The mystic feels tremendous joy and peace but also terror as time and space is transcended. All things are revealed to be alive, sacred and interconnected. It is characterised by a sense of pure awareness or merging with an ultimate reality. The mystical experience is an altered state of consciousness that consists of an intimate union with God, nature or the universe. On the third Sunday after Easter, as she struggled to survive, she experienced 16 "shewings" - mystical revelations of the Passion of Christ. Just 30 years old, she received the last rites from a local priest, who raised a crucifix high above her febrile body. On, Julian of Norwich was at death's door. This week we will be learning some "lovely lessons about love" from Julian of Norwich, a 14th century Christian mystic and author of the earliest surviving English language works by a woman. My name is Charles Bliss and I'm a psychedelic journalist from Norwich, UK. Welcome to Afterglow, a newsletter that will change your mind.
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