CONTENTS.
PART I. | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH SOULS ARE LED TO SEEK AFTER GOD | [91] |
| II. | OF THE FIRST WAY, WHICH IS ACTIVE AND MEDITATIVE | [94] |
| III. | OF THE SECOND WAY, WHICH IS THE PASSIVE WAY OF LIGHT | [103] |
| IV. | OF THE THIRD WAY, WHICH IS THE PASSIVE WAY OF FAITH, AND OF ITS FIRST DEGREE | [111] |
| V. | IMPERFECTIONS OF THIS FIRST DEGREE | [125] |
| VI. | SECOND DEGREE OF THE PASSIVE WAY OF FAITH | [139] |
| VII. | SECT. I.—COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRD DEGREE OF THE PASSIVE WAY OF FAITH—FIRST DEGREE OF THE SPOLIATION OF THE SOUL | [151] |
| SECT. II.—SECOND DEGREE OF THE SPOLIATION OF THE SOUL | [164] | |
| [p viii] | SECT. III.—THIRD DEGREE OF SPOLIATION | [169] |
| SECT. IV.—ENTRANCE INTO MYSTICAL DEATH | [179] | |
| VIII. | THIRD DEGREE OF THE PASSIVE WAY OF FAITH, IN ITS CONSUMMATION | [185] |
| IX. | FOURTH DEGREE OF THE PASSIVE WAY OF FAITH, WHICH IS THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DIVINE LIFE | [193] |
PART II. | ||
| I. | MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESURRECTION LIFE | [211] |
| II. | STABILITY, EXPERIENCE, ELEVATION, AND EXTREME PURITY OF THE ABANDONED SOUL | [221] |
| III. | PERFECT UNION OR DEIFORMITY | [230] |
| IV. | ACTIONS AND SUFFERINGS OF THOSE IN A STATE OF UNION WITH GOD | [239] |
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SPIRITUAL TORRENTS.
BY
MADAME J. M. B. DE LA MOTHE-GUYON.
“Let judgment run down as waters; and righteousness as a mighty stream.”—Amos v. 24.