CHRISTIAN HOBURG’S

original: "Christiano Hoburghs." This is a Latinized form of the author's name, Christian Hoburg, a controversial but widely read mystic and pastor.

Living

HEART THEOLOGY

The "Heart Theology" represents a spiritual movement that moved away from rigid dogma toward an internal, emotional, and lived experience of the divine.

An engraving depicts a man kneeling in a landscape of hills and trees. He is dressed in a simple tunic and cloak, looking up toward a broad ray of light descending from the upper left corner. He holds a flaming heart aloft in his right hand, while his left hand is raised in a gesture of awe. Inscribed within the ray of light is a line of Dutch text. The main title is presented on a decorative banner at the top, and the publishing information is at the bottom of the frame.

My son, give me your heart.
original: "myn Soone geeft myn u Herte." This is a translation of Proverbs 23:26, a foundational verse for the emblem tradition where the heart is offered to God.

The Verheydens were a family of printers and booksellers in Amsterdam, which was the 17th-century hub for religious and philosophical publishing.