Synopsis
Using a context that is larger than a merely theological one, B hm (Spanish, Tarleton State U.) translates and interprets selections from Angelus Silesius' 1657 collection of mystical poetry, Cherubinishcher Wandersmann. In addition to examining the historical background and the literature about Silesius, B hm offers a lengthy discussion of the mys
Umschlagtext
The highly condensed and often coded philosophical messages of some of Silesius' epigrams are translated into English and reinterpreted in a way that they reveal their universality and relevance to modern times. The «Word» is a recurring topic in the
Cherubinischer Wandersmann. The «Word» (Logos) is closely related to the idea of creation. In Angelus Silesius, creation, both divine and human, is a central issue. The topic of creation is of keen interest to the contemporary reader as well, for it ties in with current theories of mind-matter connections of both post-Einsteinian physicists and contemporary psychoanalysis. Thus the Silesian «Angel» of seventeenth-century Germany has much to say to the modern reader in all places.