CONTENTS
- Introduction
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THE ADORNMENT
OF THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE
THE FIRST BOOK
- Prologue
- I. Of the Active Life
- II. Showing how we shall consider the Coming of Christ in Three Ways
- III. Of Humility
- IV. Of Charity
- V. Of Patient Endurance
- VI. Of the Second Coming of Christ
- VII. Of the Blessed Sacraments
- VIII. Of the Third Coming of Christ
- IX. Showing what Christ will do in the Day of Doom
- X. Of the Five Kinds of Men who shall appear at the Judgment
- XI. Of a Spiritual Going Out with all Virtues
- XII. How Humility is the Foundation of all other Virtues
- XIII. Of Obedience
- XIV. Of the Renunciation of Self-Will
- XV. Of Patience
- XVI. Of Meekness
- XVII. Of Kindliness
- XVIII. Of Compassion
- XIX. Of Generosity
- XX. Of Zeal and Diligence
- XXI. Of Temperance and Sobriety
- XXII. Of Purity
- XXIII. Of Three Enemies to be overcome by Righteousness
- XXIV. Of the Kingdom of the Soul
- XXV. Of a Spiritual Meeting of God and Ourselves
- XXVI. Of the desire to know the Bridegroom in His Nature
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THE SECOND BOOK
- Prologue
- I. How we achieve Supernatural Sight in our Inward Workings
- II. Of a Three-fold Unity which is in us by Nature
- III. Of the Inflow of the Grace of God into our Spirit
- IV. Showing how we should found our Inward Life on a Freedom from Images
- V. Of a Three-fold Coming of our Lord in the Inward Man
- VI. Of the Second Coming of our Lord in the Inward Man
- VII. Of the Third Coming of our Lord
- VIII. How the First Coming has Four Degrees
- IX. Of Unity of Heart
- X. Of Inwardness
- XI. Of Sensible Love
- XII. Of Devotion
- XIII. Of Gratitude
- XIV. Of Two Griefs which arise from Inward Gratitude
- XV. A Similitude how we should perform the First Degree of our Inward Exercise
- XVI. Another Similitude concerning the same Exercise
- XVII. Of the Second Degree of our Inward Exercise, which increases Inwardness by Humility
- XVIII. Of the Pure Delight of the Heart and the Sensible Powers
- XIX. Of Spiritual Inebriation
- XX. What may hinder a Man in this Inebriation
- XXI. A Similitude how a Man should act and bear himself in this case
- XXII. Of the Third Degree of the Spiritual Coming of Christ
- XXIII. Of the Pain and Restlessness of Love
- XXIV. Of Ecstacies and Divine Revelations
- XXV. An Example showing how one is hindered in this Exercise
- XXVI. Another Example
- XXVII. A Parable of the Ant
- XXVIII. Of the Fourth Degree of the Coming of Christ
- XXIX. Showing what the Forsaken Man should do
- XXX. A Parable: How one may be hindered in this Fourth Degree
- XXXI. Of another Hindrance
- XXXII. Of Four Kinds of Fever wherewith a Man may be Tormented
- XXXIII. Showing how these Four Degrees in their Perfection are Found in Christ
- XXXIV. Showing how a Man should Live if he would be Enlightened
- XXXV. Of the Second Coming of Christ, or, the Fountain with Three Rills
- XXXVI. The First Rill adorns the Memory
- XXXVII. The Second Rill enlightens the Understanding
- XXXVIII. The Third Rill establishes the Will to every Perfection
- XXXIX. Showing how the Established Man shall go out in Four Ways
- XL. He shall go out towards God and towards all Saints
- XLI. He shall go out towards all Sinners
- XLII. He shall go out towards his Friends in Purgatory
- XLIII. He shall go out towards himself and towards all Good Men
- XLIV. Showing how we may recognise those Men who fail in Charity to all
- XLV. How Christ was, is, and ever will be the Lover of all
- XLVI. Reproving all those who live on Spiritual Goods in an Inordinate Manner
- XLVII. Showing how Christ has given Himself to all in common in the Sacrament of the Altar
- XLVIII. Of the Unity of the Divine Nature in the Trinity of the Persons
- XLIX. Showing how God possesses and moves the Soul both in a Natural and a Supernatural way
