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“First the lover must learn charity and keep God's law. Then he shall be blessed a hundredfold, and he shall do great things without great effort, and bear all pain without suffering. And so his life will surpass human reason indeed.”

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Hadewijch
Hadewijch

Hadewijch was a 13th-century Dutch mystic poet whose works were filled with devotion to God and a pursuit of spiritual life. Her poetry is renowned for its profound religious emotion and philosophical thought, and is considered a representative of medieval female mystic poetry. more

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