The Mystical Doctrine of St. John of the Cross.

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 -- &amp -- #167 -- ENTRY INTO THE NIGHT OF THE SENSES -- COUNSELS -- BOOK II.: THE ACTIVE NIGHT OF THE SPIRIT -- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO NIGHTS -- DARKNESS AND EMPTINESS -- UNION WITH GOD -- DETACHMENT AND FREEDOM -- THE FOLLOWING OF CHRIST -- REASON NOT APT FOR UNION -- &amp -- #167 -- SUPERNATURAL PERCEPTIONS -- &amp -- #167 -- NATURAL PERCEPTIONS AND MEDITATION -- &amp -- #167 -- SIGNS FOR LEAVING MEDITATION -- LOVING ATTENTION -- THE HABIT OF CONTEMPLATION -- &amp -- #167 -- OBSCURE AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE -- RETURN TO MEDITATION -- &amp -- #167 -- VISIONS -- &amp -- #167 -- PURELY SPIRITUAL PERCEPTIONS -- NO ATTACHMENT TO VISIONS -- &amp -- #167 -- REVELATIONS -- KNOWLEDGE OF PURE TRUTHS -- DIVINE TOUCHES -- INSIGHT -- &amp -- #167 -- INTERIOR LOCUTIONS -- (1) SUCCESSIVE -- (2) FORMAL -- (3) SUBSTANTIAL -- &amp -- #167 -- SPIRITUAL IMPRESSIONS -- BOOK III.: PURGATION AND ACTIVE NIGHT OF THE MEMORY AND THE WILL -- PART I.-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 -- &amp -- #167 -- THE MEMORY AND SUPERNATURAL APPREHENSIONS -- HARM DONE BY ATTACHMENT TO THEM -- NATURAL ACTION OF THE SOUL -- &amp -- #167 -- THE MEMORY AND SPIRITUAL APPREHENSIONS -- PART II.-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 -- NECESSITY OF THIS NIGHT -- GENERAL IMPERFECTIONS -- SPIRITUAL IMPERFECTIONS -- &amp -- #167 -- 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 -- THE UNDERSTANDING MUST BE PURIFIED -- DARKNESS 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 -- THE SOUL IS PASSIVE -- IGNORANT DIRECTORS -- OBJECTIONS TO PASSIVITY -- LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE -- RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTORS -- THE DEVIL -- THE SENSE OF THE SOUL -- THE AWAKENING OF THE BRIDGEGROOM -- THE SPIRITUAL CANTICLE -- THE SONG OF THE SOUL -- I . THE PURGATIVE WAY -- TORMENT OF ABSENCE -- GOD IS HIDDEN -- HOW TO SEEK GOD -- LANGUOR OF LOVE -- THE SOUL'S SUFFERINGS AND ACTIVITIES -- DESIRE FOR GOD -- AGONY OF THE SOUL.

WOUNDED BY LOVE -- II. THE ILLUMINATIVE WAY -- &amp -- #167 -- THE SPIRITUAL BETROTHAL -- KNOWLEDGE IS STILL DARK -- DAWN -- NOT YET PERFECT PEACE -- TROUBLES CAUSED BY THE DEVIL -- DESIRE FOR DETACHMENT -- SUFFERING FROM CLEARER KNOWLEDGE -- LONGING FOR CONTACT -- STRENGTH OF THE SOUL -- PEACE AND PLENITUDE -- III. THE UNITIVE WAY -- &amp -- #167 -- THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE -- THE BRIDEGROOM REVEALS HIS SECRETS -- LOVE DOES NOT DEPEND ON KNOWLEDGE -- THE SOUL INEBRIATED WITH LOVE -- CENTRED IN LOVE -- &amp -- #167 -- THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE -- ACTIVITY VAIN WITHOUT CONTEMPLATION -- ALONE GOD -- NECESSITY OF SUFFERING.

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