These sixteen mystical revelations manifested at what Julian had thought was her deathbed one night over several hours. GradeSaver, 12 June 2021 Web.There is a tenderness of language in Julian of Norwich’s A Revelation of Love. "Revelations of Divine Love Study Guide: Analysis". Next Section Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Previous Section Quotes How To Cite in MLA Format Tabor, Mason, Dinil Paduva. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Jesus as a mother is an idea of much philosophical merit. By eliminating her sense of shame and inhibition, she attains states of blissful consciousness where she feels enlightened by the very love of an unfathomable creator, a creator who she calls Jesus the mother.
It is a paradoxical question, and it is synchronous with human emotions, because like Julian herself notices, she has emotional stake in her understanding of God. That's because the problem of evil requires a paradoxical response. One might remember verses about the "narrow path" to bliss, or the strange proclamation from Paul that, "In Christ there is no male or female." This combination of seemingly opposing forces is the thrust of mysticism and it's plainly evident here. Although the church has fundamentally opposed many of the ideas she is hinting at, the Bible is clearly on her side in her rigorous pursuit of higher truth than societal truth. That simply means that she studies all the philosophical implications of the religious mysteries in Christianity.
Joseph Campbell noticed the androgyny of mystic religious traditions all over the world, so Julian can be thought of as a kind of mystic. She arrives at a perfect androgyny, saying that Jesus Christ is her own mother.
She likens the goal of understanding the difficult paradoxical nature of God's love with the problem of evil on the earth to the also difficult paradox of gender and the creation of life in a mother's womb. That's the version of Christian mysticism that Julian arrives at. There's this famous gnostic text called The Gospel of Thomas that tells a story where Jesus tells Peter that he will androgynize those in his kingdom. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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