Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. This doctrine was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and as a result, Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703.

Authorities

Vie de Madame Guyon, ecrite par elle-même (really a compilation made from various fragments) (3 vols, Paris, 1791). There is a life in English by TC Upham (New York, 1854) and an elaborate study by L Guerrier (Paris, 1881). For a remarkable review of this latter work see Brunetière, Nouvelles Études critiques, vol. ii. The complete edition of Madame Guyon's works, including the autobiography and five volumes of letters, runs to twenty volumes (1767-1791); the most important works are published separately, Opuscules spirituels (2 vols, Paris, 1790). They have been several times translated into English. See also H Delacroix, Études sur le mysticisme (Paris, 1908).

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