Julian of Norwich: The Mystic Who Saw Love at the Center of It All

Aug 2

Julian of Norwich

In the year 1373, a woman lay deathly ill in a small room in Norwich, England. At 30 years old, she was surrounded by priests preparing to administer last rites.

Instead, she received visions.

Sixteen of them.

Visions of Christ bleeding, suffering, and—most shockingly—loving without limit. She recovered. And she wrote them all down.

This woman, now known as Julian of Norwich, became the first known female author in English and one of the most profound Christian mystics in history. Her book, Revelations of Divine Love, is a radiant meditation on suffering, union, and the endless tenderness of God.

Her Most Famous Line?

“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”

Not a blind optimism. Not a spiritual bypass. This was a hard-won truth, given in a time of plagues, war, and personal loss.

Julian didn't see God as angry or distant. She saw God as a nurturing Mother, as well as Father. She saw divine love as intimate, sustaining, and utterly unshakable. Her vision was radical in its time—and still deeply healing in ours.

Why She Still Speaks

Julian’s writings are balm for a wounded world. For the woman overwhelmed by anxiety, for the soul questioning whether God is still good, for the seeker tired of transactional faith—Julian offers a deeper well.

At Loto Wellness Collective, we often speak of spiritual embodiment, nervous system regulation, and divine presence in the here and now. Julian lived this. She slowed down. She listened deeply. She lived in anchoress seclusion not as escape, but as deep integration with God and creation.

She became still enough to hear God speak love into the ache of the world.

Julian & The Loto Woman

Julian reminds us that you don’t have to be loud to be powerful. You don’t have to have a stage to make history. You can live a quiet, rooted life of contemplation—and still release revolutionary love into the world.

The Loto woman understands this sacred paradox.

She may be holding grief in one hand and hope in the other. She may be questioning, deconstructing, rebuilding. She’s not afraid to sit with mystery. Like Julian, she doesn’t rush past pain—but she also refuses to let it have the last word.

She trusts that there is a deeper truth underneath the chaos:

God is love.
God is with us.
All shall be well.

A Sacred Invitation

Julian’s life asks us to slow down, to pay attention to divine whispers, to hold fast to hope even in the unraveling.

Where do you need to be reminded that “all shall be well”?
What image of God do you carry—and does it look like love?
Can you carve out space to sit with the sacred and let divine love restore your inner world?

You don’t need certainty to practice trust.
You don’t need perfection to receive love.
You just need the courage to open your heart—like Julian did—and let God in.

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