Preface ix
Author's Note xii

1. What Is Contemplation? 1
2. What Contemplation Is Not 7
3. Seeds of Contemplation 16
4. Everything That Is, Is Holy 23
5. Things in Their Identity 31
6. Pray for Your Own Discovery 39
7. Union and Division 49
8. Solitude Is Not Separation 54
9. We Are One Man 66
10. A Body of Broken Bones 72
11. Learn to Be Alone 82
12. The Pure Heart 86
13. The Moral Theology of the Devil 92
14. Integrity 100
15. Sentences 106
16. The Root of War Is Fear 114
17. Hell as Hatred 126
18. Faith 129
19. From Faith to Wisdom 134
20. Tradition and Revolution 145
21. The Mystery of Christ 153
22. Life in Christ 161
23. The Woman Clothed with the Sun 170
24. He Who Is Not with Me Is Against Me 179
25. Humility against Despair 183
26. Freedom under Obedience 194
27. What Is Liberty? 202
28. Detachment 206
29. Mental Prayer 217
30. Distractions 224
31. The Gift of Understanding 228
32. The Night of the Senses 237
33. Journey through the Wilderness 243
34. The Wrong Flame 249
35. Renunciation 254
36. Inward Destitution 266
37. Sharing the Fruits of Contemplation 273
38. Pure Love 281
39. The General Dance 296