The Middle English <i>Myrrour of Symple Soules</i>: More than a “Rhetoric” of Deification?

Nelstrop, Louise

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“…We see this at play in Marguerite's discussion of Mary and Martha (Porete 1968(Porete , 124, 1999see Dubois 2015, 448). The Myrour's discussion of the just man draws occasional comment from M.N., yet no gloss is attached to the passage quoted above (see Nelstrop 2019). This stands as further testimony to the way that the Middle English mystical tradition promotes the idea that those who enter into perfect union with God engage in action, or doing, differently to those who love God less than perfectly.…”

Section: Contemplation Virtues and Actionmentioning

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“Love will not be idle”: Non-Doing and Action in the English Mystical Tradition

Nelstrop¹

2023

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This essay explores the dynamic of contemplative action, which I will refer to as ‘social mysticism’, or what from the perspective of comparative mysticism we might also want to term a form of ‘non-doing’. It focuses primarily on the medieval English mystical tradition, illustrating that two forms of action are discussion—ordinary actions and those which flow out of contemplation. It is noted that the latter constitute a detached form of action. To draw out the full ramifications of social mysticism within a Christian context a short coda is added that considers mysticism in the writings of three twentieth-century anglophone writers, all of whom were strongly influenced by medieval Christian mysticism. The essay sets out to show that focusing on the relationship between mysticism and action raises questions concerning the extent to which ineffability offers the most useful marker for Christian mysticism.

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Section: Contemplation Virtues and Actionmentioning

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“Love will not be idle”: Non-Doing and Action in the English Mystical Tradition

Nelstrop¹

2023

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The Middle English Myrrour of Symple Soules: More than a “Rhetoric” of Deification?

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“Love will not be idle”: Non-Doing and Action in the English Mystical Tradition

“Love will not be idle”: Non-Doing and Action in the English Mystical Tradition

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