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1624–1677 Germany

Angelus Silesius (25 December 1624 – 9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler, also known as the Prophet of the Ineffable, was a German mystic of the Catholic Church, as well as a poet, priest and physician. He adopted the name Angelus (Latin for "messenger") and the surname Silesius (from the Latin for "Silesian") upon converting to Catholicism in 1653.

Germany
Physicians
Poets

Also known as: Silesius, Johann Scheffler, Prophet of the Ineffable, The Prophet of the Ineffable

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I say it speeds thee not
That Christ rose from the grave,
So long as thou art still
To death and sin a slave.

The All proceedeth from the One,
And into One must All regress:
If otherwise, the All remains
Asunder-riven manyness.

True prayer requires no word, no chant
no gesture, no sound.
It is communion, calm and still
with our own godly Ground

No ray of Light can shine
if severed from its source.
Without my inner Light
I lose my course.
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Even before I was me, I was God in God;
And I can be once again, as soon as I am dead to myself

Though Christ a thousand times
in Bethleham be born
And not within thyself,
Thy soul will be forlorn

The Wise Man is that which he hath.
The precious Pearl of Paradise Wouldst thou not lose,
then must thou be Thyself that Pearl of greatest price.

No thought for the hereafter have the wise,
for on this very earth they live in paradise

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