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Mujeres trovadoras de Dios: Una tradición silenciada de la Europa medieval

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Los fragmentos que componen esta antología proceden de la obra de cinco grandes representantes de la mistica medieval: Hildegarda de Bingen, Beatriz de Nazaret, Matilde de Magdeburgo, Hadewijch de Amberes y Margarita Porete, benedictinas las dos primeras, beguinas las demás. Pero, ¿qué significaba para una mujer de aquel tiempo entrar en un monasterio o abrazar la vida retirada? En primer lugar, la emancipación. Muchas jóvenes de la alta burguesía o de la nobleza a las que no se les permitía vivir de su propio trabajo y que estaban fatalmente destinadas al matrimonio, a menudo por motivos económicos o dinásticos, preferían el convento o el beguinato a los angostos muros domésticos, pues por lo menos en aquellos podían acceder a la cultura y gozar, ya fuera material o espiritualmente, de un grado de independencia de otro modo impensable. El fenómeno, en cualquier caso, asumió proporciones tan amplias que acabó provocando violentas reacciones por parte de la Iglesia, que vio en este nuevo tipo de religiosidad una amenaza semejante a la que constituían los movimientos heréticos que surgían por todas partes al final del Medioevo; en efecto, estas religiosas no dudaban en denunciar abiertamente la corrupción del clero y cualquier forma de devoción meramente exterior, mientras proclamaban su ilimitado amor por Dios con acentos apasionados, incluso blasfemos a los ojos de la época. Perseguidas en muchas ocasiones por la Inquisición, y en otras quemadas en la hoguera como herejes, estas mujeres, no obstante, nos han dejado obras imperecederas, que circularon clandestinamente, alimentaron la mística de grandes maestros como Eckhardt o Ruysbroeck y han llegado a nuestros días como clásicos indiscutibles.

238 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

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August 2, 2024
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.
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June 18, 2020
A Treasury of Forgotten Wisdom

Christianity today needs to rediscover it’s heart and soul. Throughout this book, I discovered a wisdom hidden within words, but released in this volume. An important read for those drawn to the spirituality of love.
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November 30, 2016
These women mystics are explosive. Marguerite Porete and her Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls is simply splendid. I find her writings more devotionally inspiring than any of the evangelical piety I was fed my whole upbringing.
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