"Holy Wisdom" by Father Augustine Baker is a timeless treasure of Christian spirituality and guidance. In this profound work, Father Augustine Baker imparts his deep wisdom and insights, offering readers a path to a more profound and meaningful relationship with God.Discover the profound wisdom of this spiritual classic as Father Augustine Baker leads you through a journey of self-discovery, prayer, and contemplation. His teachings on how to cultivate a deeper connection with the d...

Holy Wisdom: Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation is a classic manual of English Benedictine spirituality, offering a disciplined yet inwardly supple guide to the contemplative life. Rather than presenting prayer as a technique, Augustine Baker describes it as a gradual purification of the will, a loving attention to God shaped by humility, recollection, and perseverance. Its prose is sober, practical, and deeply ascetical, standing within the post-Reformation Catholic tradition whil...

John Donne is widely regarded as the pre-eminent metaphysical poet, whose works are celebrated for their sensual style, vibrant language and inventive genius. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the Donne's complete poetical works, with rare texts, beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Donne's life and works

John Milton, whose epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’ is widely regarded as the greatest exemplar of its form in the English language, created a body of poetry and prose that reflected his strong personal convictions and passion for freedom during the political turmoil of his day. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Milton's complete poetical works, with rare texts, beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi...

The Complete Works of John Donne! The Complete Poems, Prose and Letters. The Ultimate Collection of John Donne! - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! John Donne was one of England's greatest writers of Poetry and Prose, and the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works have grown in prominence throughout the 20th Century and are now held in very high esteem. His poetry is noted for it's vibrant langua...

Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) was a famous French mystic who wrote on prayer and the 'interior life'. During her lifetime she was threatened, persecuted and imprisoned for her views but her works have inspired countless Christians throughout history and continue to do so today! John Wesley, Hudson Taylor and many others have been impacted by her life and writings.• Fully edited, searchable and with an Active Table-of-Contents, this special edition will introd...

The Catholic Church is over two thousand years old. It has an amazing history and many historical writings. Here are twelve important historical writings on faith and the Kingdom of God, written by scholars and saints alike. There are more than one thousand pages of content here that will help you have a better perspective on what it has meant and continues to mean to be a Catholic. Included in this edition are: 'Spiritual Maxims of Brother Lawrence; 'The Practice of the Presence of God' b...

Collected in this omnibus edition are three classic works exploring the mystical nature of God. Included are The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila, and Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross. The Practice of the Presence of God is one of the most beautiful and touching stories of Christian devotion ever written. This is the definitive edition of St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle: translated by E. Allison Peers. This mys...

An NYRB Classics OriginalShakespeare, Nietzsche wrote, was Montaigne’s best reader—a typically brilliant Nietzschean insight, capturing the intimate relationship between Montaigne’s ever-changing record of the self and Shakespeare’s kaleidoscopic register of human character. And there is no doubt that Shakespeare read Montaigne—though how extensively remains a matter of debate—and that the translation he read him in was that of John Florio, a fascinating polymath, man-about-town, a...

One of St. John of the Cross' most important and insightful works, Ascent of Mount Carmel is a brilliant work of Christian mysticism. Considered one of the great Spanish poets, St. John depicts the soul's ascent to Mount Carmel--allegorically, the place of God--and the "dark night" that the soul must endure to reach it. St. John describes the different mystic experiences the soul encounters on its way to union with God through the dark night. Although St. John continues to describe the dar...

Your Special Illustrated & Annotated edition includes: ● Like being there 2000 years ago! 14 incredible “Ink Shots” of the Stations of the Cross by Myron Henkmen ● Treatise on the Spiritual Combat itself, its creation, spread and lasting influence ● Glossary of Traditional Catholic terms ● Biography of Dom Lorenzo Scupoli ● Stabat Mater in both English & Latin +Spiritual Combat - For over 400 years, Fr. Scupoli's the Spiritual Combat has provided time-tested strategies for achieving victor...

The Hermetic tradition opens early with the morning dawn in the eastern world. All pertaining thereto is romantic and mystical. Its monuments, emblems, and numerous written records, alike dark and enigmatical, form one of the most remarkable episodes in the history of the human mind. A hard task were it indeed and almost infinite to discuss every particular that has been presented by individuals concerning the art of Alchemy; and as difficult to fix with certainty the origin of a science w...