Marguerite Porete (spelled variously, e.g. Margaret Porette) is a commonly regarded as the author of the Mirror of Simple Souls. That book advocated annihilation in love of the Christian God. After a lengthy inquisition, Porete is thought to have been burned in 1310 in Paris for refusing to repudiate her theological claims.
Queen Candace and Alexander the Great went from a match of cunning characters in the Alexander Romance to love by hearsay in the Mirror of Simple Souls. … Read the post Candace & Alexander the Great: from cunning to inwardness
Manuscript copies of the Mirror of Simple Souls seem to have obscured an original rationalization for the Virgin Mary to have sacrificed her virginity. … Read the post Mirror of Simple Souls, rationalization, and the Virgin Mary
In medieval France, Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls tried to explain writing (and actively promoting) a long book about the noble way of doing nothing. … Read the post The Mirror: actively promoted, long book on doing nothing
Disillusioned with dominant institutions, the transgressive medieval lay theologian Marguerite Porete proclaimed her superior path of annihilation. … Read the post Porete rejects Holy Cathedral the Little & turns to annihilation