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Eleven books by a shoemaker of Görlitz who wrote, by his own account, because he could not help it. Ten of them stand here in the seventeenth-century English of John Sparrow, who translated Boehme within a generation of his death and whose prose is itself now four hundred years old; where that English has drifted out of reach, the facing pane carries a modern register — the same text with archaic inflection and spelling normalised by rule, never paraphrased. Nothing is reworded, and where no register appears beside a passage it is because the rules found nothing to change.
The eleventh book is not in English at all, and it is the reason this note exists.
Des trois principes de l'essence divine, printed at Paris in 1802, is the same work as Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence, which stands here as the second book — the same twenty-seven chapters in the same order, opening `Du premier principe de l'essence divine` against Sparrow's `Of the first Principle of the Divine Essence`. Its translator was Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, who gave the last years of his life to putting Boehme into French, and who has a shelf of his own in this Lycaeum.
That makes a closed circuit inside this archive, and it is worth naming plainly. Saint-Martin translates Boehme. La Iniciación, printed in Montevideo a hundred and forty years later, traces its own descent through Saint-Martin. A reader can therefore follow one thread from a German mystic of 1619, through the French philosopher who carried him into another language, to a Spanish-language monthly of the 1940s that claimed them both — and read every step of it in the original.
The two are shelved as one work rather than two because that is what they are. They are not set as facing panes: an English translation of 1619 and a French translation of 1802 are two independent readings of a lost German original, and pairing them line by line would assert a correspondence neither translator ever claimed.
121. The scope of the Author's writing. 17 B Babel 22. Out of what Babel is generated 54 25. How Babel shall end by the fiery sword 26 27. How Babel enters into the presence of God 52-60 29. How Babel speaks out 7, 65, et seq., and 77 30. of the fall of the city Babel • 43 31. How God will at present drown Babel with the fire of his anger 27 36. How the city Babel and Christ are one by the other 60, 61 36. why so much is written concerning the beast and whore in Babel 68 36. What the city Babel is . 56 43. The time of the judgement upon Babel 52 44. How the figure of the destruction of Sodom is applied to Babel 5, et seq 59. How it is that Babel will have the children of Christ go to God 19, 20 59. How it is that Babel cannot hinder or hurt the children of Christ 21, 22 69. How Babel is a spy as to the grace of God 19 70. The time is born, that Babel shall be spewed out 90 72. How Babel's reproach is set in judgement before the Most High. 23 73. The number of Babel and of the beast 9, 10 73. How Babel at present fills its sack with provision . 16, 17 73. How the deluge and the fire of Sodom falls upon Babel unawares 18 Babylon 41. A warning to Antichristian Babylon 66-71 CHAP. Baptism VERSE 31. How the deluge signifies the baptism of Christ 38 41. of the seals of the Covenant, circumcision of the foreskin and baptism . 1-41 41. of Christian baptism 10-14 41. How the Jews and the Christians have but one and the same baptism. 15-17 Beast
231. How abomination may be imputed to a beast. 31-38 36. What the Antichristian Babylonish beast is 18, 19 36. What the beast and whore is 64 36. Where the beast, the whore, and Christ in us, is 49-51 73. What the number of Babel and of the beast is . 9, 10 73. Wherefore the time is at hand that the beast and the whore must break in pieces . 14, et seq. 76. How Simeon and Levi prefigure the beast and the whore 29, 30 Beersheba 47. What the city Beersheba or Bersaba signifies 20, et seq. Benjamin 77. The Testament of Benjamin, and the signification thereof. 48-58 Benoni 63. What the name Benoni signifies 26, 27 Bestial Man 21. of the bestial man's original, and of his sickness and mortality 1-17 21. of the government of the bestial man 11,12 Bethel 63. What Bethel signifies 19 Bible 74. How the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of hell are portrayed by the histories in the Bible 50, 51 Blessing 41. What in man shall possess the eternal blessing 1 Boasting 2. We come short of that boasting or glory that we ought to have in God ^ 3 CHAP. Bodies. Body VERSE 11. of two outward bodies. 22 11. How all things of this world have a twofold body 19 11. Man has a threefold body . 20 40. The heavenly body of the soul dies not 44,45 Bondage 39. What the figure is of the bondage in Egypt 26, et seq. Book 43. How a man must understand the first Book of Moses. 57
