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WhatGODinhimselfiswithout Nature;andhowconsideredinNature, accordingtotheThreePrinciples,

ALSO, WhatHEAVEN,HELL,WORLD,TIME,andETERNITY,are: TogetherwithallCreaturesvisibleandinvisible: AndoutofwhatallThingshadtheirOriginal. ByJACOBBEHMEN,theTeutonicTheosopher.

PREFACETOTHEREADER.

HOWsadanAccounthavetheytogive,whoseThroats,likeopen Sepulchres,blastwiththeirBreath(asfarastheirVenomreaches) themosteminentGiftsofGodinMenthatbearhisImage?Of whichdidtheyknowtheDanger,itcouldnotbutmakethem tremble,toconsiderhowtheirpoisonedArrowswillreturnand stickintheirownSouls:Yetsomehavenotfearedmaliciouslyto defamethisdeepilluminatedManofGod.AMan,whoseWritings manifestlyappeartohavebeentheDictatesofGod'sSpirit.Andthe WillofGodwasmadetheRuleofhisLife,resigninghimselftothe divineWill,towillandworknothingbutaccordingtotheWillof God.YetagainsttheSpiritofthispiousMan(asiftheyfearedan EclipseoftheirEveningSplendor,bytheDaylightofhisWritings) havesome(especiallyamongtheLampsofourmodernSects)spit forththeirVenom,inAspersionssoinjuriouslyfalse,andpalpably absurd,thatneitherReasonnorReligion,PrudenceorPiety,could yieldanyMotivethereto,butonlytheMonsteroftheirownFrailty. ThusdoesthePrinceoftheAirblindMenwithSelfLove;that thoughinotherstheywouldseemtoabhorUnrighteousness,yet theythemselvescanrashlyproceedtoSentence,beforethey understandhim,andsomebeforetheyhavereadaLeafinhis Writings.Whereasothersthathaveseriouslystudiedhim,and(with thedivineBlessing)understoodmuchofhim,canjustlyandclearly evincethetrueConcordanceofhisWritingswiththeWordofGod inHolyWrit,andtheirInconsistencewithconceitedSects,corrupt Doctrines,bothofourownandformerAges,andallheretical Opinionswhatever. InrespectoftheusualStileofAuthors,hisLanguagemaytosome seemsomethingstrange.SodotheCharactersofLettersto Children,primointuitu;andsodomanyevenScriptureExpressions totheEarsofthenaturalMan.Besides,heproceedsmuchby Affirmation;notdisputing,butconvincingError;havingnot receivedhisKnowledgefromMen,orfromtheimperfectfallible PrinciplesoftheSchools,butfromthetrueFountainofWisdom andKnowledge.Nordidhewrite,asmostdo,byTranscriptsoutof otherMen'sBooks;norwerehisDictatestheProductionsofhis ownFancy,butbydivineInfluence,and(accordingtohisown Expression)outofhisthreeleavedBook,whichtheHandofGod hadopenedinhim;whereinhefoundtheKnowledge,notonlyofall thatMoses,theProphets,Christ,andtheApostlestaughtinsacred Scripture,butofallMysteriesalsoinHeaven,andEarth,ashimself affirmsinmanyofhisWritings, HehadtheKnowledgeofthatwonderfulMystery(containingthe SecretsofthewholeCreation)TheLanguageofNature,andthatin hisnativeTongueswherebytheveryNameofeveryThinggavehim clearInspectionintotheNatureofit.ThisKnowledgehadAdamin hisInnocence,butbyhisFalllostit;elseithadbeenunderstood(as ourAuthoraffirms)intheLanguageofeveryNation. NowtotheIncredulous,iftheycouldbutfathomhisDepths,I shouldonlybidthemaskthemselvesthisQuestion;WhetherArtor Natureeverdidorcould,producesuchsublimeKnowledge,such pureanddistinctKnowledgeofthehighestMysteries,knowingthat uponConsultationwiththeirseriousThoughts,theymust pronouncetheNegative?ButthereisamaliciousIgnorance possessesmany,bywhichtheycondemnallThingsabovetheir

Sphere,andcrydownthatExcellenceinothers,whichexceedsthe FathomoftheirownComprehensions:IneednotgofarforProofor Instance.Istorumplenasuntomnia.Theyareeverywheretobe found. ConcerningthefollowingTractate,itcontainsFourtableswith theirExplanation;whereinmaybeseen,byaspiritualEye,the Ground,andFoundationofalltheAuthor'sWorks,andprofound Mysteries:Yea,thereisalsoclearlydecyphered,thatsomuch sought,andsorarelyfound,secretCabalaoftheancientRabbies. TheseTables,indeed,containtheSumofalltheAuthor'sWritings; ofallhisKnowledge;ofallinHeavenandEarth;yeaofallthe highestMysteriesthatManinthisLifeiscapableofknowing. ThefirstTable,astheRadix,brieflyincludestherest;theother threeareBranchesofthefirst,andalltogetherareproperlytermed anA,B,C[Anintroduction]toallthattheAuthorhaswritten. InaWord,thisfollowingTractisannexednotunfitlytothe MysteriumMagnum:FortheChaptersofthatBookarenotonly introductorytosomeofthefirst,butlikewiseanexcellent IllustrationoftheseTables;whereinthepiousReader,byadue Search,mayhappilyfind(pulsantidabitur)agreaterTreasurethan theWorldcanafford,andthattohisinfiniteSatisfaction,whichitis heartilywishedhemayobtain,togetherwiththeLife,Light,and LoveofJesusChrist.

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T A B L E I. WhatGODiswithoutNatureandCreature.
WhatGodwithout Natureand Creatureis,and Father2 WilloftheAbyss whatthe Mysterium Son3 DelightorImpression Magnumis:How oftheWill God,byhis Breathingforthor Spirit4 ScienceorMotion Speaking,has introduced 5 GODinTrinity himselfinto Natureand 6 WORDinGOD Creature 7 1

Abyss. NOTHINGand ALL.

JEHOVA
ThusisGOD without Natureand Creature considered.

Wisdom

BeginningofMysteriiMagnioftheEternalNATURE.
Herebegins Mysterium Magnum,as Distinctionin speakingthe WORD;where theWORDby Wisdomismade distinct,natural, sensible, comprehensible, andinvenible [attainable]. The eternal Beginning of the Principles is here also understood, with God's Love and Anger, in Light and Darkness. God 8.Thesecond inLove Principle

GodinWrath
9.TheFirstPrinciple Spiri Movin Think tual g ing Dark Feelin Mind Na g ture

V. 11.Angel,Light, LoveFire AngelicalWorld Rootofthefour Elements

10.Tincture orSpeaking oftheTrinity

I. II. III. IV. Desire Prick An Fire ingor guish

science Cause ofEn mity

VI.Soundor Austere Distinction. VII.Essence, oressential Hard Wisdom

Fire Root of Heat Hell Sub

Hel lish. Life

Sharp Root GrowingorGreening 12.Pure ness, Element intheSpiritualWorld coldFire 13.Paradise

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Here begins the external visible World, as the outspoken visible WORD. 1. Is understood the good Life of the Creature which stands in the Quintessence. 2.The Poison and Grossness of the Earth and earthly Life. 3. The Reader understanding these, all Doubts and Queries cease in him; and Babel is leftinIgnominy. Thethird Principle

15.Heaven

Stars

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GoodPowers

The

17.Thefour Elements

Devil'sPoison introduced

Outspoken WORD

18.Earthly Creatures

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Legenda:(G):German;(L):Latin

AbriefExplanationofthefirstTableofGODrevealed; howoutofhimselfhecontinuallybegets,andbreathes forthhimself:AndhowthisTableistobeunderstood.

NUMBER1.istheAbyss,theNothing,andtheAll:Therewe begintoconsiderwhatGodinhimselfis,without[orbesides] NatureandCreature;andthisConsiderarionofthehiddenGod extendsuntoWisdom,Number7.Thereinisunderstood,howGod dwellsinall,andhowallThingsfromhimhavetheirExistence; buthimselfistoallincomprehensible,andasaNothing;yet throughthatAllhemakeshimselfvisible,sensible,andattainable. Numb.2.istheWilloftheAbyss;,andbyit,attheRightSide, FATHER,andontheotherSideJE:ThissignifiestheWillofthe Abyss,whichistheFatherofallBeings;andtheJEsignifiesthe eternalOne,astheNameJESUSfromtheeternalOne.

Numb.3.istheDelight[Lubet],orImpressionoftheWill,by which(towardstheRight)standsSON,andoppositetoitHO, signifyinghowtheSelfwillincludesitselfinthePlaceofits Possession.ThePlaceistheProcreationoutofitself,whereGod begetsGod,accordingtothegoodPleasureofhisPropriety.The HOistheBreathingoftheWill,throughwhichtheDelightpasses. Numb.4.isScience,orMotion:AttheRightstandsSPIRIT,and overagainstitVA.ScienceistheAttractionoftheWilltothePlace ofGod;wheretheWillcomprehendstheDelightwhichproceedsto theSon,ortotheBreathing;bywhichOutbreathingisunderstood theSpiritofGod.AndhereisunderstoodthegreatName JEHOVA,asthetriuneBeing;howtheFatherofhimselfbegets theSon;andhowtheholySpiritproceedsfromboth,andyetthey bebutoneBeing,whichhasnothingbeforeit;fortheScience,in thedrawingin,isunderstoodaRootoftheeternalKnowledge,or Motion. Numb.5.isGodinTrinity;signifying,thatthetriuneBeingmay beknown,asaSimilitudeoftheWill,Mind,andSenses;wherein liestheeternalUnderstanding.ThusistheTernarytheoneeternal Understanding,andCauseofallThings. Numb.6.standsWORD,signifyingDistinctioninthe Understanding,asSpeaking,thePerceptionofitself[Sensibility, Empfindlichkeit];whichWordabideseternallyinGodhimself;and God,asthePowerofPerception,istheeternalGood. Numb.7,standsWisdom,signifyingtheoutspokenWord,asthe PowerofthedivineContemplation;whereinGodtohimselfis intelligible,perceptible,andrevealed:AndthusfarisGod,tothe Creature,invisible,incomprehensible,notnatural,norcreatural. BelowtheLine,standstheBeginningofthegreatMystery,orofthe eternalNature;asoftheSeparability,Perceptibility,andSensibility oftheProperties;whereinisunderstoodthedivineExtricationor Revelation;howGodintroduceshimselfintheeternalNature,in LoveandWrath,andnotinhimself;forthathimselfistheone eternalGood,butwithoutDistinctionwouldnotbeperceptibleor manifest. Hereistobenoted,thatthesevencapitalFormsefNatureare marked(todistinguishthemfromtheotherNumbers)withI.II.III. IV.V.VI.VII. Numb.8.thesecondPrinciple,standstotheRight;andNumber9, thefirstPrinciple,totheLeft:ThusNumber9signifiestheFather's Property,throughthespeakingoftheWordinWrath;andthe secondNumber8,signifiestheSon'sPropertyinLove;wherethe LoveofGod,bytheexpressedWord,isrevealed.AsthatinLove, Number8,showstheangelicalPowerworld;andthatinWrath, Number9,signifiesthedarkPowerworldofPainfulness,wherein GodisanangryGod. Numb.10.standsTincture,signifyingtheTemperatureofall Powers;howthere,throughspeaking,theygoforthinDistinction

andForms;asfirstinthesevencapitalForms,theDesire,Science, Anguish,Fire,LoveFire,Sound,andBeing.Andfurther,there standsbyeverycapitalFormwhatPropertiesareborn,andproceed outofthemselves. For,iftheremustbeaSpeaking,thenthePowermustfirstcontract itself,thatitmaybreatheforthitself;thenitbegetsthat comprehensiveormagneticImpression,thesomething(whichisthe Beginning)whereintheFiatwhichattractsthePowersis understood. I.IsthefirstcapitalFormofthespiritualNature,andstandswith NumberI.Desire;whichDesiresharpensitself;fromwhenceexists sour,hard,andtheCauseofCold;andistheGroundofallsaltish Propertiesspiritual,inthespiritualWorld,andessentialinthe externalWorld.SoalsotheDesireofImpressionistheCauseofits ownOvershadowing,orDarknessintheAbyss;asalltheseForms belongtoNumb.I.totheDesireofComprehensibility[(G.) Infasslichkeit] II.BythesecondcapitalFormstandsCompunctionorScience; signifyingtheContractionoftheDesire,wherethefirstEnmityor contraryWillarises;forHardnessandMotionarenotalike.Nowin thisFormariseMovingandFeeling,astheRootofPain;wherein isunderstoodthemercurialPoisonLife,bothspiritualandcorporal [essential];andintheDarkness,thePainorTormentofthewicked Life;neitherwasthegoodLife,withouttheRootoftheEvil, manifestuntohim;andthatistheRootofGod'sWrath,according tothePerception[Sensibility]oftheeternalNature. III.ThethirdcapitalFormisAnguish,whicharisesfromthe DesireofImpression,andfromtheEnmityofCompunction,where theWillstandsinTorment[cruciatus],andtheretheCauseof Feeling,andofthefiveSenses;forintheAnguish,allFormsgrow painful,andthenaretheysensibleofoneanother.Andhereisthe Wordbecomedistinct,andistheRootofSulphur,bothspiritualand essential[corporal,]whereinisrightlyunderstoodthehellishFirein Darkness,inpainfulLife,asappearsintheTabledownward. IV.ThefourthcapitalFormiscalledFire;whereisunderstood theKindlingoftheFire,fromthepainfulsulphuriousRoot;forthe WillgoesoutofAnguishagainintoLiberty;andtheLibertygoesto itsRevelationinAnguish;inwhichConjunctioncomesthat terrible[likeaFlashofLightning]Corruscation,wheretheAbyss, astheeternalGood,isrevealed;andisintheFormsofNaturethe UnderstandingandLifeinthedarkEnmity;andintheLibertyisthe RootofJoy,orrouzingupthePowers[Faculties],andisthekindling oftheFire;inwhichKindling,theAbyssbecomesashiningLight, asmaterial. V.ThefifthFormiscalledtheLoveFire;whereisunderstood, howtheeternalGood,throughkindlingthepainfulFire,introduces itselfintoanelevating,burningLoveFire,whichLoveFirewas firstinGod.Butthusonlyitwindsupitself[infolds,(G.)wickelt], thatitbecomessensibleandmoving,whereinthegoodPowersare operative.

