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| The Mystics of Spain | 
 enlarge | Author: E. Allison Peers
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
Buy New: $7.95 (18.72 RON)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 882456
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 0486425010
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.220946
EAN: 9780486425016
ASIN: 0486425010
Publication Date: November 15, 2002
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a true gem December 15, 2007
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Though a number of excellent translations of S. Teresa of Jesus and S. John of the Cross hold forth at present, none yet has rivaled the monumental work of translation and historical scholarship of the great English scholar Edgar Allison Peers (1891-1952), holder of the Gilmour Chair of Spanish at Liverpool University. His scholarship is permeated with an intense love of 16th century Spanish mysticism, and this slim volume is a masterclass not only in the theory and history of Spanish mysticism, but Peers leads us into the realms of love that characterize Christian mysticism in general. The fifteen studies that comprise this book include not only the better known of the Spanish mystics (Ramon Lull, Peter of Alcantara, Francisco de Osuna, as well as Teresa and John of the Cross), but Diego de Estella's Devout Meditations ("How love bears us to God..."), Alonzo de Orozco's "Last Degree of Contemplation", and Pedro Malon de Chaide's "One thing is needful". Vivid compressions drawn from Peers' vital masterpiece "Studies of the Spanish Mystics" (Sheldon Press London: 2volumes), this eye-opening little compendium is pure honey drawn by the master himself no less engaged, and indispensable in attaining to the heart of Spanish religious experience. Solid recommendation.
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