Brief
Meister Eckhart
The claims the writer was given for Meister Eckhart, in the order they were given.
1
Meister Eckhart said, "God laughs and plays."
“"God laughs and plays," said Meister Eckhart.”
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2
After writing "Pain," Whitley Strieber found he could not sustain attention for more than five or ten minutes at a time, and an attempt to read Gerald's Party by Robert Coover left him profoundly confused, as did his study of sermons by the thirteenth-century mystical philosopher Meister Eckhart.
“After writing "Pain" I found that I could not sustain enough attention to work for more than five or ten minutes at a time. An attempt to read *Gerald's Party* by Robert Coover left me profoundly confused... I had been reading some sermons of the thirteenth-century mystical philosopher Meister Eckhart, but this study had to be abandoned.”
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3
Meister Eckhart was tried for heresy in the Middle Ages and would have been burned to death if found guilty.
“in the brutal Middle Ages when Meister Eckhart was tried for heresy, if found guilty, he would have been burned to death”
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4
Anne Strieber regarded one of Meister Eckhart's sermon statements, "God laughs and plays," as the most revealing and deeply true statement in the Western religious canon.
“One of his sermons contains what my wife regarded as the most revealing and deeply true statement in the Western religious canon.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:11886-12009 opinion second hand
5
Meister Eckhart was a fourteenth-century mystic.
“the fourteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart”
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