Lady Julian's Teachings

...joined original: "oned", as I understand it, that I cannot nor may separate them. ^a

iii. The Amherst manuscript, printed here for the first time, seems to the editor to represent more closely the first freshness of the original "subliminal uprush" A term from early psychology used by the editor to describe a sudden, powerful emergence of spiritual insight from the subconscious.; the other versions, especially chapters 44 to 63, and 75 to 88, seem to have in them far larger elements of subsequent study and meditation. Each of the two types thus has a character and value of its own.

iv. No attempt is made here to summarize the mystical teachings of Lady Julian. They will bring their own message to those who "desire to be Christ's lovers." There are "hard sayings" among them, mingled with "words of eternal life." The wise will know how to interpret them correctly original: "rightly to divide them," a biblical allusion to 2 Timothy 2:15.. Lady Julian will be best understood by those described by the copyist of the Sloane manuscript.

^a The italics are ours.