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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.
140. of the history and most wonderful prefiguration of the Spirit of God, by Hagar, Sarah's maid-servant, and her son Ishmael, of his casting out from the inheritance, and of Isaac's inheritance 1-100 46. The figure of Hagar's casting out, and the birth of Isaac. 8-15 46. A noble figure concerning forsaken nature, by Hagar and her son 16-23 CHAP. Ham VERSE 31. What Ham is in the Language of Nature 7 32. why Ham's image was cursed by his father 9 34. How Ham's spirit at present has the government in Christendom 37, et seq. 37. What in Ham and Cain is cursed 35 Hanoch 29. What Hanoch signifies in the Language of Nature 28,29 Hardened. Hardening 61. why man continues hardened 23,42 61. How the hardening is not from the purpose of God 66, et seq. Head 23. What it is to tread upon or break the head of the Serpent 32 ,37 Heaven 5. of the fullness of joy in heaven 5 8. Heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28 10. What we are to understand by the two words, Himmel and Erde, heaven and earth 47, et seq. Heels 23. What the stinging in the heels is 33, 34 Hell 3. The true original of the dark world or hell, into which the devils are thrust 2 4. Whence hell has its name 16 5. What and where hell and the dark world is 9 8. How heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28 Herdsmen 73. The figure of this, that Joseph's brethren must say before Pharaoh that they were herdsmen 35, et seq. Hirah 65. What Hirah of Odollam is in the figure 21 Honest
266. How all things must serve to the best for those that are honest or virtuous and fear God 68, et seq. CHAP. Hunter VERSE 35. of the hunter or driver and his office 36 I Idols 37. The original of the heathenish idols, and their oracles 7-12 59. of Rachel's idol-gods 9-18 Image. Images 21. How the heavenly image that God created in Adam, is capable of the kingdom of God 14 68. How the makers of images are threatened by the anger of God 26-31 Infidelity 51. How infidelity is as great in one people as in another 42 ,43 Interpretations. Interpreter 37. By what understanding interpretations are made 10, et seq. 69. What the interpreter, by whom Joseph speaks, signifies 35 Isaac 40. why Isaac was chosen and appointed to the inheritance. 39, 40 46. of Isaac's birth, and Ishmael's casting out with his mother Hagar: what is thereby signified 1 -37 48. Concerning Isaac's saying to his father, Here is fire and wood, etc. 16, 17 48. why Isaac must not be slain 20 50. The figure of Isaac's meeting Rebecca in the field 54, et seq. 52. How Esau and Jacob were born to Isaac, and what happened to them 19, et seq. 52. why Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob 44, et seq. 54. How Isaac in the famine went to Abimelech, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-17 Ishmael 40. God did not reject the whole person of Ishmael 19 40. The figure of Ishmael's rejection or casting out 36, et seq.
352. of the twelve princes from Ishmael, and of his falling before his brethren 16, et seq. Issachar 77. The Testament of Issachar, and the figure thereof 8, et seq. J CHAP. Jacob VERSE 52. That Jacob comes after Esau, and holds him by the heel: what that signifies 37 52. What Jacob is in the Language of Nature 41 53. why God called Jacob Israel 23, et seq. 55. How Jacob was blessed by Isaac unknowingly in the stead of Esau; and what is signified thereby 1-50 55. why Jacob must take upon him the rough hairy beast's skin 23, et seq. 55. The figure of Jacob's being smooth under the skin 29 55. How the figure of Jacob points at Christ 30 56. How Jacob must wander away, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-39 57. How Jacob came to Laban and served him in keeping his sheep fourteen years for his two daughters: what the spiritual figure thereof concerning the bride of Christ signifies 1-34 58. How Jacob served Laban twenty years, and begat twelve sons and one daughter, and how God blessed him, and how Laban of ten changed his wages 1-53 58. How Jacob's subtlety was a figure of Adam's subtlety 16, 17, 19, 24, et seq. 58. How the twelve children of Jacob signify the line from Adam to Noah and his children 38 59. The figure of the sayings of Laban's children that came to Jacob's ear 1, et seq. 59. The figure that Jacob fled from Laban, and that Laban pursued him 1-25 59. What that signifies, that God said to Jacob: Get you up, and go to Bethel 14, 15
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.
