In her work The Flowing Light of the Godhead , she used highly visionary and sometimes erotic language to describe a direct, unmediated relationship with God.
These figures were "bilingual thinkers" who translated complex Latin scholasticism into the common tongue (Middle High German or Middle Dutch), making mystical concepts accessible to lay audiences. Key Figures in the Conversation Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewi...
Hadewijch wrote of the soul’s severe process of "self-annihilation," while Eckhart preached "detachment" ( Gelassenheit ) as the essential state for union with the Godhead. In her work The Flowing Light of the
In her work The Flowing Light of the Godhead , she used highly visionary and sometimes erotic language to describe a direct, unmediated relationship with God.
These figures were "bilingual thinkers" who translated complex Latin scholasticism into the common tongue (Middle High German or Middle Dutch), making mystical concepts accessible to lay audiences. Key Figures in the Conversation
Hadewijch wrote of the soul’s severe process of "self-annihilation," while Eckhart preached "detachment" ( Gelassenheit ) as the essential state for union with the Godhead.