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Definition of Behmen
1. Noun. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
Generic synonyms: Mystic, Religious Mystic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behmen
Literary usage of Behmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"Perhaps you will allow poor old Jacob Behmen, the inspired cobbler of Gorlitz,
... With a fine portrait of Behmen facing the titlepage of the first volume. ..."
2. Hours with the Mystics: A Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion by Robert Alfred Vaughan (1891)
"OO our Behmen, rejoicing in his supernatural light, is prepared to answer more
... To begin with, Behmen must have an 'immanent,' as distinguished from the ..."
3. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley (1839)
"Surely they would, if you could ever be persuaded to study, instead of the writings
of Tauler and Behmen, those of St. Paul, James, Peter, and John; ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... introduced into the innermost ground of the recondite, or hidden nature."—Oke/y's
Memoirs of Jacob Behmen.—Monthly Review, vol. 63, p. 523. ..."
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