# Jacob Boehme — Essays character guide

> Jacob Boehme in Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jacob Behmen, Behmen

**First appearance:** 0001-self-reliance

## Who they are

German mystic and theologian, influential in Protestant mysticism.

## Relationships

### [Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emerson_essays_se/characters/jesus)

_psychological_

Emerson connects Boehme to Jesus as part of the lineage of spiritual intuitives who access divine truth directly.

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