b B ö h m e,
in Görlitz, in the Year of Christ 1612.
at the age of 37 years, on the Tuesday of Pentecost.
Everything newly revised, and diligently corrected and improved according to the
author's original: "Authoris" own manuscript original: "Manuscripto".
New Edition.
Berlin and Leipzig, 1780.
Published by Christian Ulrich Ringmacher.