Aurora, that is, the day-spring, or dawning of the day in the Orient, or morning-rednesse in the rising of the sun, that is, the root or mother of philosophie, astrologie, & theologie from the true ground, or a description of nature ... all this set down diligently from a true ground in the knowledge of the spirit, and in the impulse of God / by Jacob Behme, Teutonick philosopher ...

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Author:	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.
Title:	Aurora, that is, the day-spring, or dawning of the day in the Orient, or morning-rednesse in the rising of the sun, that is, the root or mother of philosophie, astrologie, & theologie from the true ground, or a description of nature ... all this set down diligently from a true ground in the knowledge of the spirit, and in the impulse of God / by Jacob Behme, Teutonick philosopher ...
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Alternate titles:	Morgenröte im Aufgang. English
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Note.

The Preface to the Reader.

The Brief Contents of the 26. Chapters of the First Book of the Author, called, the Aurora.

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J. B. Preface for the Aurora. To the Courteous Reader.

The Contents of this Book, by way of Introduction. To this Book I have given this Name, viz. The Root or Mother of Philosophie, Astrologie, and Theologie.

II.

III.

The First Chapter.

Of the Two Qualities in One.

What a QVALITY is.

Of Heat.

Of Light and Fiercenesse.

Of the qualification of the Cold Quality.

Of the qualification of the Ayr and the Water.

Of the Influences of the other Qualities in the Three Elements, Fire, Ayr, and Water.

Of the Bitter Quality.

Of the Sweet Quality.

Of the Soure Quality.

Of the Astringent or Saltish Quality.

The Second Chapter.

Of the Quality of the Sun.

The Third Chapter.

Of GOD the FATHER.

Of the Substance and Property of the Father.

Of GOD the SONNE.

Of GOD the Holy GHOST.

Of the Holy TRINITY.

The Fourth Chapter.

An Instruction, or open Gate of Heaven.

Of the Divine Quality.

Of the Creation of Angels.

Of the Qualification of an Angel.

The Sixth Chapter.

Of the Mouth.

Of the Gracious Blessed and Joyfull Love, of the Angels, toward God, from a true Ground.

The Seventh Chapter.

Of the Nativity or Geniture of an Angelical Kings, and how they came to be.

Of the Ground or Foundation and Mystery.

The Eighth Chapter.

The Great Mysterie.

I. Of the First Species or Circumstance.

II. Of the Second Species or Circumstance.

III. Of the Third Circumstance or Species.

IIII. Of the Fourth Circumstance or Species.

The Great Mysterie of the Spirit.

Now observe the End of Nature in this World.

And this is the end of Nature in this World.

Of the Language of Nature.

BARM-HERTZ-IG.

Understand this high thing, rightly.

V. Of the Fifth Circumstance or Species.

The Ninth Chapter.

The Great Heavenly and Divine Mystery.

Of the friendly Love, gracious amiable blessed∣nesse, and Unity, of the Five qualifying or fountain-spirits of God.

The Tenth Chapter.

Here Observe the Nativity or Birth of the Bitter quality, yet more plainly.

Now here Observe further, concerning the Mercurius Tone or Sound.

The Eleventh Chapter.

VII. Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power.

The Holy Gates.

Of the Divine and Heavenly Natures operation and property.

Now observe here, how the Ima∣ging in Nature is in the se∣venth Spirit.

The Twelfth Chapter.

of the Angelical Joy.

To whom now shall I liken the Angels?

Of the whole Heavenly delight∣fulnesse of all the Three Kingdomes of Angels.

II.

III.

IIII.

Of the Kingly Primacy, or of the power and Authority of the Three Angelical Kings.

Of the Great Glory Brightnesse and Beauty of the Three Angelical Kings.

Of the second King LUCIFER, so now called, because of his Fall.

Of his Creation.

Of the third Angelical King called URIEL.

Of the wonderful proportion, alteration or variation, and rising up of the Qualities in the hea∣venly Nature.

Now Observe the Form and Posture of Heaven.

The Thirteenth Chapter.

Now observe the true Birth or Geniture of God.

Of the glorious Birth and beauty of King Lucifer.

Of the horrible, proud, and henceforth doleful Lamentable Beginning of Sin.

The Head Spring or fountain Vein of Sinne.

The Fourteenth Chapter.

The House of the murtherous Denne.

The wonderfull Revelation.

Of the great Sin, and contrary or opposite will; and of the Eter∣nal Emnitie, of King Luci∣fer, together with his whole Hoastor Ar∣my against God.

The Citation or Summons.

Of the First Kind or Form.

Of the second Species form sort or spirit, of Sins beginning, in Lucifer.

The Fifteenth Chapter.

Of the Fourth Kind Species form or manner of Sin's beginning in Lucifer.

Of the Fifth kind Species form or manner of Sin's beginning, in Lucifer and his Angels.

Of the Sixth Species Kind form or manner of Sin's beginning in Lucifer, and in his Angels.

The Sixteenth Chapter.

Of the terrible, lamentable and miserable perdi∣tion of Lucifer in the Seventh Nature-Spirit.

Of the Kindling of the Wrath-Fire.

Of the First Sonne Pride.

Of the Second Sonne, Covetousnesse.

Of the Third Sonne Envy.

Of the Fourth Sonne Wrath.

The final Condemnation.

Of the final Fight and Expulsion of King Lu∣cifer, together with all his Angels.

The Seventeenth Chapter.

The Eighteenth Chapter.

The Second Birth or Geniture in Nature, are the seven Spirits of Nature.

Of the Third Birth or Geniture.

Concerning the Creation of the Light in this world.

The Nineteenth Chapter.

Concerning Heaven.

Concerning the Constitution and form of the Earth.

Of Day, and Night.

Of the

The Twentieth Chapter.

The Gate of the Mystery.

The Gate of the Deitie.

The Holy Gate.

The One and Twentieth Chapter.

The richly joyfull Gate of Man.

The Gate of the Power.

The open Gate of the Earth.

Of the seven Spirits of God, and of their operation in the Earth.

The Depth in the Center of the Birth or Geniture.

The Two and Twentieth Chapter.

Of the Earth.

Of the Growths or Vegetables of the Earth.

Of the Metalls in the Earth.

II.

III.

IIII.

VI.

VII.

The Three and Twentieth Chapter.

II.

III.

IIII.

Now Observe: The Gates of God.

VI.

VII.

The Gate of the Holy Trinity.

Of the great simplicity of God.

Of the kindled Nature.

The Four and Twentieth Chapter.

The Five and Twentieth Chapter.

How it may be asked, what is the SUN, and what are the other PLANETS? or how are they come to be?

The true Birth or Geniture and descent of the Sun and of the other Planets Is just thus as followeth.

Of the Planet Mars.

Of the Planet Jupiter

II.

III.

The Six and Twentieth Chapter.

Of the Planet Venus.

The Gate of Love.

Of the Planet Mercurius.

Of Man and the Stars.

Now observe this hidden secret Mysterie. Yee Naturalists, observe. The Gate of the Great mysterie.

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