 VI.StandsSound,orDistinction,asthesixthcapitalForm; signifying,thatthenaturalmanifestedLife,wheretheeternaldivine Word,throughtheFormsofNature,hasinfoldeditself,andwhere allthePowersofWisdomstandinSound[(G.)Schalle];therein standstheunderstandingLife;which,inLight,isangelicaland divine;butinDarkness,itisdiabolical,asattheRight,Number11. standsAngel. VII.StandsEssence,oressentialWisdom,oftheoutbreathed Word;whereinallotherFormsarerevealed;andiseventheEssence ofallForms;asgoodanddivineintheLight;butintheDarkness evilanddevilish;andthereinischieflyunderstoodMysterium Magnum[thegreatMystery:]TheangelicalWorldisalsotherein understood;andlikewisetheinternalspiritualBodyofMan,which disappearedinAdam,whentheSoul'sWilldepartedfromGod's Will,butisrevivedagaininChrist,thatis,giventohimforthe EssenceofthisPowerWorld,whichisthatheavenlyFlesh.John6. AnditisthedryRodofAaron,whichintheSpiritofChristagain springsupinMan. Numb.12.standspureElement;signifyingMotioninthe angelicalWorldinEssence;andistheone,holy,pureElement; whereinthefourElements,intheTemperature,lay,andisaRootof thefourElements. Numb.13.standsParadise;signifyingtheeternalspringing,or spiritualGrowinginthespiritualWorld;fromwhichtheexternal visibleWorld,outofGoodandEvil(asoutofbotheternal Principles)isbreathedforth:InwhichSourceandRegiment Adam,inhisInnocence,stood;whenthefourElements harmoniouslyexistedinhim,asintheholypureElement[beforethe FallofLuciferandAdam;namelyinanequalTemperatureor HarmonyofthesevenPlanetsandfourElements]. Numb.14.standsBeginningoftheexternalWorld;signifying, howGodbyhisWordhasbreathedforththatspiritualMysterium Magnum,astheeternalNatureofallspiritualProperties,intoa visible,externalformalBeing;andthroughtheFiat,asthedivine Desire,hasfashioneditintoCreatures:Therestandsthethird Principle,wherethreeWorldsinoneanothermustbeunderstood; asthedarkWorldofGod'sWrath,theeternallightWorldofdivine Love,andthisvisiblefadingWorld. Numb.15.standsHeaven;signifyingthePartingMarkbetween theinternalandexternalWorld,asofthevisibleandinvisible Essence;whichHeavenstandsintheessenceofthespiritualfiery Water. [HeavenisthePartingMarkoutofthespiritualFireandWater, betweentheheavenlyandearthy] Numb.16.standsQuintessence;signifyingthespiritualPowers astheParadiseGroundinthefourElements;aswelltheAstral, breathedforthbyinternalPowersattheBeginningofTime(andis thatGoodinthefourElements,whereintheLightofNature shines;)asanoutbreathedFulgor[shine]oftheeternalLight.

 Numb.17.standsfourElements,viz.Fire,Air,Water,andEarth, asthecreatedWorld,outofthedarkandlightWorld,whichisthe framedWordspokenoutoftheeternalNature'sessentialPower; thereindidtheDevilcasthisPoison,which,aftertheFallofMan, wasaccursedofGod. Numb.18.standsearthlyCreatures;signifying,thatoutofthe Quintessence,andthefourElements,wereallCreaturesofthis visibleWorldcreated,andonlyfromthemhavetheirLife.Butthe animatedManhasalsoinhimbothinwardspiritualWorlds, accordingtotheinternalSoulofMan; [ManhavingtwoEternalsinhim,maybesavedordamned] thereforemayGod'sLoveandWrathbemanifestedinhim;for whereintheWillimpressesandkindlesitself,ofthatEssenceit partakes,andthesameismanifestinhim,asisseeninLucifer. Thus have you a brief Intimation of the first Table, and [consequently]ofalltheAuthor'sWritings;faithfullyimparted,out ofagoodChristianAffectiontohislovingfriends,and[is]asan A,B,C,toBeginners.
T A B L E II. AD InthissecondTable,God is O consideredaccordingto hisEssenceinUnity; N whatheisinTrinity, withoutNatureand A Creature,wherebyhe fillethallThings,andyet needsnoPlace. I TETRAGRAMMATON. God'sWrath, InthisTableis Thefirst consideredtheEffluxof theeternaldivineWORD; howtheWORD,through Simili 1 Wisdom,bringsitself tude T fromUnityinto Separationand Multiplicity,aswellinthe Desire E eternalNatureand or Creature,accordingto Comprehe which,Godcalls nding himselfanangry,jealous God,andaconsuming Fire,aswellasamerciful T Dark God;whereinis understood,the FoundationofAngelsand Souls,andhowtheymay Austere ER receiveSalvationor Hardness Damnation. NAL Sharp IntheSeptenary without,byitself,is understoodtheMysterium Magnum,astheseven Propertiesoftheeternal Nature.

Father Son Spirit Power Colours

World. ciple.
3 N

Will Delight Science Word Wisdom

JE HO VA Virtue
Light Prin
6 U

Life

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God'sLove,or TheSecond
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World ciple.
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C Fire

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Science Anguish or Draw ing Feeling Willing or Moving Enmity Mind Eleva Wheelof ting Life Pride Despair

Light Love Fire Love Life

Sound

Essence

Painful Life Terror Killing Hell

Under Working standing Five Senses Love Form Sperm

Joy
Power Glory

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N

Fury

Giving Taking,or Compre hending

IntheNovenary, downwards,aresignified thePropertiesofLife. InthefourthForm, asinFire,two Principlesseparate themselvesfromeach other,asDarknessand Light.

Greater Death Stand ing still Impo tent

False Will Brea king

Lesser
Death

Souls ground Devil Folly Fancy

Souls Spirit Angel Wisdom Know ledge

Praising

Increa sing Humility

VR

From Original separating Self Robbing Will

High ness Strength

Throne

TheSecondTableexplained.

TheWordADONAIsignifiesanOpening[orexpansion],orfree MotionofthebottomlesseternalUnity:HowtheeternalGeneration, Expansion,andEffluenceoftheTrinityofGodisinitself. AisatripleI,whichcomprehendsitselfcrosswise;asina Beginning,Entrance,andEffluence. DistheMotionofthetripleI,astheOpener. OistheCircumferenceofthetripleI,astheBirthofGod'sPlacein itself. NisthetripleSpirit,issuingforthoftheCircumferenceoutofitself, asatripleI. A.ThislowerAistheObject,orOperationoftheThreefoldI,or Spirit;fromwhenceeternallyspringMotion,Colours,andVirtue. IistheessentialEffluenceofthetripleI,wheretheTrinityflows forthintoUnity:AndinthiswholeWordADONAI,isunderstood theeternalLifeofGod'sUnity. TheWordFATHERistheeternalBeginningofOperationandWill inthethreefoldIoftheUnity. TheWordSONisthatOperationofPower,asComprehensionofthe WillintowhichthetripleSpiritinclosesitself,asaPlaceofthe divineSelfhood[Egoitas,egoity,(G.)Ichheit]. TheWordSPIRITistheliving,issuingMotioninthe comprehendedPower;asbyComparisonmaybeunderstoodina Flower;wheretheOpening,orWorkingoftheGrowthisthe Beginning;thePoweroftheWorkingistheCircumferenceand corporalComprehensionoftheGrowth;andtheScent[orSmell] whichproceedsfromthePoweristheMotion,orthegrowing issuingJoylifeofthePower,fromwhencetheFlowersprings;by whichComparisonmaybeseenhowtheBirthofdivinePoweris typified.

TheWordPowersignifiesthebreathing,goingforth,understanding, andsensibleLife;astheFoundationandFountainoftheoutflown KnowledgeofDistinction[Distinctness,(G.)Unterscheidlichkeit]. TheWordColourssignifiestheSubject,orObjectofPower,where theDistinctionandOriginalofthesensitiveLifeandKnowledgeis understood;whenceaneternalContemplationexists. TheWordWillsignifiestheEbullitionorMotionintheopened Unity;wherebytheUnitywillsitselfintoTrinity,astheNothinginto itsproperSomething,whereinithasitsMotionandAction. TheWordDelight[orLubet]signifiestheeffectualSensibilityof theWill,asthehighestGroundoforiginalLove;wheretheWillof theAbyssfindsitselfinitsSomething[(L.)aliquid,(G.)etwas]; whereityieldsitselftoSomethingastoitsSensibility;inwhich SensibilityitworksandwillsinitsownTaste. TheWordSciencesignifiestheeffectual,sensibleKnowledgeand UnderstandingintheLovetaste;theRootofthefiveSenses,andthe GroundofeternalLife:ThenceflowstheUnderstanding;and thereintheeternalUnityplants[grounds]itself. TheWordWordsignifies,howtheeternalLoveofthesensibleUnity withKnowledgespeaksforthitselfeternallyintoanObject.The WordisthespeakingorbreathingoftheWilloutofthePowerby theUnderstanding:ItisthedrivingandformingoftheeternalPower intoanInfinityofMultiplicity;astheCreatorofPowers,outofthe solePowerinVirtue. TheWordWisdomistheoutflownWord,asanObjectofthedivine KnowledgeofdivineWill;asessentialPowerofthegreatLoveof God,fromwhenceallThingshavereceivedtheirMotionand Possibility;theGroundofallthethreePrinciples;aRevelationof theUnityofGod;apassiveEssenceofdivineOperation;the FoundationofallHumility;theGenetrixofallKnowledgeof Creatures;aneternalDomiciliumoftheactiveLoveofGod,anda RayandBreathoftheOmnipotentSpirit. TheWordJEHOVAHisthemostholyNameofGod,asthedivine sensualLife,theonlyGood;wherebytheHolyTrinity,withGlory andOmnipotence,isunderstood;theLifeoftheAbyss,asofthe Unity,whichchieflystandsintheonlyLove:Andthereinalsois understoodthemostholyNameJESUS;astheegressedIisthe GroundandFountainoftheBreathingofGod'sUnity,andaforming oftheUnderstanding. FortheEgressoftheUnityleadsitselfwiththetheIintoE,asin theSightorBeholdingofaChaos,whereintheMysteriumMagnum (accordingtothedivineManner)isunderstood,andisatriple BreathingofthePowers. JEistheBreathingoftheUnity.HO istheBreathingoftheJE.VA istheBreathingoftheHO,andyetisonlyoneBreathing;butmakes atripleEgressofthethreeCentersorComprehensions;andtherein isunderstoodhowthetripleI,atlast,closesitselfinA,asina BeginningtoNature. Under[VA]standsLife,signifying,thatthisthreefoldBreathingisa realLifeandPower.

UnderthatstandsVirtue,whichsignifiestheimmenseVirtueof suchabreathingLife. NowinthisTableisrightlyunderstoodwhatGod,withoutNature andCreature,isinTrinity;asinatripleBreathingoftheUnityin itself,wherenothingcanbesaidofthePlace,orDimensionofhis Habitation;forGodisneitherhere,northere,buteverywherealike; astheAbyssisconsidered,namely,theeternalUnitywithoutNature andCreature;andthusisheanactivePowerandEssenceofUnity. ButthatreallysuchPowerandVirtueistherein,maywellbe understood,intheEffluenceoftheWorld,andtheCreaturestherein, generatedbytheBreathofGod:AndthereisnothingintheBeing ofthisWorld,whichbearsnotWitnessthereof,iftrulyconsidered.

