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... John of the Cross , " that their proper idiom is for them to be perceived , felt and wrapped in silence . " 1 From age to age some poet or seer or man of action reveals a little of the mystery , but mystery grows too fast for revelation ...
... John of the Cross , " that their proper idiom is for them to be perceived , felt and wrapped in silence . " 1 From age to age some poet or seer or man of action reveals a little of the mystery , but mystery grows too fast for revelation ...
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... John of the Cross declares , " that the soul , so far as it is spirit , has nothing high or low , nothing more or less deep in its essence , like bodies that can be measured by quantity . There is no difference between what is within ...
... John of the Cross declares , " that the soul , so far as it is spirit , has nothing high or low , nothing more or less deep in its essence , like bodies that can be measured by quantity . There is no difference between what is within ...
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... John of the Cross says , " few are willing to endure even for this purpose the least spiritual solitude and mortification and to labour with firm patience . ” 1 There is no fundamental difference between the apprehension of the ...
... John of the Cross says , " few are willing to endure even for this purpose the least spiritual solitude and mortification and to labour with firm patience . ” 1 There is no fundamental difference between the apprehension of the ...
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... John of the Cross , " transcend sense , but that is because they already include it . " 2 The spiritual life is not degraded by having its roots in the life of sensible impression , but the latter is exalted by being taken up into the ...
... John of the Cross , " transcend sense , but that is because they already include it . " 2 The spiritual life is not degraded by having its roots in the life of sensible impression , but the latter is exalted by being taken up into the ...
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... unity . And along with the notion of number , that of time must go . The spirit is eternal , not as opposed to , but as transcending time . 1 Westcott on St John xvii . 21 . Hence anyone who rises to the life of the spirit OVERSOUL 59.
... unity . And along with the notion of number , that of time must go . The spirit is eternal , not as opposed to , but as transcending time . 1 Westcott on St John xvii . 21 . Hence anyone who rises to the life of the spirit OVERSOUL 59.
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