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Christianity · 1675; English edition 1688
The Spiritual Guide
A guide to inward prayer, surrender and peace, with Molinos’s accompanying treatise on daily communion.
Translated by Anonymous English translation (1688)
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- 1An Account of the Book — Anonymous English Editor
- 2The Author to the Reader
- 3Preface I — Two Ways of Going to God
- 4Preface II — Meditation and Contemplation
- 5Preface III — Active and Passive Contemplation
- 6Preface IV — Conformity to God’s Will
- 7Book 1, Chapter 1 — Keeping the Heart Peaceable
- 8Book 1, Chapter 2 — Perseverance beyond Reasoning
- 9Book 1, Chapter 3 — Meditation and Union with God
- 10Book 1, Chapter 4 — Prayer in Dryness
- 11Book 1, Chapter 5 — Essential and Sensible Devotion
- 12Book 1, Chapter 6 — Light within Darkness
- 13Book 1, Chapter 7 — God’s Purification of the Soul
- 14Book 1, Chapter 8 — Receiving Purification
- 15Book 1, Chapter 9 — Enduring Temptation
- 16Book 1, Chapter 10 — Faith amid Temptation
- 17Book 1, Chapter 11 — Internal Recollection
- 18Book 1, Chapter 12 — Resignation in Prayer
- 19Book 1, Chapter 13 — How to Practise Recollection
- 20Book 1, Chapter 14 — Resignation to God’s Will
- 21Book 1, Chapter 15 — Prayer through Daily Occupations
- 22Book 1, Chapter 16 — Recollection through Christ’s Humanity
- 23Book 1, Chapter 17 — Internal and Mystical Silence
- 24Book 2, Chapter 1 — Choosing an Experienced Guide
- 25Book 2, Chapter 2 — Obedience to a Spiritual Father
- 26Book 2, Chapter 3 — Holy Zeal and Self-Love
- 27Book 2, Chapter 4 — Zeal and Resignation
- 28Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Call to Guide Souls
- 29Book 2, Chapter 6 — Qualities of Spiritual Directors
- 30Book 2, Chapter 7 — Discerning Spiritual Guidance
- 31Book 2, Chapter 8 — Spiritual Guides and Self-Interest
- 32Book 2, Chapter 9 — Simple and Ready Obedience
- 33Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Qualities of Obedience
- 34Book 2, Chapter 11 — Obedience in Trials
- 35Book 2, Chapter 12 — Overcoming Self-Judgment
- 36Book 2, Chapter 13 — Frequent Communion
- 37Book 2, Chapter 14 — Union in the Sacrament
- 38Book 2, Chapter 15 — Discretion in Penance
- 39Book 2, Chapter 16 — External and Internal Penances
- 40Book 2, Chapter 17 — Peace after Falling into Faults
- 41Book 2, Chapter 18 — Trust in Divine Mercy
- 42Book 3, Chapter 1 — The Outward and Inward Man
- 43Book 3, Chapter 2 — The Inward Way Continued
- 44Book 3, Chapter 3 — Denying Self-Love
- 45Book 3, Chapter 4 — Two Spiritual Martyrdoms
- 46Book 3, Chapter 5 — Enduring Spiritual Desolation
- 47Book 3, Chapter 6 — The Martyrdom of Divine Love
- 48Book 3, Chapter 7 — Mortification and Resignation
- 49Book 3, Chapter 8 — Self-Denial
- 50Book 3, Chapter 9 — Knowing Our Misery
- 51Book 3, Chapter 10 — True and False Humility
- 52Book 3, Chapter 11 — Marks of a Humble Heart
- 53Book 3, Chapter 12 — Inward Solitude
- 54Book 3, Chapter 13 — Infused Contemplation
- 55Book 3, Chapter 14 — Receiving Contemplation
- 56Book 3, Chapter 15 — Steps of Contemplation
- 57Book 3, Chapter 16 — Signs of the Inner Man
- 58Book 3, Chapter 17 — Divine Wisdom
- 59Book 3, Chapter 18 — Contemplation and Knowledge
- 60Book 3, Chapter 19 — Perfect Annihilation
