Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This short article is the result of an existencial and academic reflection. Intimate writing makes possible an exercise in feminine bodily hermeneutics, which in turn allows us to “discern from the skin” each step of the spiritual itinerary in the search for meaning, of women who have allowed themselves to be challenged by this type of existential and transcendental questions. Etty Hillesum's diary is a mirror that reflects feminine eroticism, revealing a deep desire for God. Another Dutch mystic, the Beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp, also crossed by eros, finds divine union.
Source: Polisemia
Author: Raquel Liliana Velasco Chaves
Language: English
Topic: Early Modern Women Writers
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413123683