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Definition of Boehme
1. Noun. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
Generic synonyms: Mystic, Religious Mystic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boehme
Literary usage of Boehme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"In his Aurora — where, as the name suggests, boehme describes the dawn of his
... William Law, the scholarly mystic, was also a follower of boehme ; and his ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"In his Aurora—where, as the name suggests, boehme describes the dawn of his inner
... William Law, the scholarly mystic, was also a follower of boehme; ..."
3. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"While Bodin and Herbert attack the religious problem more externally, it presented
itself to boehme within the confessional circle of ideas ; he worked at ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"scribed boehme as the Evangelical Hegel. Mr. Vaughan, in his Hours with the Mystics,
... boehme is proclaimed as a medicine for the mind in this age of ..."
5. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1879)
"JACOB boehme. [TRA!T8I,ATEO FROM III ,,i:i.'s HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, ...
While boehme calls all forces the Father, he distinguishes these, again, ..."
6. A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler (1891)
"JACOB boehme.— Like Bacon among the English and Bruno among the Italians, Jacob
boehme is among the Germans the exponent of this transition period. ..."
7. History of Rationalism: Embracing a Survey of the Present State of by John Fletcher Hurst (1867)
"We mention first of all the prince of mystics, Jacob boehme, shoemaker of Gorlitz.
... Let boehme be tested by this method, and we do not fear the result. ..."
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