Souls of Purgatory

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The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic, Ursula De Jesus

By: Nancy E. van Deusen (Editor)

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Hardcover | 14 December 2004

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The life of the black religious servant Ursula de Jess (16041666) has remained one of the best-kept historical secrets of the New World. This English language translation of the diary she began in 1650 allows us to hear the voice of the former slave turned spiritualist.

Born into slavery in Lima, Peru, Ursula entered a convent at the age of thirteen to serve a nun, and spent the next twenty-eight years as one of hundreds of slaves whose exhausting daily work afforded little time to contemplate religious matters. After surviving a potentially fatal accident, she chose a spiritual path, though remained a slave until one of the nuns purchased her freedom. Ursula began to see visions and communicate more frequently with God. Dead souls eager to diminish their stay in Purgatory approached her, and it was then that she assumed the role of intercessor on their behalf.

Ursulas diary conveys the innuendos of convent life, but above all it offers a direct experience of baroque Catholic spirituality from the perspective of a woman of color. Nancy E. van Deusen selected approximately fifty pages from Ursulas diary to appear here as Ursula wrote them, in Spanish. Van Deusens introduction situates Ursulas text within the milieu of medieval and early modern female spirituality, addresses the complexities of racial inequality, and explores the power of the written word.

See "Read more" below to go to an excerpt from the original diary (pdf format).

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"This book is fascinating...a valuable asset to colonial Latin American Literature." "This book offers fascinating insight into the Roman Catholic Church's role in the 17th-century slave trade and its harsh views of race and gender. As for de Jess, she comes across as a woman of great wisdom and deep spirit who never turned bitter but who embraced the power of a greater humanity through an unshakeable faith. Her story should be read and savored."

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List of Illustrations	p. VIII
Acknowledgments	p. IX
The World of Ursula de Jesus
Ursula's Life Story: Portraits and Portrayals	p. 1
A Walk Through Lima	p. 7
Ursula's Early Childhood	p. 12
A Niche of Female Mysticism	p. 14
Life in the Convent of Santa Clara	p. 19
"In the Grave I May Speak Through Stones": Purgatory and Popular Perceptions of the Beyond	p. 32
"Apostles of the Dead": Medieval Female Intercession	p. 37
Early Modern European and Latin American Visionaries	p. 40
Ambassadresses to the Beyond in Seventeenth-Century Lima	p. 44
The Singularities of Ursula de Jesus	p. 49
The Text	p. 58
Notes	p. 62
Translation of Ursula's Diary	p. 79
Notes	p. 160
Selections from Ursula's Diary	p. 167
Notes	p. 193
Glossary of Terms	p. 194
Glossary of Important Individuals	p. 198
Works Consulted	p. 200
Index	p. 217
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Souls of Purgatory

The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic, Ursula De Jesus

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