The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme: by Franz Hartmann M.D - Softcover

Hartmann M.D, Franz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1542579724 ISBN 13: 9781542579728

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

The following is an attempt to present an epitome of the principal doctrines of Jacob Boehme in a certain systematic order, so as to afford a general view of them and to serve as an introduction to the study of Boehme’s works. I have herein followed the plan laid down in Dr. J. Hamberger’s excellent but now very rare book. The headings of the paragraphs are for the purpose of summarising the quotations that follow. These quotations have in many instances been condensed, and in some cases I have attempted to render them in a more modern and comprehensible phraseology than that of the original text, the latter being very often obscure and untranslatable. This I did because it seemed to me of far more importance that the public, for whom this book is written, should obtain a comprehensive view of the doctrines of Boehme than that merely the learned philologist should find his curiosity gratified by getting the exact form in which Boehme clothed his thoughts. In adding some remarks of my own, my object was not such a presumptuous one as to amend, comment upon, explain, or make clearer the writings of Boehme; for it is self-evident that in order to be able to criticise, amend, or explain the contents of a divinely inspired book, the critic or explainer would have to be divinely inspired himself. I have no such arrogant claims to advance; but I wanted to call the attention of the reader to certain points that may aid in their understanding. Franz Hartmann

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About the Author:

Franz Hartmann (1838-1912) was a German medical doctor, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer, and author. His works include several books on esoteric studies and biographies of Jakob Böhme and Paracelsus. He translated the Bhagavad Gita into German and was the editor of the journal Lotusblüten. He was a co-worker of Helena Blavatsky and founder of the German Theosophical Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1542579724
• ISBN 13: 9781542579728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 193