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You who want

by Hadewijch
(13th Century) Timeline

English version by
Jane Hirshfield

Original Language
Dutch
Christian : Catholic
13th Century

You who want
knowledge,
seek the Oneness
within

There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting

 

 

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

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Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages, by Ursula King
Hadewijch: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality) , by Mother Columba Hart
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 Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Aliki Barnstone

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