The Varieties of Religious Experience · Character
Jacob Boehme
German mystic whose writings are referenced.
minor
Also known as Jacob Behmen, Behmen, Jacob, Boehme, Jacob Boehme
First appearance: lectures xvi and xvii mysticism
Jacob Boehme shows up with force in Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced for his writings on the passage into nothing, related to surrender.
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See Jacob Boehme in lectures xvi and xvii mysticism