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The Mystic Margery Kempe

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Life and Times of Marjorie

There are many similarities though between her and some other mystics. She was definitely not like a lone mystic by any means. Her tail bears a lot of resemblance, not just to Bridget but to other women mystics of the time. There were many women. And the women are always considered mystics because they had this sort of different relationship with God in the eyes of the culture at the time. It really was almost a more visceral. Like they had physical visions where their body would be affected in different ways by their moments that they shared in these visions with God.

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