SIX THEOSOPHIC POINTS AND OTHER WRITINGS BY JACOB BOHME / BOEHME. NEWLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY JOHN ROLLESTON EARLE.
Book Details + Condition: Constable and Company Ltd. (London). First Edition, 1919. Scarce. Hardcover with sage green cloth boards; pasted label with titling (etc) to spine. 208 pages. English translation by John Rolleston Earle, who explores the 17th-century Christian mysticism of Jacob Boehme / Böhme, focusing on the nature of God, the origin of evil, and the eternal soul’s rebirth. Böhme outlines a dialectical process of creation, balancing wrathful and loving principles, illustrating the divine, natural, and human existence. Böhme’s text delves into the relationship between God, humanity, and the cosmos, illuminating the spiritual journey from darkness to divine light, and the struggle between humanity's good and evil. Content includes:
Six Theosophic Points
- The First Point. Of the Springing of the Three Principles
- The Second Point. Of the Mixed Tree of Evil and Good, etc.
- The Third Point. Of the Origin of Contrariety in Growth, etc.
- The Fourth Point. How the Holy and Good Tree of Eternal Life Growths Through and Out of all the Growths of the Three Principles, etc.
- The Fifth Point. How Life May Perish in the Tree of Life, etc.
- The Sixth Point. Of the Life of Darkness, Wherein the Devils Dwell, etc.
Six Mystical Points
- The First Point. Of the Blood and Water of the Soul
- The Second Point. On the Election of Grace, etc.
- The Third Point. On Sin, etc.
The Fourth Point. How Christ Will Deliver up the Kingdom of the Father.
- The Fifth Point. On Magic. What is Magic, etc.
- The Sixth Point. On Mystery. What it is.
- On Earthly and Heavenly Mystery.
- On the Divine Intuition
A scarce first UK edition in very good condition, with firm binding; light aging and wear to boards; slight lean; chafed spine ends; toning to last page (seems as though there may have been a piece of paper there); interior is clean and free of markings, save inked owner name to ffep. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
