Ruysbroeck and the Mystics: with selections from Ruysbroeck
The Devotional Library.
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THIRD EDITION. THE KEY OF THE GRAVE. A Book for the Bereaved. By W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
SECOND EDITION. MEMORANDA SACRA. By Professor J. RENDEL HARRIS, M.A., Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.
THE GENERAL GORDON EDITION. CHRIST MYSTICAL. By JOSEPH HALL, D.D., Bishop of Norwich. Reprinted, with General Gordon’s marks, from the Original Copy used by him, and with an Introduction on his Theology By the Rev. H. CARRUTHERS WILSON, M.A.
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RUYSBROECK AND THE MYSTICS
WITH SELECTIONS FROM RUYSBROECK
BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK
TRANSLATED BY JANE T. STODDART
London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27 PATERNOSTER ROW
MDCCCXCIV
Maurice Maeterlinck
RUYSBROECK
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
CONTENTS
I
II
On the Kingdom of the Soul
Christ the Sun of the Soul
The Lesson from the Bee
The Dew of Mid-day
The Lesson from the Ant
What shall the Forsaken do?
The Setting of the Eternal Sun
The Nature of God
The Divine Generosity
Christ the Lover of all Men
How Christ gave Himself to us in the Sacrament
The Soul’s Hunger for God
The Labour and Rest of Love
The Christian Life
The Coming of the Bridegroom