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Christian : Catholic

13th Century

About Mechthild of Magdeburg

Timeline (1207 - 1297)

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English version by
Jane Hirshfield

Original Language
German

Effortlessly,

Themes

Birds

Lover and Beloved

Sound

Recommended Books

	Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages, by Ursula King
	Ecstatic Transformation: Transpersonal Psychology in the Work of Mechthild of Magdeburg, by Ulrike Wiethaus
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
	German Mystical Writings: Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Jacob Boehme, and others, Edited by Karen J. Campbell
	Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the Godhead (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Mechthild of Magdeburg / Translated by Frank J. Tobin

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Effortlessly,
Love flows from God into man,
Like a bird
Who rivers the air
Without moving her wings.
Thus we move in His world
One in body and soul,
Though outwardly separate in form.
As the Source strikes the note,
Humanity sings --
The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
And all strings
Which are touched in Love
Must sound.

-- from The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell

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