Behmenism was a 17th CenturyEuropeanChristian movement based on the teachings of Jakob Böhme. It was not a formal religious sect, but a general description of Böhme's interpretation of Christianity. Its influence was particularly strong in England, where many Behmenists joined the Religious Society of Friends. However, it is often hard to tell whether those described as Behmenist were specifically aware of Böhme's writing, or had developed similar ideas independently or received them secondhand; "Behmenism" was sometimes used as a general description of any form of Protestant_based mysticism.
However, it is often hard to tell whether those described as Behmenist were specifically aware of Böhme's writing, or had developed similar ideas independently or received them secondhand; "Behmenism" was sometimes used as a general description of any form of Protestant-based mysticism.
The spiritual side of Samuel Richardson : mysticism, behmenism and millenarianism in an eighteenth-century english novelist
Between 1740 and 1754 Samuel Richardson, a busy and successful printer in London, wrote three novels which were to have a major impact on European literature.
He even went further and suggested that the truly pious can be found beyond Christianity, which is quite an extraordinary idea for an “ordinary” printer of the first half of the eighteenth century.
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