"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…"

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

"At that time I also had, for a short while, the strength to bear it. But all too soon I lost external sight of the sh…"

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

"And in this unity into which I was taken and where I was enlightened, I understood this Being and knew it more clearl…"

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

"Where the abyss of his wisdom is, he will teach you what he is, and with what wondrous sweetness the loved one and th…"