TETRAGRAMMATON InthisTableisalsomanifested,howtheholyNameoftheeternal Power,withtheKnowledgehereof,fromEternitytoEternity,brings itselfintoPropertiesinNature,toeternalLightandDarkness;and howtheWordofBreathingforthbringsitselfintoaSubject;and howSelfwillandAcceptationofPropertiesariseintheSubject, whereintwoEssencesarealwaysunderstoodasGod'sown Effluence;andthenthePropertiesownAcceptationintheFree Will;inwhichAcceptation,anotherexternalKindofSubjectis understood;wherebytheUnity,initsEffluence,becomesmore external;andtherebytheeternalLovebringsitselfintoa Sensibility,andlikeafieryFlame,asintheWorkingofdivine Power. AttheupperEndoftheTablestandsDarkWorld;andunder,the firstPrinciple;andoveragainstit,standsGod'sLove,LightWorld; andbelowit,fromtheFigure4.totheFigure7.thesecond Principle;whichsignifies,howtheoutflownWilldoesincloseand overshadowitselfwithAcceptationofitsownDesire;andwiththe SelfDesirebringsitselfintoProperties,andcausesDarkness;in whichDarkness,theegressedOnebyFireintheLight,isrevealed andmadesensible,andistheCauseoftheLight;inwhichLight, God'sLoveassumesafieryOperationfromtheFireofeternal Nature,andshinesinFirethroughthedarkpainfulAcceptation; evenastheLightfromaCandle,orDayintheNight;whenceDay andNighthavetheirNamesinTime;butintheEternal,thereisalso aneternalLightandDarknessinoneanother:TheDarknessisthe GroundofNature;andtheLightistheGroundofthejoyfuldivine Revelation. TheDarkWorld,astheGroundofthePropertiesofSelfDesireand Will,iscalledthefirstPrinciple;becauseitistheCauseofdivine Revelation,accordingtoSensibility,andalsomakesaproper[own] Kingdominitself,asnamely,painfulTorment;accordingtowhich, Godcallshimselfanangry,jealousGod,andaconsumingFire. AndtheLightwhichisrevealedintheFire,whereintheUnityof thedivineEffluenceofLoveisunderstood,iscalledthesecond Principle,asthedivinePowerWorldwhereinGod'sLoveisaLove

Fire,andactiveLife;asitiswritten,GoddwellsinaLightwhichno Mancanapproachunto:ForthePoweroftheUnityofGodworksin theLight,andisGod;andthefieryQualityintheLightisofthe eternalNature;whereintheeternalLoveoftheUnityperceivesand lovesitself. BelowthefirstandsecondPrinciples(inthesevenSpaces)stand sevenNumbers,whichsignifythesevenPropertiesoftheeternal Nature;andunderitstandsTINCTVR{Tincture},distributedinthe sevenSpaces;whichsignifiesthedivineWordintheTemperature [ModerationorMean], orEqualityofthesevenProperties;whereinthedivinePowersliein anequalWill,Action,andBeing;astheoutflownNameofGod, whereinisunderstoodthegreatMysteriesofdivinePowerand Operation;withtheCharactersoftheLetters[ontheLeftSide) dividedintothesevenProperties. FortheWordTincturisthatseparatingWord,fromwhenceflowthe sevenProperties. TistheTau,ortheOpeningoftheUnity[monas],theCrossofthe TripleI,aGroundtotheBreathing. IistheEffluencefromTau,ortheEgressoftheUnity,astheCross AngleofLife. NistheEffluenceofthefoundingThreefoldSpirit. CistheCuttingoftheSound;wheretheI,astheEffluenceof Unity,separatesitselfagainfromDarkness,andwherethe Acceptation[Orawillingreceiving]oftheeternalWillbreaks. T,undertheFigure5,isthatholyTau,ortheOpeningofGlory,in thefierySensibility,whichopenswithfiringLove,aswithGod's Kingdom;andsignifiesthegreatStrengthoftheLightPower. VisthetrueCharacteroftheHolySpiritwiththreePoints,thetwo upwardsignifytheFireandLight,andthethirddownwardsignifies theUnityinLove,astheMeekness. R;withthistheholyFireandLightarecomprehendedinanactive naturalEssence,foritsignifiestheKingdom,astheThrone;and herebyisintimated,howtheholyName,withtheoutflownWill, introducesitselfinMysteriumMagnum,asintotheeternalMystery, outofwhichexisted[isoutspoken]thevisibleWorld. ThegreatMysteriesoftheTinctur,orthehighestGroundofGod's Trinity. TisthetripleI,theFather. IisthatbegottenI,JESUS. NisthethreefoldI,inSpirit. CsignifiesCHRIST. T,inthefifthSpace,istheFatherinChrist. VistheSpiritofChristintheWord,whichquickens. RistheRoyalThrone,aboutwhichDarknessandLightstrive; thereSatanandChriststandagainstoneanother;namely,according totheAssumptionofSatan'sSelfWill,asanerroneousSpirit,and accordingtotheUnity,Christ;whereisunderstoodLoveandAnger inoneGround,butinatwofoldRevelation.Hereareunderstood

thosethatbelongtoGod;theother,aLock[(G.)Schlosz]rather,at thisPlace. InthisTable,inthesevenSpaces,istheGroundofAngelsand Souls;asthatgreatMysteryoftheChange,inwhichliesall Possibility.Sideways,afterthesevenFigures,theEffluxfromone [Monas]intosevenisunderstood.ThefirstPrincipleistobe understood untotheFire;outofwhichtheLightismanifested:AndfromFire toEssence,thesecondPrinciple.Anddownward,underevery Property,isunderstoodwhatKindofEffluence,outofevery Property,intheCooperationofotherProperties,doesproceed;yet notsotobeunderstood,thatonePropertyalonegivestheEfflux, butallsevenaffordit;thoughthefirstFormispredominanttherein, andretainsthehigherRegimen. AsundertheFigureIstandsDesireorComprehending,wherebyis understood,thattheDesireismagnetic,andinclosesanddarkens itself,whichisalsotheGroundoftemporalandeternalDarkness; andfromthatAttraction[drawingin]comes(underit)Sharpness, Austereness,andHardness,andistheOriginalofWrathfulness; whencearisesthegreateternalDeath.ForthisMagnetdrawsthe Powersintoitself,andinitselfinclosesthem;sothattheWorking standsstill,andstepsintoImpotence,asundertheNumber1. appears. UnderNumber2.standsScienceorDrawing,whichisthesecond FormtoNature;astheMotionofthemagneticAttraction,from whencetheSensibilityofNatureexists,andistheGroundofall Contraries,forHardnessandMotionareEnemies;Motionbreaksthe Hardnessagain,andyetalsobegetsHardnessbyAttraction.Thus twoEssenceshavetheirExistenceinthedesirousoutflownWillof God,asthedrawingofthemagneticPowergivesMotionand Sensibility,andtheThingattractedaffordsEssence;whereinis understoodtheCauseof[orto]SpiritandBody;asintheattracting ofSensibilityiscausedtheSpirit,andintheextracted,theBodyor CausetoCorporiety.NowifthisAttractionandEssencebenotable toreachtheLightofGod'sUnity,wherebyitmaybemollified,then initselfremainsonlyamereEnmity,andistheCauseofthe TormentofFuryandAmbition;whenceexistsSelfpleasingand Pride,fortheWillofSelfpleasingisafalseWill,acontinual Corrupterofitself,anditsEssence. AndinthesetwoForms,DesireandIndrawing,intheiroutflown Properties,isunderstoodGod'sWrath;andthoughtheybethe GroundofthesensibleLife,yetiftheLightshinestherein,thenthey aretheGroundoftheJoyKingdom,asaninwardMotionofGod's Unity,andaGroundofthefiveSenses;whencealsothecreatural LifehastakenitsBeginning,andthereinstandsitsCorruption [Consumption],sofarasitlosestheLight;foritistheSpringof hellishAnguish,astheCauseofPainfulness,andisalsotheRootof naturalLife. InthethirdSpacestandsthethirdFormofNaturecalledAnguish,as aspiritualSulphursource,accordingtoitsProperty:Thistakesits GroundfromthefirstandsecondForm,asfromthemagnetic

Desire,andfromtheMotionofDrawing,wheretheoutflown eternalWill,inthatUnquietness,standsinAnguish,ThisAnguishis theCauseofnaturalWill,Mind,andtheSenses,andistheWheelof Life,astheCauseoftheFiringLife;forwhentheoutflownWillof God'sUnitystandsinAnguish,thenitlongsagainafterUnity,as afterRest,andtheUnityorRestlongsafterMotionandRevelation, forintheUnitytherecanbenoRevelationwithoutMotion;and thereforethedivineWillfreelyflowsoutofitself,andthedivine goodPleasure[Lubet],intheoutflownWill,bringsitselfintoa DesireandMotionuntoaSensibility,thatitmayperceiveitself,and remaintwoinoneEssence,asthesensibledivineDelight,andthe CauseofSensibility;whereinGodcallshimselfalovingGod, accordingtotheSensibilityofdivineLoveDelight,andanangry God,accordingtotheCauseofSensibility,asaftertheeternal Nature.AndthusweunderstandbyAnguish(whenthedivineLight isnotrevealedtherein)thehellishFire,andaneternalDespairand Terror;wheretheSelfWillofNaturecontinuallystandsinadying Torment,everdesiringtobereleasedfromsuchaCondition,which Ithereforecallthelesser[orlittle]Death;itistheeternaldying Death;butintheHardness,itisthegreatstillstandingDeath.This Form,ifithasnotLight,istheHeadSpringofthefalseMind,butif itperceivesLightinitself,thenisittheSpringandGroundofthe sensibleMind,andtherightRootofFire,asappearsinNumber3. downwards. ThefourthForm,Number4.istheFireoftheeternalNature; understandspiritualLifeFire;andthatexistsfromacontinual ConjunctionorConjoiningofHardnessandMotion.Understand, thatthencearisesthePainfulness,buttheSplendorexistsfromthe DelightoftheFreeWill,wheretheUnityofDelight[good Pleasure]isactuatedintheProperties;thenlikeaFlash[of Lightning]itshinesthroughthecontinuedConjunction,ofthegreat MeeknessoftheUnity,andtheFiercenessandMotionofthethree firstProperties;forthenitisintheEssenceoftheConjunction,asif SteelandStonewererubbedtogether,whencetheFlasharises.Such aFlashisthetruenaturalLifeoftheEternal,foritistheRevelation ofdivineMotion,andhasthePropertiesofNature,andalsothe RevelationoftheUnityofGod'sEffluenceinitself.Nowwhichof thesetwogetsPredominancy,inthatstandstheLife. TheSplendoroftheFireistheLightfromtheEffluenceofGod's Unity,andtheEssenceoftheFireistheoutflownWill,whichhas broughtitselfwiththeDesireintosuchProperties.Thusintheout flownfieryWill,weunderstandAngelsandSouls;andinthe sensiblesharpenedLight'sPowerfromtheUnity,weunderstandthe SpiritwhereinGodisrevealed,andunderstoodinthespiritual Essence;andintheFiretwoKingdomsseparatethemselves,asthe KingdomofGloryfromtheEffluxofGod'sUnity,andthe KingdomofthePropertiesofNature;andyet(thesetwoKingdoms) dwellinoneanotherasone.TheKingdomofNatureisinitself,that greateternalDarkness,buttheLightistheKingdomofGod;of whichSt.Johnsays,TheLightshinesinDarknessbuttheDarkness comprehendsitnot.AsDayandNightdwellinoneanother,andyet theoneisnottheother.

 ThusfromtheFire'sownProperty,comesthepainfulLife,ifit breakitselfofffromtheeternalLight,anddoes(asintheProperty ofSelfhood)entertheObject;thenitisonlyfantasticandfoolish, evensuchastheDevilswere,andtheSoulsofthedamnedare;as appearsNumber4,downwards. IntheFifthPropertyofNatureisthesecondPrinciple,withits Foundationunderstood,(astheEssenceoftheUnityintheLight Power)whereintheoutflownUnityisaFireflamingLove understood,whenceexiststhetrueUnderstandingSpirit,withthe fiveSenses. ThefirstthreeFormsareonlythePropertytoLife,andthefourthis theLifeitself;butthefifthisthetrueSpirit.WhenthefifthProperty isrevealedoutoftheFire,thenshedwellsinalltherest,and changesthemallintohersweetLove,thatnomorePainfulnessnor Enmityisdiscerned,butevenastheDaychangestheNight. InthefirstfourPropertiesisthatLifeliketheDevil's;butwhenthe Light'sPower(asthesecondPrinciple)isrevealedintheProperty, thenitisanAngel,andlivesindivinePowerandHoliness,as appearsinNumber5.downwards. ThesixthPropertyistheUnderstanding,astheSound,wherethe PropertiesintheLightstandallinanEquality;thentheyrejoice, andthePowerofthefiveSensesismanifest,andalltheProperties rejoiceinoneanother;andthustheLoveoftheUnityleadsitself intoWorking,Willing,Sensibility,Finding,andCelsitude [Highness].ThusisthereContraryintheeternalNature,thatthe Propertiesexistingtherein,theLoveisknown,andthattheremight besomethingtobebeloved,whereintheeternalLoveofGod's Unitymaywork,andGodmaybepraised.ForifthePropertiesof LifebepenetratedwiththedivineLoveFlame,thentheypraisethe greatLoveofGod,andyieldthemselvesallagainintotheUnityof God.SuchRejoicingandKnowledgecouldnotberevealedinthe Unity,didnottheeternalWillbringitselfintopainfulmoving Properties. TheseventhPropertyisthatEssence,whereinalltheotherare essential,whereintheyallact,astheSouldoesintheBody; whereintheNatural,Essential,EternalWisdomofGod(asthe MysteriumMagnum)isunderstood,outofwhichthevisibleWorld, withitsEssenceandCreatures,didarise. ThusbythisTableisunderstoodthehiddenspiritualWorldasthe eternalManifestationofGod,fromwhencetheAngelsandSoulsof MenreceivedtheirExistence;thereforemaytheyturnthemselvesto EvilorGood,forbothlieintheirCenter. ThisspiritualWorldisnootherthanGod'srevealedWord,andhas itsBeingfromEternitytoEternity;forthereinisHeavenandHell understood.

TABLEIII.

ThesevenPro pertiesofthe visibleWorld Cold, orexternal Earth, Nature. Snow

1 Ground

2 of

3 Nature

4 Pure

5 Ele ment

6 Para

7 dise Water

Original Fire of Heave Light Stars ofAir Essence n of Nature Mercury Mars the Planet Sol Venus Soft Oil Jupiter

MACRO Saturn COSMUS.

Luna

InthisTable Sal Mercury issignified howthe Thunder hidden Black, Mixt spiritual, colours eternalWord Grey (asthe Mysterium Magnum)by theMotionof Choleric God'sWord Melan issuedforth, choly andbecame Grossness Metal, visible, manifest,and ofstone Stone material;and Lead Quicksil howthe ver inwardPowers, throughGod's Bone, Herbs working,have Wood comprehended andfashioned themselves; howGoodand Sour Poison Badinevery Thingistobe understood; Stopping Smelling andyetthere wasnoEvilin Mysterium Lying Magnum,but Dying existedthrough theSensibility and Craft Assumption Lord ofSelfDesire. Herealsois shownwhatin Stealing Decei ving theWorking issuedforth Obstinate, Confoun fromevery ded Property,and Sad Senses whichhavethe Predominancy; Earthly Beastly accordingto

Sulphur Sal Flash nitre Red Yello w

Power

Body White without within red and Green

Green, Blue and white within

Sanguine Rust Iron, Steel Resin Gro wing Gold Pearls

Phlegmatic Jewels Men struum Silver Grass

Copper Tin Bitter

Tinc Sweet turein the Earth Ope ning See ing Ri ches Jus tice Fin ding

Woes Feeling

Healing Strength Flesh ening Tasting Hearing Loathing of Nature Noble Reason Own Posses sion Simpli city

Wrath, War Force Losing

Faithful Truth

Earthly Being Light Love friendly minded Pure Joyful Ignorant

Careless Con stant Evil

Hea Modest Sensible Low venly

whichevery Thingis formedand governed.

