Angelus Silesius
Angelus Silesius
Angelus Silesius, born Johann Scheffler and also known as Johann Angelus Silesius, was a German Catholic priest and physician, known as a mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he adopted the name Angelusand the epithet Silesiuson converting to Catholicism in 1653. While studying in the Netherlands, he began to read the works of medieval mystics and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme's friend, Abraham von Franckenberg. Silesius's mystical beliefs caused...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 December 1624
CountryGermany
The one awakened liberated sees all things as one unseparated.
Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.
Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine.
It isn't bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.
Time is of your own making; Its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought Time too stops dead.
God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there.
Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?
We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact.
Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.
A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.
God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault.
God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.
Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.
If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth.