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Summary: A lovely, compact reader with mystical wisdom
Review: I've purchased numerous books on amazon.com on the subject ofmysticism, most notably female mystics of the Medieval Christianera. It's a time, place and phenomenon that is of interest to me. Usually, the books are on the scholarly side and require a bit of quiet, focused reading.This book is a wonderful daily reader. It's divided into subjects, such as "awakening", "grace", "atonement", "peace", "night of the soul". Short selections from a variety of mystics (Hildegard Von Bingen, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, St. Clare, et. al) are then grouped under these headings. While I gravitate to the more lyrical entries (the poetical ones, such as Mechtild's or Catherine of Genoa's or the wonderful Hadewijch of Antwerp) and to those by St. Clare and Julian of Norwich, there is enough of a variety of these fascinating women's entries to satisfy those with tastes different from my own. Need to work on your humility? There are passages for this. Want motivation to pray? There are selections for this, too. The great anchoress, Julian of Norwich, says of her visions: "I lay still awake, and then our Lord opened my spiritual eyes, and showed me my soul in the midst of my heart." These women lay bare their souls and their hearts, and this author has kindly given us digestible sections for our daily needs. For those, like me, who love this subject (mystics), there is a list of sources used in the back, and a nice set of biographical sketches. Enjoy and be blessed! *Mir*
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