Wolf Worms

Fox Veno mous Worms

Dog Evil Beasts

Lion

Bird

Ape

Great Beasts Fish

Good Flying Tame Beasts Beasts Beasts

AnExplanationoftheThirdTable

MACROCOSMUS

INthisTableisunderstoodhowthehiddenspirirualWorldhas madeitselfvisible,andwithitsownBreathingforthhasmadeitan ObjectwheretheeternalPrinciplesareoutflown,andthePowers thereinbecamecomaterial:FortheexternalNatureisnomorethan anEffluxorObjectoftheeternalNature.ThefourElementsexist fromthefirstfourPropertiesoftheeternalNature,astheEarthand Grossnessofall EssencesofthedarkDesire,wheretheothersixPropertiesalways becamecomaterial,aswemayconceiveofMetalsandPowers, goodandbad.TheAirexistsfromtheMotionofthemagnetic Impression;theWaterfromtheAbruption[breakingoff]ofthe Impression,whereHeatandColdareinStrife;theFireofthe spiritualFire;theColdisperceivedinthemagneticSharpness,asin therightRoottoFire. BeforethesevenProperties,abovetheTable,standsGroundof NaturedistributedinthethreefirstForms:Andinthefourthand fifthForm,orProperty,isdividedtheWordPureElement {QuintessenceoftheElements;astheTinctureoftheEqualityof NatureamuchsoughtsecretorArcanum}. WiththeWordGroundofNatureisunderstoodtheRootofthefour Elements,asthethefourCausesofMotionandSensibility.Bythe WordPureElementisunderstoodtheTemperature,ortheEquality ofNature,andthefourElements,wheretheLightalsoissensible, moving,andelemental.Thusisunderstood,howtheeternal ElementastheMotionofdivinePowerisactuatedbytheGroundof Nature,andrevealedintheLight,wherethepureElementisthe MotionoftheinwardspiritualWorld;andattheCreationofthe WorldwentforthintoaBeing,andisunderstoodofthefifth Essence. TheWordParadise,inthesixthandseventhProperties,signifies thespiritualWorkintheLight'sEssence,asaSpringingup,or spiritualGrowth,which,attheBeginningoftheWorld,sprungup throughallthefourElements,andoutoftheEarthformeditself

intoallMannerofFruits,andchangedallthePropertiesof WrathfulnessintoaTemperature.ButwhenthosefierceProperties, withthefourElements,wereawakenedbythealienatedDesireand falseWillinAdam,andattainedtheDominion,thentheGreening (springingforth]retiredback;thatis,itremainedintheTinctureof theinwardGround,andisyetinthefourElements,butintheinward pureElementonly,andmaynotbeattainedbutintheNewbirthof theinnerMan,andinthematerialTincture,whereintheparadisical WorkingisalsofullymanifestedtoourUnderstanding. ThisTableshowsfromwhenceallEssences[orBeings]inthis Worlddidarise,andwhattheCreatoris;namely,thattheCreator hasbeenthedivinePowerworld,whichtheUnity[Monas],asthe eternalWill,hasmoved,whichWillisGodhimself,butthe SeparatororDividerwastheoutflownWillinthespiritualWorld; insuchMotion,heissuedoutofhimself,andmadehimaSubject forhisWorking;inwhichMotion,oneSubjectissuedoutofanother continually,untiltheexternalMatteroftheEarth(throughthe divineMotion)wasdrawnintoaMassorChaos;andthisDrawingof theMotionstandsthusstill:AllThingsthereforefallintheDeep towardstheEarth,andthatistheReasonthatallPowerofMotion, eventothisDay,andtotheEndofTime,continuesso. ThesevenDays,andsevenPlanets,signifythesevenPropertiesof thespiritualWorld;thethreePrinciplesinSpirituMundiasSal, Sulphur,andMercurius,signifytheTrinityofthedivineRevelation, asaneverlastingSpringorFountain,fromwhichallexternal Creaturesareflown,doflow,andwillfloweventotheEndofthis Time;andthereintheSeparator,withthesevenProperties,is understood.InthisTableweseewhatproceededfromtheseven Properties;andhowthespiritualPowerhasbroughtitselfintoa materialone(asinthesevenSpacesdownwardsappear)wherebywe mayunderstandwhenceGoodandEvilsprungupinthisWorld.

TABLEIV. Microcosmos.

InthisTable MANisheld forth;whathe hasbeenin Paradise;asalso howthe Adamin Propertiesinhim Paradise (withoutassum ingSelfDesire) ErringSp. equallystoodin theImageof Christ God;andwhathe isbecome throughSatan's Adamin Paradise Deceits;what thatMonsterof Satan Christ theSerpent (wherebyheis becomeearthly andmortal)isin

Human Ground beforeand afterthe FALL

1 T S

2 I OU

3 N L

4 C S

5 T PIR

6 U IT

7 R BODY

Satur Wednes Tuesday Sunday Friday Thurs Monday day day (Mars) (Sun) (Venus) day (Moon) (Saturn) (Mercur (Jupiter) ius)
Desire Sharp ness God's Word Simili tude Self Seeking God's Motion Anger Life Sensibi lity Pain Accep tance Out Heating going Spirit Selfwill Self know ledge Resigna Suffering Seeing Bitter Woe Sweet High Domi neering Loving Hating Glory Rejoicing Heavenly Flesh Despair Passion Power Divine Essence

Humble Praising Unity Will Reproach Folly Pride ing Equality Wisdom ofPower

Yielding Desire

him. Andthenhow God'sWordand Adamin LOVEcameinto Paradise helphimagain, Satan Christ newbornin CHRIST,daily destroyingthat serpentineImage; alsoinwhat Adamin Dangerand Paradise Miseryhestands Satan Insuchan Image,eitheron Christ theGroundof HellorHeaven. Alsoa Similitudeof Adamin divineRevelation Paradise andKnowledge Satan

Unity Tasting

tion Thinking Mind Under Spirit standing Speaking Evestrum ofNature Stink Fall Extruding Believing Humility Geniusor Type Modest Wanton Going Powerful Mad Genera ting Virtue Poison Throne SelfHonor Reverence

Desireof Division Lying Baptism Strength Lord Humility Law Penetra ting Potent Obedi ence Offi cious Perverse Retur ning Child like Strife

Anguish Doubt ing Breaking Hoping Might Malice Mercy Holy Thirsty Forgi ving Friendly

Angel Devil Christ

Mild

Beauty

Diligent Earthly Flesh

intheseven Christ Properties accordingto Timeand Eternity,formed outofallthe Adamin Paradise three Principles,fora Satan Christ further Understanding howheis wiselyto regulatehis Life,andto whatDriving [Impulse]he shouldyield himself.

Thievish Murder Belial's Mind Whore NewLife Repen Holy tance Secret Torment Manifest Singing Ever falling Fancy

Restoring Sophia Sounding Paradise ADenof Changing theDeep

Heaven Hellor Perdition

Christ'sCalling,Teaching,Dissolving,NewMind,Rejoicing,Praying,Springing

AnExplanationoftheFourthTable.
MICROCOSMOS.
InthisTableManisheldforthasaSimilitudeofthethreeWorlds, accordingtotheSoul,Spirit,andBody;whathehasbeeninthe Beginning,accordingtohisCreation;whatheisbecomeintheFall, bytheSpiritofError;andwhathewillbeintheNewBirth,through theSpiritofChrist,whichisatrueessentialImage,outofthethree PrinciplesoftheDivineRevelation,asfromtheoutflownWordof thedivineWill. [What Man is in his Trinity; as first, according to Paradise; secondly,accordingtotheSpiritofError;thirdly,accordingtothe

Newbirth,whichChristteachesandwillhave.Johniii.] Man,accordingtotheSoul,isaneternalNatureofthefiring Quality,asaSparkoutoftheCenter,fromwhencetheFireexists:If thisGroundcannotreachintothedivineLight,thenisitaDarkness ofthemagnetic,attractive,desiringPower;butifhereachesoutof theFiretotheLight,thathismagneticDesirefeedsontheoutflown UnityofGod'sLove,thenarisesfromthatFirethegoodtrueSpirit, evenasLightshinesoutofaCandle.ThesearenowtwoPrinciples, theSoulintheFireofeternalNature,andtheSpiritintheLightof divinePower.ButtheBodyisthethirdPrinciple,asanEssenceof thevisibleWorld,fromtheStarsandElements,formedintoan ImageoutofthesevenPropertiesofNature. TheSoulhasthesevenPropertiesoftheinwardspiritualWorld, accordingtoNature,buttheSpiritoftheSouliswithoutthese Properties;foritstandsoutofNature,inGod'sUnity,butthrough theSoul'sfieryNatureismanifestedintheSoul;foritisthetrue ImageofGod,asanIdea,inwhichGodhimselfworksanddwells, sofarastheSoulbringsherDesireintoGod,andsubmitstoGod's Will;Ifthatbenotdone,thenisthisIdea,orSpiritoftheSoul, dumbandactless[notworking,]standinglikeanimageinaLooking glass,whichsoonvanishes,andhasnoBeing,asitbefelAdamin theFall. [N.B.TheDifferencebetweentheSoul,andtheSpiritoftheSoul, which,withoutGod,isbutadeadImage] ButiftheSoulsubmitstoGod,andbringsitsmagneticHungerinto God'sLove,theSoulthenattractsdivineEssence,namely,the essentialWisdomofGod,thenherIdeaorSpiritbecomesessential intheLight'sPower,andobtainsapiousLife,asbeingthenthetrue TempleofGod,whereinGod'sUnityisrevealedandoperative. acontinued ButiftheSoulherselfwithherDesirebringsinSelfLove,and withherDesireturnsherselfintothesevenProperties,totrythem, andfeedsonthevainDelightsofthesevenProperties,thenshe extolsherself,andmakestoherselfanEvestrum,asanastral Object; [EvestrumisacontinuedAstralInfluenceinthefourElements,and likewiseanAstralSpiritinMan.] whichEvestrumpresentlyhungersaftertheVanityofthefalse Delight;evenasitbefelLuciferandAdam,wheretheEvestrumof LuciferimagineditselfintoaFancy,andtheEvestrumofAdam's SoulintotheanimalPropertiesoftheexternalWorld,wherebythe Soulwaspoisoned,andtheBody(outoftheEarth'sLimus)was suddenlyinfected,thattheanimalPropertiesawakenedinhim,and longedaftereartly,beastlySuftenance;asHeat,Cold,Sharp,Bitter, Sweet,andSour;andwiththesePropertiesintroduceditselfintoa springingFountainofsuchDelights,andso,withtheDesire,fedon GoodandEvil,wherebytheImageofGod,astheIdea,became obscureandunactive.ThusthetrueSpirit(astheactiveIdea) becamedumbanddead,evenasanImageinaLookingglass,and sowastheSoulcutofffromGod,andstoodinanaturalWill;but

God'sWillintheSpiritworkednomore,andthetheWillofthe Evestrum(astheoppositeImageofthedarketernalWorldbegan[to work],fortheholyGeniuswaschanged. [HowtheholySimilitudeofGodinManbecamequenched,anda monstrousImageassumed] AttheHeadofthisTablestandsTINCTURdivided intothesevenProperties;whichsignifiestheEqualityof thesevenPropertiesaccordingtotheSoulandBodythat inthefirstManbeforetheFall,theProperty[or Inclination]toSeparation,andAcceptability,stoodina likeWill,andallitsDesireswerebroughtintoGod's Unity;thusweretheythetrueParadise;fortheessential SpiritwiththeUnityofGod,wasrevealedinthem,who weretoworkthroughGod'sLoveinallThings.Butthe Devilenviedthem,andwithhisfalseLustdeceivedthe sevenPropertiesofLife,andpersuadedthem,itwould begoodforthem,andtheyshouldbecomewise,ifthe Properties(eachoneaccordingtoitsKind)would introducethemselvesintoSelfAcceptance,thenshould theSpirittasteandknowwhatwasGoodandEvil:but thenitcouldnotsubsistinGod'sUnity,ofthathetold themnothing. Butnosoonerhadtheybroughtthemselvesintheir ownLusts,thansuchaStrifeandContentionawakened inthem,thatallthePropertiesbegantobeformedin theirSelfHood. ThustheUnity,astheElement,wasbroken[ordivided,]andthe FourElementsstroveforPredominance;whereuponsuddenlyfrom withoutfellintheInequality,asHeatandCold,andtheAstral DivisionworkingintheBody;andGod'sWrath(accordingtothe darkWorld'sProperty)intheSoul;whichcausedinthem (accordingtotheSoul)Horror,Anguish,Necessity,andeternal Despair;andintheBody,aroseHeat,Cold,Woes,Sicknessanda mortalLife.ThusGod'sImage,thewholeMan,fellfromhis Ordinance;andbecameadisguisedMonster:andtheawakened PropertiespresentlybegantosetuptheirGovernment,with Envying,Murthering,Raging,TearingandTormenting.Lovewas changedintoPrideandSelfLove;DesireintoCovetousness; SensibilityintoEnvy;andtheLife'sFireintoWrath:Thuswasthe HellishFoundation,inthewholeMan,revealed,andruledbothin SoulandBody. [ThuswasourNaturefirstcorrupted:whichgroundwasnever beforesoplainlydiscovered.] NowthisHellishFoundationistheSpiritofError;forwhichMan musthavebeendamned,hadnottheDivineMercy,theSerpent Treader(astheEffluxofGod'sLove)aftertheFall,beenpresently promisedtotheNewBirth,intheHolyNameJesus.WhichHoly NamehasinmereMercy,andgreatHumilityforMan'sSouland Body,givenitselfforth,assumedHumanity,brokethePowerofthe diabolicalSpiritofError,killedtheLive'sSelfwill,andbrought againthePropertiesintoGod'sUnity.TherethetrueSpirit(asthe

