"Little is known about Hadewijch, one of the greatest women of the "New Mysticism". Her intensely personal writings re…"

"It is difficult to discover precise details about this Flemish woman mystic who has left us a considerable body of wr…"

"In her later poems, Hadewijch uses striking language and metaphysical themes that were to be further developed by the…"

"Hadewijch used elements of the poetic tradition of troubadour poetry, which celebrated romantic love, to construct he…"

"A group of poems was found along with Hadewijch's manuscripts, written in what appears to be another hand and bearing…"

"Ruysbroeck derived much from the mystic Hadewijch, who had viewed the relationship of the soul to God as similar to t…"

"Now understand the deepest essence of your soul, what 'soul' is. Soul is a being that can be beheld by God and by whi…"

"For earth cannot understand heavenly wisdom. Words enough and Dutch enough can be found for all things on earth, but …"

"They who stand ready to content Love are also eternal and unfathomable. For their conversation is in heaven, and thei…"

"In the intimacy of the One, Those souls are pure and inwardly naked, without images, without figures, As if liberated…"