Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Series Foreword v
3. PREFACE vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. REFERENCES xiii
6. INTRODUCTION xiv
7. CHAPTER I. SIX TREATISES ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF EXCELLENCE 1
8. CHAPTER VII. On other subjects, chapter by chapter, in short sections: on the character of trust in God, etc. 67
9. CHAPTER VIII. What is it that helps a man to come near unto God with his heart etc. 70
10. CHAPTER IX. On sins [committed] intentionally and with evil will and on those [committed) accidentally 74
11. CHAPTER X. On the words of the scriptures being spoken as it were to patients etc. 78
12. CHAPTER XI. Whereby the beauty of solitary life is to be preserved and how it can be a cause of God's being glorified 80
13. 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 etc. 82
14. CHAPTER XIII. On the varying states which come to those who live in solitude etc. 84
15. 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 etc. 85
16. CHAPTER XV. On the course of the solitary career, succinctly and without prolixity. And on the question how and at what time its virtues are born one from the other 87
17. CHAPTER XVI. How profitable it is for the soul while in solitude to be free from works etc. 89
18. CHAPTER XVII. On the short paths towards God which are revealed to one from the sweet works in vigils etc. 91
19. CHAPTER XVIII. Things which I have heard from old men and stories of holy people etc. 95
20. CHAPTER XIX. On the revelations and powers which happen to the saints in images 105
21. CHAPTER XX. On various intelligible forces of the mind, in connection with the action of revelations and spiritual visions 109
22. CHAPTER XXI. On that which happens during prayer [unto those who live] in solitude 110
23. CHAPTER XXII. On various [experiences] in prayer and on the limits of the power of the mind etc. 111
24. CHAPTER XXIII. On the speech of true knowledge 118
25. CHAPTER XXIV. On the things a brother is provided with in his cell 120
26. CHAPTER XXV. The opportunities of the soul that seeks profound contemplation, to immerse itself in it [and so escape] from bodily deliberations which arise from things recollected 124
27. CHAPTER XXVI. Against those who say: If God is good, wherefore has He made these things? 128
28. CHAPTER XXVII. In how many different ways the sight of incorporeal things is received by human nature 132
29. CHAPTER XXVIII. A symbolical demonstration concerning the theory of Sabbath and Sunday 136
30. CHAPTER XXIX. On the different excellent methods of wise providence in educating pupils 138
31. CHAPTER XXX. On the power and the evil action of sin; and concerning those in whom it maintains itself and those in whom it is annihilated 141
32. CHAPTER XXXI. On the struggle or rather the danger of falling that excellent works incur 145
33. CHAPTER XXXII. On the aim of guarding the heart. And on subtle speculation that looks into the Apartment 146
34. CHAPTER XXXIII. On the action of divine love 148
35. CHAPTER XXXIV. On the natural children of virtues and the like 149
36. CHAPTER XXXV. A treatise in questions and answers concerning constant behaviour and every kind of excellence etc 152
37. CHAPTER XXXVI. On the various ways in which Satan wars against those who tread the narrow way which is above the world 180
38. CHAPTER XXXVII. On the things the exact use of which I have learnt by the knowledge of discernment 188
39. CHAPTER XXXVIII. Short sentences concerning the distinction of the mind's impulses 194
40. CHAPTER XXXIX. Helpful advice based on love 197
41. CHAPTER XL. Exposition concerning the degrees of the path, namely concerning the power of ministration of each of them 202
42. CHAPTER XLI. A letter which he wrote to one of the brethren who loved solitude etc 205
43. CHAPTER XLII. The answer he sent his natural and spiritual brother etc 209
44. CHAPTER XLIII. Profitable words full of spiritual wisdom 210
45. CHAPTER XLIV. Concerning how many degrees knowledge has and concerning the degrees of faith 212
46. CHAPTER XLV. Profitable advice 215
47. CHAPTER XLVI. Other considerations 221
48. CHAPTER XLVII. On the angelic motions stirring in us by divine Providence for the education of the soul in spiritual things 225
49. CHAPTER XLVIII. On the varying states of light and darkness to which the soul is subject at all times etc. 227
50. CHAPTER XLIX. On the gloomy darkness which during solitude befalls those who walk in the discipline of knowledge 228
51. CHAPTER L. Short sections containing various considerations in which is shown the injury caused by foolish zeal etc. 230
52. CHAPTER LI. On the three degrees of knowledge etc. 242
53. CHAPTER LII. Short sections on a different subject, on the distinction of the impulses of knowledge 253
54. CHAPTER LIII. On prayer and the other things which are necessarily to be sought in constant recollection etc. 254
55. CHAPTER LIV. Other explanations concerning maggenanutha 261
56. CHAPTER LV. How the hidden alertness within the soul is to be preserved etc. 263
57. CHAPTER LVI. Beautiful considerations concerning the life of man 265
58. CHAPTER LVII. How patience for the sake of the love of God acquires help from God 268
59. CHAPTER LVIII. On those who live in the neighbourhood of God and pass all their days in a life of knowledge 273
60. CHAPTER LIX. A profitable discourse 278
61. CHAPTER LX. That without necessity we should not desire nor ask that any sign should manifestly happen through us or unto us 281
62. CHAPTER LXI. For which causes God admits temptations to His friends 286
63. CHAPTER LXII. That by the thoughts which stir in a man, he knows to which degree he belongs and which thoughts follow 288
64. CHAPTER LXIII. Why it is that people who are in the psychic state of knowledge, consider spiritual things in accordance with [their] bodily grossness etc. 293
65. CHAPTER LXIV. On the many varying states which cling to the mind and are purified by prayer 296
66. CHAPTER LXV. Good advice giving instruction concerning watchfulness, and directions concerning the way of discipline, by which a man may acquire a high rank 297
67. CHAPTER LXVI. A letter which he sent to his friend, in which he expounds some things concerning the mystery of solitude etc. 312
68. CHAPTER LXVII. An elucidation with examples concerning the distinctions between intelligible things [showing] which use there is in each of them 316
69. CHAPTER LXVIII . Short sections 318
70. CHAPTER LXIX. How the intelligent have to dwell in solitude 321
71. CHAPTER LXX. That we can understand the degree of our behaviour by the varying states of our mind, etc. 324
72. CHAPTER LXXI. On the influence proceeding from Grace. 328
73. CHAPTER LXXII. On true knowledge and on temptations, etc 332
74. CHAPTER LXXIII. The concise sense of the [foregoing] section, together with explanations of what has been said 337
75. CHAPTER L X X I V . On the discrimination of virtues and the scope of the whole course, and the greatness of the love unto mankind, etc. 341
76. CHAPTER LXXV. On hidden states and the powers and influences which are in them 348
77. CHAPTER LXXVI. Short sayings 350
78. CHAPTER LXXVII. This chapter is full of life 352
79. CHAPTER LXXVIII. On the profit [arising] from the flight from the world, the method of which has been thought out by the Fathers through prudent examination 360
80. CHAPTER LXXIX. How the hidden impulses vary along with the variation of outward behaviour 361
81. CHAPTER LXXX. On vigils and on the many different kinds of labours during them. And that it is not becoming that the aim of our labours should be the fulfilling of a quantity, but [to work] in freedom and with discrimination etc. 366
82. CHAPTER LXXXI. An answer to a brother who had asked him why, when our Lord has defined mercy as similitude to the greatness of the Father in heaven, the solitaries honour solitude more than it? etc. 379
83. CHAPTER LXXXII. How much honour humility possesses and how high its rank is 384
84. GENERAL REGISTER 391
85. QUOTATIONS FROM THE BIBLE 399