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Angelus Silesius , pseud. of Johannes Scheffler , 1624-77, German poet. He is best known for his pastoral lyric cycles Heilige Seelenlust (1657-68) and Cherubinischer Wandersmann (1674-75), which can be interpreted as Christian as well as pantheistic. Scheffler's mysticism strongly influenced 18th-century Pietism .

Bibliography: See study by J. L. Sammons (1967).

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Angelus Silesius (1624–77) ( Johann Scheffler), mystical poet and controversialist. The son of a Lutheran Polish noble, he became a RC in 1653. His chief fame lies in his mystical poems Heilige Seelenlust (1657) and Der Cherubinische Wandersmann (1675; 1st edn., with different title, 1657).

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Angelus Silesius (1624–77). Joannes Scheffler, Christian mystical writer and controversialist. A Lutheran who, in 1653, became RC, he was ordained priest in 1661. Remembered for his mystical poems, the collection Heilige See-lenlust (1657) interprets the mystical life in the imagery of the Song of Songs; and Der Cherubinische Wandersmann (1675) is deeply influenced by the tradition of German mysticism inspired by Eckhart.

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