Vii Sonship : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 151 VII SONSHIP p. 152 167 (V. 250) THE SPIRITUAL AND ETERNAL BIRTH ARE ONE The Spiritual Birth within my soul is one With that whereby the Father doth beget the Son. 168 (VI. 132) GOD'S SOLE FELICITY There's joy in giving birth...
I Angelus Silesius : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 15 I ANGELUS SILESIUS MANY centuries before Frederick the Great's tall grenadiers wrenched Silesia from the grasp of the Austrian queen, Maria Theresa, the German people, by a continuous infiltration of settlers into the wide pl...
V Inwardness : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 137 V INWARDNESS p. 138 121 (I. 145) WHAT THOU WOULDST HAVE IS WITHIN THEE All Heaven is within thee, Man, And all of Hell within thy heart: What thou dost choose and will to have, That hast thou wheresoe'er thou art. 122 (I. 82)...
Xiii Man And The World : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 197 XIII MAN AND THE WORLD p. 198 311 (I. 140) MAN IS ALL THINGS Man is the Sum of Things. If he lack but a jot, The full scope of his wealth surely he knoweth not. 312 (IV. 146) THE HIGHEST NOBILITY OF MAN This is my true nobility...
Preface : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 9 PREFACE To many of those acquainted with the literature of mysticism the name of Angelus Silesius has a familiar sound and yet recalls no familiar image. It appears and re-appears in footnotes or attached to a wandering verse. It...
Ii God : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 109 II GOD p. 110 31 (II. 48) GOD IS KNOWN IN THE CREATURE The hidden God becometh known And general to mankind In the created World of Things Which He hath fashioned and designed. 32 (V. 214) GOD IS ALL IN ALL God in the Christ is...
Ii The Cherubinic Wanderer : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 65 II "THE CHERUBINIC WANDERER" THE vicissitudes which the fame of Angelus Silesius has undergone since his death reflect the revolutions of popular taste and philosophic temper. As soon as the blaze of the religious controversies...
Title Page : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Next ANGELUS SILESIUS SELECTIONS FROM "THE CHERUBINIC WANDERER" TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION "by" J. E. CRAWFORD FLITCH Next
Xiv Thought And Deed : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous p. 205 XIV THOUGHT AND DEED p. 206 333 (V. 89) THOU MUST WIN IT HERE Here must thy deed be done. 'Twere an undreamed-of thing That he who wins no Kingdom here Should there become a King. 334 (II. 75) THOU MUST ALSO BEAR FRUIT If thou dost...
Vi Self Abandonment : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 143 VI SELF-ABANDONMENT p. 144 139 (I. 24) THOU MUST BE NAUGHT, WILL NAUGHT If thou art Somewhat to thyself, If Somewhat thou dost love and will, If Somewhat knowest, Somewhat hast-- Thou carriest thy Burden still. 140 (I. 58)...
Viii Time And Eternity : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 157 VIII TIME AND ETERNITY p. 158 181 (II. 153) ETERNITY What is Eternity? It is not That, not This, Not Now, not Aught, not Naught--I know not what it is. 182 (II. 65) ETERNITY IS NOT MEASURED Eternity knows naught of hour and day...
Xii Poverty And Riches : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 191 XII POVERTY AND RICHES p. 192 293 (II. 56) POVERTY AND RICHES The man who, what he hath, hath not, To all things stands indifferent, He is most poor when he is rich, Most rich when he is indigent. 294 (III. 69) THE SAINT'S...
Iv Oneness With The Divine : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 127 IV ONENESS WITH THE DIVINE p. 128 85 (I. 8) GOD LIVETH NOT WITHOUT ME I know God cannot live one instant without Me: If I should come to naught, needs must He cease to be. 86 (I. 10) I AM AS GOD AND GOD AS I I am as great as God...
Ix Accident And Essence : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 165 IX ACCIDENT AND ESSENCE p. 166 209 (II. 30) ACCIDENT AND ESSENCE Become essential, Man! When the world fails at last, Accident falls away, but Essence, that stands fast. 210 (I. 274) THE ACCIDENT MUST GO All Accident must go...
I Godhead : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 99 I GODHEAD p. 100 1 (II. 188) BEING IS NOT MEASURED Turn wheresoe'er I will, I find no evidence of End, Beginning, Centre or Circumference. 2 (I. 263) GOD NEVER EXPLORETH HIMSELF The Thought and Deed of Deity Are of such richness...
X Love : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 171 X LOVE p. 172 229 (V. 242) THE HIGHEST GOOD What is the highest Good? Much talk hath been her And high debate: I swear the highest Good is Love. 230 (V. 241) EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO LOVE Love is the Lord of All. Even...
Xi Nature : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 181 XI NATURE p. 182 261 (I. 193) THE CREATURE IS TRULY IN GOD Rather in God than in itself The Creature hath its true abode: It perishes, yet evermore Abides eternally in God. 262 (II. 109) THE WORLD DOTH NOT PASS AWAY The World...
Iii The Still Wilderness : Sacred-Texts Christianity Angelus Silesius Index Previous Next p. 117 III THE STILL WILDERNESS p. 118 54 (I. 7) MAN MUST GO BEYOND GOD Where is my hiding-place? Where there's nor I nor Thou. Where is my final goal towards which I needs must press? Where there is nothing. Whither shall I journey...
