John Pordage
John Pordage (also: Johannes Pordaedsche, * 1607 in London ; † 1681 ) was an Anglican priest , mystic and astrologer who founded a movement of Jakob Böhme followers in England, which was later led by Jane Leade ( Philadelphian Society ).
Pordage, the son of a shopkeeper, was an assistant chaplain in Reading and principal in Bradfield , thanks to the favor of Elias Ashmole , who valued him as an astrologer. He lived in a spiritual community that pursued mystical ideas of perfection and wanted to approach the angels through asceticism. He was brought before a puritan church court ( Committee for plundered ministers ), but initially acquitted in 1651. His opponents pursued the matter with new charges and obtained his dismissal in 1655. In the course of the restoration he was restored to his post in 1663. He later supported Jane Leade in the studies of Jakob Böhme. His Theologia Mystica appeared posthumously in 1683 .
He was commonly known as Dr. Pordage is known and described himself as a doctor in his will , but nothing is known about an MD degree. He was not an alchemist, but his philosophical letter from the stone of wisdom appeared in the German Theatrum Chemicum . His Theologia Mystica and Sophia were translated into German.
literature
- Gordon Alexander, in Dictionary of National Biography 1896
- John Ferguson: Bibliotheca Chemica , 1906, Volume 2, p. 215
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| SURNAME | Pordage, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglican priest, mystic and astrologer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1607 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1681 |