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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 17: Of the horrible, lamentable, and miserable Fall of Adam and Eve in Paradise. Man 's Looking-Glass. (77)
Thou wilt say, How? God dwells in Heaven. O! thou blind Mind, full of Darkness; the Heaven where God dwells is also in thee, as Adam was both upon Earth, and also in Paradise at once; and give not Way to Antichrist to direct thee aloft without [the Place of] this World above the Stars, for he tells thee Prophet David says: If I fly to the Day-break, or into Hell, thou art there. Also where is the Place of my Rest? Am not I he that fills all Things? Yet I behold the miserable and those that are of a broken Spirit, and I will dwell in them: Also, / will dwell in Jacob, and my Tabernacle shall be in Israel: Understand it right, he will dwell in the contrite and broken Spirit, which breaks the Gate of Darkness, he will press into that [Spirit.]
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (85)
Thou seest, also, how Heaven is in a holy Man, and that every where, wheresoever thou standest, goest or liest, if thy Spirit does but qualify or...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (43)
When thou beholdest the Deep betwixt the Stars and the Earth, canst thou say, that is not God, or there God is not? O, thou miserable corrupted Man!...
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (63)
And as the Deep above the Earth is, so is Man also both in Love and Wrath, till after the Departure of the Soul; but then when the Soul departs from t...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (26)
For the true Heaven is every where, even in that very Place where thou standest and goest, and so when thy Spirit apprehends the innermost Birth or Ge...
Chapter 7: Of the Court, Place and Dwelling, also of the Government of Angels, how these things stood at the Beginning, after the Creation, and how they became as they are. (8)
Now elevate thy Sense, Thoughts and Spirit into the Deep of the Deity, for here a Gate is opened. The Place or Space of this World, the Deep of the...
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (70)
Being of God in Heaven, yea Heaven itself: If thy Eyes were opened, thou shouldst see it plainly and clearly on Earth, in that Place where thou art at...
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (48)
When thou beholdest the Deep above the Earth, thou oughtest not to say, that it is not the Gate of God, where God in his Holiness dwells: No, no,...
Chapter 24: Of the Incorporating or Compaction of the Stars. (67)
God in his Heaven, then thou worshippest or prayest to him in that Heaven which is in thee, and that same God with his Light; and therein the Holy Gho...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (13)
Now when this is done, then thou art as the whole or total God is, who himself is Heaven, Earth, Stars, and the Elements, and hast also such a...
Theologia Germanica
Chapter XXVIII (28.2)
Moreover, where there is this union, which is the offspring of a Divine light and dwelleth in its beams, there is no spiritual pride or irreverent spi...
Chapter 25: Of the whole Body of the Stars and of their Birth or Geniture; that is, the whole Astrology, or the whole Body of this World. (53)
While he yet sticks in the old Man of Wrath and Death, and fits also in his Heaven, he sees through both; in such a Manner also he sees the Stars and...
The Masnavi
The Arab and his Wife (121-130)
In highest heaven. Know this for a surety. O beloved! Yet am I contained in the believer's heart! If ye seek me, search in such hearts!" He said...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (42)
Hearken, thou blind Man; thou livest in God, and God is in thee; and if thou livest holily, then therein thou thyself art God. For wheresoever thou lo...
Chapter 11: Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (123)
O, no; hear me, thou half-dead Angel, I am as thou art, and have no greater Light in my outward Being than thou hast....
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (94)
Spirit first goes over the astringent and bitter Qualities unperceived, it signifies, that the Gate of God is every where in this World all over, wher...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (54)
If Man's Eyes were but opened, he should see God every where in his Heaven: for Heaven stands in the innermost Birth or Geniture every where. [See v....
Chapter 24: Of the Incorporating or Compaction of the Stars. (71)
For instead of thy Heaven, thou hast the Wrath-Devil fitting there; but if thou breakest through, then he must get him gone, and the Holy Ghost rules ...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (25)
And though indeed that is united with thy Heaven as one Body, and so together is but the one Body of God, yet thou art not in that very Place which is...