{"product_id":"9780809121021","title":"Jacob Boehme : The Way to Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Precisely the dimension of our heritage that most needs to be recovered...I cannot imagine a more timely publishing venture.\"\n\u003cbr\u003eHuston Smith\n\u003cbr\u003eThomas J. Watson Professor Religion\n\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy\n\u003cbr\u003eSyracuse University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJacob Boehme: The Way to Christ \n\u003cbr\u003etranslation, introduction and notes by Peter Erb, preface by Winifred Zeller \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"For the source in light and the source in darkness is \n\u003cbr\u003ebut a single source. Nevertheless they are one nature \n\u003cbr\u003ejust as fire and light are one nature.\"\n\u003cbr\u003eJacob Boehme, 1575-1624\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Underhill called the German Lutheran Mystic Jacob Boehme\n\u003cbr\u003e\"one of the most astonishing cases in history of a natural genius for the transcendent,\" Nicolas Beryaev described Boehme as \"Beyond a doubt...one of the greatest of Christian gnostics. I am using the word not in the sense of heresies...but to indicate a wisdom grounded in revelation and employing myths and symbols rather than concepts-a wisdom much more contemplative than discursive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoehme was the son of a farmer who lived the first part of his life as a shepherd and later became a shoemaker. He claimed that his writings reflect only what he was taught through the direct experience of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA truly giant figure in the spiritual tradition, he has greatly influenced Angelus Silesius, William Blake, John Milton, Isaac Newton, William Law and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the editor of this volume, Peter Erb, says, \"The Way to Christ provides the best introduction to his thought and spirituality. A collection of nine separate treatises, its parts were written late in his career and reflect his final theological position, a position established not aside from his earlier work, but on it...The book was intended to serve as a meditation guide. Boehme believed that his writing had come from the Spirit. It was intended to direct his fellow-believers back to the Spirit as he had been directed.\"\n\u003cbr\u003e†\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paulist Press International,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45382007160911,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1153.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9780809121021","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}