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"The Mirror of Simple and Annihilated Souls": A translation from the French

By Carolyn Goodwin Behnke

Book information

Publisher
University of Cincinnati
Year
1996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10309109 bytes)
Pages
256\256
Time added
2018-04-08 08:24:12
Languageliterature and linguistics; Marguerite de Navarre

Description

The Mirror is the first known spiritual text to be written in French, and as such it is surprising to discover that the author is a woman. This translation is an effort to acquaint English-speaking people with an enigmatic devotional text preceded by a lengthy introduction. The introduction is designed to place the Mirror in its proper historic parameters and spiritual dimension of its time. As it is such an early text rooted in the oral tradition containing a variety of mystical traditions, it surprisingly contains a quantity of feminine devotional practices which should be of great interest to a contemporary reader. The notes are designed to indicate biblical or theological allusions and to explain the symbols and encoded language which are woven throughout the text.

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