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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)
So also the tongue sharpeneth, articulateth and distinguisheth all that which the five senses in the head bring through the heart on to the tongue; an...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (61)
Now as the Holy Ghost proveth all, so the tongue also proveth all tastes: and if the same pleaseth the spirit, then the spirit bringeth the same into...
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 firma...
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (14)
The five senses always hold counsel in the power of the whole body, and when a conclusion is formed, the same is uttered [or pronounced] by the...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (63)
But if it be not good, then the tongue spits or speweth it out, before it comes to the princely council.
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (99)
There the tongue is terrified, trembleth and croucheth to the nether gums, and then the spirit cometh forth from the heart, and closeth the word,...
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 ariseth 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 the taste be pleasant to the tongue, and is a good taste, but yet is not serviceable and useful for the whole body, then it is rejected nev...
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 cometh forth upon the tongue, then the tongue and the upper gums close the mouth; but when the spirit thrusteth at the teeth, and will go ...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (79)
The word or syllable (den) conceiveth itself on the tongue again, and the spirit attracteth the power and virtue out of the word, and therewith goeth...
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 goeth forth therewith at the mouth, eyes, ears and nostrils, and executeth that which is decreed in the council...
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (15)
Then the word stands in the heart as a self-subsisting person, compacted from all the powers [combined]; it is a word and representeth or denoteth...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (80)
But that the spirit layeth hold on the power and virtue of the word, and goeth another way through the nostrils into the brain before the throne of th...
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 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (43)
So do the eyes work in the thing they look upon, and the thing works again in the eyes, and the counsellor, the eyes, bringeth it into the head before...
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)
But when the word breaketh through, then the mouth within openeth wide, and the word conceiveth itself once more with its sound behind the astringent ...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (71)
But that by the word or syllable (mel) it is conceived again upon the tongue, and held fast with the upper gums, and that in the meanwhile the spirit ...
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) conceiveth itself in the heart, and goeth forth to the lips, but there is...
Chapter 5: Of the Corporeal Substance, Being and Propriety of an Angel. Question. (44)
Now if the spirit is pleased therewith, then it bringeth the same to the heart, and the heart giveth it to the passages or issuings forth of the...
The Masnavi
The Sufi's Beast (61-70)
Is made to revolve by the strokes of the King's hand. O man of double vision, hearken with attention, Many are the holy words that find no entrance...
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