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Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich — WisdomDeck honest review
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Revelations of Divine Love

by Julian of Norwich

The fourteenth-century anchoress's visions: all shall be well, God as mother, the hazelnut. The first book in English by a woman and a classic of hope.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. All shall be well.
  2. Love was his meaning.
  3. God holds the small thing.

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Read the hazelnut passage and the thirteenth revelation.

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Julian's revelations.

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