In Chapter 13 of Julian's Revelations we reach her fifth showing, Satan overcome by the blood of Christ.
Julian calls Satan "the Fiend," and due to the blood of Christ she hears God declare: "Herewith is the fend overcome." Herewith, the Fiend is overcome.
And while the Fiend continues to show malice toward God and His works, God is unmoved and scornful toward Satan, a scorn we should imitate. As Julian says "Also I saw our Lord scorne his malice and nowten his onmigte, and He wil that we doe so." Translation: "Also, I saw our Lord scorn [the Fiend's] malice and set at nought his powerlessness. Which He wills that we also should do."
Witnessing the Lord's scorn and the Fiend's powerlessness, Julian begins to laugh, which causes those around her to laugh: "For this sigte I lauhyd migtily, and that made hem to lauhyn that were about me..." Translation: "For at this sight I laughed mightily, and made those around me laugh..."
This is a joy prompted by seeing the Devil defeated: "we may lauhyn in comforting of ourselfe and joying in God, for the devil is overcome." Translation: "We may laugh to comfort ourselves and rejoice in God, for the devil is overcome."
Thus, the showing concludes with three emotions: Seriousness over Christ's passion, scorn for the Fiend, and laughter at the Fiend's defeat. As Julian writes:
"I se three things, game, scorne, and ameste; I se game that the fend is overcome. I se scome that God scomith him and he shal be scomyd. And I se ameste that he is overcome be the blissfull passion and deth of our Lord Jesus Criste; that was done in ful amest and with sad travelle."
Translation:
"I saw three things: Joy, scorn, and seriousness. I saw joy that the Fiend is overcome. I saw scorn in that God scorns him and that he shall be scorned. And I saw seriousness in that he is overcome by the blissful passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was done in full earnestness and with sad travail."
What I'd like to draw attention to in this the fifth showing—the Fiend is overcome—is something which connects with the fourth showing: the Christus Victor themes. Recall in the prior chapter how Julian describes the blood of Christ descending into hell and bursting the bonds of the captives. This vision is a bit different from the traditional depiction of the Harrowing of Hell, Christ's bodily decent into hell. Julian, rather, sees the blood drip into hell, which breaks the chains of the captives. And here in Chapter 13 Julian describes how, through the passion, the Fiend is overcome.
Simply put, we tend to view the blood and passion of Jesus, almost exclusively, through a penal and forensic framing. But that need not be the exclusive lens. The blood and the passion of Jesus can be viewed in terms of Christus Victor, as the defeat of enslaving spiritual powers.
For, as Julian says, it is through the dearworthy blood of Jesus that the Fiend is overcome.
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