humanIdeaandGod'sImage)isrenewedagain,andfilledwiththe DivineLoveEssence.AndthusthehumanSoul,throughChrist's SoulandSpiritinthatLoveandDivineEssence,hasagainattained anopenGateuntoGod. ThusinthisTableisheldforth[ordrawntotheLife]whatAdam hasbeen;whatthroughtheFallheisbecome;andhowheis againredeemed;andwhatishisNewbirthoutofChrist'sSpirit. AndthesearedelineatedinthesevenPropertiesundertheWord TINCTUR.InwhichPropertiestheSoulhasitsCenter,andin whichtheSpirit,andinwhichtheBody[havetheirCentersalso]of whichtheReadermayfurtherconsider;forunderthemstandthe sevenDaysoftheWeek,intimating,thatManiseventhesame. ThisTableshowswhatManisinternallyandexternally;first accordingtothegoodAdam,andthenaccordingtothecorrupted Adam;andalsowhatheisagaininChrist.Wherebywemay understand,howEvilandGoodisinMan;andwhenceexistthe PropertyofGoodandEvil,bothintheMindandSenses. [Aboveparagraphsummarized:Soul'sground1,2,3.firstPrincip. Soul'sSpiritoutofGod.4,5,6.secondPrincip.TheBody7. Heavenly,nowearthly]

now

BytheWordSathan(signifyingtheSpiritofError)isnotunderstood aCreaturelyDevil;buttheSpring[orFountain]oftheSpiritof Error. AndbytheWordChrist,isunderstoodtheNewMan(accordingto theinternal)intheSpiritofChrist.TheotherSpacesareunderstoodas intheotherTables;whereinisunderstoodtheCauseofMutation. F I N I S .

AnExplanationoftheFIGURES(notinthisbook)
THESETHREETABLESaredesignedtorepresentManinhis differentThreefoldState:TheFirstbeforehisFall,inPurity, Dominion,andGlory:TheSecondafterhisFall,inPollutionand Perdition:AndtheThirdinhisrisingfromtheFall,orontheWayof Regeneration,inSanctificationandTendencytohislastPerfection. EachoftheseTablesrepresentsManastohisBody,Soul,and Spirit;thoughthisThreefoldDifferenceofhisconstituentPartswill bemuchmoreconspicuousintheSecondandThirdTables,than theycanbeintheFirst. TABLEI. IntheFIRSTTABLE,intheoutmostSuperficiesofit,Four differentThingspresentthemselves,whichmustbetakenNoticeof, andthenaFifth,thoughitdoesnotyetappear,tobehintedat. I.TheZodiac:WhichasitistheoutermostCircumferenceofthe

wholecreatedFirmament,soitistorepresentthewholecreated ThirdPrinciple,withallthoseThingswhicharecontainedinit,and withapeculiarRespecttowhatismanifestedinMan,byhismost deplorableFallintothisThirdPrinciple,calledinhimhisAstral Mind. II.TheTerraqueousGlobe:WhichisthemostoutwardCorporality ofallthisThirdPrinciple,madeupofthegrossestExcrementsofit, andcompactedsotogetheronAccountoftheFallofLucifer. ThisTerrestrialGlobeistorepresentnotonlythevisibleand palpableEarthwithoutus,butalso,andmuchmore,thatEarth,or EarthlinessinMan,whichhavingbeeninhisPrimitiveStatedeeply hidden,asitwere,underhisFeet,isnowbyhisFall,notonly becomehisowngross,palpableBeastlikeBody,properlyand literallycalledinScriptureEarthorDust,andsaiditshallreturn intoDust,buthasalsoobscuredandexpelledfromhimhisformer gloriousSpiritofLight,andthoroughlypollutedhisImmortalSoul; whichPollutioniscalledinhimmostsignificantlyEarthly mindedness. III.TheCircleLine:This(thoughhereasyetisonlytheBeginning ofit)isdrawnfromtheZodiacthroughtheTerraqueousGlobe, turningfartherinwards,deeperanddeeper,throughallthe CircumvolutionsofTime,andthroughManhimself,uninterruptedly intoEternity,tillitcanturnandwinditselfnofarther,nordeeper, findingthereitsEnd,whereithaditsBeginning,viz.inthat incomprehensibleNothingandAll,whichistheFirstandtheLast, andtheonlyOriginalofallBeings. IV.TheCross:WhichdisplaysitselffromtheCenter,touchingthe ZodiacinitsfourCardinalPoints,anddividingthewholeCircleor WheelofoutwardandinwardNature,orofTimeandofEternity, intofourequalParts.Forthoughitisexpressedhereonlyinthe outmostSuperficiesofthisFirstTable,itisnotwithstandingalways tobeconceived,asifitwasreallyexpressedeverywherethroughall theforegoingTurningsofthisWheel,bothinTimeandinEternity, tillithasreachedtheFire,whereithaditsBeginning. ThisCrossisthemostsignificantCharacterinallthisTable, becauseitissonearlyrelated,naysoessentialtoMan,asheis relatedandessentialtohimself;seeingthattheFirstFourFormsof EternalNature(inwhichthewholeEssentialityofhisImmortal Soul,consideredstrictlyastoitself,anddistinctlyfromhisSpirit consists)whengeneratingeachothermutually,andwhenknit togetherinthatindissolbleBand,whichiscalledinScripturethe Wormthatdiesnot,makeupandarethemselvesaperfectEssential Cross. OutofthisCrossarose,intheFirstAdam'sStateofIntegrity,and stillarisesintheRegeneration,thetrueSpiritoftheSoul,hovering overit,asashiningLight,overaburningFlame,andsoftening, cooling,refreshing,quickening,andilluminatingthedark,rough, harsh,bitter,anxious,restlessQualificationsofthatgnawingWorm, oroftheFirstFourPropertiesofEternalNature. ThetrueMysticalGroundandReason,notonlywhytheHeavenly HumanityofourSaviour,theLordfromHeaven,didreallyenter intotheGenerationofthisSpiritualCrossintheFourFirst PropertiesofEternalNature;butalsowhyhisoutwardvisible Humanity,takenuponhimfromtheHolyVirginMary,wastodie onanoutwardvisibleCross,andnottogooutofthisWorldbyany

otherKindofDeath;isbecauseallthatwasdoneaboutourSaviour without,wastorunparallelwithwhatwastransactedbyhimwithin. ItisHetherefore,andHealone,whocanraiseagainthattrue quickeningSpirit,andilluminatingLight,outofthisSpiritualCross inMan,havingraiseditfirst,byhisownPower,inhisown ImmortalSoul. NowthisCross,touchingherewithitsExtremitiestheZodiac,and goingthroughtheCenteroftheTerraqueousGlobe,istoshow,that theoutwardcreatedHeavenandEarth,orthiswholeThird Principle,thoughpollutedbytheFallofLucifer,andcursedbythat ofAdam,shallnotwithstandingthis,aswellasManhimself,partake intheFulnessofTimeoftheBlessingbroughtforthagainbyHim, whowasmadeaCurseontheCross;andthataccordinglythe Macrocosm,nolessthantheMicrocosm,shallbepurified,renewed, andrestoredtotheirformerDignityandGlory. V.TheFifthParticular,hereasyetbuthintedat,isthis,thatall thisRepresentationofthewholeThirdPrinciple,figuredoutbythe ZodiacwithitsConstellations,andbytheGlobeofWaterandEarth, theFigureofMandoesnotyetappearatall,whichmayseem inconsistentwithwhatwassaidbefore,viz.thatthisFirstTablewas torepresentManintheStateofhisCreation.ButManisnotinthis FirstTabletoappearintheSuperficiesofit(withintheLimitsand BoundsoftheZodiac)asheappearsintheSecondTable,andinthe Thirdafterwards. WhenthefirstandoutmostSuperficiesofthisTablewiththe Zodiacisliftedup,theContinuanceoftheSpiralLineisseen turningindeeper,andwindingitselfroundaboutfromthe TerrestrialGlobe,throughsevenotherVailsorCoverings;allwhich aretobeconceivedasiftheywereofthesamelargeExtentasthe Zodiacitself,thoughtheycouldnothavebeenfiguredotherwise thantheyare,viz.decreasingmoreandmoreintheirBigness, becausethefreeProspectoftheSpiralLinewouldelsehavebeen hindered;andthoseSevenCoveringsareallsuccessivelytobelifted up,ordrawnaside,beforedieFigureofMan,hiddenunderthem, canappear. ThePlaceofMan'sNativityinthisTableisbetweenTimeand Eternity.Andthisisthat,onAccountofwhichitwassaidinthe Beginning,thatthisTablerepresentsManinhisPrimitiveStateof Integrity. TheFiguresofTwoMenarerepresented,buttheyshouldbe consideredasonlyOne.Theyareheretwo,becauseoneonlycould nothaveansweredtheEndswhichweredesignedbythisFirstTable toberepresentedtotheMind.InthefirstFigure,theMan,ashewas createdintheImageofGOD,inDivinePower,sohehasonhis BreafttheSun,theChief,orViceroyintheMaterialityofthiswhole ThirdPrinciple.TheSecondFigurehasthreeCirclesoneachSide, correspondingwitheachother,anddistinguishedonlybythatLight whichshinesoutofEternity,andbythatDarknessandObscurity whichisontheBackpart,orbytheTemporalLight.Whattheyare intendedtorepresent,isexpressedinthem.Theyriseoutofone another,thoughtheyaredistinct,andentireCirclesinthemselves. TheseCirclesbeingThreeoneachSide,makeuptheNumberSix, andhaveanobleCorrespondencewith,orAllusiontothesix PropertiesofEternalandTemporalNature,declaringthatManwas

intheprimitiveStateofIntegrityanexpressImagebothofTime andEternity.FortheThreeonhisForepartarerelatedtoEternal Nature,andespeciallytotheSecondEternalPrinciple,andthe ThreeonhisBackparttoTemporalNature,ortothismixedThird Principle,butespeciallytotheGoodPartofit. Andletitbedistinctlyobserved,thatthesameThingistobesaid ofthem,asofthePropertiesofEternalNature,viz.thattheseSix arebutThree.TheFourthintheMiddlebetweentheseThreeand Three,thoughnotexpressedbyanyparticularCharacter,isclearly understoodontheForepart,intheFireoftheSoul,andonthe Backpart,intheFireoftheSun. OURSPIRALLINEleadsusfarther,becauseitturnsindeeper anddeeper,reachinginitsfirstCircuittheFire,inthenextthe Tincture,inthethirdMajesty,inthefourthTernary,ortheHoly NumberThree,andinthefifthitstops,meetingwiththat incomprehensiblePoint,whichismostsignificantlycalled NOTHINGandALL,outofwhichAllhavehadtheirOriginal. T A B L E II. TheSecondTableshowstheConditionofManinhisold,lapsed, andcorruptedState;withoutanyRespectto,orconsiderationofhis RenewingbyRegeneration.Andthisitdoesastoallthoseseveral Parts,whichhiswholecreatedBeingconsistsof,proceedingfrom thatwhichismostoutward,tothatwhichismoreandmore,andat lastmostinwardinhi.Itrepresentstherefore,inthefirstPlace,his earthlyvisibleBody,consideringitsprincipalMembers,andchiefly thosewhichareinhisHead,Breast,andBelly.Secondly,Hismore interiorandinvisibleAstralBody,inConjunctionwithhis TransitoryandAstralSpirit.Thirdly,HisImmortalSoulitself;and hisEternalSpirit,whichistheInmostofall. TheFirstRepresentationthencontainstheoutwardFigureof Man'searthlyvisibleBody.Anditistobenoticed,thatitiscovered aboutitsprivyParts;whichistosignifythatManinhisPrimitive StateofPerfection,whenhewasonesingleBody,beforehisFall, andbeforehisEvewastakenoutofhim,hadnotthoseMembers whichheisnowashamedof:Andthoughhehadthempresently afterhisSleep,whentheWomanwasmade,yettheywerenotyet discovered,norknowntohim,buthidden;andthereforehecouldnot beafhamedofthemtilltheir ManifestationandDiscovery,madeafterhisentireand confummatedFall.ThePositionofhisHandsinthisFirstFigure, andtheAspectofhisCountenancemaywelldescribehisVexation andAstonishmentathisStateandSituation.AndthedarkLineat theHeadoftheTable,drawnthroughtheWords,TheSecondTable, maydenotehisFallintoaStateofDarknessandDegeneracy. TheprincipalMembersofMan'soutwardBody,whichappear whenitisopenedanatomically,astheyarehererepresented,are markedwiththeCharactersofthesevenPlanetsandfourElements, accordingtotheirseveralRelationstheybeartothem,andbywhich theyareproducedandinfluenced.SoinhisBrainpanappearsthe CharacterofSaturn,hisBrainJupiter:hisHeartismarkedwiththe SignoftheSun,andhisGallwiththatofMars:Venusissettledin

