Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Heckethorn Charles William
Title : The secret societies of all ages and countries Volume 2
Year : 1875

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JACOB BOHME. PABALLEL between Mystics and Sectaries. All secret societies have some connection with, mysticism, secret itself, delighting in mystery, as the loving soul delights in surronndiag the beloved object with mystery. Sectaries to some extent are the parents of mystics. The silent adoration of the Infinite, in which mystics delight, has its counterpart in the worship of progress, liberty, and truth, to which sectaries devote themselves. Progress, liberty, truth, are attributes of the Divine; whoso loves these attributes, loves and apprehends God. The mystics are the men of thought, the sectaries the men of action. However remote the thoughts of the former may seem from application to everyday life, from political strife, they yet have a positive influence on human belief and will. ...