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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.
159. How Jacob stole away Laban's heart: what is thereby to be understood 16 60. What it signifies, that Jacob divided his flocks into two parts because of Esau's wrath 4 60. What it signifies, that Jacob humbled himself before God and his brother Esau 7, 8 60. What the present that Jacob sent to Esau signifies 9-13 60. How Jacob arose in the night and led his wives and eleven children over the water: what is thereby to be understood 14-16 60. How a man wrestled with Jacob 17-23 60. How Jacob's sinew was displaced: what that signifies 24-27 60. The figure of Jacob's saying: I will not let you go except you bless me 28-35 60. The inward holy figure of Jacob's saying: What is your name 37-50 61. The wonderful figure, how Jacob and Esau met, and all mischief and evil will was turned into great joy and compassion: what is thereby to be understood 1-22 61. The figure how Jacob divided his wives and children, and went himself before them, and bowed seven times before Esau 4-9 61. The figure, how Jacob would not go along with Esau 69-71 61. The figure, that Jacob pitched his tents before the city of Shechem 73 63. How Jacob went to Bethel, how Benjamin was born, and Rachel and Isaac died: what is thereby to be understood 1-53 63. The figure of Jacob's coming to his father before his end 53 64. How Jacob and Esau departed one from the other: what that signifies 4 69. How Jacob's sons came before Joseph: what is thereby to be understood 1-35
273. How Jacob sacrificed at Beersheba to the God of his fathers, and spoke with him: what the signification is 1-8 73. The figure of Jacob's going forth out of Canaan into Egypt 11 73. The figure of Jacob's sending Judah before him to Joseph, and his weeping upon Joseph's neck 19, et seq. 74. How Jacob and the five youngest brethren of Joseph were set before Pharaoh, and how Jacob blessed Pharaoh 1, et seq. 74. The very mystical figure, that Jacob would be buried in the land of Canaan 53, et seq. 75. How Jacob before his end blessed the two sons of Joseph 1-30 76. How Jacob called for all his sons, and told them what the state and condition of everyone of them would be 1, et seq. 76. What Jacob in the Spirit calls his honour 24,25 77. A short figure of the whole world in Jacob's Testament 59-72 78. of Jacob's burial . 1 Japhet 31. What Japhet is in the Language of Nature 9 Jared 30. What Jared is in the Language of Nature 19, 20 30. How Jared's office is twofold 21, et seq. JEOVA 35. of the name JEOVA 49, et seq. Jewel as a Present 50. What the jewel and present sent by Abraham's servant signifies 22-47 CHAP. Jews VERSE 37. How the time of recalling the Jews is near at hand 36 51. How the time of recalling the Jews is near at hand 42 37. How the Jews are rejected, and shall be grafted in again. 59, et seq. 41. The cause of the Jews' and Christians' blindness 47, et seq.
341. Advice to the Christians, Jews, Turks and heathen 53-71 51. why the Jews did not all turn to Christ when he manifested himself in the flesh 25, 26 51. What a Jew is 27,28 51. How a Jew in his faith works in Christ's office 28, et seq. 51. How the Jew and Christian come to salvation 44, 45 65. Wherefore the Jews of ten times slew the Prophets 28 70. How to eat Christ's flesh is an abomination to Jews, Turks and heathens 66 70. How the Jews, Turks and strange nations do eat Christ's flesh 69-77 70. How the Fathers, viz. the Jews, had no more a part in grace than the strangers had 78 75. A figure, showing that God would bring the Jews into the true Covenant into Christ 1-36 76. How the Jews do in vain look after another Master, Ruler or Messiah 50 Joseph 58. How Joseph signifies Christ 50, et seq. 64. The beginning of the most excellent figure of Joseph 6-61 64. How Joseph was sold and carried into a strange land 53, et seq. 64. How Joseph is taxed for unchastity by Potiphar's wife 56, et seq. 64. How Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of silver, and Christ for thirty pieces of silver 59, 60 66. How Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of silver, and Christ for thirty pieces of silver 1, et seq. 64. What the whole history of Joseph drives at 61 66. of Joseph's chastity and fear of God 1-72 66. How Joseph fled from the whore, and what is signified thereby
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.
