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Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern, or, Delights for the ingenious in above fifty select emblems ... ; with fifty pleasant poems and lots, by way of lottery, for illustrating each emblem to promote instruction and good counsel by diverting recreation
The Dial's edition: London, 1732
A popular English emblem book listed under Behmen in The Dial's 1843 catalog, though the compiler is not identified there. Built around 50+ engraved copper-plate emblems, each paired with a short explanatory poem and a 'lot' (a lottery-style verse prompt), it turns viewing into a mixed exercise of recreation and moral instruction—'good counsel' delivered through diverting symbolism.
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The remainder of books written by Jacob Behme : viz. I. The first apologie to Balthazar Tylcken for the Aurora written anno 1621. II. The second apologie in answer to Balthazar Tylcken; for predestination. And the incarnation and person of Christ, and of the Virgin Mary. Dated 3. July 1621. III. The fouer [sic] complexions written in March: 1621. IV. The considerations upon Esaiah Stiefel's booke concerning The threefold state of man and the new birth. Dated 8. April 1621 ...
The Dial's edition: London, 1662
Translations of Böhme's letters and defenses of his teaching—personal and polemical texts that reveal the theosopher's pastoral concerns and controversies.
Full title: Important truths relating to spiritual and practical Christianity
The Dial's edition: London, 1769
An anonymous devotional anthology that gathers extracts from 'several eminent spiritual writers' and, in particular, substantial selections from Jakob Böhme (Behmen). The volume is organized as a sequence of short doctrinal–practical pieces on themes such as the true grounds of Christianity, the limits of natural reason without divine illumination, repentance, resignation, and love of neighbor. The author is not identified in the catalog.
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Memoirs of the life, death, burial, and wonderful writings, of Jacob Behmen : now first done at large into English, from the best edition of his works in the original German ...
The Dial's edition: Northampton, 1780
A biographical account that helped establish Böhme's reputation among English-speaking spiritual seekers—situating the visionary within a providential narrative.
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The works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic theosopher. ... . Containing, I. The Aurora. II. The Three Principles. To which is prefixed, the life of the author. With figures, illustrating his principles, left by the Reverend William Law, M.A; The way to Christ discovered and described in the following treatises. 1. Of true repentance. ... 4. Of the supersensual life. By Jacob Behmen. To which are added some other pieces relative to the same subjects; as also a treatise on the four complexions. Written by the same author
The Dial's edition: London, 1781
An introduction to Böhme's 'signature' doctrine: the visible world as a language of inner realities—nature as symbolic disclosure, not inert matter. It's a bridge-text between mysticism, natural philosophy, and later romantic/esoteric readings of 'correspondence.'
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A compendious view of the grounds of the Teutonic philosophy : with considerations by way of enquiry into the subject matter, and scope of the writings of Jacob Behmen...
The Dial's edition: London, 1770
An interpretive gateway into Böhme-style theosophy, condensing key doctrines (principles, will, light, nature, regeneration) for readers who want orientation rather than the full visionary density of the originals. Listed in The Dial as Teutonic Philosophy.
Full title: Theosophia revelata, das ist: Alle Göttliche Schriften des gottseligen und hocher leuchteten deutschen theosophi
The Dial's edition: London, 1764
This edited volume introduced the Teutonic theosopher as a spiritual authority: not just visionary rhetoric, but a disciplined inner path—light, will, humility, and the regeneration of the soul's ground. Edited by William Law. Listed in The Dial as The Rev. William Law's edition, containing the Aurora or Morning Red; the Three Principles; Man's Threshhold Life; Answer to the Forty Questions concerning the Soul; Signatura Rerum; the Four Complexions; the Mysterium Magnum, 4 vols, 4 to. London 1764.
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Jacob Behmen's theosophick philosophy unfolded in divers considerations and demonstrations, shewing the verity and utility of the several doctrines or propositions contained in the writings of that divinely instructed author : also, the principal treatises of the said author abridged, and answers given to the remainder of the 177 theosophick questions, propounded by the said Jacob Behmen, which were left unanswered by him at the time of his death
The Dial's edition: London, 1691
An early English exposition of Böhme's system by Edward Taylor—making the difficult German mystic accessible to seekers in the late 17th century.
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The way to Christ discovered and described in the following treatises. 1. Of true repentance. ... 4. Of the supersensual life. By Jacob Behmen. To which are added some other pieces relative to the same subjects; as also a treatise on the four complexions. Written by the same author
The Dial's edition: London, 1775
A practical spiritual psychology of humility and 'resignation' (self-surrender): reason has its place, but the soul must not enthrone it as the final judge; instead, the will sinks into divine love, becoming an instrument rather than a proprietor of insight.
The Dial's edition: 1715
A collected 'theosophic' presentation of Jakob Böhme's writings as a coherent spiritual-philosophical system, organized for readers interested in his whole metaphysical arc: cosmology, fall, redemption, inner transformation, and the symbolic reading of nature. Edited by Johann Georg Gichtel.
