Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)
Table of contents ↑Raptus Amoris [82]
Raptus Amoris.
XL.
Alu. paz.
Bonauent.
Ezech.8.
RAptus est mentis excessus, quo anima per vio-
lentiam quandam à sensibilibus auellitur &
ad diuinorum inspectionem & amorem eleuatur.
Est res hæc in initio plena timoris atque for-
midinis; quoniam anima in se existens nescit
quomodo, quasi à corpore seiungitur, & à suis
sensibus abscinditur, & in quandam regionem
peregrinam, sibique; penitus incognitam, non tam
ducitur, quam trahitur. in hoc autem posita est es-
sentia raptus, quod anima, contra modum suæ
naturæ ita celeriter & potenter ad superiora fera-
tur. habet quidem illa propensionem gratia con-
fortatam, vt Deum cognoscat, & diligat; sed ille
modus pergēdi in Deum sine adiutorio sensuum,
& cum tantâ spiritus vehementia, est illi prorsus
nouus, & à pusillitate naturalis conditionis alie-
nus. talis fuit raptus S. Francisci, qui visus est no-
cte, manibus ad modum crucis protensis, toto
corpore subleuatus à terrâ, & nubecul à quâdam
fulgente circumdatus, vt illustrationis mirabilis
intra mentem mira circa corpus perlustratio te-
stis esset. Emissa similitudo manus apprehendit eum in
concinno capitis sui; & eleuauit eum spiritus in-
ter terram & cœlum, & adduxit eum in Hierusa-
lem in visione Dei.
RAptus est mentis excessus, quo anima per vio-
lentiam quandam à sensibilibus auellitur &
ad diuinorum inspectionem & amorem eleuatur.
Est res hæc in initio plena timoris atque for-
midinis; quoniam anima in se existens nescit
quomodo, quasi à corpore seiungitur, & à suis
sensibus abscinditur, & in quandam regionem
peregrinam, sibique; penitus incognitam, non tam
ducitur, quam trahitur. in hoc autem posita est es-
sentia raptus, quod anima, contra modum suæ
naturæ ita celeriter & potenter ad superiora fera-
tur. habet quidem illa propensionem gratia con-
fortatam, vt Deum cognoscat, & diligat; sed ille
modus pergēdi in Deum sine adiutorio sensuum,
& cum tantâ spiritus vehementia, est illi prorsus
nouus, & à pusillitate naturalis conditionis alie-
nus. talis fuit raptus S. Francisci, qui visus est no-
cte, manibus ad modum crucis protensis, toto
corpore subleuatus à terrâ, & nubecul à quâdam
fulgente circumdatus, vt illustrationis mirabilis
intra mentem mira circa corpus perlustratio te-
stis esset. Emissa similitudo manus apprehendit eum in
concinno capitis sui; & eleuauit eum spiritus in-
ter terram & cœlum, & adduxit eum in Hierusa-
lem in visione Dei.
Rauissement de l'Amour.
XL.
Aynsi d'vn trait secret & d'vn pouuoir extreme,
Me vat ce cher amour rauissant à moy mesme
Et sortant mon esprit de la sphere des sens.
Rompons nostre prison, deliurons nous mon ame,
Laissons ce corps grossier, ne souffrons pas le blame,
De n'estre (l'ayant peu) sortiz de ces liens.
XL.
Aynsi d'vn trait secret & d'vn pouuoir extreme,
Me vat ce cher amour rauissant à moy mesme
Et sortant mon esprit de la sphere des sens.
Rompons nostre prison, deliurons nous mon ame,
Laissons ce corps grossier, ne souffrons pas le blame,
De n'estre (l'ayant peu) sortiz de ces liens.
Translations
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Rapture of love. |
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Rapture is the stepping out of the mind, by which through a kind of violence it is torn away from the world of senses and
is lifted up towards introspection and love of matters divine. This is an event that is at first ridden with of fear and fright;
because the soul, existing in itself in a way it does not know how, is as it were separated from the body and is torn from
its senses and is not so much led as drawn to some region that is foreign and completely unknown to itself; herein, however,
lies the essence of rapture, that the soul against the measure of its nature is borne so quickly and powerfully to the higher
plane - it has that tendency bestowed on it by grace - that it comes to know God and love Him; but this way of going forth
into God without the assistance of the senses and with such vehemence is utterly new to it, and does not belong to the feebleness
of its natural condition. Such was St. Franciscus' rapture, who was seen at night, with his arms outstretched as if crucified,
with his body completely lifted off the ground, and surrounded in some sort of flashing cloud, so that his physical appearance
for all to see bore witness of the amazing enlightening within his mind. The semblance of a hand reached out to him and grabbed
him by the nape of the neck, and the spirit lifted him up to the region between earth and heaven, and led him into Jerusalem
in the vision of God. |
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He lifted himself above himself. |
Sources and parallels
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Parallel for the pictura (exact copy), the Latin bible quote and the French epigram in:Niet hoog nog wyd, maar daar gy zyt [26] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))
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- Niet hoog nog wyd, maar daar gy zyt [26] (in: Jan van Hoogstraten, Zegepraal der goddelyke liefde (1709))