The Showings of Divine Love
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · August 20, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Julian’s devotional account invites a quiet encounter with visions and their meaning.
- Genres
- Mysticism, Meditations, Theology
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, August 20, 2013
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The Showings of Divine Love is a book of Christian mystical devotions written by Julian of Norwich. It is believed to be the first published book in the English language to be written by a woman. At the age of thirty, 13 May 1373, Julian was struck with a serious illness. As she prayed and prepared for death, she received a series of sixteen visions on the Passion of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
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Saved from the brink of death, Julian of Norwich dedicated her life to solitary prayer and the contemplation of the visions she had received. She wrote a short account of her visions probably soon after the event. About twenty or thirty years after her illness, near the end of the fourteenth century, she wrote down her visions and her understanding of them. This is the Grace Warrack translation that brought this great work the recognition it deserved.
Prayer and Vision
Julian’s devotional account invites a quiet encounter with visions and their meaning.
Come here for
- Christian mysticism grounded in prayer and visions
- A notable work by a medieval woman writer
Expect
- Reflections on the Passion of Christ and the Virgin Mary
- A work shaped by solitary prayer and contemplation
Where it sits
| Mysticism | 95% |
|---|---|
| Theology | 52% |
| Meditations | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Inspirational Religion
- Mysticism
- Spirituality
- Authors
- Julian of Norwich
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- August 20, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Inspirational Religion