General Register

(The Roman figures refer to the pages of the Introduction, the Arr.bic ones to those of Bedjan's text as printed on the margin of the translation].

A b e r r a t i o n XXXII, 3. 5, 6, 7 I , I92, I 93, 307, 3 75, 494, 495, 503, 50S.

A c c i d e n t s ([Syriac: one word]) XXXIII, I 75 sqq., 496, 503 ; no fortuitous - I 76.

A c c o m p l i s h e d (The), 2 I 9. See Perfect.

A f f e c l a b l e s t a t e ; - as opposed to the spiritual one I 2 2 ; - of the mind (heart) 40 I , 446 ; affectable part of the soul 474·

A ff e c t i o n s XXIX sqq. , XLIX, cease only in the desert I ; - and world I 8; what they are I8 sq., 432, 472 ; their relation to the soul 2 I , 25 sq. ; - of the body 25 ; of body and soul 25, 397, 484, 52 I ; bodily, psychic and mixed - 484 ; cannot wholly be vanquished 28 ; their four roots 2 8 ; mental - 4 2 ; easier to be avoided than to be vanquished 90; their dangerous power 1 2 2 ; - bereave the solitary of consolation 1 2 4 ; torments of the - 203 ; - a fence against virtues 2 I 7 ; martyrs and apostles exempt from 220, 43 2 ; - expelled by solitude 244, 254, by weeping 253 ; - corroborated by luxury 285 ; the veil of the - sometimes withdrawn 305 ; - born from distraction 332 ; provided by the demons 382 sq. ; to be purified aw..y 444 ; the assaults of the - 48I ; - compared with dogs 2 I 4, 48I ; the dying - 484 ; - of love of glory and money 48 5 ; the clouds of the 488 ; the - of unbelief 488 ; the garment of the - 520j - caused by selflove 5 3 9 ; purified away by troubles 540 ; coat of flesh woven from the - 5 50.

A f r e m (Mar) 63 , 437.

A g a t h o n 5 r o, 569.

A l e x a n d e r the Great 405.

A l l e g o r i c a l interpretation XXIV sqq.

A l l u r e m e n t s (spiritual) 2 I 61 2 I 8 bis.

A m m a n I8S, 42I sq.

A n g e I s helping martyrs and solitaries 666 8 ; their nature 182 sq q. ; do not reach God's wisdom I 86, I 96 ; - cannot teach us true contemplation 1 9 7 ; their influence on us 19 7 ; classes of angels I 99 sq. ; do not reach perfection 2 2 5 ; - liable to aberration 505.

A n g e l i c s e r v i c e I 52 sq.

A n t o n i u s I 8S, 26o, 3 1 1 sq., 42I sq., 5 Io, 563.

A p a r t m e n t 2 I 61 340, 5 I 2, 548.

A p a t h y XLVIII, 243 ; the wings of- 367 ; psychic - 478 ; temporary - 494, 5 1 1 ; definition of - 5 I 3 ; - only to be reached by solitude 520 ; - of the martyrs 5 36 ; regarding the affections 543·

A p e l l e s (A p o ll o s ?) 5 5 4·

A p p e r c e p t i o n. 8econd - of the senses 4 ; - in three ways I 95 ·

A p p r o a c h unto God I041 I071 3291464,566.

A r s e n i u s 1 541 308-3 I 21 45I bis, S 6 I S63, 568.

A s c e t i c i s m L.

A s k i n g great things from the king 32 sqq.

A t h a n a s i u s I85. His " Mirror of solitaries" s 6o.

B a s i l i u s 23, 243, 290, 353·

B e a s t s of the field are submissive to the righteous, 387.

B e a u t y. Inward - and mercy 8; mental 8 2 ; - of the solitaty 1 1 9 ; the - that creates all beauties I87.

B o d y. To leave the - behind 5 ; its evil deliberations 5 ; its longing after visible things 8 ; - a comrade of sin 267 ; has to die if it shall vanquish sin 267 ; when the body is weak, the soul is strong 268 ; should he opposed, else it will become a seductor z6o ; - abandoned in the drunkenness of joy 454 ; curtain of the - 5 58.

B o n d s i n God 7, 40.

B r e a d. The heavenly - 3 I 6.

C a r e (divine) surrounds men always 64.

C e 1 1. Staying in the - under all circumstances 1 30, 1 7 7, 340, 342 ; - is the cavern of Moses' revelation I 7 8 ; treasures of the - 2 I 6 .

C h i l d r e n guarded by God 525.

C l o u d 1 93, 2 1 7 ; - which covers the tabernacle 480.

C o m m a n d m e n t s. Spiritual - take the place of written law 9 1 .

C o m m e n t a t o r (Theodore of Mopsuestia) XVII, 1 1 3 sq., 1 5 5 sqq. , 160, 1 68, 3 1 9 , 352, 3 5 8 , 4 1 8.

C o m m e r c e. The time of - 1 7 7·

C o m m u n i o n with God 8, 534·

C o m p a s s i o n to be pushed back by the solitary I 53· See s. v. Mercy.

C o n c e n t r a l i o n XX XVI sq . ; - and excell e n ce I s q . , 1 9, 44 ; - and contemplation 4 5 ; - and recitation 92 ; - anti prayer 1 29, 17 I sq., 446 ; - of the senses I J 1 ; 1 36, I42, 1 46, 2 1 9, 243, 332, 3J6, 447 i promoted by fasti n g 45 2 ; - 466 ; - the desire of the solitary 5 1 5 ; - 5 1 6, 547 , s s s , s6o.