hisReins,MercuryintheBladder,andtheMooninthelowest Place,whichheisashamedof.Andsofartherastothefour Elements,theRegionoftheFire,whichismarkedwithits Character,ishisHeart,andthatoftheWateristheLiver:TheEarth, withitsCharacter,hasitsPlaceintheLungs,andtheAirinthe Bladder.AllwhatevermaybefoundofPartsorMembers,inthe wholeharmoniousStructureofthehumanBody,dependuponthese Seven,andconcurwiththem,tomakeupthestupendousAnalogy betweentheMacrocosmandtheMicrocosm. TheSecondFigure,theFirsthavingshowntheConditionofMan's mostoutward,visible,andpalpableBody,proceedstothatwhichis invisibleandmoreinward,viz.hisAstralBodyinConjunctionwith hisAstralSpirit.TheformerisrepresentedontheRight,andthe latterontheLeftSideofthisFigure. OntheRightSideisaPeacock,asaSignatureandCharacterof Man,intheStaterepresentedhere,eveninhismostglittering Appearance,Butifeveryoneshouldletdownhisownpeculiar SignatureandCharacter,therewouldappearasmanyFigures,as thereareBeastsandotherAnimalsintheWorld;naytrulymany more.BecausethemanifoldCombinationsandMixtures,whereby threeorfourormoreofthoseBeasts,whichinoutwardNaturehave allbutonesingleBody,jointlyconcurring,andenteringasitwere intoonecompoundedBody,makeupbutoneBestialNatureor Property,inonePersonafterthis,andinanotherafteranother Manner.FornoonethatevercamefromAdamandEvecanhere excepthimself. ThenextDegreeofInwardnesstoMan'sAstralBody,ishisAstral Spirit:WhichisexpressedhereinMan'sLeftSidebytheseTwo Things.FirsttheImageoftheSunisplacedintheRegionofhis Heart;andSecondlytheCharacterofJupiterissetinhisBrain,and irradiatedbytheBeamsoftheSun.ThePeacock,ontheother Side,isthemostfitandpropertorepresenttheAstralBodyinthis Figure,standinginanuprightPostureoveragainsttheAstralLight, displayingallthebeautifulFeathersofitsTail,tobeirradiatedbyit, andlookingattentivelyuponitsmanyglisteringColours, contemplatingbythisLight,andinthisbrightLookingglass,its ownspeciousAppearance,andbeingextremelydelighted,well pleased,andsatisfiedwiththewholeStructureofitsBody,under whichonlyitsblackFeetareyethiddenfromitsEyes.Thisisthe mostproperEmblemofMan'sinwardConditioninthisPlace,for whatAlterationshallbemadeinthisSignatureoftheAstralBody, whensurprisedbyanotherdeeperLightitcomestolookuponits Feet,theThirdTablewillshow. ThenextorthirdFigureintheSecondTable(havingbeforeshown whatistemporalandmortalinMan)descendsdeeperintothat whichisEternal;representingherehisImmortalSoulastoitself, withoutanyrespecttohisEternalSpirit,whichisthedeepestofall. HereisfirsttobeseentheCross,theonlyproperandmost essentialCharacteroftheSoul.Thishasbeenspokenofinthe ExplanationoftheFirstTable.Secondly,HereareinthisDark SoultobeseentheformerCharactersoftheSevenPlanets,allblack andcoloured:WhichistorepresenttheConditionofMan's ImmortalSoul,darkenedthroughandthroughastoalltheSeven FormsorPropertiesofEternalNature,whichareallessentiallyin suchaSoul,nolessthantheyareessentiallyintheDarkWorld

itself,inwhichthisSouldoesstandessentially.Besidesthese SevenPropertiesofEternalNature,therearealso,Thirdly,the NamesoftheFourElementsofHell,setdownwithinthisdarkSoul, whichinthisStateisreallyinHell,andHellitself.Andthough theyaresetinseveralPlaces,asdistinctfromeachother,yetthey mustbeconsideredastheyarewithineachotherindividually.The FirstplacedintheBrain,isPride.TheSecond,intheMouth,is Avarice.TheThird,intheBreast,isEnvy.TheFourth,inthe Belly,WrathorAnger:Andastheyproceedfrom,andproduceone another,sothisisbroughtforthbyalltheThree,concurringalways totheirGenerationagain.WhatPridecannotsubdue,whatAvarice cannotpossess,andwhatEnvycannotkillwithitsmurderingSting, thisWrathfirewillburnup,andutterlydestroy.Asthefurious enragedDevilwouldindeed(ifhecould)destroybothGODandall hisHosts.Fourthly,thereisnowfarthertobeseenaSpireofa SerpentroundabouttheHeart;andthereiswrittenroundaboutthis Serpent,SelfLove:WhichistoshowthatthisPlace,whichought tobethetrueandproperPlaceofLight,ishereonlydarkenedby SelfLove,whichhasaverynearRelationtotheFirstPropertyof EternalNature,causingbyitsMagneticalAttraction,Impression,or Contraction,theEternalDarkness.Buthere,Fifthly,appearsyet farther,directlyunderthisPlacesurroundedbytheSerpent(where beforemoreoutwardlytheAstralLightshined,andwherehereafter moreinwardly,asintheThirdTable,theEternalLightistobeborn) theRegionofFire,belongingessentiallytoMan'sEternalSoul:For FireistheFourthPropertyofEternalNature,bywhoseGeneration thisEssentialCross,andthusthewholeBeingoftheSoulinallits Existencesisperfectlymadeup.TheFirethen,thoughbefore alreadycontainedintheSevenFormsofNature,symbolizedbythe CharactersoftheSevenPlanets,isheresetdownparticularlywitha specialRespecttothetrueFirstPrinciples,whichalsointheThird Table,astoitsrestoredState,shallbemadetoappearinthissame PlaceimmediatelyundertheRegionofLight. Whathasbeensaid,relatingtothisFigure,hasbeenconcerning onlyMan'sImmortalSoul.Anditmightnowbeexpectedfarther, thatintheFourthandinmostPlaceofalltheConditionofMan's EternalSpirit,inhisunregeneratedState,shouldinthissecond Tablebealsorepresented,accordingtowhatwassaidinthe Beginning. Butwhatcanbeshownorrepresentedofthatwhichisnottobe found,whichhasnoEssencenorExistence?SuchMenorSouls havenoSpiritinthisCondition.Theyare,astheApostlesays, AnimalhavingaSoul,butnothavingtheSpirit.Thisonlythenis, andcouldberepresented,thatthereshouldbeindeedsomewhat deeper,higher,ormoreinteriorinManthanhisImmortalSoul.And forthatPurposethereisyetleftinthisTableanotherGateorDoor, tobeopenedandlookedinto;butitissmall,andthereisnotthefull FigureofaMandelineated,whichelsewouldhavebeendueaswell totheSpirit,asitwastotheSoul;butonlyasmallPieceofMan's LeftSideisexpressed,whereinnothingappears,butthosesametwo RegionsorPlacesofFireandLight,bothdarkenedandempty, havingneithertheformernorthelatter.Whichistoshow,thatin thisinmostPlace,Man'sEternalSpiritshouldliveanddwellabove hisImmortalSoul,broughtforthbyit,likeasaLightisbrought forthbyFire,anddwellsabovetheFireinahigherRegion.

TABLEIII.

heThirdTableisdesignedtoshowtheConditionofthewhole Man,astoallhisThreeessentialParts,Spirit,Soul,andBody, inhisRegeneratedState:ButitcannotrepresenteveryPartaloneby itselfinsuchaManneraswasobservedintheformerTable.Forthis RegeneratingWorkalwaysconcernsallThreetogetherthoughin severalandverydifferentRespects.ThewholeManthereforeishere alwaystobeunderstoodineveryparticularFigure,thoughsome Observationsaremadenowchieflyuponthis,andthenuponthat exteriourorinteriourPartofhim.AndsothisOrderisobservedin thisTable,thatFirst,theBeginning;Secondly,theProgressor Increase;andThirdly,theConsummationofhisRegenerationbe declaredbyit. First,TheBeginningofitisheresymbolizedinthefirstand outmostRepresentation.AndthechiefPlaceofthisBeginningis thatverysame,whichbeforeinhisAstralSpiritwasfullofLight fromtheoutwardSun,whichinhisImmortalSoulwasdarkened throughout,andsurroundedwiththeSerpent;andwhichinhis EternalSpiritwasvoidandempty,withoutanyFormorreal Existence.InthisPlacethereforetheHeartisnowhere significantlyexpressed,foroutofitaretheIssuesorSpringings forthofthisnewLife.IntheHeart,consideredastoalltheThree essentialPartsofMan,thoughindifferentRespects,thisBeginning ofRegenerationismade;anditismadeinananalogicalParallelism withthefirstCreationoftheMacrocosm,ofwhichtheScripture says,DarknesswasupontheFaceoftheDeep,andGODsaid,Let therebeLight,andtherewasLight.ThisDarknessupontheFace oftheDeepintheMicrocosmwasdeclaredintheSecondTable. HereisthennowtobeconsideredthateffectualWordoftheLord, saying,LettherebeLight.TheAuthorofthisLightisthesame Spirit,whomtheScripturerelatestohavemovedupontheFaceof theWaters,representedhereintheShapeofaDove,whereinhealso showedforthhimselfupontheFaceofthoseWatersoftheJordan, whereourLordfromHeaveninourvisibleHumanitywasbaptized. ButtheChiefestObjecttobetakenNoticeofhere,istheLight itself.NoSunishereyetrisen,fortheSunexpressedinthisFigure denotesonlytheAstralLightinMan'sAstralSpirit,asitdidbefore intheSecondTable.AndthisNewLight,whereintheHeavenly Doveappears,isrepresentedroundaboutthisSun,butnotas anothergreaterSun,butratherasaLighteningwithoutanyBeams ofLight,encompassingtheRaysofthisFirmamentalSun,making themnarrow,orbringingthemclosetogether,sothattheycannot beamout,orstretchforththemselvestoirradiatetheJupiterin Man'sBrain,astheydidbefore.ButthissameLightorLightening isitselfalsowithoutallBeams,anddoesnotatallilluminateMan's HeadorBrain,butdissolvesanddispelsonlythatformergrossand thickDarknessaboutMan'sHeart.AstowhatthisLightis,itisa good,true,real,HeavenlyLight,broughtforthbytheCreating WordandSpiritofGod,movingupontheFaceofMan'sHeart: ButnotwithstandingitisnotthatLightoftheSupercelestialSun, whichistoariseinthefollowingRepresentation.ItisthenaLight bearingAnalogytothatwhichintheMacrocosmwasbroughtforth thefirstDayofitsCreation,whichwasagood,true,realLight,and

wasneverthelessnotyetthatLightoftheFirmamentalSun,which wenowseeandenjoy,DaybyDay,forthisSunwasnotthenyetin Being.AndFirst,ThisLight,ononeSide,isaviolentactual shaking,scattering,dividing,melting,dissolving,anddispellingof theImpressionandCompactionoftheThree(andchieflyofthe Firstofthe)PropertiesofEternalNature,whichcausebytheir vehementMagneticalAttraction,andSaturnineCongelation,the thickInfernalDarkness.AndinthisRespectitworkseffectually bothupontheSerpentencompassingMan'sHeart,anduponthe PeacockdwellinginhisAstralPart.AndSecondly,itis,ontheother Side,ameek,amiable,appeasing,softening,penetrating,Clearness, dilating,diffusing,andsettlingitself,insteadoftheformer Darkness,inandaboutthisPlaceofMan'sHeart.Butitiswithout ShiningGlanceorLustre,oranyoutbeamingBrightness,because notyetbornoutofSubstantialBurningandEnduringFlames.And inthisRespectitchieflyaffectsMan'sImmortalSoulitself.Itisnot theLightoftheSunofRighteousnessitself,butonlyasyetaFitness ofourMind,whereinthisSun,assoonasrising,maywithout HindrancedisplayitsBeamsofbrightSubstantialLight,andmay produceasinaGlass,preparedandmadeclear,aLiving Resemblanceofitself.ItisthentheChiefestDutyofMan,inthis BeginningState,totakeHeed,accordingtotheWordsofthe Apostle,tothisFirstLIGHT,shininginaDarkPlace,untiltheDay dawn,andtheDaystar(whichnowfromhenceisapproachingto theSpiritualHorizonnearerandnearer)doesariseinhisHeart: WhoseactualRisingthenextFiguredeclares. Butbeforewecometothat,wearetoconsidertheeffectual Alteration,madebythisFirstLightorLightening,bothastothe BestialNaturedwellinginMan'sAstralPart,andastotheSerpent encompassingMan'sInwardHeart.TheBestialPropertyis expressedagainintheShapeofaPeacock,differentalittlefromthe formerinitsPosture.ItsTailisfoldedup,butnotyetlaidtothe Ground,anditsHeadiswithdrawnfromitsownLookingglassin itsdisplayedTail,asbefore,contemplatingnomorethemanifold speciousColoursofit,butlookingwithakindofAstonishment uponthatnewrisenLight,andasbeinggreatlyterrifiedbyit, knowingnotwhattomakeofit.AndtheFormofhisCountenance andPositionofhisHandexpressesthesame,whichinthenext FigurediscoversamorecalmConsiderationandSerenity.Andthis signifiesthatthisLight,orratherLightening(calledsomore properlywithapeculiarRespecttothesetwodifferentInhabitants ofAstralLightandInfernalDarkness,becausetothemitisaviolent ShakingoftheirseveralHabitations)isindeedagreatTerrortothe BrutishPropertyinMan'sAstralPart,whichhasarealForetasteof whatistocome,viz.ofitstotalDispossession,bothofallits EnjoymentsandPrerogativesitdelightedinbefore,andofallits DominionitusurpedandexercisedoverbothSoulandSpirit.Forit isreallytherebymadesensibleofthatgreatterribleEarthquakeyet tocome,thusexpressedintheRevelationofSt.John,TheSun becameblackasSackclothofHair,theMoonbecameasBlood,the StarsofHeavenfelluntotheEarth,theHeavendepartedasaScroll, andeveryMountainandIslandweremovedoutoftheirPlaces.And sothisPeacockinMan'sAstralLightismadetobesensibleofwhat shallbedonewithitinFuture.ButtotheSerpent,inhisInfernal Darkness,amuchhardereffectualStrokeisgivenbythis

