Laurence Freeman on Simone Weil

  Dom Freeman's account of Simone Weil's conversion is seriously flawed in a number of aspects, but none more serious than his assertion that she refused baptism.  Diogenes Allen and Eric Springsted's  Spirit, Nature and Community  provides testimonial evidence that refutes this assertion.  You can read the first chapter entitled "The Baptism of Simone Weil" on the publisher's website. Eric O. Springsted's earlier work, Simone Weil and the suffering of love  published by Cowley corrects other aspects of Dom Freeman's account of Ms Weil's rich appreciation of faith and the love of God. The chapter on "The Love of God in Daily Life" is especially well worth reading.