The Book of Margery Kempe (by Margery Kempe)

"Sometimes she felt sweet smells with her nose; it was sweeter, she thought, than ever was any sweet earthly thing that she smelled before…Sometimes she heard with her bodily ears such sounds and melodies that she might not well hear what a man said to her in that time unless he spoke the louder. These sounds and melodies had she heard nearly every day for the term of twenty-five years…She saw with her bodily eye many white things flying all about her on every side, as thick in a manner as motes in the sun; they were right delicate and comfortable, and the brighter that the sun shone…Also our Lord gave her another token, which endured about sixteen years, and it increased ever more and more, and that was a flame of fire wonderfully hot and delectable and right comfortable, not wasting but ever increasing of flame, for, though the weather was never so cold, she felt the heat burning in her breast and at her heart, and verily as a man should feel the material fire if he put his hand or his finger therein.”

About the Series:

PASSAGES is a popular intellectual adventure Tuesday nights during summer at PRS. We take a passage from the great texts of the world—known, obscure, sacred, literary, etc. President Greg Salyer provides context for the passage and the work, then the discussion is off and running. It’s college without the grades but with the learning, and it’s edifying discussions about texts you’ve always wanted to read or never heard of but should have. Join us!

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