B hme's mentor was Abraham Behem who corresponded with Valentin Weigel. B hme joined the "Conventicle of God's Real Servants" - a parochial study group organized by Martin M ller. B hme had a number of mystical experiences throughout his youth, culminating in a vision in 1600 as one day he focused his attention onto the exquisite beauty of a beam of sunlight reflected in a pewter dish. He believed this vision revealed to him the spiritual structure...