Holy Delight of the Soul

Name: Heilige Seelen-Lust
Author: Scheffler, Johannes

Heilige Seelen-Lust

Scheffler, Johannes

German

1657

589 pages

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First Complete Translation

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

While many individual hymns from Johannes Scheffler's (Angelus Silesius) 'Heilige Seelen-Lust' (1657) are famous in English through the work of John Wesley and Catherine Winkworth, these represent only a small selection of the original collection. No record exists of a complete, cover-to-cover English translation of the entire 1657 volume.

Related translations found:

Hymns and Sacred Poems, trans. John Wesley (1739) [partial]

Lyra Germanica: Hymns for the Sundays and Chief Festivals of the Christian Year, trans. Catherine Winkworth (1855) [partial]

Songs of Eternal Life, trans. Frances Bevan (1858) [partial]

German Baroque Poetry: An Anthology, trans. Gerald Gillespie (1971) [excerpts]

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Step into the ecstatic world of 17th-century mysticism where the soul is a 'chaste turtledove' and Christ is the ultimate Beloved. Johannes Scheffler’s masterpiece challenges readers to abandon the 'painted cheeks' of the world to discover a visceral, pastoral romance between the human heart and the Divine. Can you find the 'Soul-Sun' within the cavern of your own heart?