Det er i dag den 1. juni.
Marguerite Porete var en fransk beginer og mystiker.
Hendes bog: The Mirror of Simple Souls, og hendes insisteren på, at den, der havde gud med i sengen, var hævet over kirkens instruktion sendte hende inkvisitionen på nakken.
Da hun nægtede at trække bogen og sine udtalelser tilbage, blev hun dømt som kætter, og brændt på bålet den 1. juni 1310 – det er ikke mere end 716 år siden.
I used to be enclosed
in the servitude of captivity,
When desire imprisoned me
in the will of affection.
There the light of ardor
from divine love found me,
Who quickly killed my desire,
my will and affection,
Which impeded in me the enterprise
of the fullness of divine love.
Now has Divine Light
delivered me from captivity,
And joined me by gentility
to the divine will of Love,
There where the Trinity gives me
The delight of His love.
This gift no human understands,
As long as he serves any Virtue whatever,
Or any feeling from nature,
through practice of reason.
(Fra "The Mirror of Simple Souls" - Marguerite Porete - 1250-1310)
Det er i dag den 1. juni.
Marguerite Porete var en fransk beginer og mystiker.
Hendes bog: The Mirror of Simple Souls, og hendes insisteren på, at den, der havde gud med i sengen, var hævet over kirkens instruktion sendte hende inkvisitionen på nakken.
Da hun nægtede at trække bogen og sine udtalelser tilbage, blev hun dømt som kætter, og brændt på bålet den 1. juni 1310 – det er ikke mere end 716 år siden.
I used to be enclosed
in the servitude of captivity,
When desire imprisoned me
in the will of affection.
There the light of ardor
from divine love found me,
Who quickly killed my desire,
my will and affection,
Which impeded in me the enterprise
of the fullness of divine love.
Now has Divine Light
delivered me from captivity,
And joined me by gentility
to the divine will of Love,
There where the Trinity gives me
The delight of His love.
This gift no human understands,
As long as he serves any Virtue whatever,
Or any feeling from nature,
through practice of reason.
(Fra "The Mirror of Simple Souls" - Marguerite Porete - 1250-1310)