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Mechthild of Magdeburg
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Mechthild (or Mechtild, Matilda, Matelda) of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), a Beguine, was a Christian medieval mystic, whose book Das fließende Licht der Gottheit (The Flowing Light of Divinity) described her visions of God. She was the first mystic to write in German.
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What we know is as nothing, if we do not love God properly in all things.
Norris K. The Cloister Walk Penguin Publishing Group 1997 978-1-101-21566-1 http://books.google.com/books?id=pZkLNwpYcJ0C&pg=PT115
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