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Prayer of Mechthild of Magdeburg
Mechthild of Magdeburg (c.
Lord, you are my lover, my longing,
my flowing stream, my sun,
and I am your reflection.
I cannot dance, Lord, unless you lead me.
If you want me to leap with abandon,
you must intone the song.
Then I shall leap into love,
from love into knowledge,
from knowledge into enjoyment,
and from enjoyment beyond all human sensations.
There I will remain, and circle for evermore. Amen.
The Flowing Light of the Godhead
About the prayer
1207–1282), a Beguine and later a Cistercian nun, wrote The Flowing Light of the Godhead in Low German — one of the first works of mystical theology in a vernacular tongue. This is her prayer of the dance.
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