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122 reviews for:
The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings Made to Dame Julian of Norwich
M.L. del Mastro, Julian of Norwich
3.93 AVERAGE
122 reviews for:
The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings Made to Dame Julian of Norwich
M.L. del Mastro, Julian of Norwich
3.93 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
One flight I'm reading hardcore smut the next I'm reading medieval mystical revelations from Christ never let them guess your next move
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
one of the most incredible books I have ever read. Thank you God for sending it to me.
Read this slowly over Lent, and really appreciated it. Julian was such a powerful writer, and you can tell how much thought she put into the meaning of her visions. There's quite a lot of graphic Passion details, which I usually don't like, but her descriptions are so grounded and compassionate that it takes the edge off. I really empathised with her spiritual turmoil, and loved how she combined down-to-earth practicality with spiritual yearning. There's a comprehensive introduction and endnotes, which helped a lot with understanding the context of what Julian was saying (citing scripture quotes back, explaining the politics of the time, and why she was so clear about some points that didn't seem related to her visions: not wanting to be executed as a heretic is very motivating, apparently.)
That said, the theology is very dense, and I think I would benefit from both rereading it, possibly multiple times, and reading some interpretations.
That said, the theology is very dense, and I think I would benefit from both rereading it, possibly multiple times, and reading some interpretations.
I really felt Julian was something unique and deserving a reread when I can find that space. She embodies a force of warmth which rarely survives the centuries when we encounter a medieval text.
I found with her plenty that we find later - the Bataillan-Foucauldian limit experience, The Whole Kierkegaard deal. An awful lot of blood and the Wound ! Christ as mother is,, exuberant. Delicious. I adore Julian there thank very much and I think this ought to be more visible as a strain of thought today. Perhaps it's the historical mistreatment she's had by later textual people, publishers and so forth.
I'm aware this is very shallow but she can also absolutely whip out a phrase when she wants. Love a good epigram, she delivers, and in roaring language. even the fleeting description of a 'swollen quag of stinking mire' functions on a wonderfully evocative polemic level. Want more of that.
So I enjoy Julian on a level among the medieval that I would say is matched only by Augustine. Perhaps that's inaccurate sleepy brain. They both have drier patches but I think make up for it entirely with their soggy patches. what am I talking about
I found with her plenty that we find later - the Bataillan-Foucauldian limit experience, The Whole Kierkegaard deal. An awful lot of blood and the Wound ! Christ as mother is,, exuberant. Delicious. I adore Julian there thank very much and I think this ought to be more visible as a strain of thought today. Perhaps it's the historical mistreatment she's had by later textual people, publishers and so forth.
I'm aware this is very shallow but she can also absolutely whip out a phrase when she wants. Love a good epigram, she delivers, and in roaring language. even the fleeting description of a 'swollen quag of stinking mire' functions on a wonderfully evocative polemic level. Want more of that.
So I enjoy Julian on a level among the medieval that I would say is matched only by Augustine. Perhaps that's inaccurate sleepy brain. They both have drier patches but I think make up for it entirely with their soggy patches. what am I talking about
I want to revisit this book when I am not reading it for class because it is so good, but I felt like I missed a lot since I was trying to get through it quickly. Julian's theology and view of Jesus is exactly what the modern Christian Church needs. Instead of hypocritical moralizing or justifying hatred, she emphasizes compassion, forgiveness, love, and personal relationships. Even though her writing style is somewhat circuitous and repetitive, the things she is saying are important.
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