Dionysius Andreas Freher (12 September 1649 – 5 December 1728) was a

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mystical and

alchemical Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, ...

writer, most famous for his extensive commentaries on

Jacob Boehme Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

. He was born in

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but spent most of his life in

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Works

''The Paradoxical Emblems of Dionysius Andreas Freher'', edited by Adam McLean.
''Hermetic Behmenists: writings from Dionysius Andreas Freher and Francis Lee'', edited by John Madziarczyk.

References

Charles Musès Charles Arthur Muses (; 28 April 1919 – 26 August 2000), was a mathematician, cyberneticist and an esoteric philosopher who wrote articles and books under various pseudonyms (including ''Musès'', ''Musaios'', ''Kyril Demys'', ''Arthur Fontai ...

(1951) ''Illumination on Jacob Boehme. The work of Dionysius Andreas Freher'', King's Crown Press, New York

External links

An Illustration of the Deep Principles of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic Theosopher

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