Marguerite Porete & The Mirror of Simple Souls

In this video we talk about the fascinating writer & possibly beguine Marguerite Porete (d. 1310). Support Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: Or through a one-time donation: Sources/Suggested Reading: “The Mirror of Simple Souls (From the 15th century translation of the French manuscript)“. Edited by C. Kirchberger. First printed in 1927. Soul Care Publishing, Vancover, Canada. (This is the primary source I used for the quotes in the video, it is a very old translation so I edited the quotes myself to make more sense in modern english). For a more modern translation I suggest: “Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls“. In the “Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press. McGinn, Bernard (2001). “The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart“. The Crossroad Publishing Company. Tobin, Frank (Tranlsated & edited by) (1989).