Visions and Longings: Medieval Women Mystics
Editat de Monica Furlongen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 1997
• Héloise, the scholar and abbess, whose letters to Abelard are treasure of medieval literature
• Hildegard of Bingen, the visionary Rhineland nun
• Clare of Assisi, the close friend of Saint Francis and founder of the Poor Clares
• Catherine of Siena, an influential spiritual counselor whose book, Dialogue, consists of a debate between herself and God
• Julian of Norwich, the English hermitess who spent the greater part of her life meditating on and coming to understand the striking visions she received as a young woman
• and many others
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781570623141
ISBN-10: 1570623147
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 142 x 217 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 1570623147
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 142 x 217 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Shambhala
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Notă biografică
Monica Furlong is the author of numerous books, including Merton: A Biography, Therese of Lisieux, and Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts.
Recenzii
"Furlong's anthology is distinguished by the range of material. It not only sharpens understanding of medieval mysticism but also enhances our vision in a world where mysticism and longing remain intimately intertwined."—Booklist
"An excellent guide."—Publishers Weekly
"Mystics are not normal people," opines British novelist and biographer Monica Furlong in this introduction to ten mystics and one wronged woman from the high Middle Ages. Furlong's mystical women defy parents, loathe sex, obsess over distant sins, hear voices, seek pain, and occasionally strip themselves bare in public places. But their abnormalities are not incapacitating—they also establish monastic communities, confront popes, and produce literature that is still published today, centuries after their normal contemporaries have been forgotten.
"Furlong, whose previous biographical subjects include John Bunyan, Therese of Lisieux, Thomas Merton, and Alan Watts, writes not only as a scholar but as one who has been personally touched my medieval mystical vision: 'the conviction that there is a reality, a profound meaning, behind or beyond or within the world of appearances.' These strange women fascinate her; she wants to introduce them to readers who might be intimidated by dusty original sources. And so, in her own words and theirs, Furlong sketches rebellious Heloise (the one nonmystic in the sorority), runaway Christina of Markyate, a visionary Hildegard of Bingen, the lovesick Beguines, sickly Clare of Assisi, joyful Angela of Foligno, strong-willed Catherine of Siena, mad Margery Kemp, and optimistic Julian of Norwich.
"Visions and Longings is an anecdotal introduction to mysticism; Furlong has no interest in providing theological history or analyzing these women's stories in light of their tumultuous political contexts. Rather, despite her assertion that her heroines are 'bizarre and extraordinarily unlike ourselves,' she hold them up as contemporary role models: autonomous, subversive, powerful, independent, and adamantly antihierarchical. If this approach occasionally leads toward anachronism, it may also facilitate appreciation and understanding of times past. It may even stimulate critical thinking about today's popular spirituality titles that promise improved health and happiness—a kind of mystical wholeness—as a side effect of divine union. By contrast, the mystical women of Christian tradition sought nothing of the sort, finding union with God in spite of—or even through—illness and suffering. 'It may be,' Furlong suggests, 'that through wounds in the psyche, cracks in the personality, neurotic or psychotic traits, through depression and hysteria and paranoia, a way is made for the transcendent to reach into the human condition.'"—LaVonne Neff, Books & Culture
"An excellent guide."—Publishers Weekly
"Mystics are not normal people," opines British novelist and biographer Monica Furlong in this introduction to ten mystics and one wronged woman from the high Middle Ages. Furlong's mystical women defy parents, loathe sex, obsess over distant sins, hear voices, seek pain, and occasionally strip themselves bare in public places. But their abnormalities are not incapacitating—they also establish monastic communities, confront popes, and produce literature that is still published today, centuries after their normal contemporaries have been forgotten.
"Furlong, whose previous biographical subjects include John Bunyan, Therese of Lisieux, Thomas Merton, and Alan Watts, writes not only as a scholar but as one who has been personally touched my medieval mystical vision: 'the conviction that there is a reality, a profound meaning, behind or beyond or within the world of appearances.' These strange women fascinate her; she wants to introduce them to readers who might be intimidated by dusty original sources. And so, in her own words and theirs, Furlong sketches rebellious Heloise (the one nonmystic in the sorority), runaway Christina of Markyate, a visionary Hildegard of Bingen, the lovesick Beguines, sickly Clare of Assisi, joyful Angela of Foligno, strong-willed Catherine of Siena, mad Margery Kemp, and optimistic Julian of Norwich.
"Visions and Longings is an anecdotal introduction to mysticism; Furlong has no interest in providing theological history or analyzing these women's stories in light of their tumultuous political contexts. Rather, despite her assertion that her heroines are 'bizarre and extraordinarily unlike ourselves,' she hold them up as contemporary role models: autonomous, subversive, powerful, independent, and adamantly antihierarchical. If this approach occasionally leads toward anachronism, it may also facilitate appreciation and understanding of times past. It may even stimulate critical thinking about today's popular spirituality titles that promise improved health and happiness—a kind of mystical wholeness—as a side effect of divine union. By contrast, the mystical women of Christian tradition sought nothing of the sort, finding union with God in spite of—or even through—illness and suffering. 'It may be,' Furlong suggests, 'that through wounds in the psyche, cracks in the personality, neurotic or psychotic traits, through depression and hysteria and paranoia, a way is made for the transcendent to reach into the human condition.'"—LaVonne Neff, Books & Culture
Descriere
The women mystics of medieval Europe represent the very first femine voices heard in a realm where women were virtually silent. The eleven women represented here were housewives, visionaries, abbesses, Beguines, recluses, and nuns who wrote between the 11th and 14th centuries. Among the more well known: Heloise, Hildegard of Bingen, Clare of Assisi, Catherine of Siena, Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kemp.