Mechthild of Magdeburg: Wouldst thou know my meaning?

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Wouldst thou know my meaning?

by Mechthild of Magdeburg
(1207 - 1297) Timeline

English version by
Lucy Menzies

Original Language
German

Wouldst thou know my meaning?
Lie down in the Fire
See and taste the Flowing
Godhead through thy being;
Feel the Holy Spirit
Moving and compelling
Thee within the Flowing
Fire and Light of God.

-- from German Mystical Writings: Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Jacob Boehme, and others, Edited by Karen J. Campbell

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Themes

Fire

Light

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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