Ruysbroeck and the Mystics

CONTENTS 1. Maeterlinck’s Introduction to his Translation of “The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage” 2. Selected Passages from “The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage” 3. On the Kingdom of the Soul 4. Christ the Sun of the Soul 5. The Lesson from the Bee 6. The Dew of Midday 7. The Lesson from the Ant 8. What shall the Forsaken do? 9. The Setting of the Eternal Sun 10. The Nature of God 11. The Divine Generosity 12. Christ the Lover of all Men 13. How Christ gave Himself to us in the Sacrament 14. The Soul’s Hunger for God 15. The Labour and Rest of Love 16. The Christian Life 17. The Coming of the Bridegroom