CONTENTS
Page [INTRODUCTION] ix [I. EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION] 1 [II. AS A SECULAR PRIEST IN BRUSSELS] 6 [III. FALSE MYSTICS] 10 [IV. THE HERMITAGE OF GROENENDAEL] 17 [V. THE CANONS REGULAR OF GROENENDAEL] 25 [VI. PRIOR OF GROENENDAEL] 33 [VII. RUYSBROECK’S TREE] 43 [VIII. A DIRECTOR OF SOULS] 47 [IX. RUYSBROECK AND GERARD GROOTE] 50 [X. RUYSBROECK AND WINDESHEIM] 58 [XI. THE WRITINGS OF RUYSBROECK] 67 [XII. THE TEACHING OF RUYSBROECK] 93 [XIII. SOME APPRECIATIONS] 105 [XIV. LAST DAYS] 118 [XV. THE CULTUS OF BLESSED JOHN RUYSBROECK] 124