CONTENTS

• Introduction

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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