DYK for some 13–15thC people being a #BrideofChrist was literal? Women such as #Hadewijch claimed #SexualRelationships w/#Jesus & tasted him “in every part of his body”. Some male clergy #ejaculated while praying to their Divine Husband. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
DYK some 13–15thC women & men took being a #BrideofChrist very literally? Gertrude of Eisleben, #Hadewijch, & Mechtilde von Magdeburg all claimed to have #coitus w/#Jesus. Some male clergy ejaculated praying to him. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
You who want knowledge, seek the Oneness within.
There you will find the clear mirror already waiting.
- #Hadewijch
HADEWIJCH | Nieuwe week, nieuwe aflevering van Middeleeuwen! Met prof. dr. Veerle Fraeters van de Universiteit Utrecht gaan we naar de 13de eeuw, naar de mystica Hadewijch!
➡️ Deze aflevering, het eerste deel, is nu overal te beluisteren 🎧
#podcast #geschiedenis #Middeleeuwen #hadewijch #mystiek
DYK for some 13–15thC people being a #BrideofChrist was literal? Women such as #Hadewijch claimed #SexualRelationships w/#Jesus & tasted him “in every part of his body”. Some male clergy #ejaculated while praying to their Divine Husband. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
You who want
knowledge,
seek oneness
within.
There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting.
- #Hadewijch
Collage picture of conference presenters
More from @ucc.ie #loveandreligionsUCC2025. W Amir & co. And myself giving the closing address, weaving together some of the conference’s topics - #ecologies, #love & #hospitality while talking abt #posthumanisms, the mystic #Hadewijch & #queerpoetics
@desondy.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social
YOU WHO WANT
You who want
knowledge,
seek the Oneness
within.
There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting.
- #Hadewijch, tr. #JaneHirshfield.
Bij Uitgeverij Verloren is het boek 'In het spoor van Hadewijch' van Annette van Dijk verschenen. #Hadewijch was een 13e-eeuwse #Brabants dichteres en #mystica. Haar werk wordt beschouwd als een van de hoogtepunten in de Nederlandstalige #literatuur:
www.mdnl.nl?p=17367
You who want knowledge, seek the Oneness within.
There you will find the clear mirror already waiting.
- #Hadewijch
