

( Ed Humpal)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. An active priest and teacher in his lifetime, this work is considered primary source material the training of Spiritual Directors, and an essential set of guidelines for all students of Revelation through Divine Love. The poem recounts Johns passage through a.

St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila worked together to reform the Carmelite Order in the Roman Catholic Church, in which he is honored as one of the Doctors of the Church. John of the Cross the most mystical of all poets, and the most poetic of all mystics after his escape from prison, this book is a detailed, systematic. John of the Cross provides a road map for the mystical journey to union with God. The Ascent of Mount Carmel is one of the timeless classics of Christian contemplation, radical in its time and deeply influential in the world today. Resides at Baeza as Rector of the Carmelite college. 9-314, below) and Spiritual Canticle (translated in Vol. John shows how the Soul sets out to leave all worldly ties and appetites behind to achieve “nothing less than transformation in God”.LibriVox recording of The Ascent of Mount Carmel by Saint John of the Cross. During this period, begins his commentaries entitled The Ascent of Mount Carmel (cf. John of the Cross inspired this revised edition of the English translation of his writings. Includes The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Dark Night, The Spiritual Canticle, The Living Flame of Love, Letters, and The Minor Works. The work is divided into three sections and is set out as a commentary on four poetic stanzas by John on the subject of the Dark Night. John of the Cross (paperback) John of the Cross. Written between 15 in Granada, Spain, after his escape from prison, the Ascent is illustrated by a diagram of the process outlined in the text of the Soul’s progress to the summit of the metaphorical Mount Carmel where God is encountered.

The book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ, giving advice and reporting on his own experience. Which treats of the harm that certain spiritual masters may do to souls when they direct them. Ascent of Mount Carmel (Spanish: S ubida del Monte Carmelo) is a 16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish Catholic mystic and poet Saint John of the Cross. Ascent Of Mount Carmel Saint John Of The Cross.
