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Passages similar to: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence — Chapter 16: Of the noble Mind of the Understanding, Senses and Thoughts. Of the threefold Spirit and Will, and of the Tincture of the Inclination, and what is inbred in a Child in the Mother's Body [or Womb.] Of the Image of God, and of the bestial Image, and of the Image of the Abyss of Hell, and Similitude of the Devil, to be searched for, and found out in a [any] one Man. The noble Gate of the noble Virgin. And also the Gate of the Woman of this World, highly to be considered.
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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 16: Of the noble Mind of the Understanding, Senses and Thoughts. Of the threefold Spirit and Will, and of the Tincture of the Inclination, and what is inbred in a Child in the Mother's Body [or Womb.] Of the Image of God, and of the bestial Image, and of the Image of the Abyss of Hell, and Similitude of the Devil, to be searched for, and found out in a [any] one Man. The noble Gate of the noble Virgin. And also the Gate of the Woman of this World, highly to be considered. (14)
First the King gives it to the Eyes, to see whether it be Good or Evil; and the Eyes give it to the Ears, to hear from whence it comes, whether out of a true, or out of a false Region, and whether it be a Lie or Truth; and the Ears give it to the Nose, (the Smell,) that must smell, whether that which is brought in (and stands before the King) comes out of a good or uevil Essence; and the Nose gives it to the Taste, which must try whether it be pure or impure, and therefore the Taste has the Tongue, that it may spit it out again if it be impure; but if it be a Thought to [be expressed in] a Word, then the Lips are the Door-keepers, which must keep it shut, and not let the Tongue forth, but must bring it into the Region of the Air, into the Nostrils, and not into the Heart, and stifle it, and then it is dead.
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (18)
Tongue sharpens, articulates, and distinguishes all that, which the Five Senses in the Head bring through the Heart on to the Tongue, and the Spirit g...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (61)
Now as the Holy Ghost proves all, so the Tongue proves all Tastes: And if the same pleases the Spirit, then it brings the same into the Head, to the...
Chapter 26: Of the Planet Saturnus (146)
Therefore I can bring it no further than from the Heart into the Brain before the princely Throne of the Senses, and there it is shut up in the Firmam...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (43)
Eyes work in the Thing they look upon, and the Thing works again in the Eyes, and the Eyes as the Counsellor, bring it into the Head before the Prince...
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (14)
Five Senses always sit in Council in the Power of the whole Body, and when the Council's Decree is concluded, then the compacted or concreted Judge sp...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (121)
Then the Tone lays hold thereon, and goes forth with it at the Mouth, Eyes, Ears and Nostrils, and executes that which is decreed in the Council of...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (99)
Tongue is terrified, trembles, and crouches to the nether Gums, and then the Spirit comes forth from the Heart, and closes the Word, which conceives i...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (57)
The fourth Princely Counsellor is the Taste on the Tongue, which also arises from all the Powers of the Body through the Spirit into the Tongue: For...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (64)
But though it be pleasant to the Tongue, and is of a good Taste, but yet is not serviceable and useful for the whole Body, then it is rejected neverth...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (63)
But if it is not good, then the Tongue spits or spews it out, before it comes to the Princely Counsel.
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (107)
But when it comes forth upon the Tongue, then the Tongue and the upper Gums close the Mouth; but when the Spirit thrusts at the Teeth, and will go for...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (53)
These Words must be considered exactly, what they are. For the Word (Am) conceives itself in the Heart, and goes forth to the Lips, but there is...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (134)
The Word [Nacht] conceives itself first at the Heart, and the Spirit makes a grunting Sound with or in the astringent Quality, yet not wholly...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (66)
The Word (SDETE) conceives itself in the Midst or Center, upon the Tongue, and is thrust thither out of the Heart, and leaves the Mouth open, and...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (73)
The Word (um) conceives itself in the Heart, and is staid and compacted, or incorporated by the Tongue on the upper Gums; but when it is let loose,...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (16)
Here observe exactly the Sense and Mystery. [e Mind or Meaning.]
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (108)
Where it is said, The Doctor as well as the Plowman is meant. And sometimes the Peasant or Plow-man exceeds the Doctor in Knowledge, if he adheres to ...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (44)
Now if the Spirit is pleased with it, then it brings the same to the Heart, and the Heart gives it to the Passages or Illyings forth of the Powers,...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 70: That right as by the defailing of our bodily wits we begin more readily to come to knowing of ghostly things, so by the defailing of our ghostly wits we begin most readily to come to the knowledge of God, such as is possible by grace to be had here (2)
And by thine ears, nought but noise or some manner of sound. By thine nose, nought but either stench or savour. And by thy taste, nought but either so...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (80)
But that the Spirit lays hold on the Power and Virtue of the Word, and goes another Way through the Nostrils into the Brain before the Throne of the S...
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