Introductory material
Reading edition
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I.PRAYER POSSIBLE AT ALL TIMES, BY THE MOST SIMPLE1
II.FIRST DEGREE OF PRAYER6
III.SECOND DEGREE OF PRAYER, CALLED HERE THE PRAYER OF SIMPLICITY13
IV.SPIRITUAL DRYNESS16
V.ABANDONMENT TO GOD18
VI.SUFFERING21
VII.MYSTERIES23
VIII.VIRTUE25
IX.PERFECT CONVERSION27
X.HIGHER DEGREE OF PRAYER, THAT OF THE SIMPLE PRESENCE OF GOD30
XI.REST IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD—INWARD AND OUTWARD SILENCE35
XII.SELF-EXAMINATION AND CONFESSION39
[p vi] XIII.READING AND VOCAL PRAYER42
XIV.THE FAULTS AND TEMPTATIONS OF THIS DEGREE44
XV.PRAYER AND SACRIFICE EXPLAINED BY THE SIMILITUDE OF A PERFUME47
XVI.THIS STATE NOT ONE OF IDLENESS, BUT OF ACTION51
XVII.DISTINCTION BETWEEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ACTIONS63
XVIII.EXHORTATIONS TO PREACHERS71
XIX.PREPARATION FOR DIVINE UNION77