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Jacob Böhme in Three Worlds

The Reception in Central-Eastern Europe, the Netherlands, and Britain
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Languages: English, German
Published/Copyright: 2024
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Jacob Böhme (1575–1624) has been recognized as one of the internationally most influential German authors of the Early Modern period. Even today, his writings continue to impact fields as diverse as literature, philosophy, religion and art. Yet Böhme and his reception remain understudied. As a lay author, his works were often suppressed and circulated underground.

Borrowing Böhme’s idea of “three worlds” or planes of existence, this volume traces the transmission of his thought through three stations: from his first underground readers in Central and Eastern Europe, to the Netherlands, where most of his writings were first published, to Britain, where early translations made him a popular author for generations to come.

Drawing on the work of both established and younger researchers from around the world, this volume charts new territory. It fills many lacunae and reveals a number of exciting discoveries, especially regarding the production and diffusion of manuscripts and previously overlooked sites of engagement. This book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars interested in the development of philosophical, religious, literary and artistic thought from the 17th century to the present day.

  • Presents newly discovered manuscripts
  • Extends the boundaries of Böhme research to Eastern Europe
  • Reveals surprising examples of Jacob Böhme's impact in the modern era

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Lucinda Martin, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cecilia Muratori, Università di Pavia, Italy; Claudia Brink, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    V
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    Preface

    IX
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    List of Abbreviations

    XI
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  • I Central-Eastern Europe
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    Ein unbekanntes Manuskript der letzten Böhme-Biographie von Abraham von Franckenberg

    1
    Carlos Gilly
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    “Our Dear Friend and Brother in the Lord”: Abraham von Franckenberg’s Reception of Jacob Böhme

    25
    Mike A. Zuber
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    Angelus Silesius – ein Böhmist?

    41
    Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann
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    Theosophie und Poesie: Böhmes Erbe bei Angelus Silesius / Johannes Scheffler

    63
    Kristine Hannak
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    Quirinus Kuhlmann als Böhmist

    95
    Jan Rohls
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    „Alle Wortchristen sind Antichristen“: Studie zur Radikalisierung in Quirinus Kuhlmanns Traktat Der Neubegeisterte Böhme (1674)

    109
    Thomas Isermann
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    Jacob Böhme and Poland: An Untold Reception History between Angelus Silesius and Adam Mickiewicz

    125
    Leigh T. I. Penman
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    Jacob Böhme im Karpatenraum

    141
    Tünde Beatrix Karnitscher
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    Aspects of the Reception of Jacob Böhme’s Work in Sweden and Finland Before 1809

    151
    Päivi M. Mehtonen
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    Jacob Böhmes imaginäre Spuren in der estnischen Polit-Mystik des 19. Jahrhunderts

    169
    Aira Võsa and Mait Laas
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    Semjon Gamaleja: Übersetzer, Schriftsteller und Böhmist

    189
    Witalij Morosow
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    Jacob Böhme in Vladimir Solovyov’s Early Metaphysics

    203
    Aleksandr Gaisin
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  • II The Netherlands
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    An “Impartial” Promoter of Truth: Friedrich Breckling and his Strategies in the Dissemination of the Writings of Jacob Böhme

    223
    Viktoria Franke
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    Johann Georg Gichtels Böhme-Rezeption als Theosophia Practica

    239
    Sibylle Rusterholz
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    Jan Luyken’s Incompatible Desires of the Heart

    253
    Frank van Lamoen
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    Johannes Rothé and His Twelve Heroes: Editors of Böhme after the End Times

    265
    Frank van Lamoen
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    Epistolary Practices and Group Formation among the Eighteenth-Century Followers of Jacob Böhme: Johann Wilhelm Überfeld (1659–1731) and His Community of Rebirth

    283
    Lennart Gard
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  • III Britain
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    “To Make Such Things Knowne in My Native Language”: Acquiring, Translating and Disseminating Böhme’s Writings in England and Wales

    301
    Ariel Hessayon
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    Melancholy and Materialism: Henry More’s Critiques of the Teutonic Philosophy

    323
    Christian Hengstermann
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    Himmel und Hölle bei John Pordage

    351
    Jan Rohls
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    Thought Imagery: Vision and Knowledge in the Cosmogony of Jacob Böhme and Robert Fludd

    363
    Amir Saifullin
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  • IV Böhme Today and Tomorrow
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    How Is Böhme Relevant Today? The Peculiar Case of Philip K. Dick

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    Scott Brown
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  • V Appendix
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    Abraham von Franckenberg, Kurtz- jedoch gründtlich- und warhaffter Bericht, von dem Leben und Abscheid des in Gott seelig ruhenden Jacob Boemens, dieser Theosophischen Schrifften, eigentlichen Authoris und Vrhebers, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection Amsterdam

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    Carlos Gilly
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    Bibliography

    421
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    Photo Credits

    479
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    Index of Names

    481
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    Index of Places

    491
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110720525
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Keywords for this book
Hermeticism; mysticism; natural philosophy; manuscript and book history
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Scholars of religion, philosophy, history, art and literature, in Böhme interested readers
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