1612 / Up to this point Böhme led an inconspicuous life. But now he wrote the "Aurora", his most famous work. His craft gradually fades into the background until he gives it up completely and sells his shoe bench. The typeface was quickly distributed by sponsors. At the instigation of the Görlitz senior pastor Gregor Richter, an investigation against Böhme is initiated. The city council under Bartholomäus Scultetus merely warns Böhme, imposes a ban on writing and confiscates the original of the "Dawnbreak". In the following years Boehme did not publish any writings, but developed his theosophical ideas by studying paracelsic and alchemistic books and communicating with like-minded people. He met with doctors, humanists and interested nobles. In order to feed the family, Boehme and his wife ran a yarn trade, which was associated with many journeys.

1618 / Boehme starts writing again at the insistence of his friends. The outbreak of the 30-year war had brought long-distance trade to a standstill anyway and restricted Boehme's trading activities. Under the impression of the war, Böhme now wants to be exclusively philosophical. He sees the old ecclesiastical conditions as decaying and sets himself the goal of reviving Christianity through a new great Reformation. To this end he tried to create a congregation of like-minded people, wrote book after book and became increasingly dependent on his patrons.

1624 / After the appearance of a printed script by Boehme, there is another argument with Gregor Richter. Böhme dies on 16 November in Görlitz. He is buried at the Nikolaifriedhof. The deacon is forced by the council to deliver the eulogy. The grave cross is desecrated after only a few days. Catherine survives her husband only by one year.