Memoirs of the life, death, burial, and wonderful writings, of Jacob Behmen

...presage original: "Presage"; a sign or warning that something will happen; an omen. of his future spiritual admission to the sight of the hidden treasury of the wisdom and mysteries of God and nature. According to Jacob’s account, this very treasure was carried off some years later by a foreign scholar original: "Virtuoso"; a person with a great interest in the arts and sciences, or a collector of curiosities.; however, it brought this treasure-hunter to a shameful end, as there was a curse attached to it.

[We need not be so greatly surprised by Jacob Boehme’s entry into this cavern in the mountain; for Henry Kornman’s tract, titled Venus-Berg German: "Venus Mountain," a legendary location in German folklore.; the writings of that extensive and experienced traveler, Leonard Thurnbeisser; Hammelman in his Chronicle of Holstein; Theophrastus Paracelsus, Agricola, Mathesius, Aldrovandus, Theobald, Kircher, Zeiller, and others; and also the so-called Wahlen-Schatz original: "Wahlen-Schatz"; literally "Treasure of the Walloons," referring to folk-books describing hidden riches in the mountains. and the little treatise concerning mines, all attest that such curious and amazing places have been discovered here and there. This is, in fact, visible upon the Giant Mountains original: "Riesengebirge," a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. near the warm baths of Hirschberg in Silesia—especially upon Aventrot Hill under the seven-sided original: "septangular". stone, and in many other places. Furthermore, that good and learned (though very obscure) man, John Beer of Schweidniz, was able in the year 1570, through divine permission, to make several excursions to the Zotts and other surrounding original: "circumjacent". mountains in those parts. This was done under certain restrictions and not without the fear of God. There, he discovered the curiosities and treasures of the earth and was allowed to make use of them in times of need original: "at an exigency".. All of this may be seen in detail in the little book concerning the Gain and Loss of Spiritual and Temporal Goods, printed not many years ago in Amsterdam, as well as in the memorable narrative concerning the three spirits dwelling in the Zott Mountains, with whom the aforementioned worthy John Beer had personal interviews.]