The Mirror of Simple Souls

by Marguerite Porete

Publisher:

Echo Point Books & Media

, 2022

Overview

The classical—and controversial—Christian mystical text exploring Divine Love.

Dive into the profound depths of Christian spiritualism with The Mirror of Simple Souls, an early fourteenth-century work by Marguerite Porete. Its exploration of Oneness with God, though influential at the time of its writing, was denounced by Church authorities as heretical and banned for its supposed connection to Antinomianism.

Since it’s attribution to Porete in the 1940’s, The Mirror of Simple Souls has come to be regarded as among the most important works of medieval Christian mysticism.

Product Details

• Title: The Mirror of Simple Souls
• Author: Marguerite Porete
• Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 372
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781648372902, 1648372902
• Resource ID: LLS:9781648372902
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2026-03-19T06:01:55Z

About Marguerite Porete

Marguerite Porete (circa 1248/1250 – 1 June 1310) was a mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls. She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after refusing to remove her book from circulation or recant her views.