Theosophical [Epistles] The 5th Letter

...but instead cling to him with only desire and true earnestness, and place all our trust in him; thus we obtain the Noble Virgin of his Wisdom sooner than through our own sharp light Boehme often contrasts "sharp light" (human reason and intellectual pride) with the "divine light" of spiritual revelation.. For when she comes, she brings with her true wisdom and heavenly understanding, and without her, I know nothing.

8. Since Your Nobleness original: "E. G." (Euer Gestrengen), a title for a high-ranking official or member of the lower nobility. has a desire to read such writings about the Highest Being—which I hope is God's providence—I will not hide from Your Nobleness that which has been entrusted to me by the Highest Good, but will shortly send something richer and more extensive.

9. For a truly wonderful little book concerning the life of man has been started, which, if the Lord wills and holds His hand over me, will clearly reveal what man is and what he must do to attain the Highest Good. For it proceeds very clearly through the 3 Principles original: "3 Principia." This refers to Boehme’s cosmological system: the dark world of fire/will, the light world of divine love, and the outer world of nature., and shows the whole foundation, so that a person—unless he chooses to be blind—can recognize God and the Kingdom of Heaven as well as himself. It also describes our miserable Fall, as well as the restoration in the life of Jesus Christ; and it will deal especially with the beautiful Lily Lily: In Boehme's prophecy, the "Time of the Lily" is a future age of spiritual peace and enlightenment that will precede the end of the world. which God intends to grant to the final world, which will be very pleasant to read.

10. And although I do not yet sufficiently recognize the full foundation of what shall be, I see it nevertheless in a great depth. I hope that if God only grants grace, I will not leave off from it until it is completed; also to finish the promised writings in the future, which were held back because of the Driver original: "Treiber." This refers to Gregorius Richter, the primary pastor of Görlitz, who persecuted Boehme and forced him into a period of silence., as well as the work on Moses, where the great wonders of God will appear clearly in the light of day, which God intends to grant to the last world. Even though it is so that now almost everything is in Babylon original: "Babel." For Boehme, "Babel" symbolizes the confusion and corruption of institutionalized, quarreling churches., and a great rift shall occur, nevertheless no one should despair; just as God came to the aid of the people of Israel in the Babylonian captivity with comfort and sent them prophets: so also now, lilies will grow in the midst of thorns, and that is wonderful.

11. Also, no one should think that now the time for the complete destruction of the city of Babylon will occur; it will indeed be a very great rift, which people do not believe right now, for the Antichrist is not yet fully revealed, though somewhat so. Men will also think they have now uprooted him, and after some tribulation great joy will follow, and thus laws and covenants—also with heavy and sharp ar—