Welcome to Women Mystics of the World

The lives and writings of women mystics across traditions, from Rabia of Basra and Julian of Norwich to Mirabai, Teresa of Avila, and modern teachers, including the Beguines, medieval women who lived in their own self-supporting communities and wrote some of the boldest mystical works of their age.

Students will be able to

Read primary writings by women mystics from many traditions.
Describe how mysticism gave women spiritual authority.
Compare women mystics' images of the divine.

This course is being written and will open soon.

Required texts

The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement, Laura Swan

Many of these books are available from public libraries, used bookstores, and as ebooks.