Honestly, I have forgotten how I found this book. I know, for some reason, I was interested in the mystic Hadewijch, and I've even forgotten why I was interested in her. Anyway, how we got here isn't important (it almost never is); what is important is how much I surprisingly liked reading about these women, especially Hadewijch. Hadewijch just says a lot of sensible stuff, actually. A lot of the mystics do. They were also much more Buddhist in sensibility than anyone has pointed out. Compassion, suffering, and acceptance of the human condition were all matters they deeply reflected on. If I lived in Medieval Europe, I also would have gone to a nunnery mostly because the smells of every place else would have been horribly overwhelming for my autistic brain. I also think that, as an astrologer, it was nice to hear women write about love, light, and existence in a way that wasn't New Age. I can't even tell you how much I needed this weirdly. But don't worry, I won't become a mystic, even though if anyone should, it should be me.