Ebook John of Ruysbroeck

Of the Kingdom of the Soul

Of a Spiritual Meeting of God and Ourselves

Of the desire to know the Bridegroom in His Nature

Prologue

How we achieve Supernatural Sight in our Inward Workings

Of a Three-fold Unity which is in us by Nature

Of the Inflow of the Grace of God into our Spirit

Showing how we should found our Inward Life on a Freedom from Images

Of a Three-fold Coming of our Lord in the Inward Man

Of the Second Coming of our Lord in the Inward Man

Of the Third Coming of our Lord

How the First Coming has Four Degrees

Of Unity of Heart

Of Inwardness

Of Sensible Love

Of Devotion

Of Gratitude

Of Two Griefs which arise from Inward Gratitude

A Similitude how we should perform the First Degree of our Inward Exercise

Another Similitude concerning the same Exercise

Of the Second Degree of our Inward Exercise, which increases Inwardness by Humility

Of the Pure Delight of the Heart and the Sensible Powers

Of Spiritual Inebriation

What may hinder a Man in this Inebriation

A Similitude how a Man should act and bear himself in this case

Of the Third Degree of the Spiritual Coming of Christ

Of the Pain and Restlessness of Love

Of Ecstacies and Divine Revelations

An Example showing how one is hindered in this Exercise