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1 online resource (191 pages) |
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Intro; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL STANZAS; SUMMARISING THE DOCTRINE; PROLOGUE; NECESSITY OF SUFFERING; SOULS WHO MAKE NO PROGRESS; UNWISE DIRECTORS; FOR WHOM THIS BOOK IS INTENDED; BOOK I.: THE DARK NIGHT OF SENSE AND DESIRE; THE TWO NIGHTS; DARKNESS IS NECESSARY; PROGRESSIVE DARKNESS; ABSENCE OF DESIRE; NECESSITY OF MORTIFICATION; ALL DESIRES NOT EQUALLY HARMFUL; VOLUNTARY DESIRES MUST DIE; HABITS OF VOLUNTARY IMPERFECTION; ENTRY INTO THE NIGHT OF THE SENSES; COUNSELS; BOOK II.: THE ACTIVE NIGHT OF THE SPIRIT; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO NIGHTS |
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DARKNESS AND EMPTINESSUNION WITH GOD; DETACHMENT AND FREEDOM; THE FOLLOWING OF CHRIST; REASON NOT APT FOR UNION; SUPERNATURAL PERCEPTIONS; NATURAL PERCEPTIONS AND MEDITATION; SIGNS FOR LEAVING MEDITATION; LOVING ATTENTION; THE HABIT OF CONTEMPLATION; OBSCURE AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; RETURN TO MEDITATION; VISIONS; PURELY SPIRITUAL PERCEPTIONS; NO ATTACHMENT TO VISIONS; REVELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE OF PURE TRUTHS; DIVINE TOUCHES; INSIGHT; INTERIOR LOCUTIONS; (1) SUCCESSIVE; (2) FORMAL; (3) SUBSTANTIAL; SPIRITUAL IMPRESSIONS |
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BOOK III.: PURGATION AND ACTIVE NIGHT OF THE MEMORY AND THE WILLPART I.â#x80;#x94;THE MEMORY AND NATURAL APPREHENSIONS; ANSWER TO A DOUBT; STRIPPING THE MEMORY; UNION EMPTIES THE MEMORY; FOUR OBJECTIONS; POWERLESSNESS OF THE DEVIL; EMPTINESS GIVES PEACE; THE MEMORY AND SUPERNATURAL APPREHENSIONS; HARM DONE BY ATTACHMENT TO THEM; NATURAL ACTION OF THE SOUL; THE MEMORY AND SPIRITUAL APPREHENSIONS; PART II.â#x80;#x94;THE WILL; TEMPORAL GOODS; NATURAL GOODS; SENSIBLE GOODS; MORAL GOODS; SUPERNATURAL GOODS; SPIRITUAL GOODS; HOLY IMAGES; ORATORIES; THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL; BOOK I: THE PASSIVE NIGHT OF SENSE |
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NECESSITY OF THIS NIGHTGENERAL IMPERFECTIONS; SPIRITUAL IMPERFECTIONS; WHAT THE DARK NIGHT IS; RECOLLECTION IS FAVOURABLE; THREE SIGNS OF THE NIGHT; CONDUCT: PASSIVITY; PASSAGE TO CONTEMPLATION; NEED OF A GOOD DIRECTOR; ABANDONMENT OF MEDITATION; FIRST IMPRESSIONS; THE NARROW GATE; ADVANTAGES OF THIS NIGHT; MOMENTS OF ILLUMINATION; THE DEVIL; DURATION OF PURIFICATION; BOOK II.: THE PASSIVE NIGHT OF THE SPIRIT; TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TWO NIGHTS; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; IMPERFECTIONS OF PROFICIENTS; CONTEMPLATION IN DARKNESS; EFFECTS OF THE NIGHT; BURNING IN DARKNESS; LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE |
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THE UNDERSTANDING MUST BE PURIFIEDDARKNESS AND SUFFERING; SUMMARY; THE DESIRES ARE CALMED; SECURITY OF THIS STATE; PROGRESS IN DARKNESS; THIS CONTEMPLATION IS SECRET; THE DEGREES OF THE MYSTICAL LADDER; ATTACKS OF THE DEVIL; SUBSTANTIAL TOUCHES; THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF PRAYER; THE LIVING FLAME OF LOVE; STANZAS; PROLOGUE; THE SOUL TRANSFORMED; THE PURGATIVE WAY; PERSEVERANCE; THE BURNING TOUCH OF LOVE; SUBSTANTIAL TOUCHES; THEIR ABUNDANT GAIN; WHY FEW ATTAIN TO ESPOUSALS; DEATH TO HUMAN ACTIVITY; THE CONDUCT OF CONTEMPLATIVE SOULS; THE DIRECTOR AND MEDITATION; PASSAGE TO CONTEMPLATION |
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THE SOUL IS PASSIVE |
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Print version record |
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Mysticism -- Catholic Church.
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Mysticism -- Catholic Church
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Steuart, R. H. J
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| ISBN |
9780826442321 |
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0826442323 |
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