{"title":"Marguerite Porete","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-mirror-of-simple-souls-paperback","title":"The Mirror of Simple Souls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of The Mirror of the Simple Soul was originally published in 1927. At that time the author of the manuscript was unknown. It has since been attributed to Marguerite Porete, a French mystic. She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after a lengthy trial, after refusing to remove her book from circulation or recant her views. The book is cited as one the primary texts of the medieval Heresy of the Free Spirit. Porete's life is recorded only in accounts of her trial for heresy, at which she was condemned to be burnt at the stake. She is associated with the Beguine movement, and was therefore able to travel fairly freely. Until 1946, it was not even known that she was the writer of the Mirror, which had been published anonymously since her death. The title of Porete's book refers to the simple soul which is united with God and has no will other than His. Porete's vision of the Soul is of ecstatic union with God, moving in a state of perpetual joy and peace. Porete argues that the Soul in such a sublime state is above the demands of ordinary virtue, not because virtue is not needed but because in its state of union with God virtue becomes automatic. As God can do no evil and cannot sin, the exalted\/Annihilated soul, in perfect union with Him, no longer is capable of evil or sin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317775139039,"sku":"9781927077351","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Y78Cx-EcbI9781927077351.webp?v=1788348481"},{"product_id":"the-mirror-of-simple-souls-paperback-1","title":"The Mirror of Simple Souls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 Reprint of the 1927 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. \u003cem\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Souls\u003c\/em\u003e is an early 14th-century work of Christian mysticism by Marguerite Porete dealing with the workings of Divine Love. Written originally in Old French at a time when Latin was the prescribed language for religious literature, it explores in poetry and prose the seven stages of 'annihilation' the Soul goes through on its path to Oneness with God through Love. Enormously popular when written, it fell afoul of the Church authorities, who, detecting elements of the antinomian Heresy of the Free Spirit in its vision, denounced it as \"full of errors and heresies\", burnt existing copies, banned its circulation, and tried and executed Porete herself. In spite of this, the work was translated into several different languages around Europe, including English, albeit not with Porete's name attached. In fact, it was not identified as being by Porete at all until 1946. Since then it has been seen increasingly as one of the seminal works of Medieval spiritual literature and Porete, alongside Mechthild of Magdeburg and Hadewijch, can be seen as an exemplar of the love mysticism of the Beguine movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317816983775,"sku":"9781684224470","price":22.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rNdqwqRKHP9781684224470.webp?v=1788348560"},{"product_id":"the-mirror-of-simple-souls-paperback-2","title":"The Mirror of Simple Souls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition of The Mirror of the Simple Soul was originally published in 1927. At that time the author of the manuscript was unknown. It has since been attributed to Marguerite Porete, a French mystic. 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As God can do no evil and cannot sin, the exalted\/Annihilated soul, in perfect union with Him, no longer is capable of evil or sin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317850636511,"sku":"9781927077054","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/00m3k5FSZw9781927077054.webp?v=1788348662"},{"product_id":"the-mirror-of-simple-souls-paperback-3","title":"The Mirror of Simple Souls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 Reprint of 1927 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. \u003cem\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Souls\u003c\/em\u003e is an early 14th-century work of Christian mysticism by Marguerite Porete dealing with the workings of Divine Love. 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