Preface.

at The Hague, Friederich Breckling Breckling (1629–1711) was a radical Pietist and mystic who lived in exile in the Netherlands; his inclusion here highlights Khunrath's appeal to those outside mainstream orthodoxy. counts him among the Theosophers From the Greek theosophia (divine wisdom), referring to those who seek a direct, experiential knowledge of God through nature and mystical insight. in The Mystic Christ original: "in Christo Mystico", p. 12. In this regard, the well-known Quirin Kuhlmann Kuhlmann (1651–1689) was a visionary poet and mystic later executed in Russia for heresy. His praise would have been controversial but significant in mystical circles. agrees, when in The Newly Inspired Bohemia original: "Neubegeisterten Böhmen", chapter XI, p. 32, he judges thus:

Heinrich Khunrath is a highly esteemed ornament of his city of Leipzig and a man, in truth, of much rarer and higher understanding than is believed of him. To investigate the deepest matters, he was inflamed with a great desire by divine fire; he read through the books of the most ancient and the old, as well as the worldly-wise; on many travels, he held commerce with all men; indeed, he finally noticed how God Himself speaks and answers in the Holy Scripture, in Nature, and in himself. When He who alone is able, Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of the Father, opened to him the Universal Book in the Trinity This refers to the "Three Books" through which God is revealed: the Book of Scripture, the Book of Nature, and the Book of Conscience/the Heart., he then constructed the Theater of the Only True Wisdom, according to Christian, Cabbalistic Referring to the Christian Cabala, a movement that sought to interpret Christian mysteries through the lens of Jewish mystical traditions.,