Ascent Of Mount CarmelA&C Black, 1993 M05 10 - 386 pages This work presents an outline of Christian perfection from the point at which the soul first seeks to rise from the earth and soar upward towards union with God. As a poet St John of the Cross was able, in the realm of mysticism, to push the frontiers of human xpression beyond any other writer. |
Contents
TRANSLATORS PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION | xv |
TRANSLATORS PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION | xxi |
PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS | xxiii |
AN OUTLINE OF THE LIFE OF ST JOHN OF THE CROSS | xxv |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS OF ST JOHN OF THE CROSS | xxix |
ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL | 1 |
BOOK I | 17 |
BOOK II | 63 |
BOOK III | 211 |
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