Scheffler, J.

…A mystical religious poet of the German Baroque period. His real name was Johann Scheffler. He studied medicine in various places and became a physician to the court of his home country. During that time, he became familiar with the works of mystics such as Tauler and Boehme, and was rejected by the strict Protestant sect. He converted to Catholicism in 1653.

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…ドイツ･バロック時代の神秘主義的宗教詩人。本名Johann Scheffler。各地で医学を学び，故国の宮廷侍医となるが，その間タウラー，ベーメ等の神秘主義者の著作に親しんだため，厳格なプロテスタント一派から退けられ，1653年カトリックへ改宗した。…

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