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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

Compared with what Julian of Norwich experienced, the long waits of modern writers trying to find a publisher can seem almost reasonable.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2011

"Him verily seeing and fully feeling, Him spiritually hearing and Him delectably smelling and sweetly swallowing," as Julian of Norwich has it.

From Songs of Kabir by Tagore, Rabindranath