- L. Showing how a Man should be adorned if he is to receive the most Inward Exercise
- LI. Of the Third Coming of Christ
- LII. Showing how the Spirit goes out through the Divine Stirring
- LIII. Of an Eternal Hunger for God
- LIV. Of a Loving Strife between the Spirit of God and our Spirit
- LV. Of the Fruitful Works of the Spirit, the which are Eternal
- LVI. Showing the way in which we shall meet God in a Ghostly Manner both with and without Means
- LVII. Of the Essential Meeting with God without Means in the Nakedness of our Nature
- LVIII. Showing how one is like unto God through Grace and unlike unto God through Mortal Sin
- LIX. Showing how one possesses God in Union and Rest, above all likeness through Grace
- LX. Showing how we have need of the Grace of God, which makes us like unto God and leads us to God without Means
- LXI. Of how God and our Spirit visit each other in the Unity and in the Likeness
- LXII. Showing how we should go out to meet God in all our Works
- LXIII. Of the ordering of all the Virtues through the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost
- LXIV. Of the Highest Degree of the most Interior Life
- LXV. Of Three Kinds of most Inward Practices
- LXVI. Showing how some Men live contrary to these Exercises
- LXVII. Of another kind of Perverted Men
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THE THIRD BOOK
- I. Showing the Three Ways by which one enters into the God-Seeing Life
- II. How the Eternal Birth of God is renewed without interruption in the nobility of the Spirit
- III. How our Spirit is called to go out in Contemplation and Fruition
- IV. Of a Divine Meeting which takes place in the Hiddenness of our Spirit
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THE SPARKLING STONE
- Prologue
- I. Through Three Things a Man becomes Good
- II. Through Three Things a Man becomes Inward
- III Through Three Things a Man becomes God-Seeing
- IV. Of the Sparkling Stone, and of the New Name written in the Book of the Secrets of God
- V. Of the works which God works in all in common, and of Five Kinds of Sinners
- VI. Of the difference between the Hirelings and the Faithful Servants of God
- VII. Of the difference between the Faithful Servants and the Secret Friends of God
- VIII. Of the difference between the Secret Friends and the Hidden Sons of God
- IX. How we may become Hidden Sons of God, and attain to the God-Seeing Life
- X. How we, though One with God, must eternally remain Other than God
- XI. Of the great difference between the Brightness of the Saints and the Highest Brightness to which we can attain in this Life
- XII. Of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Thabor
- XIII. How we ought to have Fruition of God
- XIV. Of that Common Life which comes from the Contemplation and Fruition of God
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THE BOOK OF SUPREME TRUTH
- Prologue
- I. Wherefore this Book was Written
- II. A short repetition of all the Highest Teachings written by the Author
- III. Of the Union through Means
- IV. Of the Men who practise a False Vacancy
- V. Of the Union without Means
- VI. Of Heavenly Weal and Hellish Woe
- VII. Showing wherefore all Good Men do not attain to the Unmediated Union with God
- VIII. Showing how the Inward Man should exercise himself, that he may be united with God without Means
- IX. Of the Inward Working of God’s Grace
- X. Of the Mutual Contentment of the Divine Persons, and the Mutual Contentment between God and Good Men
- XI. How Good Men in their Contemplation have the Love of God before them, and how they are lifted up into God
- XII. Of the Highest Union, without Difference or Distinction
- XIII. Of the Three-fold Prayer of Christ, that we might be one with God
- XIV. Here the Author declares that he submits all that he has written to the judgment of Holy Church
- Notes
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