marry nor are given in marriage," they claimed to exercise a priesthood "after the order of Melchizedek," appeasing the wrath of God, and ransoming the souls of the lost by sufferings endured vicariously after the example of Christ. While, however, Böhme "desired to remain a faithful son of the Church," the Gichtelians became separatists. Works Gichtel's correspondence was published without his knowledge by Gottfried Arnold, a disciple, in 1701 (2 vols.), and again in 1708 (3 vols.). It has been frequently reprinted under the title Theosophia practica. The seventh volume of the Berlin edition (1768) contains a notice of Gichtel's life. See also Behmenism Esoteric Christianity German mysticism Rosicrucianism Notes References This work in turn cites: G. C. A. von Harless, Jakob Böhme and die Alchimisten (1870, 2nd ed. 1882) 1638 births 1710 deaths 17th-century Christian mystics 18th-century Christian mystics German Christian religious leaders Protestant mystics