Das fließende Licht der Gottheit

The Flowing Light of Divinity

Author

Mechthild of Magdeburg

Language

Middle Low German

Year

c. 1260-1272

Country

Germany

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Mechthild of Magdeburg, a Beguine, was a Catholic Christian mystic of the Middle Ages whose book, Das fließende Licht der Gottheit, is a compendium of visions, prayers, dialogues and mystical accounts. She was the first mystic to write in Low German.