THE GREAT MYSTERY,

An Explanation of the First Book of Moses

Concerning the Revelation of the Divine Word through the Three Principles of the Divine Essence; also regarding the Origin of the World and the Creation.

Wherein

The Kingdom of Nature and the Kingdom of Grace are explained.

For a greater understanding of the Old and New Testaments; what Adam and Christ are: and how man, in the Light of Nature The "Light of Nature" refers to the innate capacity for spiritual and intellectual understanding granted to humanity, should recognize and contemplate himself; what he is, and wherein his Temporal and Eternal Life, as well as his Salvation and Damnation, consist.

An explanation of the Essence of all Essences: for the Lover The "Lover" here refers to a seeker of divine wisdom or a "Philadelphian" soul of Divine Gifts to further contemplate.

Written by

JACOB BÖHME,

otherwise called

The Teutonic Philosopher. original: "Teutonicus Philosophus"

A decorative typographical ornament featuring symmetrical floral and foliage motifs.

At Amsterdam,

Printed in the Year of Christ 1682.