Eckhart von Hochheim (Meister Eckhart)
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Eckhart von Hochheim (Meister Eckhart) 🇩🇪

Eckhart von Hochheim (Known as "Meister Eckhart")
Dominican Theologian, Master of Sacred Theology, Pioneer of German Speculative Mysticism
Born c. 1260 CE 🇩🇪 Tambach (Thuringia), Germany
Passed Away c. 1328 CE Avignon, France
Lifespan ~68 years old
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is "Thank You," that will suffice. The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me."

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Profound Dominican philosopher and mystic whose sermons explored the uncreated divine ground (Grund) of the soul. Taught radical detachment (Gelassenheit) and the eternal birth of the Word within human consciousness.

Biographical Record

Earning the coveted title of "Meister" in theology at the University of Paris, Eckhart served as Dominican provincial for Saxony, overseeing dozens of monasteries. His vernacular Middle High German sermons captivated convent nuns and lay seekers alike with poetic metaphysics.

His radical statements asserting that the eye with which man sees God is the very eye with which God sees man provoked investigation by the papal curia at Avignon, where he died leaving a legacy that influenced Nicholas of Cusa, Schopenhauer, and modern interfaith dialogue.

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Predigerkirche (Dominican Priory Memorial)
Avignon, France
GPS: 50.9769, 11.0319
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