43. The Author promises to point out the ground of the two principles.
44. The Author promises to show what we are in Body and Soul, what God, Heaven, and Hell are; he desires that this not be considered a fable. He says that we are blinder than the Heathen.
45. How one is able to know God and speak rightly of him.
46. Without the Spirit of God, no one can rightly know God his Lord.
47. Warning not to seek God above the stars original: "Ghesternte," referring to the physical firmament or astrological influences.
48. The pure Divinity, the birth of the Trinity original: "drie ghetal," literally the three-number, and the Angelic world, are present everywhere.
49. The severe kingdom is in the center. God makes joy for himself in himself; concerning the Word and the eternal nature; how the Father would only be one, and how the third principium foundational realm would not have been created.
50. Description of the second person, being the radiance of the Father.

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The Third Book of the Author,

High and Deep Foundations

of the Threefold Life of Man.

Described by JACOB BÖHME, otherwise called Teutonicus, in the Year 1620.

1. Man does not belong at home in this outward life.

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When we consider the beginning of our life and compare it against the eternal life (which we have in the promise), we cannot say or find that we are at home in this outward life. For we see the beginning and the end of the outward life, along with the total breaking down and final rotting of our bodies. Furthermore, we know of no returning to this outward life, nor do we have any promises of the high and eternal good from it.

2. Threefold life in man: eternal, corruptible, and a life in which the torment or the property of life stands.

2. Since there is a life in us which is eternal and indestructible, with which we strive after the highest good; as well as a life of this world, which is finite and corruptible; and also a life in which the quael tormenting source-quality of life stands, wherein lies the highest peril of eternal destruction, grief, and misery: it is necessary for us to consider the beginning of life, from where it is moved and has its confirmation or its origin.

3. Life is a burning fire, which (without food) goes out.

3. And if we now consider what life is: we find that it is a burning fire which consumes. When it no longer has anything to feed upon, it goes out, as can be seen in every kind of fire. For life has its consumption from the body, and the body from food; for when the body no longer has food, it is consumed by the fire of life, so that it withers and decays, just like a beautiful flower falls over when it has no water.