The Aurora

Jakob Böhme

Translated by John Sparrow

31 chapters · about 12 h

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The opening

The Firft Chapter* Of Searching out the Divine "Being in u\Qiture0 of both the Qualities ; the Good and the Evil.

Of Searching out the Divine “Being in u\Qiture0 of both the Qualities; the Good and the Evil.

T i. Hough Flefh and Blood cannot conceive or apprehend the Being of God«, but the Spirit only when enlightned and kindled from God: z. Yet if a man will fpeak of God, and fay: What GOD is, Then, L A man muft diligently confider the VoTPZrs iti Nature. II. Alfo the Whole Creation, Heaven and Earth.

III.. The Stars, the Elements, and the Creatures, which are proceeded from them. As alio the holy Angels,. Devils, and Men; moreover,Heaven and Hell.

Of the Two Qualities in One.

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About this edition

The words
John Sparrow's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 8 places
  • Other material that isn't the author's, in 4 places
  • Specks on the back of the leaf (“■^o!Ur -ten”)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
  • The library's date-due slip (“Date Due”, “Demco 38-297”) and specks on the end papers (10 blocks)
  • Specks and stray marks the OCR read as blocks of their own, with no letter or figure (“•”, “■”, “. ”) (33 blocks)

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