159. How Jacob stole away Laban's heart: what is thereby to be understood 16 60. What it signifies, that Jacob divided his flocks into two parts because of Esau's wrath 4 60. What it signifies, that Jacob humbled himself before God and his brother Esau 7, 8 60. What the present that Jacob sent to Esau signifies 9-13 60. How Jacob arose in the night and led his wives and eleven children over the water: what is thereby to be understood 14-16 60. How a man wrestled with Jacob 17-23 60. How Jacob's sinew was displaced: what that signifies 24-27 60. The figure of Jacob's saying: I will not let you go except you bless me 28-35 60. The inward holy figure of Jacob's saying: What is your name 37-50 61. The wonderful figure, how Jacob and Esau met, and all mischief and evil will was turned into great joy and compassion: what is thereby to be understood 1-22 61. The figure how Jacob divided his wives and children, and went himself before them, and bowed seven times before Esau 4-9 61. The figure, how Jacob would not go along with Esau 69-71 61. The figure, that Jacob pitched his tents before the city of Shechem 73 63. How Jacob went to Bethel, how Benjamin was born, and Rachel and Isaac died: what is thereby to be understood 1-53 63. The figure of Jacob's coming to his father before his end 53 64. How Jacob and Esau departed one from the other: what that signifies 4 69. How Jacob's sons came before Joseph: what is thereby to be understood 1-35
273. How Jacob sacrificed at Beersheba to the God of his fathers, and spoke with him: what the signification is 1-8 73. The figure of Jacob's going forth out of Canaan into Egypt 11 73. The figure of Jacob's sending Judah before him to Joseph, and his weeping upon Joseph's neck 19, et seq. 74. How Jacob and the five youngest brethren of Joseph were set before Pharaoh, and how Jacob blessed Pharaoh 1, et seq. 74. The very mystical figure, that Jacob would be buried in the land of Canaan 53, et seq. 75. How Jacob before his end blessed the two sons of Joseph 1-30 76. How Jacob called for all his sons, and told them what the state and condition of everyone of them would be 1, et seq. 76. What Jacob in the Spirit calls his honour 24,25 77. A short figure of the whole world in Jacob's Testament 59-72 78. of Jacob's burial . 1 Japhet 31. What Japhet is in the Language of Nature 9 Jared 30. What Jared is in the Language of Nature 19, 20 30. How Jared's office is twofold 21, et seq. JEOVA 35. of the name JEOVA 49, et seq. Jewel as a Present 50. What the jewel and present sent by Abraham's servant signifies 22-47 CHAP. Jews VERSE 37. How the time of recalling the Jews is near at hand 36 51. How the time of recalling the Jews is near at hand 42 37. How the Jews are rejected, and shall be grafted in again. 59, et seq. 41. The cause of the Jews' and Christians' blindness 47, et seq.
341. Advice to the Christians, Jews, Turks and heathen 53-71 51. why the Jews did not all turn to Christ when he manifested himself in the flesh 25, 26 51. What a Jew is 27,28 51. How a Jew in his faith works in Christ's office 28, et seq. 51. How the Jew and Christian come to salvation 44, 45 65. Wherefore the Jews of ten times slew the Prophets 28 70. How to eat Christ's flesh is an abomination to Jews, Turks and heathens 66 70. How the Jews, Turks and strange nations do eat Christ's flesh 69-77 70. How the Fathers, viz. the Jews, had no more a part in grace than the strangers had 78 75. A figure, showing that God would bring the Jews into the true Covenant into Christ 1-36 76. How the Jews do in vain look after another Master, Ruler or Messiah 50 Joseph 58. How Joseph signifies Christ 50, et seq. 64. The beginning of the most excellent figure of Joseph 6-61 64. How Joseph was sold and carried into a strange land 53, et seq. 64. How Joseph is taxed for unchastity by Potiphar's wife 56, et seq. 64. How Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of silver, and Christ for thirty pieces of silver 59, 60 66. How Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of silver, and Christ for thirty pieces of silver 1, et seq. 64. What the whole history of Joseph drives at 61 66. of Joseph's chastity and fear of God 1-72 66. How Joseph fled from the whore, and what is signified thereby
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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