Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1609) (1609) - Page 264

KEEP FAR AWAY FROM HERE, YOU UNINITIATED.

ALL THINGS

...KEEP ...POWERS ...YOUR SERVING original: ...AS ...TATES ...TRAS HABETOTE. Likely reconstruction: "POTESTATES MINISTRAS HABETOTE" (Keep [them as] serving powers). This refers to the secondary spiritual forces or angels acting as servants to the Divine. I. WASH YOURSELVES, BE CLEAN. II. TO THE FIRST The "First" refers to the Supreme Being, God. LET VOWS AND PRAYERS BE GIVEN; TO LOWER BEINGS, LET THERE BE HYMNS. III. ANGELS original: ΑΓΓΕΛΟΙ OF THE LORD original: יהוה (The Tetragrammaton, the four-letter Hebrew name of God). FLYING FROM US TO THE LORD AND FROM THERE TO US, LET THEM BE RECEIVED WITH REVERENCE AND TREMBLING. VII. LET THE SACRED THINGS, WHOSE MYSTERIES YOU COME TO TREAT IN THIS WAY, BE OPEN TO THE WORTHY, BUT HIDDEN FROM THE UNINITIATED.

THE LORD original: יהוה

granting

WELL-WILLING,

KNOWING, BEING ABLE,

AND BEING.

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...is of the TRUE [Wisdom], and narrow indeed, but yet sufficiently grand, consecrated to JEHOVAH, and therefore to it, by the STAIRCASE
...[dedi]cated, of seven Theosophic steps, truly Philosophical, only for the faithful sons of DOCTRINE,
...already by various means the ascent is made; and to these alone, DIVINELY inspired, it is granted, according to the seven oracular LAWS,
...to see and contemplate CHRISTIAN-KABBALISTICALLY, DIVINE-MAGICALLY, as well as PHYSICO-CHEMICALLY,
...[the secrets]: so that they may not die Sophistically In this context, "Sophistically" refers to the false, worldly wisdom that Khunrath opposes. but live Theosophically, and [so that] orthodox PHILOSOPHERS THUS (also God-pourers original: Θεο-χόοι (theokhooi). A term used by Khunrath to describe those who are filled with and "pour out" divine influence.)
...may tell of the Works of the LORD; and worthily celebrate GOD, who has so blessed them as his friends. Constructed by HEINRICH [KHUNRATH]
...DOCTOR of both [Laws and Medicine], in the YEAR from the birth of JESUS CHRIST, 1602.