«All this set down diligently from a true Ground in the Knowledge of the Spirit, and in the impulse of God. BY JACOB BEHMEN, THE TEUTONIC THEOSOPHER» — cierre de la portadilla: la obra declara su procedencia en el conocimiento del Espíritu y en el impulso de Dios, y firma con el apelativo de teósofo teutónico.
Cristianismo
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«so that out of the turba theChildrenofGod5shallbeborn.Allearnestlyandfaithfullyrecordedfrom a knowledge of the great mysterium» — cierra el anuncio: de la turba han de nacer los hijos de Dios, y todo se consigna desde un conocimiento del gran misterio. La llamada de nota 5 va pegada a *God* y la capa de texto del PDF de Brill colapsa los espacios de renglones justificados enteros y el verbatim los imprime tal cual.
«Together with short formulas for prayer; how a man’s soul is to awake itself in the grace of God, and to grasp and hold the same» — la misma portadilla anuncia el añadido práctico del tratado: fórmulas breves de oración.
«For these people do not know how to achieve knowledge of the First Cause, which is transcendently set above all things, except by making figures of the last and least worthy of existing visible things, such as stocks or stones» — el capítulo 1 describe a los que rebajan la Primera Causa a figuras de las cosas visibles menos dignas, como palos o piedras
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
Explore documented argument maps →3 · Return to the centre
For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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