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The Mirror of the Simple Souls Who Are Annihilated and Remain Only in Will and Desire of Love
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The book is a dynamic conversation between the personifications of Love, Reason, and Truth.
It describes the sevenfold annihilation of various components of the soul, leading to perfect oneness with God in love.
The work was originally written in the Picard dialect of Old French and was later translated into several languages.
It was highly controversial and led to Porete's execution for heresy due to its perceived antinomian and heretical content.
It describes the sevenfold annihilation of various components of the soul, leading to perfect oneness with God in love.
The work was originally written in the Picard dialect of Old French and was later translated into several languages.
It was highly controversial and led to Porete's execution for heresy due to its perceived antinomian and heretical content.
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in relation to her book 'The Mirror of Simple and Annihilated Souls'.


Simon Critchley

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Agony and ecstasy: the lives of mystics
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as an example of a mystic whose radical views led to persecution.


Simon Critchley

Ecstasy and philosophy: PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM |Philosopher Simon Critchley