Boehme, Jacob

Jakob Bohme was a German Christian mystic and theologian. Twelve years after a vision in 1600, Bohme began to write his first book, Die Morgenroete im Aufgang (The rising of Dawn). The book was given the name Aurora by a friend; however, Bohme originally wrote the book for himself and it was never completed. The chief concern of Bohme's writing was the nature of sin, evil and redemption. Consistent with Lutheran theology, Bohme preached that humanity had fallen from a state of divine grace to a state of sin and suffering, that the forces of evil included fallen angels who had rebelled against