A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order. In this book, he addresses pride, avarice, envy, and other human imperfections. He also provides an extended explanation of Divine love, and describes methods of conversion through prayer, submission, and purification.
Saint John of the Cross is one of the more well-regarded Spanish mystics of the 16th Century, and this is considered his most inspiring work. It delineates, in energetic prose, the pathway through the deadly sins of mortality and on up through the mountain towards "perfect, eternal love," the sole pathway by which one may know God. The "dark night ...
The phrase "the dark night of the soul" has come to typify the spiritual dryness, depression and seeming abandonment by God which many Christians experience at some point. In this 16th-century poetry selection, St John, a Spanish mystic, describes the spiritual road to a union of love with God.
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 expression beyond any other writer.
Here, under one cover, are selections form his major works in a revised translation by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. Taken as a whole, this volume represents the essential St. John of the Cross and will serve well both the newcomer and the expert.
These devotional poems by the great Spanish mystic, written while he was in prison for heresy, are illuminated in this edition by illustrations based on Renaissance Spanish paintings.
John of the Cross was a sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite monk, mystic, and contemporary of Teresa of Avila who became one of Christianity's foremost spiritual teachers. He is most famous for his lyrical poetry, in which he beautifully describes a tender, loving God. This volume contains his most stirring works, including the classic "The Dark ...
San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain's finest poet. Passionate, ecstatic, and spiritual, his poems are a blend of exquisite lyricism and profound mystical thought. In "The Poems of St. John of the Cross" John Frederick Nims presents his superlative translation of the complete poems, re ...
St. John of the Cross, was one of the greatest mystics and poets of all time in any language; he was a master of spiritual alchemy. This book offers a thorough narration of his life in 16th-century Spain, includes his poetry in both English and Spanish, a generous selection of his prose commentaries, and a chronology and selected bibliography.
"A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul is St. John of the Crosss most famous work. Composed mainly while he was imprisoned for refusing to follow his superiors orders, the poem reflects the suffering and punishments he endured at that time, sufferings that would influence all of his subsequent work. In A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul, the poet uses ...
The Spiritual Canticle is one of St John's greatest works. Using the simple metaphor of the spouse and the bride, he sketches a series of dialogues between God and the soul, rihc in natural imagery. The fragrant vineyards, fruitful valleys and green hills, flocks of sheep and clear streams all speak of the Object of mystical love. The imahes of ...
These devotional poems by the great Spanish mystic, written while he was in prison for heresy, are illuminated in this edition by illustrations based on Renaissance Spanish paintings.
These devotional poems by the great Spanish mystic, written while he was in prison for heresy, are illuminated in this edition by illustrations based on Renaissance Spanish paintings.
Apart from the introduction by Fr Steuart, The Mystical Doctrine of St John of the Cross consists wholly of passages from St John's own writings. It sets out in continous and convenient form all the essential points in his teachings. St John of the Cross was born near Avila in 1542 and dies at Ubeda in 1591. A Carmelite friar he was an ...
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