Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser

The secret Gate of Women.
42. Hence I must show the Ground to them that seek; for
the Doctor cannot show it him with his Anatomy, and though he
should kill a thousand Men, yet he shall not find that [Ground.
They only know that Ground,] that have q been upon it.
43. Therefore I will write from the Virgin, which knows well
what is in the Woman. She is as subtle as the Tincture. But
she has a Life, and the Tincture has none: The Tincture is
nothing else but an exulting joyful mighty Will, and a House
[or Habitation] of the Soul, and a pleasant Paradise of the
Soul, which is the Soul’s Propriety [or own Portion] so long as
the Soul with its Imagination r depends on God.
44. But when it becomes false, so that its Essences flatter with
the Spirit of the great World, and desire the s Fulness of the
World, viz. 1. [In] the [sour] Harshness [desire] much Wealth
[or Riches,] to eat and drink much, and to fill themselves continually.
2. In the Bitterness [desire] great Power, Authority,
and Might, to rise high, to rule powerfully, and extol themselves
above all, and put themselves forth to be seen like a proud Bride.
And 3. in the t Source of the Fire [desire] a fierce cruel Power,
p Grain, or Corn.
q Or attained it.
r Adheres to God and Goodness.
s Or its Fill.
t In the active Stirring of Wrath.
and by kindling of the Fire [of Anger,] supposing in the Luster
thereof to be brave, and so are much delighted in themselves;
then comes the Flatterer and Liar, and u forms or figures himself
also in the Spirit of the great World, as [he did] in the
Garden of Eden, and leads the Soul: 1. In Covetousness, to
Eating and Drinking [too much,] and saith continually, thou
shalt [want and] not have enough, get more for thyself how thou
canst, by Hook or by Crook, that thou mayest always have
enough [to serve thy Turn.] And 2. in the bitter Form he saith;
Thou art rich, and hast much, aspire and lift up thyself, thou
art greater than other People, the Inferior is not like thee [or so
good a Man as thou.] And 3. in the Might or Power of the Fire,
he saith; Kindle [or stir up] thy Mind, make it implacable and
stout, yield to none, terrify the Simple, and so thou shalt be
dreadful, and make thy Authority continue, and then thou mayest
do what thou pleasest, and all whatsoever thou desirest, will be
at thy Service: And is not this a fine brave Glory? Art thou
not indeed a Lord on Earth?
45. And as soon as this is x brought to pass, then the Tincture
becomes wholly false: For as the Spirit in a Thing is, so is
also the Tincture; for the Tincture goes forth from the Spirit,