Light, Life, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics

About this book

Selections from the German mystics

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. 1. The Precursors of the German Mystics
2. 2. Meister Eckhardt
3. 3. Eckhardt's Religious Philosophy
4. 4. The German Mystics as Guides to Holiness
5. 5. Writers of the School of Eckhard–Tauler
6. 6. Suso
7. 7. Ruysbroek
8. 8. Theologia Germanica
9. 9. Modern Mysticism
10. 10. Specimens of Modern Mysticism
11. God
12. Rest Only in God
13. God is Always Ready
14. Grace
15. The Will
16. Surrender of the Will
17. Suffering
18. Sin
19. Contentment
20. Detachment
21. Prayer
22. Love of Our Neighbor
23. Love
24. The Union with God
25. The Last Judgment
26. Precept and Practice
27. Relics
28. Sayings of Eckhardt
29. Our Aim
30. Consequences of the Fall
31. The Fall
32. Life as a Battle
33. Sin
34. Fishing for Souls
35. The Efficacy of Dive Grace
36. Prayer
37. The First Word
38. The Second Word
39. The Third Word
40. The Fourth Word
41. The Fifth Word
42. The Sixth Word
43. The Seventh Word
44. Suso and His Spiritual Daughter
45. A Meditation on the Passion of Christ
46. Aphorisms and Maxims
47. Sin and Selfishness
48. The Two Eyes
49. A Foretaste of Eternal Life
50. Descent into Hell
51. The Three Stages
52. The Life of Christ
53. Union with God
54. The False Light
55. Light and Love
56. Paradise
57. Will and Self-Will
58. Union Through Christ