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Mechthild of Magdeburg

Mechthild (or Mechtild, Matilda, Matelda) of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), a Beguine, was a Christian medieval mystic, whose book Das flieĂźende Licht der Gottheit (The Flowing Light of Divinity) described her visions of God. She was the first mystic to write in German.

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