A Short Summary

of this Book:

High and deep foundations concerning the Threefold Life of Man through the Three PrinciplesA central concept in the philosophy of Jacob Böhme, referring to three realms of reality: the dark fire-world (source of power/wrath), the light-world (divine love), and the visible world (our physical reality)., in which is clearly shown both the Eternal and the Mortal: And why God (the Highest GoodOften referred to in Latin as the Summum Bonum, the ultimate source of all happiness and virtue.) has brought everything forth into the Light: Why also one thing runs against another and corrupts it: And then / what may be True or False, and how the one separates from the other: Wherein primarily the Three Principles are grounded / which are then the sole origin or source from which all things flow.

Wherefrom also may be clearly recognized the manifold Opinions of Faith / why and from what cause so many various opinions arise among the original: "Menschen-Kindern," literally "children of men," a common biblical expression for all of humanity. Children of Men concerning the Essence or the Will of God / and what is also necessary and useful for man to do, so that he may become a partaker of the Highest or Eternal Good: And then also at the same time concerning the outcome and end of all things / [where]The text ends mid-sentence at the catchword "war," which likely continues as "warumb" (why) or "waren" (were/was) on the next page.