Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich

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The Showings (Classics of Western Spirituality)

by Julian (otherwise under Julian of Norwich)

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Info:	Paulist Press International,U.S. (1990), Paperback, 384 pages
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from back cover: "Revelations of Divine Love is an account of the sixteen 'shewings' (or visions) which appeared to Mother Julian (1342-1416), a recluse who lived at Norwich in the fourteenth century, together with her meditations on these mystical experiences. Julian of Norwich writes in a lively and unpretentious manner and her theology is precise without ever being pedantic: above all, she has a gift for expressing profound thoughts in the simplest language. In the pages of her mystical treatise the voice of the Middle Ages sounds with a clarity difficult to parallel among the writers of the period"

WARM | May 6, 2008 |

An early mystic and the first woman to write an autobiography in English, Julian of Norwich's writings are fascinating and accessible. (

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violabelle | Dec 10, 2006 |

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vicarofdibley | Oct 1, 2006 |

Classic mystical spirituality, a much neglected part of the Christian tradition, from a very famous woman. (

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johnthefireman | Sep 11, 2006 |

Julian probably needs no introduction. This edition has very good notes and a reasonable "translation".

tole_lege | Oct 23, 2005 |

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British Library Additional MS 37790

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1901. Without any special study of the literature of mysticism for purposes of comparison, in reading Julian's book one is struck by a few characteristics wherein it differs from many other mystical writings, as well as by qualities that belong to most or all of that general designation. Julian does not set out to teach methods of any kind for the gradual drawing near of man to God, but to record and show forth a revelation, granted once, of God's actual nearness to the soul, and for this revelation she herself had been prepared by the stirring of her conscience, her love and her understanding, in a word of her faith.

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