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Groundbreaking study of 16th-century Spain's golden age of mysticism briefly explores the period as background to the works and personalities of 15 mystical authors, with extracts from the writings of Juan of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Alonso de Orozco, Luis de Granada, Di... More

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 blocks and attractiveness of his teaching.... More

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 mysticism & of the works of the greatest of the many mystical writers who figure in Spanish literature in & about the 16th century. For the... More

Lull lived back in the 13th century, not long after the days of St. Francis of Assisi, whose disciple he was. His mystic writings are full of the purest & noblest spirituality, compounded with the quintessence of love. Lull was no cloistered visionary. His life was full of romance & adventure, so cr... More

St. John of the Cross has been called "the most sublime of all Spanish mystics," and his spiritual masterwork, "Dark Night of the Soul," stands as one of the greatest contributions to the literature of mysticism.... More