Jacob Boehme
Also: • Jacob Behmen (spelling used in The Path) •
(8 November 1575 − 17 November 1624)
German Christian mystic and theosopher of Görlitz, Silesia (then in the Holy Roman Empire). Author of Aurora (1612), Mysterium Magnum and other visionary theological works that strongly influenced later Western esotericism. An excerpt from his 1620 "Forty Questions Concerning the Soul" (in the 1647 English translation) was reprinted as "On the Soul of Man" in The Path (August 1886). Predates the Theosophical Society by over two centuries.
Some links:
- Works: Boehme, Jacob (works)
- CTD article in Russian: Бёме, Якоб
- Other resources: Wikipedia
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Lifetime: 1575-1624
Shortly: German Christian mystic and theosopher of Görlitz, Silesia (then in the Holy Roman Empire). Author o...