Herman Philipse, one of the Netherlands best-known atheists, continuously continuously argues in his writings and lectures that it is unreasonable and therefore undesirable to believe in God. His slightly older sister, Carine Philipse, on the contrary, could well be on the way to become one of the most famous religious people of the Netherlands. Since the publication of her mystical diary “You sing in me Your name” in 2103...
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On January 7, 2003 Carine Philipse recorded this song: You, who called me from myself, to be YOU, to be YOU, to be YOU, who I really am, who I really am, who I really am, You sing in me Your name, You sing in me Your name … ‘Op de Hoogte’: Monthly magazine of the Remonstrant Hague Municipality, Johan Goud: Arminian preacher and professor at the university of Utrecht. It is one of the many texts in this diary that...
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This book contains a selection of journal entries beginning with a powerful experience of unity with God, which took place on 1 January 2003. All written ‘as it arose spontaneously in me; I have changed nothing in there, just added some commas and periods’, says the writer, who experienced from her early youth unity with God. What and how she writes about this, reads totally authentic. Review by Frans Berkelmans O.S.B. in...
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Desperate because of pain, but still experiencing unity with God, Carine Philipse gives an impressive testimony of what the Spirit of God can do with people in her recently published book. Review in the Frisian Journal by Kick Bras An inspiring testimony* Review by Kick Bras** ‘On 1 January, 2003 I was sitting at the kitchen table preparing my service for Epiphany, the baptism in the Jordan. Suddenly I was overcome by an overwhelming...
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Theologian Carine Philipse wrote down an immersive experience in her Mystical diary. “I hope this book helps people to connect with the layer within themselves where they can meet God. ” “I was touched directly by God ” – Interview by Marijke Laurense in Trouw, 4 January 2014 [Dutch daily newspaper] Her real name is Catharina Alexandrina. “After Catherine of Alexandria,” says Carine Philipse....
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