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13th Century

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Timeline (1260? - 1310)

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English version by
Peter Drunke

Beloved, what do you want of me?

Themes

Lover and Beloved

Recommended Books

	Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages, by Ursula King
	Marguerite Porete: Mirror of Simple Souls (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Ellen Babinsky
	Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete, by Bernard Mcginn
	Sacred Voices: Essential Women's Voices Through the Ages, Edited by Mary Ford-Grabowsky
	The Soul as Virgin Wife: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart, by Amy M. Hollywood

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Beloved, what do you want of me?
I contain all that was, and that is, and shall be,
I am filled with the all.
Take of me all you please --
if you want all of myself, I'll not say no.
Tell me, beloved, what you want of me --
I am Love, who am filled with the all:
what you want,
we want, beloved --
tell us your desire nakedly

-- from Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshfield

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