352. How the first Book of Moses is a figure of the Spirit of God 51 76. How all slanderous books and libels are the murdering swords of Simeon and Levi 29 Breath 15. of a threefold breath in man, which is a threefold soul 14,15 C Cain 26. of the propagation of man in this world, and of Cain the firstborn and murderer . 1-76 27. What is to be understood by Cain's sacrifice. 41 27. why the will of the Serpent and Devil in Cain would kill the body of Abel . 9, 10 28. What was the cause that Cain murdered Abel 4-25 29. What the name Cain signifies in the Language of Nature 18 29. How Cain and Abet were the two branches, and the image of the whole tree 23 29. What mark God had set upon Cain 53 29. of Cain's fears 54 29. Wherefore grace came upon Cain . 56 29. Cain was not born to perdition 57 29. What should be avenged in Cain sevenfold 58 37. What in Cain is cursed • 35 40. Cain, Ham, Ishmael and Esau are an image of the Turks and heathens 71 Cainan, see Kenan Calf 42. What Abraham's fatted calf signifies 19, et seq. CHAP. Camels VERSE 50. What the ten camels which Abraham's servant took with him signify 14, et seq. Canaan 49. What Moses understands by Canaan . 12 Care for the Belly 24. What a man does effect by pride and care for the belly 21, et seq. Cave 49. What the twofold cave signifies . 13, et seq. Changed 11. How all things may be changed 11 Chaos 1. What the eternal Chaos is wherein all things lie hid. 7,8 Chariots
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
121. The scope of the Author's writing. 17 B Babel 22. Out of what Babel is generated 54 25. How Babel shall end by the fiery sword 26 27. How Babel enters into the presence of God 52-60 29. How Babel speaks out 7, 65, et seq., and 77 30. of the fall of the city Babel • 43 31. How God will at present drown Babel with the fire of his anger 27 36. How the city Babel and Christ are one by the other 60, 61 36. why so much is written concerning the beast and whore in Babel 68 36. What the city Babel is . 56 43. The time of the judgement upon Babel 52 44. How the figure of the destruction of Sodom is applied to Babel 5, et seq 59. How it is that Babel will have the children of Christ go to God 19, 20 59. How it is that Babel cannot hinder or hurt the children of Christ 21, 22 69. How Babel is a spy as to the grace of God 19 70. The time is born, that Babel shall be spewed out 90 72. How Babel's reproach is set in judgement before the Most High. 23 73. The number of Babel and of the beast 9, 10 73. How Babel at present fills its sack with provision . 16, 17 73. How the deluge and the fire of Sodom falls upon Babel unawares 18 Babylon 41. A warning to Antichristian Babylon 66-71 CHAP. Baptism VERSE 31. How the deluge signifies the baptism of Christ 38 41. of the seals of the Covenant, circumcision of the foreskin and baptism . 1-41 41. of Christian baptism 10-14 41. How the Jews and the Christians have but one and the same baptism. 15-17 Beast
231. How abomination may be imputed to a beast. 31-38 36. What the Antichristian Babylonish beast is 18, 19 36. What the beast and whore is 64 36. Where the beast, the whore, and Christ in us, is 49-51 73. What the number of Babel and of the beast is . 9, 10 73. Wherefore the time is at hand that the beast and the whore must break in pieces . 14, et seq. 76. How Simeon and Levi prefigure the beast and the whore 29, 30 Beersheba 47. What the city Beersheba or Bersaba signifies 20, et seq. Benjamin 77. The Testament of Benjamin, and the signification thereof. 48-58 Benoni 63. What the name Benoni signifies 26, 27 Bestial Man 21. of the bestial man's original, and of his sickness and mortality 1-17 21. of the government of the bestial man 11,12 Bethel 63. What Bethel signifies 19 Bible 74. How the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of hell are portrayed by the histories in the Bible 50, 51 Blessing 41. What in man shall possess the eternal blessing 1 Boasting 2. We come short of that boasting or glory that we ought to have in God ^ 3 CHAP. Bodies. Body VERSE 11. of two outward bodies. 22 11. How all things of this world have a twofold body 19 11. Man has a threefold body . 20 40. The heavenly body of the soul dies not 44,45 Bondage 39. What the figure is of the bondage in Egypt 26, et seq. Book 43. How a man must understand the first Book of Moses. 57
352. How the first Book of Moses is a figure of the Spirit of God 51 76. How all slanderous books and libels are the murdering swords of Simeon and Levi 29 Breath 15. of a threefold breath in man, which is a threefold soul 14,15 C Cain 26. of the propagation of man in this world, and of Cain the firstborn and murderer . 1-76 27. What is to be understood by Cain's sacrifice. 41 27. why the will of the Serpent and Devil in Cain would kill the body of Abel . 9, 10 28. What was the cause that Cain murdered Abel 4-25 29. What the name Cain signifies in the Language of Nature 18 29. How Cain and Abet were the two branches, and the image of the whole tree 23 29. What mark God had set upon Cain 53 29. of Cain's fears 54 29. Wherefore grace came upon Cain . 56 29. Cain was not born to perdition 57 29. What should be avenged in Cain sevenfold 58 37. What in Cain is cursed • 35 40. Cain, Ham, Ishmael and Esau are an image of the Turks and heathens 71 Cainan, see Kenan Calf 42. What Abraham's fatted calf signifies 19, et seq. CHAP. Camels VERSE 50. What the ten camels which Abraham's servant took with him signify 14, et seq. Canaan 49. What Moses understands by Canaan . 12 Care for the Belly 24. What a man does effect by pride and care for the belly 21, et seq. Cave 49. What the twofold cave signifies . 13, et seq. Changed 11. How all things may be changed 11 Chaos 1. What the eternal Chaos is wherein all things lie hid. 7,8 Chariots
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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