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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... Ill BOEHME IN ENGLAND The interest in Boehme in England after 1644 soon became widespread, and extended in many directions. It can be traced in the religious, political, scientific, and literary life of the time. In the case of the religious interest, the relationship was at first hand and acknowledgment was, frequently made to Boehme's writings. The political situation shows some degree of similarity: certain sects in which Boehme's teachings were one of the formative influences became for a time political rather than religious factors. In literature and science, acknowledgment was made less openly. To profess an interest in books that were read by enthusiasts and sectarians was, to say the least, not consistent with dignity. Between poor sectarians and men of rank and social importance there was little or no friendliness until the time of the hard-won sympathy toward a few Quakers, more than ten years after Boehme's writings began to be known. The first printed mention in England of Jakob Boehme is the anonymous "Life" published in 1644: The Life of, one Jacob Boehme: who although he were a Very Meane man, yet wrote the most Wonderfull deepe Knowledge in Naturall and Divine Things that any hath been knowne to doe since the Apostles Times; wherein is contained a perfect catalogue of his works. London. Printed by L. N. for Richard Whitaker. 1644.--The mode of appearance of Boehme's works in England followed closely that in Ger many and Holland, where learned men were the first to embrace his teachings and disseminate his writings. These writings likewise spread abroad and were widely read in, manuscript, in England as on the continent. In the British Museum is a translation evidently of part of the Mysterium Magnum (not published until...