HORTUS CONCLUSUS
My books, wherever they reach,
turn resigned, tormented souls into happy people.
– ON MY BEHALF
Under the title Hortus conclusus (Enclosed Garden), Bô Yin Râ symbolically encapsulates his opus—a series of spiritual textbooks. He elaborates on this concept in the opening chapter of the final volume, which is also titled Hortus conclusus.
The series comprises 32 books and spiritual paintings. Additionally, Bô Yin Râ authored writings that complement the main work and left behind secular artworks, primarily landscapes.
Since 1927, all writings have been published by Kober Verlag AG Bern, Switzerland. Some art prints of his paintings are available there; you can find a selection of additional prints here.
The Hortus conclusus series has been translated into Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish, with publications in the respective countries.
Although Bô Yin Râ encourages reading his works in German, as noted in the book
Codicil to the Hortus conclusus
(page 10), this website provides only a summary of their meaning in English.