Book Of Mystical Chapters

An exquisite collection of short writings of the early Christian mystics presented as a program of spiritual study. This unique anthology consists of 300 short meditations, rendered in simple free verse, by Christian contemplatives from the fourth to the eleventh centuries. The book features teachings of the Desert Fathers, the legendary monks who fled city life in order to dedicate themselves to a life of contemplation. These poetic and stirring meditations are arranged as a program of study under three traditional headings: practice, theory, and knowledge.