Description
- Notes:
- No more published.
- "The 'Lectionen' were written by different members of the brotherhood as statements of their spiritual condition and handed to Conrad Beissel, who read them to the congregation at the meeting of the folowing Sabbate." -- Funke (in Doll & Funke). Hildeburn and Seidensticker attribute authorship of whole work to Johann Conrad Beissel, while Funke states that only the appended "Theosophische Sprüche" were definitely written by Beissel, while the "Theosophische Gedichte," also appended, are attributed to Beissel.
- Title vignette.
- Printed at the press of the Ephrata Community.
- Signatures: pi² A-3H⁴ (pi1 verso blank)
- Page 116 misnumb.: "117"; p. 117 misnumb.: "116"; p. 429 misnumb: "426"
- Includes: "Anhang einiger theosophischen Spruchen. Oder Regeln des einsamen Lebens." (p. 351-395; running title: Theosophische Sprüche; written by Johann Conrad Beissel and partially the same proverbs as those contained in the earlier work: Mystische und sehr geheyme Sprüche, welche in der himlischen Schule des Heiligen Geistes erlernet. Philadelphia, 1730). -- "Theosophische Gedichte." (p. 396-431; attributed to Johann Conrad Beissel). -- "Beschluss." (p. 431-432)
Citation
"Erster Theil der Theosophischen Lectionen:
betreffende die Schulen des einsamen Lebens
"
(1752).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:581263/
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