Lightening.AsaccordinglyalsoinoutwardNature,every LighteningismoreterribleandofgreaterEfficacy,intheDarkness oftheNight,thanintheLightoftheDay.ThisSerpent,expressed beforeasencompassingMan'sHeart,isnowheredashedbythis LighteninginmanyPieces,fallingdownintoaDarkAbyss.Butitis notsobrokenorbruised,asthatitcouldbesaidtobekilled,or deprivedofallitsLifeandActivity;neitherisitsocastoutand banishedbyit,asifitwerequiteremoved,ordrivenoutofallthe BordersofMan'swholecreatedBeing.Butitisonlyasyetexpelled fromthisPlaceofMan'sHeart,andcastdownintoitsowndarkPit, fromoutofwhichitcame,andwhereinitlivesandhasits Existence.WhichPitorAbyssisstillinManhimself,andisnotyet shutuporsealed.AndtherethisSerpentwillincessantlyendeavour allitcan,tocomeupagain;andtorecoveritslostDominion.Let noonethereforerestsecureinthisBeginningState. TheSecondFigureinthisTable(uponliftinguptheSuperiorPartof theFirstFigure)representstheIncreaseandProgressofthis RegeneratingWork. AndFirst,TheSunishereriseninMan'sInwardHeart,where formerlytheLighteningappeared.Whichistosignifyaconstant andenduringIlluminationofMan'sEternalSoul.Forthoughthis sameSunalsomaybecloudedandeclipsed,andquitedisappearsto Man'sEyesorSensibility,andthismanyTimesagainandagain;as indeeditwillandmustbeineveryone,becauseofthegreatMixture andVariationManstandsinyet,andissubjectto,andalsobecause ofhisappointedTrialshemustundergo;yetitisaconstant,fixed, andenduringSunorLightinitself,whichshallgoundernomore, butalwaysprevailagain,anddispeleveryMistandCloud,andrise continuallyhigherandhigher,tillitattainstheveryZenith,inthe MidstofHeaven,inits,accomplishedRaceatNoon,whereitisto rest,foreverandever. Secondly,TheOutwardSuninMan'sAstralSpiritisnotthereby abolished,butitstandsyetstillinitsownPlace,whereitalwaysstood before.ForitcannotbedoneawaybutbyTemporalDeath,whenthe SpiritofthisWorldshalltakeawayfromManthatwhichwasgiven tohimbyitself,andshinedintoManbyitsowninfluencingand perishableLight.Butitcannofartherilluminatetheoutward JupiterinMan'sBrain,orifitdid,Mancouldnomorenow,ashe didbefore,regardit,muchlessadmireit,orsatisfyhimselfwithit.
ForThirdly,TheBeamsthatilluminatethisJupiter,proceednow

onlyandimmediatelyfromthisnewrisenSun:Whichistoshow,that thisInternalLightisnowgraduallymoreandmoresufficientbyitself toenlightenMan'sUnderstanding,bothastoSpiritualInward,and NaturalOutwardThings.SothatinthisLightManmaynowsee,and clearlydiscernwherehestandsnow,andwherehestoodformerly, whatwasdonewithhim,towhatEnditwasdone,andwhyitwas doneso,andnototherwise.Whichhewasaltogetherquiteignorant ofbefore. Fourthly,Butnevertheless,ifMandoesnottakeHeedtohisown Spirit,notkeepinghimselfalwaysinpureHumility,thisexteriorSun maybeamoutagain,andsendforthitsEmanationsintoMan'sHead

morepowerfullythaneverbefore;foritisnowmorefittodoitunder aDisguiseofPureInternalLight,wherebyitmayleadhimcaptive intomanystrangeandwonderfulDelusions.Asithasdoneindeed withThousandsandThousands;ofwhichmanyInstancesmightbe produced,bothOldandNew,andsuchasbroughtforthmostnotable EffectsinthisapostatizedAgeofChristianity. Fifthly,TheFirstPrincipleofFiredoesalsoherenowappearin anotherCondition.ForitsFlamesaremorelively,andmorespread abroad,andinabetterDispositionandExpectationofbecoming quiteopen,clear,andfree.AnditsInteriourPartisnotsodarkened asitwasbefore,butthisDarknessappearslikeasitwerebroken andintermixedwithLight,thoughitstandsnotyetin,butisfar fromthatUnionwiththeLight,whichitshallcomeintointhe followingFigure. Sixthly,ThereappearmoreoverTwoPiecesofSemicircles,the onefiner,andtheotherthicker,oppositetoeachother,which,as theyusuallyandproperlydenotetheTwoPrinciples,makea peculiarReflectionuponthismostconsiderableDividingbetween LightandDarkness,madebytheRisingofthisSunthroughoutthe wholeMan,wherebyeveryThinginManissetmoreorderlyinitsown duePlace.ForFirst,ThefinerCircle,properlythatoftheLight world,containswithinitsCircumferencetwodifferentThings,viz. notonlytheLightitself,butalsothegreatestPartoftheFire;which istoshow,thattheseTwobelongnowtoeachotherinthenearest Relation,andaretobemadeoneIndividualThing.Andforthis EndtheyarebothnowhereinaPreparingState,makingeach themselves,andbothofthemeachotherready,forsolemnizingthat indissolubleUnion,tobeenteredintoandfullyconsummated hereafter.AndsoSecondly,ThegrosserCircle,properlythatofthe Darkworld,containsalsotwodifferentThings,viz.notonly Darknessitself,butalsotheBestialPropertystandingintheAstral Light,whichhasbeenexpressedintheFormofaPeacock;whichis toshow,thattheseTwoalsoarenearlyrelatedtoeachother,and belongtooneandthesameRegion.ForeventhebrightestAstral LightmusthideitselfinDarkness,wherevertheopenFaceand PresenceofthisnewRisenSunappears.AndeventhebestBestial Property,isnotabletostandunveiledbeforethatPureLightofthis InternalSun,butistobeexcluded,divided,andseparatedfromit bythisCircleofDarkness. ThereisacontinualIncreasingoftheRegeneratingWork:Which impliesaperpetualProgressandAlterationofAllthosewhoare uponthisWay,whichisnot,andcouldnotbedistinctlyrepresented. ButExperiencewillmakeitplainerthananyRepresentationcan. FortheyascendalwaysfromalowerSteptoahigher,fromaweaker Statetoastronger,fromagreaterDistancetoanearerPresence,and soapproachsuccessivelynearerandnearertotheEndoftheir Journey,orasDavidexpressedit,theygofromStrengthtoStrength, tilltheyappearbeforeGODinSion. ButthisnotwithoutgreatOppositions,Trials,Combats,Fightings andBattles.ForthoughthereishereinthisForepartofMan,whose FaceisnowturnedtowardsEternity,nothingofthisKindexpressed, yetonhisBackpart,wherehisAstralMindislookingstilltowards

Time,theretheEnemywithinhisownDarkAbyss,appears exhaling,orbreathingouthispoisonousHellishSmokesandMists, andlyingcontinuallyinWatch,toentrap,toinsnare,toassault,to resistthisTravellingSoul,asisrepresentedontheBackpartofthis Figure,wheretheseThingsmaybeobserved. First,ThatthisDarkGlobefullofhorridMonsters,hiddenasit werewithinMan'sFeet,isthesamePlace,wherebeforebytheFirst LighteningtheSerpentwascastinto;itisitsownDarkWorld, Abyss,orBottomlessPitofDarkness. Secondly,ThatthisDarkAbyss,withitsInfernalInhabitants,is notyetwithoutMan,orunderMan'sFeet,sothathecouldbesaid tostandfreeaboveortotrampleuponthem.Butitisyetreallystill withinhim,thoughnomoresohighlyexaltedastoreachhisvery Heart,butthrowndowndeeperatagreaterDistancefromtheLight, ordrivenmoreintoitsownlowestandinmostPlace,asitwereto Man'sFeet,whicharerepresentedtostandtherein,toshowthat ManissurelytogothroughthisDarkRegion,andthroughmany suchOccurrencesaswillcomeforthoutofit,andmeethimto hinderhisgoingforwardinhisWay,leadingoutofTimeinto Eternity; Thirdly,ThattheSerpentinthisdarkAbysscannotapproach anymoretothisLightinMan'sHeart;nayitisblindinthis Light,andseesitnot,noranythingthatisdoneinit,butonly feelsthatitselfisvaliantlyresisted,naykeptoutandunderbyit, ifMandoesbutcontinuetobefaithfultoit.FortheSerpentis oncecastoutfromitsformerPossessionbyonestrongerthanit, whowillnowkeephisPalaceforever,thathisGoodsmaybein Peace;towhombePraiseandGloryandDominionforEver. Fourthly,ThatthisSerpent'sPowerissorestrained,and shortenedbythisLight,thatitcannotapproachsomuchastocreep intoMan'sAstralMindonhisBackpart;providedManbenot negligent,anddoesnotdepartfromhisWatch,buttakesalways HeedtotheVoiceandDirectionofhisGuide,neversilent,if himselfdoesnotwilfullyshuthisEars,orwithdrawhisAttention andObedience. Fifthly,Thatnevertheless,inasmuchasMandwellsyetstillon theBordersofthisDarkWorld,andcarrieseverywherealongwith himnotonlyanAstralMind,fittoreceivebothGoodandEvil,and toadmitaseasilythisasthat,butalsoaBestialNatureandProperty, incliningalwaysmoretoEarthlymindednessthantopureHeavenly Objects,ThisSerpentdoesnotceasetomakehisApproachesto themboth,asnearaseverpossible.Andthisisdonechieflybya continualincessantBreathingoutofhispoisoningMist,and infectiousSmoke,arisingastheSmokeofaFurnace,darkeningthe Air,andentering(ifnotwithstoodandkeptoutcontinually)into Man'sAstralMind,andintothoseStarryConstellationsthatare predominanttherein,andgiveaPropensity,moreorless,eitherto thatorthisObjectintheoutwardWorld,accordingtotheCondition andNatureofthatBestialProperty,thatwasgeneratedbythemin theFirstandOldBirthofMan. Sixthly,ThatthisSmokeischieflyandsummarilyareal

Generation,orcoagulatedOutbirthoftheFourElementsofHell, containinginitselfallKindandMannerofEvilandWickedness, perversenessandFilthiness,thatmaybefoundinalltheDark World,anddisplayingitselfinthisWorldinaninnumerableVariety ofevilDeeds,andWords,andThoughts,hiddenandcoveredmany TimesunderthefairestForms,andmostspeciousAppearances,all concentratedoriginallyintheoneindividualEssentialityofthese FourElementsofHell. Seventhly,ThattheSerpent'smostdangerousContrivance,and mostefficaciousApproaching,isinthisSmokewhentransformed intoabrightCloudofGlory,whichindeeditmaybenoless,than thisSerpentitselfmaybetranformedintoanAngelofLight.For thenitmayinsensibly,andeveninamostpleasingManner insinuateitselfintoMan'sAstralMind,andmayhavecaptivatedit, nayinfectedbothSoulandSpirit,beforeManisawareofit. AndthereforetheGoldenRuletobetakenheeduntoinallthis Way,fromtheBeginningofthenewRisenLight,untiltheputting offMortality,deliveredtoManbyHimwhodwellsandrulesinthis Light,isthis,consistingofTwomostsignificantWords,WATCH andPRAY. TheThirdandlastFigureintheThirdTableproceedstodescribe, bysomeTypicalRepresentations,thePerfectionorConsummation ofthisgreatRegeneratingWorkinMan.AndthisinthatManner, thatitshowsfirsttheBeginningofthisPerfection,whichhemay attaintowhileyetjoinedandconfinedtothisEarthlyBody,Astral Mind,andBestialProperty,andthenfartherthefull AccomplishmentofthisPerfection,tobeexpectedthen,whenhis EarthlyHouseofthisTabernacleshallbedissolved. ConcerningtheBeginningofthisPerfection,ThisFiguredoes herenowshowthewholeSemicircle,excludingtheBestial Property,fullofLight.TheFirenowburnsconstantlyinfreeand openFlames,allpure,andwithoutanyMixtureofDarkness ascendinguptowardstheLight.AndtheLightcastsforthits gloriousBeamsintotheFire,shiningupon,andilluminatingit throughandthrough.Whichistosay,thatnowthisBlessedUnion betweentheseTwoiscelebratedactually,makingreallyOneThing ofthemthatwereTwo:Thoughneverthelesseachofthemtruly retainsitsownproperEssentialityinitself,andisnotchanged therebyintotheother,whichneithershallnorcanbetoallEternity. FortheFirecontinuestobeFireforEver,andcanneverbethe Lightitself;andsotheLightisforEverLight,andnevershallbe madeFire.AndyettheseTwoarenotanymoreTwo,butonlyOne, unitedwithinoneSphereorCircleoftheHeavenlyWorld individually. WhichisyetmoresignificantlyrepresentedbytheTwoTriangles ofFireandWater,standingintheMidstwithineachother:Which whenthuscombined,makeuponeonlyperfectHexagon,the nearestFiguretothatwhichisthemostperfectofall,viz.aCircle. TheSemidiameterofaCircle,whensetforthinitsCircumference, willdivideitexactlyintoSixequalParts,whichwhencombined twoandtwotogetherareaperfectHexagon,typifyingtheSix WorkingDaysoftheCreation,ortheSixLabouringDaysofMan, inthisUnionnowaccomplished,andgatheredinintotheirown Circle,intoOneEternalSabbath,whichistheSeventhDaywithout

