Showing posts with label Teresa of Avila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teresa of Avila. Show all posts
Friday, October 9, 2015
In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
John of the Cross (1542 –1591), born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, was a major
figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite
friar and priest. He was also a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is
considered, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, as a founder of the Discalced (barefoot) Carmelites.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Who am I / Where did I come from / Where am I going ?
Richard Rose ( 1917 – 2005 )
was an American mystic, esoteric philosopher, author, poet, and
investigator of paranormal phenomena. He published a number of books and spoke
widely in universities and other venues across the country during the 1970s and
1980s.
He studied human psychology, human weakness and human potential, then
wrote challenges to psychology, psychiatry, religion, academia, the legal
system, and the New
Age
movement.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
The supreme aim of life on earth is The Contemplation of the Uncreated Light whereby man is Intimately United with God.
Miguel de
Molinos (c. 1628–1697), Spanish divine,
the chief apostle of the religious revival known as Quietism. He was born about 1628 near
Muniesa (Teruel). He entered the priesthood and
settled in Rome
about 1670. There he became
well known as a director of consciences, being on specially friendly terms with
Cardinal Odescalchi, who in 1676 became Pope Innocent XI.
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