The Spiritual Sun · Volume 1

Deutscher Text · Volume contents A monks’ monastery. The Augustinian faith. [1] We shall leave the ladies’ monastery and move a bit more upwards. Look, more to the midday and the evening already is a monastery easily recognizable at first sight. Look at the pompous church with its two enormous clock towers and on both…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents The sphere of the eighth spirit. The world clock and the “last time”. The “New Jerusalem” from the sphere of Swedenborg. [1] Our hospitable friend is here already; go then into his sphere. Also, this spirit you will see inside of his sphere, where you will be guided by him.…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Birth out of the darkness. In the first grade of light of life [1] Look, the company now also see the two messengers. Our main speaker goes to meet them very friendly to receive them into the company. As you can hear for yourselves, he says to them: [2] Be…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Procession of the so-called ascension. [1] Look, we are already outside and the multitude, which is provided with palm branches, are awaiting the pre-empted ascension. The priest is following them in full priestly garment with the silver or gold casks in the hand. You can see four white-clad male spirits…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Rescue of the poor captives. Judgement and the youngest day. [1] Because our superior sees this happening, she immediately makes one cross-sign after the other, run to the basin with holy water and zealously sprinkles it on the confession father and our nun. She fervently calls to the sisters for…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Further exposition of the fallacious comedy. The spiritual life is guided along infinitely many ways. [1] You say: we can now understand how the people of this heaven could enlarge and change themselves, but it is still not completely clear how they could enlarge, besides themselves, also their heaven; for…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Everything must be exposed before the judgment seat of Christ. The prior finally recognizes the Lord. [1] Now see, our prior and his strange, simple man, now reach the rather dense arbor, which consists of fig trees, and step in behind them. [2] Now, be careful; our former monk is…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents The confessing nun and the true confessing father [1] The moment the nun arrives at her cell, she gives the porter a sign to come to her cell by ringing a bell. What would she tell her? This is only about calling a confessing father, in order to purify herself…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents A glance at the true way to the true heaven [1] If you only ponder a little, it can impossibly evade you that the actual heavenly kingdom of the Master as the fundamental life of the spirit in him, can impossibly be reached by any other means than only, that…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents Even more testing. The beginning of reward. [1] Our Prior is now also with us together with his simple man, with much joy on his face, and he makes the simple man aware of me. He says to him, See, my friend and brother, there between the two insignificant seeming…