In this week's episode, AJ Langley speaks to John Arblaster about Jan van Ruusbroec (c. 1294-1381), an Augustinian Canon and prolific mystical writer. We talk about finding the time to write, the fourth step on the path to God, the ease of being labelled a heretic, and the transmission of ideas through religious communities. 

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In this week's episode, AJ Langley speaks to Jessica Barr about German nun, mystic, and author of The Herald of Divine Love, Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1302). We talk about the community of nuns at Helfta, her love of literature, her relationship with the Divine, how she decided to take her religious vocation more seriously (quite a while after she joined the convent..),  the devotion to the sacred heart, and how hard it is to write about the ineffable. 

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In this week's episode AJ Langley speaks to Samantha Slaubaugh, PhD candidate in Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame, about the complicated French beguine Douceline de Digne (1214-1274). We talked about Douceline's influential brother, Hugh of Digne, the strictness of her religious life, the importance of community, levitation during raptures, "testing" mystics, and changing up the liturgy when friars are singing the wrong song. 

CW: assault (woman and child)

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In this episode AJ Langley speaks to the Joseph Lumbard about Sufi mystic, writer, and preacher, Aḥmad al-Ghazālī. We talk about the metaphysics of love, getting ready for death, giving your older bother a crisis of faith and taking his job, and how hard it is to do research on people who think that your research is a waste of time. Also, near-death experiences, good teachers, and good books!

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In this episode AJ Langley speaks to the "Margery Kempe Lauras", Laura Varnam and Laura Kalas about the wonderous Margery Kempe, and their new volume Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe, out this month (November 2021) from Manchester University Press. We talk about how Kempe's work invites the reader in, her place among her mystical and religious contemporaries, toe fondling, pike-gate, and Jesus Christ breastfeeding within Margery's soul. We also get a complete run down of the table of contents of this exciting new volume!

You can order Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe from Manchester University Press (https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146601/) and use the code Kempe21 before January 31, 2022 for 40% off!

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AJ Langley speaks to Travis Stevens about the Cistercian nun Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200-1268). We talk about distrust of hagiographers, lovesickness, absence, saying "yes and" to ecstasies, the role of the "housewife" in Beatrice's text, and how everyone need to "werk it". We also talk about how great Amy Hollywood is, about making mysticism "sexy" for undergrads, and about Travis's podcast about the history of the devil. 

Travis Stevens is one of the hosts of "Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil". Listen on your favourite podcast app or at: https://redcircle.com/shows/seven-heads-ten-horns

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AJ Langley speaks to Dyan Elliott of Northwestern University about the spiritual marriage of the fourteenth-century couple Elzear (d. 1323) and Delphine (d. 1358). We talk about the intense bond of their relationship, their canonisation procedures (aided by nepotism), the risks of being very into poverty in the 14th century, and how some visions were not intended for an audience. 

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AJ Langley speaks to Louise Nelstrop about the fourteenth-century English hermit Richard Rolle. We talk about Rolle's popularity during the medieval period, his experiences of heat, sweetness, and song, his focus on calming the mind, and how true love is shouting it from the rooftops and forgetting when you first met. 

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AJ Langley speaks to Hannah Victoria Johnson about the thirteenth-century beguine and mystic Mechthild von Magdeburg. We talk about love, suffering, sex grass, and Mecththild's desire to be below the Devil's ass-crack, all while Hannah attempts to convince listeners that Mechthild is easy to understand. 

We also discuss our new "Envisioning Visions" project which aims to foster a fanart community around the visions of medieval mystics. For more information on the Envisioning Visions project, and to see the art that has been created so far, visit: https://envisioningvisions.wordpress.com

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