A Brief Opening of the Three Principles and Worlds in Man

[it in my] spirit, so have I also recorded it.

14. And although not everyone attains to such direct vision original: "Schaulichkeit"; referring to a state of mystical contemplation or "seeing" spiritual truths directly—for it depends on Divine grace and steadfast faithfulness, victory and overcoming—nevertheless, an earnest warrior will surely become aware of these things within himself through his own feeling and "taste" referring to spiritual sensation or internal evidence, if he walks intimately with God.

15. In addition, in the fifth chapter, I have included and discussed the battle between Michael and the Dragon A reference to Revelation 12:7, interpreted here as the internal struggle between divine and worldly forces, what it is, and how it originates original: "urstände" in the creature through the separation and division of the One Will into many opposing wills; also, which temptations befall the Virgin-Son a mystical term for the Christ-like spirit born within the soul before he is fully sealed in the spiritual marriage the mystical union of the soul with the Divine.

16. And lastly, in the sixth chapter, I have mentioned something of Prayer and its Mystery original: "Mysterio"—namely, what it is to pray rightly in spirit and truth, as I have learned it from my own experience—because it is an indispensable sword for a spiritual warrior.

17. May the dear reader receive this in love, use it for his own benefit, and thank God, from whom I have received it. To His precious love I commend the reader, and I ask for your Christian prayer for myself.