He was edifying his pupil by long lessons of wisdom from the stars, as they shone out with brilliant lustre in the dark-blue vault of a southern sky; for he was deeply versed in behmen, and other of the Rosicrucians, and talked much of the signature of earthly things and passing events, which may be discerned in the heavens; of the power of the stars over corporeal beings, and their influence on the fortunes of the sons of men.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
He became a follower of behmen, and his mysticism ended by repelling the thoroughly practical Wesley, as indeed mysticism in general seems to be uncongenial to the English mind.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
It will be well to say a few words first as to the life, then as to the leading ideas of Jacob behmen.
"Dialogues on the Supersensual Life"
Jacob Behmen
