BK2 Chap 23 – 25 – The Ascent of Mt. Carmel by St. John of the Cross – Mp3 audio & Text Podcast

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BK2 Chap 23 – 25 – “The Ascent of Mt. Carmel” by St. John of the Cross

translated by David Lewis
read by Ed Humpal

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Book 2

Wherein is treated the proximate means of ascending to union with God, which is faith; and wherein, therefore, is described the second part of this night, which, as we said, belongs to the spirit, and is contained in the second stanza, which is as follows.

STANZA II.

In darkness, and in safety,
By the secret ladder, disguised,
happy lot!
In darkness and concealment,
fily house being now at rest.

Chapter 23

Which begins to treat of the apprehensions of the understanding that come in a purely spiritual way, and describes their nature.

Chapter 24

Which treats of two kinds of spiritual vision that come supernaturally.

Chapter 25

Which treats of revelations, describing their nature and making a distinction between them.

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