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Julian of Norwich

British  

noun

  1. ?1342–?1413, English mystic and anchoress: best known for the Revelations of Divine Love describing her visions

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Still, I studied Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in graduate school back in the 1970s; remember when A.L.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

They lead mini-guided meditations and quote solitary luminaries like Thomas Merton and Julian of Norwich, a medieval mystic who lived through the Black Death and civil unrest.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2020

Julian of Norwich - an English recluse - in her 14th-Century Revelations of Divine Love says: "Just as God is our Father, so God is also our Mother".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2015

The mystic known as Julian of Norwich, starting in 1373, wrote her “Revelations of Divine Love,” often cited as the first English-language book a woman that was published.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2011

Yet you must begin this great adventure humbly; and take, as Julian of Norwich did, the first stage of your new outward-going journey along the road that lies nearest at hand.

From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn