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Mechthild of Magdeburg
Christian medieval mystic, Beguine
Mechthild (or Mechtild, Matilda,Matelda) of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), a Beguine, was a Christian medievalmystic, whose book Das fließende Licht der Gottheit (The Flowing Light of Divinity) is a compendium of visions, prayers, dialogues and mystical accounts.[3] She was the first mystic to write in Low German.
Life
Definite biographical information about Mechthild is scarce; what is known of her life comes largely from scattered hints in her work. She was born into a noble Saxon family. She had her first vision of the Holy Spirit at the age of twelve.[6] In 1230, she left her home and “renounced worldly honour and worldly riches” to become a Beguine at Magdeburg.[6] There, like Hadewijch of Antwerp, she seems to have exercised a position of authority in a Beguine community.[7] In Magdeburg she became acquainted with the Dominicans and became a Domin