The Sorcerers’ Stone: Alchemical Poems by Angelus Silesius
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The Sorcerers’ Stone - Rachel A. Lott
The Sorcerers’ Stone
Alchemical Poems by Angelus Silesius
The Poetry of Angelus Silesius
Translated and Arranged by Rachel A. Lott
The Sorcerers’ Stone
Alchemical Poems by Angelus Silesius
The Poetry of Angelus Silesius
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Note on the Translation
Part 1: The Sorcerers’ Stone
What Is Good Is What Endures
Was fein ist das besteht
Spiritual Gold-making
Die geistliche Goldmachung
On the Same Topic
Auch von derselben
Still On the Same Topic
Noch von jhr
Love Is the Sorcerers’ Stone
Die Liebe ist der weisen Stein
There Must Be Union
Es muß vereinigt werden
The Tincture
Die Tingierung
The Old Has Passed Away
Das alte ist hinweg
The Real Union
Die genaue Vereinigung
Goldhood and Godhood
Die Goldheit und Gottheit
As Goldhood, So Godhood
Wie die Goldheit also die Gottheit
The Cornerstone Is Best
Der Ekstein ist das beste
The Sorcerers’ Stone Is Within
Der weisen Stein ist in dir
The Cornerstone Makes What Lasts
Der Ekstein macht was ewig wehrt
The Best Potion
Die beste Tingirung
With the Cornerstone is Treasure
Jm Ekstein liegt der Schatz
The True Sorcerers’ Stone
Der wahre weisen Stein
The Working of the Holy Sacraments
Die würckung deß heiligen Sacraments
The Spiritual Ark and Its Manna
Die geistliche Arch und’s Manna-Krüglein
God Brings to Perfection
Gott macht Vollkommen seyn
The Tincture
Das Tingiren
Accident and Essence
Zufall und Wesen
It Must Be Turned to Gold
Es muß Vergoldet seyn
The Gold-Making of the Wise
Deß Weisen Goldmachung
The Face of God Makes Blessed
Das Antlitz Gottes ist seeligmachend
The Eagle Flies High
Der Adler fleuget hoch
Become a Phoenix
Ein Phoenix sol man seyn
The Weak Must Wait
Die Schwachen müssen warten
You Must Try
Es wil geübet seyn
To Each Its Own Element
Eins jeden Element
The Transfiguration
Die Verklärung
The Soul Comes from God
Die Seele kombt von Gott
God Works Like Fire
Gott würket wie das Fewr
There Must Be Separation
Die scheidung muß geschehn
You Can Deal with the Enemy
Du kanst dem Feind vergeben
Man Is Coal
Der Mensch ist eine Kohle
How Love Consumes Sins
Wie die Lieb die Sünden verzehrt
The Spiritual Lighter
Der Geistliche Feuerzeug
As You Are, So You Are Affected
Wie du bist, so wirstu gewuerket
The Cross is the Test of Love
Das Kreutz probirt die liebe
A Rich Sinner is a Gold-Covered Piece of Coal
Ein reicher Sünder ein vergoldter Koth
The Fire in God’s Smithy
Gottes Schmiede Feuer
How to Become Wise
Wie man Weise Wird
Part 2: The Wise Man
The House of Eternal Wisdom
Der ewigen Weißheit Hauß
The Wisdom of Solomon
Die Weißheit Salomons
A Fool Seeks Many Things
Ein Narr sucht vielerlei
Wisdom is a Wellspring
Die Weißheit ist ein Qual
The Three Spiritual Wise Men
Die Drey Geistliche Weisen
The Firm Rock
Der steiffe Felsenstein
Negligence Does Not Reach God
Nachlässigkeit komt nicht zu Gott
The Fool Chooses