Abstract
This article takes as its starting point the principled rejection of bridal mysticism expressed in the sermon collection ‘Der berg des schowenden lebens’ by the Strasbourg preacher Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg. The article examines the points on which Geiler’s views differ from those of Jean Gerson (whose work Geiler was partly adapting into German) and considers the reasons why these two figures express varying levels of unease with the paradigm of bridal mysticism. In particular, the article considers the role of the discernment of spirits and of the operation of the imagination within contemplative practice.
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