{"product_id":"collected-works-of-john-ruysbroeck-vol-1","title":"Collected Works of John Ruysbroeck, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn of Ruysbroeck, hermetic and mystical writer, was born in 1293 at Ruysbroeck, near Brussels; he died at Groenendael, where he had founded a community, in 1381. He wrote as the spirit moved him, and loved to wander and mediate in the solitude of the forest. As a mystical writer, he stands unrivalled in what may be termed his grasp of the metaphysics of mysticism, and in the combined beauty, simplicity, and loftiness of his language and style. Late in life he declared that he had never committed anything to writing except under divine inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a list of the writings of Ruysbroeck, the sum total of which is very large. \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of the Twelve Beguines; \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Sparkling Stone; \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of Supreme Truth; \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of the Seven Steps of Spiritual Love; \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of the Kingdom of the Lovers of God; \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mirror of Eternal Salvation;  \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of the Twelve Virtues \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of the Seven Castles; \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of the Four Temptations;\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Book of Christian Faith \u003cbr\u003e\nand The Book of the Spiritual Tabernacle.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are besides seven letters, two hymns, and a prayer, to which Surius gave these titles, Epistolae Septem Utiles Cantiones Duce Admodum Spiritualiti and Oratio Perbrevis Sed Pia Valde the original texts of which I have not been able to discover in any of the Flemish manuscripts.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eSome years ago the greater number of these writings were edited with the utmost care by a society of Flemish bibliophiles Ñ De Maatschappij der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen Ñ and most of this translation has been made from the excellent text of that edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Ruysbroeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44923406319777,"sku":"9781387870745","price":41.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/kr946y-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1747214141","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-works-of-john-ruysbroeck-vol-1","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}