Originally published in 1951, this volume gives a general survey of the Golden Age of Spanish mysticism, following this with translations of extracts from 15 leading authors in this field.

Contents: early life; from Duruelo to Avila; prison; Beas and Monte Calvario; Baeza and Granada; last days; character; uniqueness of St. John of the Cross; poet’s poet; mystic’s mystic; stumbling…

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Contents: early life; from Duruelo to Avila; prison; Beas and Monte Calvario; Baeza and Granada; last days; character; uniqueness of St. John of the Cross; poet’s poet; mystic’s mystic; stumbling…

This book is a short introduction to a subject the vastness of which would require many volumes to do it justice. Some account is given of the nature of Spanish…

Instead of the Thorn follows Elizabeth Arden a young woman raised by a cold distant father and a prim proper aunt. Unsurprisingly Elizabeth comes of age with no sense of…

This classic of the interior life and Christian mysticism by the sainted 16th-century Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun focuses on the practice of prayer. Modern readers will appreciate its warmth…

The Ascent Of Mount Carmel is part of four works by John dealing with the Dark Night of the Soul , when the individual Soul undergoes earthly and spiritual privations…