Dossey B M
Holistic Nursing Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
J Holist Nurs. 1998 Jun;16(2):111-64; discussion 165-7. doi: 10.1177/089801019801600205.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) received a clear and profoundly moving Call to serve God at the age of 16. Through a lifetime of hard work and discipline, she became a practicing mystic in the Western tradition, thereby becoming an instrument of God's love, which was the primary source of her great energy and the fabled "Nightingale power." To understand the life and work of this legendary healer, who forever changed human consciousness, the role of women, and nursing and public health systems in the middle of the 19th century, it is necessary to understand her motivation and inspiration. The purpose of this article is to discuss her life and work in the context of her mystical practice and to show the parallels between her life and the lives of three recognized women mystics.
弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔（1820 - 1910）在16岁时收到了一份清晰且感人至深的侍奉上帝的召唤。通过一生的辛勤工作和自律，她成为了西方传统中的一名修行神秘主义者，从而成为了上帝之爱的工具，而上帝之爱是她巨大能量和传奇般的“南丁格尔力量”的主要源泉。为了理解这位永远改变了人类意识、19世纪中叶女性角色以及护理和公共卫生系统的传奇治疗师的生活与工作，有必要了解她的动机和灵感来源。本文旨在探讨她在神秘主义修行背景下的生活与工作，并展示她的生活与三位公认的女性神秘主义者生活之间的相似之处。
