Mechthild of Magdeburg
Mechthild of Magdeburg is a 13th century mystic. I love this poem she wrote:
Of heavenly things God has shown me
I can speak but a little word,
Not more than a honey-bee
Can carry away on its foot
From an overflowing jar.
This is the goal of the spiritual artist to harvest the tiniest drop from an overflowing jar.
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Monday, November 26th, 2007,
by Sybil and is filed under "Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry ".
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Thanks for reading my blog.
That’s a beautiful little poem. I love the section on her in Buber’s Ecstatic Confessions.