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Dark Night of the Soul · Peers 1959 third edition, CCEL v0.9; original ThML with exact original RTF note 117 recovery

Contents for Dark Night of the Soul, Peers 1959 third edition, CCEL v0.9; original ThML with exact original RTF note 117 recovery

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  1. Chapter XI. Begins to explain the second line of the first stanza. Describes how, as the fruit of these rigorous constraints, the soul finds itself with the vehement passion of Divine love. source.xml#viii.xi
  2. Chapter XII. Shows how this horrible night is purgatory, and how in it the Divine wisdom illumines men on earth with the same illumination that purges and illumines the angels in Heaven. source.xml#viii.xii
  3. Chapter XIII. Of other delectable effects which are wrought in the soul by this dark night of contemplation. source.xml#viii.xiii
  4. Chapter XIV. Wherein are set down and explained the last three lines of the first stanza. source.xml#viii.xiv
  5. Chapter XV. Sets down the second stanza and its exposition. source.xml#viii.xv
  6. Chapter XVI. Explains how, though in darkness, the soul walks securely. source.xml#viii.xvi
  7. Chapter XVII. Explains how this dark contemplation is secret. source.xml#viii.xvii
  8. Chapter XVIII. Explains how this secret wisdom is likewise a ladder. source.xml#viii.xviii
  9. Chapter XIX. Begins to explain the ten steps of the mystic ladder of Divine love, according to Saint Bernard and Saint Thomas. The first five are here treated. source.xml#viii.xix
  10. Chapter XX. Wherein are treated the other five steps of love. source.xml#viii.xx
  11. Chapter XXI. Which explains the word ‘disguised,’ and describes the colours of the disguise of the soul in this night. source.xml#viii.xxi
  12. Chapter XXII. Explains the third line of the second stanza. source.xml#viii.xxii
  13. Chapter XXIII. Expounds the fourth line and describes the wondrous hiding place wherein the soul is set during this night. Shows how, although the devil has an entrance into other places that are very high, he has none into this. source.xml#viii.xxiii
  14. Chapter XXIV. Completes the explanation of the second stanza. source.xml#viii.xxiv
  15. Chapter XXV. Wherein is expounded the third stanza. source.xml#viii.xxv
  16. Front matter Indexes source.xml#ix
  17. Front matter Index of Scripture References source.xml#ix.i
  18. Front matter Latin Words and Phrases source.xml#ix.ii
  19. Front matter Acknowledgments source.xml#x

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