دانلود کتاب The Mystic Will: Based Upon a Study of the Philosophy of Jacob Boehme

While Boehme's influence is profound and wide ranging, from philosophers like Hegel and Schopenhauer trough various branches of Protestant Christianity to various streams of Western esotericism, his writings remain extremely obscure and outside commentaries are often guilty of tendentiousness and obscurantism. This work remains one of few attempts to present his philosophy in clear and accessible manner.
The purpose of this study is twofold. Its primary aim is to interpret Jacob Boehme's answer to the central problem of the philosophy of mysticism. It also presents a survey of the nature and historical significance of positive ethical types of mysticism.
The philosophy of Protestant mysticism has not received the attention it deserves. The world-denying mystics of the Middle Ages inherited from Neo-Platonism a well-known type of thought which has come to be considered as peculiarly characteristic of all speculative mystics. But mysticism has not always fled from the finite. This is evident from the experience of the Quakers and other ethically active mystical groups. A widespread, world-affirming type of mystical theory characterized by a well-rounded philosophy of its own, culminated in Jacob Boehme. I have endeavored to portray this positive attitude through an exposition of his ideas and experiences. To an age such as ours, torn between a desire to follow up the great success of its mechanistic theories and a yearning for mystic insight to pierce beyond the symbols of science, Boehme's philosophy conveys a striking message