Excerpt from John of Ruysbroeck: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage; The Sparkling Stone; The Book of Supreme Truth
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
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