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Mechthild of Magdeburg - The Flowing Light of the Godhead (Paperback)
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Mechthild of Magdeburg - The Flowing Light of the Godhead (Paperback)
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"...these translations thus supersede former ones...if the
introductions, translations, and other apparatus of the rest of the
series of the same high quality, the series will be indispensable
for most libraries. Library Journal Mechthild of Magdeburg: The
Flowing Light of the Godhead translated and introduced by Frank
Tobin preface by Margot Schmidt "I was warned against writing this
book. People said: If one did not watch out, It could be burned. So
I did as I used to do as a child. When I was sad, I always had to
pray... At once God revealed himself to my joyless soul, held this
book in his right hand and said: 'My dear One, do not be overly
troubled. No one can burn the truth.'" "I do not know how to write
nor can I, unless I see with the eyes of my soul and hear with the
ears of my eternal spirit and feel in all the parts of my body the
power of the Holy Spirit." Mechthild of Magdeburg
(c.1260-c.1282/94) These quotations taken from Mechthild's sole
writing, The Flowing Light of the Godhead, written over several
decades, reflect both the intensity of her consciousness of God and
the tension under which she wrote. As a beguine with no authority
to teach n a church in which women were being increasingly
marginalized, Mechthild speaks out despite warnings, convinced of
the validity of her divine mission. To accomplish the task of
articulating her revelations and spiritual insights, Mechthild
makes use of an astonishing multiplicity of literary and rhetorical
means. The more mystical passages, often lyrical in expression,
show her familiarity with bride mysticism and other Christian
expressions found in Meister Eckhart, as well. This is the first
English translation to be based on the new critical edition of
Mechthild's book. The introduction and notes are intended to
provide a theological, literary and historical context for
capturing the spirituality of her remarkable and independent
spirit.
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