The Lantern

Mystic Treatises4

CCEL

Chapter XI - Whereby The Beauty Of Solitary Life Is To Be Preserved And How It Can Be A Cause Of God'S Being Glorified

Chapter XII - That It Is Not Beautiful For The Servant Of God Who Has Renunciated The World And Has Gone Forth To Seek Even The Truth, Out Of Fear That He Shall Not Find The Truth To Desist From Seeking It Or From The Fervour Which Is Born From The Desire Of Divine Things, Or From The Inquiry After Their Mystic Secrets Which Are Described Mysteriously. That, By This Seeking, The Mind May Desist From Evil Distraction And Recollections Of The Affections

Chapter XIII - On The Varying States Which Come To Those Who Live In Solitude, As Is Justly Ordered By God Concerning This (Spiritual) Way: Now Sadness And Psychic Suffocation, Then, Suddenly, Gladness And Joy And Hot Fervour And Unusual Strength. Praise To Him That Has Ordered Our Way Amen

Chapter XIV - As To When Those Who Live In Solitude Begin To Know, Even To A Slight Extent, How Far They Have Advanced In Their Service In The Unfathomable Sea Of Solitary Life So That They Are Able To Have Confidence Somewhat On Their Labours That They Begin To Bear Fruit