The Treatise of Love
Revelations of Divine Love
penned by the fabled
Anchorine Wisse
or Juliann of Norwich ..
As she later became known
Did indeed write
that very first book
in the tongue we now share
by any woman
either dead or alive …
And so .. reader, you see
The Anchoress
was far more than just another
recluse …
She was the first
of her kind, by a mile and a half
and almost a thousand long years ..
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A fine write N.
Well that's just fine then, finally innit .................................. Cheers n loudly but nowt to swoon about he smiles n kindly 🙂
Oooh - just image being in one tiny room for life - this woman was certainly one of a kind and a romantic at heart - history assembled in poetic words is always a treat for the likes of me Nev........ great to read more about Juliann of Norwich and thanking you muchly indeed.............x
these words are indeed blessed my dear lady Fay .. I was not sure at first whether to post them or not .................................................................................................. x
What a beautiful read!
Aw gawsh .. bless ya Flo ..............................................n truly tooly too .. N 🙂
this write underlines my root argument
for not throwing out, everything connected
to those somewhat dubious theological belief avenues
when we individually or collectively, experience a loss of faith..
because, immensely Important
characters of our inherited history
that demonstrated humanity's capacity
for a humbly humanist, way of life
like: Julian of Norwich
or Catherine of Bologna
and more recently, Mother Teresa
are washed away, as is their legacy
and exemplary demonstration of selflessness..
so sometimes we have to ignore
all their zealotry of belief, to insure
that goodness of empathetic love
which manifested, as tangible lifelines
to so many lives, is celebrated
and the tradition of caring for the most needy
in our society, continues and Evolves..
and remember, this are just three names
from one fraction of a theological belief system
how many, widely differing religions are there
and how many individuals have performed heroic
self-sacrificing acts
of comprehensive wholesome goodness: unrewarded?
modernity can denounce religion's symbolic mysticism all it wants
but lets not lose
the essential - good, with the despairingly: abundant, bad...
(thanks for sharing, dear Poet
and offering me a platform
to argue my perspective on the negative elements
of discarding everything in our collective history
that's assumed as being 'complicated' or 'problematic'...!
lets keep some of the good when rightfully filtering out the bad
or else, we'll eventually forget
so many, who sacrificed themselves for goodness and charity
Heroically!)
and without their examples, who
are future generation's supposed to follow
self-obsessed opportunistically profiteering: celebrity's..?!
Ha ... I think between us we can filter that last lot out, don't you ... I was gonna start my response with 'Blimey, where to begin .. but you saved yourself from that by mentioning those self-obsessed opportunistically profiteering: celebrity's ... Cheers L.B
lol
that was a 'woosah' line for me, admittedly
Oh such a horrifying time to be alive and thanks - I never knew of her till now - with plague and the Peasant Revolt I'm not surprised she stayed in her cell. We can do the same for Covid and the aftermath of Trump. I thought I was dying too!
Thank you for both considering and commenting on these old words of mine Lorna ... I do so very much appreciate all contributions ................................................................................ Neville 🙂
Yep, all fine then.
Good names live on (including Julian here). Bad names may be remembered too, but they rot away.
And - You seen any 'e'ermores' about, or even 'ne'ermores'?
(do shut up now Orchi. lol.)
funny you should mention it, but no .. not until just now sir 🙂
Neville,
Thank you for sharing a ‘bit of history’ about the Anchoress.
A very interesting individual.
I share in her belief that in the end
‘ all will be well,'
'all manner of things shall be well'
Laura🌻
I sure hope you mean what I hope you mean dear Laura ............................do let me know, but in the meantime, thank you so much, take care and go well .............. Neville 🌻 🙂 x
The name rings a faint bell, I will have to look into her history Neville. Intriguing write about her.
Andy
She was quite some woman .. cheers Andy .. and do let me know what you find ................... N
Not my thing, really Nev - but even I can relate to the isolation and focus.
Thanks for putting her up there in such an engaging way though.
Then I am more than welcome .. Cheers DD 🙂
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