Angelus Silesius
Angelus SilesiusAngelus Silesius sämtliche poetische Werke in drei Bänden

Angelus Silesius sämtliche poetische Werke in drei Bänden

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Angelus Silesius sämtliche poetische Werke in drei Bänden

About Angelus Silesius

Angelus Silesius is a german mystic and poet.In 1657 Silesius published under the title Heilige Seelenlust, oder geistliche Hirtenlieder der in ihren Jesum verliebten Psyche (1657), a collection of 205 hymns, the most beautiful of which, such as, Liebe, die du mich zum Bilde deiner Gottheit hast gemacht and Mir nach, spricht Christus, unser Held, have been adopted in the German Protestant hymnal. More remarkable, however, is his Geistreiche Sinn- und Schluss-reime (1657), afterwards called Cherubinischer Wandersmann ("The Cherubic Pilgrim") (1674). This is a collection of Reimsprüche or rhymed distichs embodying a strange mystical panentheism drawn mainly from the writings of Jakob Böhme and his followers. Silesius also delighted specially in the subtle paradoxes of mysticism.

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