Choosing the Human after Attaining the Divine, according to the Flemish Mystic Hadewijch (13th century)
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Starting from the desire to “be God with God”, the Flemish mystic Hadewijch proposes a mystagogy of configuration with Christ, in which His humanity stands out: “to be human with His humanity” is not just any longer the means to reach the point of arrival, but the way to enjoy it at all times. Distilling from her writings what refers to the humanity of Christ, I will trace three stages in the understanding of this joyous process (imitation, configuration, and identification) as the way where the desire and the union with God mature, until the beloved remains entirely identified with Love in person.
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