«Mit dem Böhmeschen ›Ungrund‹ identisch». Tracce della teosofia di Jakob Böhme in "Beginnlosigkeit" (1992) di Botho Strauß

This paper explores the reception of Jakob Böhme’s theosophy in Botho Strauß’s Beginnlosigkeit. In his critique of Gegenwartskultur (contemporary culture), Strauß seeks to recover a conception of art and poetry deeply rooted in mystical and sacred values. His engagement with Böhme thus serves both sociological and aesthetic purposes, forming a distinctive mode of cultural criticism. Beginnlosigkeit, part essay and part narrative, becomes the principal testing ground for this approach. It reflects on a cosmological concept reminiscent of Böhme’s Ungrund, developing its inquiry through figurative expression and assigning central importance to the theme of spiritual corporeality as the field of the divine-human interaction.