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Quote #10
And at once, in the sight of her soul, she saw our Lord standing right up over her, so near that she thought she took his toes in her hand and felt them, and to her feeling it was as if they had been really flesh and bones. (I.85.249)
Kempe's version of spirituality is, for a long time, practical and physical. She tells us that she has a particular attachment to the "manhood of Christ"—meaning that she's fascinated with his humanity. Nowhere is this more apparent than here, when she grasps for his toes in a vision. She needs to feel divinity, quite literally, so that she can devote herself to the contemplative life.