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Her diary is explicit in its expression of sexuality; Hillesum simultaneously took Han Wegerif and the “psychochirologist” Julius Spier as her lovers. After Spier’s sudden death in September 1942, her diary reads like a long prayer to her personal God.
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Nov 21, 2020 · The report on Hillesum's hand analysis made by Holm in that session in 1941, was among the papers that De Jonge carefully safeguarded from her time as a student of Spier. In this article, I will argue that Holm's report should be considered the prologue to Hillesum's diaries.
Jun 25, 2010 · But, as her published diaries and letters reveal, Etty Hillesum was no ordinary person and, even if she apparently had had no formal religious education, in a matter of three years she attained a level of spiritual maturity comparable to the greatest of the mystics.
Nov 21, 2020 · The author will consider the evolution of the meaning of suffering in Etty Hillesum's writings. She wants to establish the relationship between the experience of suffering and the experience of silence, as well as the progressive emergence of wisdom in Hillesum's personal experience.
Nov 21, 2020 · Etty Hillesum's diary has not been spared the accusation, though being the setting of an opposite process, where narrative and ethics mingle: the “dis-closure” of the Self, which enables the encounter with the other.
A “No” that Is an Affirmation: Etty Hillesum and Simone Weil Against the Laws of Force, Laura Fasani. From Enclosure to Disclosure: Images of the Self in Etty Hillesum’s Diary, Sara Gomel. A Story of Individuation in the Writings of Etty Hillesum: A Jungian Perspective, Maribeth Kallemeyn.
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In December 2012, a letter from Etty Hillesum to Julius Spier was recovered. Until that date, only a fragment of the letter was known from Hillesum having copied it into her diary. With this essay, the authors join the research that was ignited by the discovery of the complete letter.