140. of the history and most wonderful prefiguration of the Spirit of God, by Hagar, Sarah's maid-servant, and her son Ishmael, of his casting out from the inheritance, and of Isaac's inheritance 1-100 46. The figure of Hagar's casting out, and the birth of Isaac. 8-15 46. A noble figure concerning forsaken nature, by Hagar and her son 16-23 CHAP. Ham VERSE 31. What Ham is in the Language of Nature 7 32. why Ham's image was cursed by his father 9 34. How Ham's spirit at present has the government in Christendom 37, et seq. 37. What in Ham and Cain is cursed 35 Hanoch 29. What Hanoch signifies in the Language of Nature 28,29 Hardened. Hardening 61. why man continues hardened 23,42 61. How the hardening is not from the purpose of God 66, et seq. Head 23. What it is to tread upon or break the head of the Serpent 32 ,37 Heaven 5. of the fullness of joy in heaven 5 8. Heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28 10. What we are to understand by the two words, Himmel and Erde, heaven and earth 47, et seq. Heels 23. What the stinging in the heels is 33, 34 Hell 3. The true original of the dark world or hell, into which the devils are thrust 2 4. Whence hell has its name 16 5. What and where hell and the dark world is 9 8. How heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28 Herdsmen 73. The figure of this, that Joseph's brethren must say before Pharaoh that they were herdsmen 35, et seq. Hirah 65. What Hirah of Odollam is in the figure 21 Honest
266. How all things must serve to the best for those that are honest or virtuous and fear God 68, et seq. CHAP. Hunter VERSE 35. of the hunter or driver and his office 36 I Idols 37. The original of the heathenish idols, and their oracles 7-12 59. of Rachel's idol-gods 9-18 Image. Images 21. How the heavenly image that God created in Adam, is capable of the kingdom of God 14 68. How the makers of images are threatened by the anger of God 26-31 Infidelity 51. How infidelity is as great in one people as in another 42 ,43 Interpretations. Interpreter 37. By what understanding interpretations are made 10, et seq. 69. What the interpreter, by whom Joseph speaks, signifies 35 Isaac 40. why Isaac was chosen and appointed to the inheritance. 39, 40 46. of Isaac's birth, and Ishmael's casting out with his mother Hagar: what is thereby signified 1 -37 48. Concerning Isaac's saying to his father, Here is fire and wood, etc. 16, 17 48. why Isaac must not be slain 20 50. The figure of Isaac's meeting Rebecca in the field 54, et seq. 52. How Esau and Jacob were born to Isaac, and what happened to them 19, et seq. 52. why Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob 44, et seq. 54. How Isaac in the famine went to Abimelech, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-17 Ishmael 40. God did not reject the whole person of Ishmael 19 40. The figure of Ishmael's rejection or casting out 36, et seq.
352. of the twelve princes from Ishmael, and of his falling before his brethren 16, et seq. Issachar 77. The Testament of Issachar, and the figure thereof 8, et seq. J CHAP. Jacob VERSE 52. That Jacob comes after Esau, and holds him by the heel: what that signifies 37 52. What Jacob is in the Language of Nature 41 53. why God called Jacob Israel 23, et seq. 55. How Jacob was blessed by Isaac unknowingly in the stead of Esau; and what is signified thereby 1-50 55. why Jacob must take upon him the rough hairy beast's skin 23, et seq. 55. The figure of Jacob's being smooth under the skin 29 55. How the figure of Jacob points at Christ 30 56. How Jacob must wander away, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-39 57. How Jacob came to Laban and served him in keeping his sheep fourteen years for his two daughters: what the spiritual figure thereof concerning the bride of Christ signifies 1-34 58. How Jacob served Laban twenty years, and begat twelve sons and one daughter, and how God blessed him, and how Laban of ten changed his wages 1-53 58. How Jacob's subtlety was a figure of Adam's subtlety 16, 17, 19, 24, et seq. 58. How the twelve children of Jacob signify the line from Adam to Noah and his children 38 59. The figure of the sayings of Laban's children that came to Jacob's ear 1, et seq. 59. The figure that Jacob fled from Laban, and that Laban pursued him 1-25 59. What that signifies, that God said to Jacob: Get you up, and go to Bethel 14, 15
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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