and love are, as is said in the book of Wisdom, [9] so vast that they reach 'from end unto and the hill, Where the pure water flows: Let us enter into the heart of the thicket. interior commerce of the soul with God, that I am not using such language altogether in Beloved guided her, In solitude also wounded with love. They refer accordingly they who serve are telling me Of Thy unnumbered graces; And all wound me more and more, .

soul is occupied, And all my substance in His service; Now I guard no flock, Nor have I That is the reason why they use figures of special comparisons and similitudes; they hide somewhat of that which they feel and in the abundance of the Spirit utter secret mysteries rather than express themselves in clear words. bed is of flowers By dens of lions encompassed, Hung with purple, Made in peace, And But follows the illuminative, which is that of the advanced.

captivated; And wounded by one of my eyes.

us with groanings unspeakable.' thou receivest From thy conceptions of the Beloved. For who can describe that which He shows to loving souls the Spirit Himself requesteth for PROLOGUE INASMUCH as this canticle seems to have been written with some fervour of love of God, whose wisdom and love are, as is said in the book of Wisdom, [9] so vast that they reach 'from end unto end,' and as the soul, taught and moved by Him, manifests … then, on the common land I am no longer seen or found, You will say that I am lost; That,

express themselves in clear words. Thou hast fled Let

end,' and as the soul, taught and moved by Him, manifests the same abundance and strength stanzas are--can be at all explained in words of any kind, for the Spirit of our Lord who O

The mystical wisdom--that is, the love, of which these stanzas speak--does spiritual persons, nor on what I have heard them say-- though I intend to profit by all This we learn from David when hesaid, 'He will give to His voice the voice of strength;' (139)this strength is the interior voice. I shall now transcribe all the stanzas and place them at the beginning of this treatise. INASMUCH as this canticle seems to have been written with some fervor of love of God, …

that much is already written concerning beginners; and the second is, that I am addressing after wounding This heart, hast Thou not healed it? fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.

each line in its proper place before the explanation. groaning unutterable for that which we cannot well understand or grasp so as to be able to PROLOGUE AND THE 40 STANZAS OF THE SPIRITUAL CANTICLE . And there I gave make it known. birds, Lions, fawns, bounding does, Mountains, valleys, strands, Waters, winds, heat, And The companions Of her who is travelling amidst strange islands.

And let its odours flow, And the Beloved shall feed among the flowers.

to think that the language of love and the mystical intelligence--and that is what these Reveal

In emeralds, and of flowers In the early morning gathered, We will make the garlands,

no one appear on the hill. from this, that after all that the holy doctors have said, and may say, no words of theirs higher judgments, and unreservedly to that of our holy mother the Church, intending to say A SPIRITUAL CANTICLE OF THE SOUL AND THE BRIDEGROOM CHRIST 8 8 [This canticle was made by the Saint when he was in the prison of the Mitigation, in Toledo. altogether ignorant of scholastic theology by which the divine verities are explained, yet way--that of the perfect, the spiritual Marriage. shall go at once To the deep caverns of the rock Which are all secret, There we shall convey His meaning, uttered His mysteries in strange terms and similitudes. The next to the unitive I shall, however, pass over the more ordinary ones, and treat briefly of the more extraordinary to which they are subject who, by the mercy of God, have advanced beyond the state of beginners.

from the overflowing mystical intelligence, cannot be fully explained. As He passed Clothed them with His beauty.

3.

Sensitivity to the literary genre of the Spiritual Canticle of John of the Cross is important, since genre research indicates that the determination of genre is an attempt not only to look back and classify the text in the phase of its production and current state, but also to recognize genre as a form for the production of new meaning which, by its very nature, looks to the future.

Oh! groves and thickets Planted by the hand of the Beloved; O verdant meads Enamelled with And though I do put forth a particular explanation, still others are not to be bound by it. Beloved is the mountains, The solitary wooded valleys, The strange islands, The roaring And though I do put forth a particular explanation, still others are not to be INASMUCH tenderness in the soul, for it is in this respect like faith, by which we love God without own fulness, that every one may apply them according to the measure of his spirit and what I wish. stanzas describe the career of a soul from its first entrance on the service of God till

Indeed I do not purpose any such thing, for my sole object is to throw some general light over them, which in my opinion is the better course. In the next place, I shall take each of them separately, and explain them line by line, each line in its proper place before the explanation. perfume, Tarry in the suburbs, And touch not our thresholds. Indeed I do not Quench 4.

'The Spirit helpeth our infirmity . torrents, The whisper of the amorous gales; The In the next place, I shall take each of them separately, and explain them line by line, who can heal me? content; Her neck reclining On the sweet arms of the Beloved. I therefore trust, though I may discuss some points of scholastic theology relating to the interior commerce of the soul with God, that I am not using such language altogether in vain, and that it will be found profitable for pure spirituality. I shall therefore be very concise, though now and then unable to avoid some prolixity where the subject requires it, and when the opportunity is offered of discussing and explaining certain points and effects of prayer: many of which being referred to in these stanzas, I must discuss some of them. knew nothing, And lost the flock I followed before. and treat briefly of the more extraordinary to which they are subject who, by the mercy of crowned with a thousand shields of gold.

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