Eternal Mysteries Of Conrad Beissel

He conducted all meetingswith astonishing strength of spirit, and used so little reflection over it, that even in the beginning he was not suffered to use a Bible ; so that the testimony in its delivery might not be weakened by written knowledge. He began his discourse with closed eyes, before a large crowd of hearers ; and when he opened his eyes again the most of them were gone, not being able to endure the Spirit's keenness. On such occasions wonderful mysteries of eternity were often revealed through him of which he himself had before been ignorant; but these were soon sealed up again, and then he would say : The Spirit retires again into his secret chamber.

Chronicon Ephratense

Wonderful

Mysteries

of Eternity

the Magia of

Conrad Beissel

selected and translated from the

D e l i c i a e E p h r a t e n s e o f G e o r g C o n r a d B e i s s e l

by

Russell Yoder, M. Div.

Translation Russell Yoder, 2014 Original text by Georg Conrad Beissel (1691-1768)

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edited by S.A. Feite

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! Images Cover photo: Ephrata Cloister, Spring 2014 and Bhme Aurora Ophanim, S.A. Feite. Ephrata Zion watermark, S.A. Feite. Portrait preserved in Sisters House at Ephrata Cloister and shown as portrait of Conrad Beissel, courtesy the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, used with permission, 2014. Sophia nuturing Sage-Alchemists, Aurora Consurgens (Zrich Codex) courtesy Zentralbibliothek Zrich. Deliciae Ephratenses, Ephrata, 1773. Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800. Imprint courtesy American Antiquarian Society.