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The Medieval Church · c. 1250–1282
The Flowing Light of the Godhead
Das fließende Licht der Gottheit
Mechthild of Magdeburg · c. 1207–c. 1282
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What it is
Visions, dialogues, and love songs between the soul and God, moving between erotic longing, fierce criticism of corrupt clergy, and a tour of purgatory.
Why it lasted
The first major mystical work written in German, and a beguine's book that survived because Dominicans defended it.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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