Behmen
Americannoun
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On this one root of the whole matter Jacob Behmen insisted, expressing one truth in a thousand ways and through images, which to him are not images but the same process working in other spheres.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
"The outward world," says Behmen, "is sprung out of the inward spiritual world, viz., out of Light and Darkness."
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
With a fine portrait of Behmen facing the title-page of the first volume.
From Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
To understand this better, one must consider the cosmic teaching lying behind the rich profusion of images, often inconsistent and clashing, in which Jacob Behmen embodies his Vision.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
So again Behmen says: "The Fire in the Light is a fire of Love, but the Fire in the Darkness is a fire of Anguish, and is painful, irksome, and full of contrariety."
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
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