Wouldst thou know my meaning?

Lie down in the Fire

See and taste the Flowing

Godhead through thy being;

Feel the Holy Spirit

Moving and compelling

Thee within the Flowing

Fire and Light of God.

(Mechthild of Magdeburg, The Flowing Light of the Godhead)

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“[Prayer] drives the hungry soul up into the fullness of God, and draws the great God down into the little soul.” 

(Mechthild of Magdeburg)