But through the Passion, Julian is led to intellectual visions of the Trinity and of the universe as it exists in God. According to her, her visions came in fulfillment of three petitions of her youth: to have in mind the Passion of Christ, to have a critical bodily sickness at 30 years of age, and to receive the wounds of 'true contrition,' 'genuine compassion,' and 'sincere longing for God.' The revelations consist mostly of visions of the crucified Christ occasioned by the sight of a crucifix which the priest had left at her bedside.

Julian's revelations, a mixture of imaginary and intellectual visions, bear all the characteristics of true mysticism. A woman of little formal education - she calls herself 'unlettered' - Julian writes in a beautifully simple style and shows a solid grasp of traditional theology. Anchorite seclusion was a rather common form of life in 14th-century England among Christians with high spiritual aspirations. When she wrote her Revelations, she was a recluse at Norwich, supported by the Benedictine convent of Carrow. After she had been administered extreme unction, she received 16 revelations within the span of a few hours. In her Revelations of Divine Love Julian relates that in May 1373, when she was 30 years old, she suffered a serious illness. Her spirituality is strongly Trinitarian and basically Neoplatonic. It does not store any personal data.Julian of Norwich was the most important English mystic of the 14th century. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other.

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