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Behmen

noun

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624). Synonyms: Boehm, Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Behmen, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Bohme.

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... of Daniel and of John, And Behmen's Morning-Redness, through the Stone Of Wisdom, ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

... Boehme (or Behmen), a shoemaker and a famous theosophist, b. 1575, at Old Seidenberg, a village near Goerlitz; d. 1624. The 24th verse of the poem, "He noticed all at once that plants could speak", may refer to a remarkable experience of Boehme, related in Dr. Hans Lassen Martensen's ...

— Introduction to Robert Browning • Hiram Corson

... is of mine, or ever shall be. He is the only one of us (but of us he is not) whose coronation I would oppose. Let them take Scott, Campbell, Crabbe, or you, or me, or any of the living, and throne him;—but not this new Jacob Behmen, this * * * * * * whose pride might have kept him true, even had his principles turned as perverted as his ...

— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

Words linked to "Behmen" : mystic, religious mystic