ABSTRACT
In Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Love, the Trinity's reciprocal presence within the Christian soul and the souls within the Trinity express the integral unity which binds the two, the crucial onyng of mystical theology. In the passage quoted above, the almost mesmeric repetition of the words closyd and beclosyd demands attention. The Middle English verb closen, with its variants beclosen and endosen, has a wider range of meaning than its modern descendant. It can be glossed as to close or to shut; to block an entrance or passageway; to fortify; to entomb or bury.
