High and Deep Grounds of the Threefold Life of Man (1660) - Page 10

List of several points that are mentioned in? this treatise?. The heartfelt prayer / for a blessed departure Referring to a peaceful death and the soul's transition to the afterlife.. Concerning the seeing soul / or visibility / of God. In the precious / wisdom of God / all is recognized. The other points / are easy to find / etc.

...[why] all things appeared or came forth in such a quality or essence: for the comfort of the poor, wounded, and sick human soul, and the reconstruction of the true Christian religion, wherein the Antichristoriginal: "Wiederchrist." Jacob Böhme used this term to describe not just a biblical figure, but the corrupt institutional church and spiritual blindness that he believed had taken over the Christianity of his time. stands completely naked and revealed. Composed for our own memory and encouragement in this confused, miserable, and sorrowful time.

In the description / of Peter original: "Petri." Likely referring to a preface or index found in specific 17th-century editions of Böhme's works. / which is to be found / before the / first part of the epistles / of the Great Mystery / the explanation of the soul / and the figure is given / quite clearly. It would be / too extensive here / to explain / the entire figure. It is hereby / shown / where the reader / should look for it.

Because (it is hoped) for the Christian reader’s grateful pleasure / the Magical FigureA complex symbolic diagram or "Hand-Gris" often found in Böhme’s books, representing the intersection of the divine, the human, and the natural worlds. that was placed upon the Blessed Author’s grave, together with the epitaph / has been added here as an illustration: May it please the same reader to seek out or look up the explanation of such a figure in the short "Reminder of the Life and Conduct" of the aforementioned Blessed Author, which is found before his printed treatise or book on Genesis, (called Mysterium MagnumLatin for "The Great Mystery." This was Böhme’s massive commentary on the Book of Genesis, exploring the mystical origins of the universe.).