Divine Couple : Selections from the Mystical-Alchemical Treatises of Jacob Boehme and Disciples: A Christian Book of the Mystery of Eros-Love: Meditations on the Origin, Fall, and Restoration of Humanity's Original-Being

by Faas, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780965048897
• ISBN10: 0965048896
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: New Cultures Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(20)
Robert J. Faas
Section I. On the Nature of the Angelic Couple or the Adamic Being
Selections from Mysterium Magnum Concerning the Adamic-Being	21	(28)
Jacob Boehme
Selections on the Adamic-Being or the Youth-Maiden, Its Fall and Rebirth into a New Body	49	(10)
Johann Georg Gichtel
On the Division of the Adamic-Being	59	(6)
Dionysius Freher
Of God in Unity and Trinity	65	(4)
Richard Roach
Of the Adamic-Being and the Virgin-Wisdom	69	(4)
Richard Roach
Spiritual Union in the State of Marriage	73	(2)
Richard Roach
Selections on the Adamic-Being Regarding Love and Marriage	75	(18)
Franz von Baader
Section II. On Soul, Spirit, and Body
The Turned-About Eye	93	(8)
Jacob Boehme
Differences Between Soul and Spirit	101	(22)
Dionysius Freher
On the Natural Generation of Souls	123	(4)
Dionysius Freher
Section III. The Spiritual-Alchemical Process of Regeneration
A Brief Summary of the Philosophical Work	127	(4)
Jacob Boehme
The Way to the Sabbath of Rest	131	(44)
Thomas Bromley
The Process in the Philosophical Work	175	(30)
Dionysius Freher
Of Man's Regeneration through the Blood and Death of Christ	205	(38)
Dionysius Freher
On Spiritual Partaking: A Process of Regeneration	243	(10)
William Law
On the Science of the Mystery of Christ	253	(10)
Christopher Walton
Mystical and Magical Propositions Concerning the Revelation of St. John and the Process of Regeneration	263	(8)
Christopher Walton
Section IV. Theosophic-Cabalistic Treatises on Sophia
Dialogues Between Sophia and the Soul	271	(8)
Jacob Boehme
Concerning Wisdom [Sophia]	279	(28)
Francis Lee
Distinction Between Spirit and Wisdom	307	(4)
Dionysius Freher
The Doctrine of Sophia and the Twofold-Being of Man: Jacob Boehme and Russian Sophiological Currents	311	(24)
Nicholas Berdyaev
Appendix I: Mystical and Alchemical Terms Explained
Table of the Seven Fountain-Spirits or Powers	335	(2)
Jacob Boehme
Special Key	337	(16)
Jacob Boehme
Vocabularium, or Explanation of Magical-Mystical Terms in Boehme's Works	353	(34)
Johann Gichtel
Appendix II. The Life and Writings of Jacob Boehme
The Life and Vision of Jacob Boehme	387	(18)
Bernard Holland
A Theosophic Summary of Jacob Boehme's Writings	405	(6)
Christopher Walton
Bibliography of Boehme's Works in English	411	(2)
Robert Faas
Index	413