Ascent of Mount CarmelGood Press, 2021 M04 10 - 395 pages "Ascent of Mount Carmel" is a 16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish Catholic mystic and poet Saint John of the Cross. The book explains how to attain divine union quickly. The writer presents instructions and doctrines valuable for beginners and experts alike so that they may discover how to relieve themselves of all worldly things, avoid spiritual barriers, and live in that complete nakedness and freedom of spirit necessary for divine union. |
Contents
Argument Stanzas | 20 |
Prologue | 22 |
Book 1 | 25 |
Chapter I | 30 |
Chapter | ii |
Chapter | vi |
Chapter | viii |
Chapter | viii |
Chapter | xi |
Chapter | xiv |
Chapter | xv |
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Chapter I | i |
Chapter XVI | |
Chapter XXI | |
Chapter XXII | |
Chapter | ix |
Chapter | x |
Chapter | xi |
Chapter XXIII | |
Chapter II | |
Chapter XLIV | |
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