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Tables of Contents for St. John of the Cross (San Juan De LA Cruz)
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Author's dedication
vii
Foreword
ix
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Chronology
xv
PART I: THE LIFE
The Prophetic Voice
3
12
The Life
15
18
Spiritual Practice
33
18
The Poetic Voice
51
188
PART II: THE POETRY (Bilingual)
Lullaby
77
1
The Sum of Perfection
77
1
By the Waters of Babylon
77
4
Romance on the Gospel
81
22
Dark Night
103
2
Spiritual Canticle I. A.
105
12
Spiritual Canticle II. B.
117
12
Love's Living Flame
129
2
Song of the Soul That Delights in Knowing God by Faith
131
2
More Songs About Spiritual Matters
133
2
I Entered Not Knowing Where
135
4
Not Living in Myself I Live
139
4
``Without feeling or with feeling...''
143
2
``Chasing after love's high game...''
145
2
``Not for all the beauty...''
147
8
PART III: THE PROSE (Excerpts and Commentary)
Prayer of the Soul in Love
155
2
The Ascent of Mount Carmel
157
1
Prologue to ``The Ascent of Mount Carmel'' and ``Dark Night''
157
4
Section One: A Phenomenology of Human Appetites
161
3
Section Two: The Dark Night
164
4
The Dark Night: Passive Night of the Senses
168
3
Book Two
171
8
Section Three: Denial of the Activities of the Faculties
179
8
Book Three: Active Night of the Spirit on Memory and Will
187
8
Spiritual Canticle: Beyond The Dark Night
195
1
Prologue
195
24
Love's Living Flame: The Soul as Living Flame
219
1
Prologue
219
20
Notes
239
14
Selected Bibliography
253
8
About the Translator
261