MorningandEvening.ADescriptionofthisHexagon,withits Figure,maybeseenintheExplanationoftheFiguresintheSecond Volume,NumberX.AndinNumberXIIIitisencompassedwith aCircle. ThisUniontheninManisthePerfectionofthisgreat RegeneratingWork,bothinTimeandEternity.Forhereisnow nothingfarthertobeexpected,norcanbedesired.Itisthefull RestorationofwhatwasbrokenbytheFall:Andthoughthereis andmustbestillyetafartherPerpetualProgressandIncrease,as longasManlivesinthisTimeuponEarth,yetthisIncreaseistobe understoodastotheseseveraldivided,scattered,separated,and oppositeThingsManhasyetinhisexteriourParts,andmust continuallymoresubdueandconquer,andbringintoSubjection, andnotastothisInternalUnionitself,whichisperfecteveninthis Time,butshallexertmoreitsPerfection,inthewhole SuperabundantFulness,throughoutMan'sWholeinEternity,where itcandoitmorefreely,beingdeliveredfromallImpediments. AstothegreatestAlterationthatisandcanbemade,bythisRe unionofFireandLight,inMan'sBestialProperty,beforeitstotal DestructionbyTemporalDeath,theEmblemofitisagaina Peacock.AnditsTailisnowquitefoldedup,andlaiddowntothe veryGround,itsEyesarefixedstedfastlyuponitsblackuglyFeet, anditsForeparttouchedbysomeBeamsofthegreatCelestialSun. FortheRationalandSensualPartofMancannotbehold,inany trueReality,itsownblack,weak,vain,andevilGrounditstands upon,tillitselfbetouchedbysomeBeamsoftheSupernaturalSun. TwoThingsareyetmoretobeobservedconcerningthisPeacock. First,ThisPeacock,thatintheformerRepresentationswasplaced inthewholeFigureorBodyofMan,asaproperPartofhim,stands nowherebutinapeculiar,separated,andHalfFigureonly,easily byitselftobeliftedup,andtakenofffromMan.Whichdenotes, thatafterthisReuniontheBestialProperty(and soalsomorethewholeexteriourvisibleMan)thoughitstill remainsaswithinitsownSphere,isyetnomoresonearly,so inwardly,soproperly,orsofamiliarlyjoinedtoMan,butcleavesto himonlyfromwithout:Secondly,ThisPeacockwas,ina Representationbefore,placedsignificantlywithintheGreater CircleoftheDarkWorld,whichstoodinthesameSuperficies oppositetotheFineroftheLight.ButherenowthisDarkCircleis quiteremovedoutofSight,anddoesnomoreappearinthisFigure, butonlytheFineroftheLightWorldstandsaloneinitsformer Place.AndthePeacockisnowplacedsignificantlyoutoftheDark Circle,standingonlywithinitsownDarkness,whichisnotthe DarknessoftheDarkinfernalWorld,butonlythatofthisoutward ElementaryWorld,wherebothGoodandEvilaremixedinone SphereorPrinciple.Andthisistoshow,thatthisReunionofFire andLightintheInternalMan,doestrulyextenditsEnergytothis veryBestialPropertyalsoinConjunctionwiththeoutwardvisible Body,accordingtotheirConstitutionandCapacity.Andbythe preciousTincturingBloodofHim,whohaswroughtoutthisHoly Reunion,theyalsoareredeemed,andstandonlyduringthisTime intheirlesserorexteriorTemporalDarkness.Whichdenotesthe NaturalDeathandDarkGravetheyareliableto,wheretheyareto rot;andtobeturnedintoDustandAshes.Fromwhence

nevertheless,intheDayofthelastAppearanceofourLordfrom Heaven,whenhecomesintheGloryofhisFather,theyshallbe raisedupagain.AndthetwooppositePropertiesofGoodandEvil, likeasthroughoutthewholeMacrocosm,sointhemalso,shallbe separatedfromeachother.Andallthatwasgoodinthem,insucha GoodnessaswasinthisLowerPrincipleoppositetoEviltherein, shallbeexaltedtoahigherDegreeofGoodness,capableofbeing admittedintotheGloryofthePrincipleofLight,accordingtothe SayingoftheApostle;ThisCorruptiblemustputonIncorruption, andthisMortal,Immortality.AndsowhenDeathisswallowedup inVictory,ManshallhavelostNothingatallofwhateverhasbeen inhim,butshallonlyfindhimselfperfectlydeliveredfromall whateverhasbeenEvil,andofaninfecting,dividing,and destroyingNature. WhennowthisHalfFigurewithitsPeacockisliftedup,thenthe FigurerepresentsthefullEternalAccomplishmentofthis Perfection:Whichwasalreadyperfectbeforewithinitself,butdoes nowexertitselfmoreSuperabundantly,inthewholeTranscendent Fullness,throughoutthewholecreatedBeingofthisReunited ImageofGOD,andinallitsThreeEssentialParts,Body,Soul,and Spirit,withoutanyHindrancesorImpediments,whichaltogetherby thisliftingupthePeacockaredoneaway.Andthiswillbe immediatelyafterhisDeath,providedthisImageofGODiscome duringhisoutwardLife,tothisperfectReunion.Thougheventhen alsotherewillbeyetafartherAlteration,orratherhigher TriumphingExaltation,aftertheResurrectionofhisOutwardPart, whenthatalsowhichwasCorruptibleandMortalshallhaveputon IncorruptionandImmortality. ThePartwhichwassubjecttotheDarknessoftheBestial Property,beinglifteduporputoffbyDeath,isnowjustlyfullof Light.FortheHalfCircleoftheEternalDarkWorld(whichstood beforeinthePlaceoppositetotheLight)isnowtheretobeseenno more,butisdrivenbackintoitsowndarkDenorHole,whichis expressedinthelastFigure,andthereitisshutandsealedup. TheDarkWorldwillnowhavedone:TheGreatWondersofthe Allfilling,Omnipotent,UniversalBeingofAllInferiorCreated Beings,arenowbroughtintoManifestation,whichtheDarkWorld musthaveconcurred,andhavebeensubservientto.Andthe Darkness,whichisplacedunderneathinthisFigure,issuppressed andcoveredoverbytheLight,andshallappearnomoretoall Eternity. ThelastParticularThingofall,inthislastFigureoftheThird Table,tobeconsidered,istheSemicircleofLightitself,which containsinittheTwoReunitedPrincipleswiththeTwoTriangles, andtheNameofSOPHIA.Anditcannotbesaidtobesuperfluous astothisFigure,thoughtheotheroppositeCircleofDarknessis removed,andthewholeImageisfullofLight.Forithasamost distinguishedOffice,whichitistobeartoallEternity.Foritshall standinSpiritandRealityasanEternalMonumentor Resemblance,thattheseTwowereoncedivided,andsealedupon bytheSevenSealsofDeathandDarkness,andthattheseSevenare broken,andtheseTwoReunited,andcrownedwithLightand GlorybySophia,theEternalWisdomoftheHolyTrinity,through theAllsufficientTincturingBloodoftheLambSlainfromthe FoundationoftheWorld.ForOURLORDJESUSisthetrue

CornerStoneforRebuildingandReunitingallthatwasbrokenand divided. InHimallthewholeFullnessofSophiadwellssubstantially,having withinhimselftheseTwoTincturesofFireandLightessentially unitedinOneonlyThingwithoutallDivision.AndfromhenceAll theBlessedInhabitantsofthisPrinciplewillevercastdowntheir CrownsbeforeHimthatsitsupontheThrone,andsingthatNew SongintheRevelation,WorthyistheLambthatwasslainto receivePower,andRiches,andWisdom,andStrength,andHonour, andGlory.AndtheseTwoThings,ofbeingCrownedbyHim,and ofCastingdowntheirCrownsbeforeHim,arenownottwo,butone andthesameIndividualThing,whereintheOnlyEverlasting ContinuanceofalltheirBlessednessandGloryconsists,expressed alsomostsecretlyandemphaticallybythisRepresentationofthe TwoTriangleswithineachother,andbytheNameofSOPHIA. AndsotheseTwoTriangles,enteringintoandabidingwithin eachother,andmakingbutonemostRegularFigure,arenow forevermostessentiallynothingelsebutLOVEandHUMILITY, notonlytheproperDwellingplace,butalsotheveryEssenceitself oftheEternalSOPHIA. WhenthereforeallotherGiftsandGraces,ofFaith,Hope,and theRest,shalleithercease,orbechanged,thenonlyLoveand Humilityshallabideandbeexaltedintheirownunchangeable Essence,andshallmakeupthewholeEverlasting,Fulnessofall Blessing,Glory,andHappinessforEver. ToHim,whoisHimselfboththeHighestLoveandthe ProfoundestHumility,beallHonour,Glory,andDominion,inTime andinEternity.

ACATALOGUEoftheBooks WrittenbyJACOBBEHMEN,TheTeutonicTheosopher. 1.ANNO1612,hewrotetheAurora,ortheDawningoftheDay;or MorningRednessintheRisingoftheSun:ContainingtheRootof Theology,Philosophy,andAstralSciencefromthetrueGround.Dated June2,AnnoAetatis37.IthadNotesadded,withhisownHand,in1620. Havingbeensummoned,onAccountoftheAspersionsofthe SuperintendentofGorlitz,andaccusedasAuthorofthisBook,itwas laidupbytheMagistratesofthatPlace;andhewascommanded(as beingasimpleLayman)todesistfromwritingofBooks.Uponthis,he refrainedforsevenYears.Butbeingafterwardsstirredupbythe InstigationoftheDivineLight,heproceededtowritetherest,asfollows. 2.Anno1619.TheThreePrinciplesoftheDivineEssence:OftheEternal Dark,Light,andTemporaryWorld.WithanAppendixoftheThreefold LifeofMan. 3.Anno1620.TheHighandDeepSearchingoftheThreefoldLifeof Man,through,oraccordingtotheThreePrinciples. 4.AnanswertotheFortyQuestionsconcerningtheSoul,proposedby DoctorBalthasarWalter.IntheAnswertotheFirstQuestion,isthe PhilosophicGlobe,orWonderEyeofEternity,orLookingGlassof

Wisdom,(whichinitselfcontainsallMysteries)withanExplanationof it. 5.TheTreatiseoftheIncarnation.InThreeParts.DatedinMay. ParttheFirst,OftheIncarnationofJesusChrist. TheSecond,OftheSuffering,Dying,Death,andResurrectionofChrist. TheThird,OftheTreeofFaith. 6.TheGreatSixPoints,containingtheDeepGroundoftheGreat Mystery,andoftheThreeWorlds;andabriefExplanationofsixothers, orthesmallsixPoints. 7.OftheHeavenlyandEarthlyMystery.DatedMay8. 8.OfthelastTimes;beingtwoLetters;TheFirst,toPaulKeym,dated August14;andtheSecond,tothesame,datedNovember23;both concerningtheThousandYearsSabbath,andoftheEndoftheWorld. TheyareintheCollectionofhisLetters. 9.Anno1621.SignaturaRerum;or,TheSignatureofallThings:Showing theSignandSignificationoftheseveralForms,Figures,andShapeof ThingsintheCreation;andwhattheBeginning,Ruin,andCureof everyThingis;comprisingallMysteries 10.OftheFourComplexions:ATreatiseofConsolation,orInstruction, inTimeofTemptation.DatedinMarch. 11.TwoApologiestoBalthasarTylcken, TheFirst,inTwoParts,concerningtheAurora. TheSecond,inTwoParts.DatedJuly3. ParttheFirst,concerningPredestination. TheSecond,concerningthePersonofChrist,andtheVirginMary; whichhehadwroteofintheTreatiseoftheIncarnation. 12.ConsiderationsuponIsaiahStiefel'sBook,datedApril8,concerning theThreefoldStateofMan,andtheNewBirth;andofthelastSion,or NewJerusalem. 13.Anno1622.OftheErrorsoftheSectsofEzekielMeths,oran ApologytoIsaiahStiefelconcerningPerfection.DatedApril6. 14.OfTrueRepentance. 15.OfTrueResignation.

16.OfRegeneration.DatedJune24. 17.Anno1623.OfPredestination,andtheElectionofGod.Dated February8.ThereisanAppendixtoit,intitledasfollows: 18.AShortCompendiumofRepentance.DatedFebruary9. 19.TheMysteriumMagnum:AnExplanationofGenesis;treatingofthe Manifestation,orRevelationoftheDivineWordthroughtheThree PrinciplesoftheDivineEssence:alsooftheOriginoftheWorldandthe Creation,whereintheKingdomofNatureandGraceareexplained,for thebetterunderstandingoftheOldandNewTestament;andwhatAdam andChristare.DatedSeptember11.

20.ATableoftheDivineManifestation;or,AnExplanationofthe ThreefoldWorld:InaLetteroftheTrueandFalseLight,toG.F.andJ. H.DatedNovember11.ItisintheCollectionofhisLetters. 21.Anno1624.OftheSupersensualLife. 22.(22.)OfDivineContemplation,orVision.Itproceedstothesixth VerseofthefourthChapter. 23.OfChrist'sTestaments.InTwoBooks.DatedMay7. TheFirst,OfHolyBaptism. TheSecond,OftheHolySupperoftheLordChrist. 24.OfIllumination.ADialoguebetweentheEnlightenedand UnenlightenedSoul. 25.AnApologyfortheBookofTrueRepentance,andofTrue Resignation.DatedApril10;occasionedbyaLibelpublishedby GregoryRickter,thePrimateofGorlitz. 26.(26.)AnHundredandSeventysevenTheosophicQuestions,with answerstoThirteenofthem;andtotheFifteenth,asfarastotheFifth Verse. 27.AnEpitomeoftheMysteriumMagnum. 28.(28.)TheHolyWeek,orPrayerBook.WithPrayerstotheEndof Tuesday. 29.ATableoftheThreePrinciples,or,AnIllustrationofhisWritings.To J.S.V.SandA.V.S.DatedinFebruary. 30.OfthelastJudgment:SaidtobeconsumedattheBurningofGreat GlogauinSilesia;andnootherCopyofitisyetfound. 31.TheClavis,oranExplanationofsomeprincipalPointsand ExpressionsinhisWritings. 32.ACollectionofhisLettersonseveralOccasions. Note,TheBookswhichtheAuthordidnotfinish,aredistinguishedby thisMark(). No.s14,15,16,18,21,24werepublishedinoneVolume.titled"The WaytoChrist".