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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 1: Of the first Principle of the Divine Essence. (9)
This is as was mentioned before; the Harshness is the Prima Materia, or first Matter, which is strong, and very eagerly and earnestly attractive, that is Sal: The Bitterness is nin the strong Attracting, for the Spirit sharpens itself in the strong Attracting, so that it becomes wholly aching, [anxious or vexed.] For Example, in Man, when he is enraged, how his Spirit attracts itself, which makes him bitter [or sour,] and trembling; and if it be not suddenly withstood and quenched, we see that the Fire of Anger kindles in him so, that he burns in Malice, and then presently a to be revenged. Purpose.
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (58)
The fierceness or bitterness is generated in the midst or centre of the hardness, and the heat is generated in the flash, and therein also it...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (71)
Now if there were no other quality in this body, which could quench the fierceness of these four qualities, then there would be a perpetual enmity...
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (23)
First there is the astringent quality, then the sweet, and next the bitter: The sweet is in the midst between the astringent and the bitter. Now the...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (119)
When the astringent or harsh quality, as the father, formeth the word or son, or spirit, then it stands captive in the centre of the heart, and is...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (120)
For in the astringent or harsh quality there is no life, but an astringent, cold, hard death; and in the bitter quality there is no light, but a dark,...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (19)
Now this is the root of covetousness, envy, pride and wrath [anger]; for in the fierce qualifying or acting and boiling rose up the wrath, and burnt...
Chapter 1: Of Searching out the Divine Being in Nature: Of both the Qualities, the Good and the Evil. (29)
Now if the bitter quality dwelleth meekly and gently in any creature, then is it the heart or joy therein; for it dissipateth all other evil...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (24)
The original of the bitter quality is when the flash of life in the heat riseth up in the astringent quality; and now when the flash of fire in the...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (82)
When the sweet quality thus flies from the bitter, and from the sour and astringent, then the astringent and the bitter make all the haste they can...
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (90)
But now the two qualities, viz. the astringent and the bitter, cannot leave their contention and opposition, or contrary will, but wrestle continually...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (13)
For all powers are discerned or distinguished in the bitter, and the bitter receiveth the flash of the light, as if it were horribly terrified, and go...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (29)
Understand this rightly.
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (67)
After such a manner and kind is the astringent quality in the innermost kernel or pith in itself, and to itself alone, without the other qualities in...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (62)
And the bitter quality is the separation and forming, and the heat is the spirit, or the kindling of the life, whereby the spirit existeth in the body...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (26)
The heat is the third murderous spirit, which killed its mother, the sweet water; but the astringent spirit is the cause thereof, for by its stern,...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (149)
There the bitter quality raveth and rageth, and seeketh for rest and food, and finds it not, and moveth or boileth in the body as a lingering poison.
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (45)
The astringent or harsh quality is the kernel or stock, and is sour or attractive; and the sweet is the light, mollifying and softening; and the...
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (94)
But now the wrath-fire is in all three; for the astringent is much too cold, and contracteth or draweth the body too hard together; and the sweet is m...
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (51)
And first the sweet. For in the sweet water the bitter spirit is refreshed, and therein it quencheth its great thirst; and its bitterness is therein m...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (117)
But that the astringent and bitter spirit does so grumble and murmur, when the spirit from the heart goeth through its house, and ruleth powerfully, s...
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