[Die Neue Lotusblüten und die Gefahren des “Okkultismus.” Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl.[1] Motto: “What use is a science which is not also a religion?”—Jacob Böhme. Since this issue begins a new year of the “Lotusblüten,” it seems fitting to say a few words about the purpose of this journal, which is to […]
[Mystik und “Mystizismus.”] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] If we want to pass judgment on Christian mysticism, we must first of all distinguish it from a pathological mysticism. True mysticism is the spiritual cognition of religious truths which springs from inward illumination by the light of truth (the Holy Spirit); mysticism is a […]
[Die Geheimnisse der Zeugung und die Bestimmung des Geschlects des Kindes vor der Geburt.] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[i] Chapter I. Much has been written at length about predetermining the sex of children before birth, and about the art of producing male or female offspring at will, but all the views which have […]
Note[1] The world (the body) has life, and eternity (the soul) is Life. The interior lives and the external lives; the cause is life and the effects are living. Life is law and its manifestation; it is law for the understanding and manifestation for the organs of sense. The parts are vivified by the whole; […]
Note[i] “The fulness of time has taken place, and the kingdom of God has arrived. Repent and believe in the gospel of truth.”—J. B. Jacob Boehme was born in the year 1575, at Alt Seidenburg, a place about two miles distant from Goerlitz in Germany. He was the son of poor country people, and in […]
Note[1] “And God said: Let there be Light: and there was Light” If we take up any of the ancient books of Wisdom: be it the Vedas of the Hindus, the books of Hermes the Egyptian, the Dhammapada of the Buddhists, the Cabala of the Jews, the Christian Bible, or any of the secret doctrines, […]
Note[1] It is an old saying that “a little learning is a dangerous thing,” and it is claimed that the exposition of truth has never done so much good as its misunderstanding has been productive of evil. In proof of it we need only look back upon the history of religious persecutions, Christian as well […]
Note[1] Die Planetenbewohner, (The Inhabitants of the Planets) and the Nebular Theory, is the attractive title of an interesting book by the astronomer Dr. Carl du Prel, who has already become very favourably known by his previous Darwinistic writings. If one expects to find in this work a fancy sketch of the costumes and […]
{A review of a pamphlet by the same title.} [i] The above is the title of a little pamphlet that has recently appeared in London. It contains a history of the assault perpetrated by the Roman Catholics at Columbo, Ceylon, upon an in-offensive procession of Buddhists, who were carrying fruits and flowers to their place […]
[Das Lebens-Elixier] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Even in ancient times it was the wish of many people to escape death and to make themselves immortal. The alchemists of the Middle Ages sought to find a substance by the use of which one could rejuvenate the body, and their ideal was the preparation […]