Volume 5 Issue 1 Spring 2019

2 S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 5 - 1 S p r i n g 2 0 1 9 “All Shall Be Well”: Several Phenomenological and Metaphysical Insights into a Spiritual Experience of Julian of Norwich Received April 2, 2019 Revised April 17, 2019 Accepted April 19, 2019 In my paper I present several phenomenological and metaphysical reflections on spiritual experience of Julian of Norwich (1342– 1416). First, I discuss the meaning of sin, which is qualified as pain, isolation, clash of intentions, misperception, having no essence, as inevitable, and as a “reward”. As unnatural and unreal, sin refrains mind from the perception of the real and the natural and distorts intentional relations toward the world, others and oneself. Within this context, I show how the true sense of personal identity is revealed through the process of mystical transformation. Further, I outline certain ontological and metaphysical claims and questions. Was the medieval mystic taught something about the relation of mind and reality? A possible way how to apprehend the analyzed experiential ontological features is to radically employ and expand the Christian notion of incarnation. Key words Julian of Norwich, mysticism, personal identity, phenomenology of sin, incarnation Jana Trajtelová

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