C o n s o l a t i o n 181.

C o n fi d e n c e (trust) 9 9 sq'h 1 9 2 sq., 241, 29I, 366, 377, 379, 395, 408, 529 sqq . ; - ami fear 362.

C o n t e m p l a t i o n XXXIX, compared with excellence 1 7 ; definition of - 1 7 ; first and second n atural - 3 I ; angelic - 3 I ; also called the naked mind 3 I ; di l'ine 3 1 , 1 9 8 ; - and concentration 45 ; 53, 1 26 ; - is psychic s ight 1 28, 1 6 2 ; heavenly contemplations I 34 ; - during prayer 135, 1 6 4 ; prayer different from 1 66 ; - and spiritual - 1 6 8 ; profound I 8 2 ; essential -- 1 8 7, I 9 8 ; veracious -· 1 94 ; true - is essential sight 195 ; l ight of - 200; spiritual - 2 1 7, 303, 5 70; true - 222 ; - 223 ; - which is in terpreted spiritual sight 26o, 544 ; immaterial - 303 ; personal - 304 ; heavenly 307 ; - and solitude 339; - 444 ; true - the mortification of the heart 444 ; and prayer 475 ; - 492 ; - in ecstasy

S I 3 i intelligible - 5 2 I ; the kingd o m of heaven is spiritual - sz8; - of all the worlds 544 ; practice ante rio r to - 5 71 ; divine - 5 7 1 .

C r e a t i o n. The second - 8 L

C r o s s. Its double nature 1 5 sq. ; - 223, 232 ; excellence is called the - 5 3 2 ; is the gate of mysteries 544·

C r u c i f i x i o n of the mind 223, 232, 233 ; of the body 238 ; we have al w ays to take upon us - 535·

C u s t o m s. Lascivious - 4 ; cutting o f f 2 34 ; recollection of - 297 ; - to Le feared - 527. 333 sq. , 339, 341 sq. ; the - of temptations 4 I 3 i - 438 , 448 , 456, 48 1 , 498, 5 3 7 .

D e a d to the world I 9, 3 I , S I , 5 9 , 7 5, 76, 97, I2I, I47, I48, 251, 3 10, 332 , 346, 435, 444, Sol , 544 i to Le dead in life 3 I , 333, 335 ; to die in integrity 3 1 , 97, 268/9, 290 ; the soul - by affections 46 ; when the soul is - 2 1 0 ; - in sins 252 ; - to the world by veracious prayer 475 ; mortification regarding all things I I 2, 507 ; to become - in life for the sake of Gud 5 5 2 ; - to all things 397, 5 72.

D e a t h o f the body is strength of the soul 268 ; - 2 7 I i inner deadness 3 3 1 ; 332, 333, 235 ; - of the outward limbs 444 ; fear of - I O ; - desired as life s o ; recollection of - 44, 453, 458, 460, 462, 464 ; - does not exist with God I 89 ; intelligible -- 209 ; - agreeable to the lover 2 1 9 ; voluntary - of the senses 270; - cognate to sleepiness of mind 289 ; no on e to be called a victor before 407 ; risking - for the sake of the love of Cod 436 ; - the seal on our book 436 ;- - desirable 482 ; better is death in struggle than life with falling 2 I 5 , 538.

D e g r e e s. The way consists i n t hree - 1 221 the degrees of the path 303.

D e j e c t e d n e s s 1 1 3, I 8o, I 8 1 , 2 I 3, 258, 2 59, 2 7 7, 284, 29I, 299, 302, 340, 385, 455 , 4 6 6, 468 , 485, so6, 535 sq ., s So ; the beginning of darkness I4 sq. ; e ffectuated by distraction 2 1 7 , 383 ; by loneliness 45 5, 466 ; no thi n g is so strong as despair 5 3 2 ; how - vanishes 5 5 5·

D e I i g h t may rise suddenly during prayer 5 8 ; does not appear at will I63 ; - preceded by the pains of the cross 2 I 6.

D e m o n s. Their nature 182 sqq., 196.

D e sert I.

D e s p a i r see Dejectedness.

D e s p o n d e n c y see Dejectedness.

D e v i a t i o n see Aberration. of

D i o d o r u s Rhetor XVII, I 86, 242 ; Tarsus 285.

D i o n y si us the Areopagite LIIJ, 16g.

D i s e e r n m e n t (distinction) 4I sq., 89, 1 341 36, 146, I 8 g , 2 1 7, 238 s q. , 281, 3 7 9, 432 sq., 4 42 sq., 465 sq., 479, 546, 5 5 5, 566, 573 ·

D i s d a i n has to be sought LIV sq., 76, 8 5 sq , 3 5 6 . On t h e question whether - may be sought by assumming a sinful appearance 142 sq.

D i s p a r i t y 192 sq., 207. Sec Equality.

D i s t r a c t i o n XXXVI I, 3, 53· 6o, 72, 82, I 22, 1 3 1 , I35, 1 7 2, 213, 2 I 6, 2 7 1 sq., 282, 332, 466, 48I, 485, 5 I4, S I 7 , 54I ; and intercourse 5 2 ; - an opportunity for Satan I 3 0 j - effectuates dejectedness 2 I 7, 383 ; - and good works 308 ; - damages chastity 445 ; how it vanishes 5 5 5 ·

D o g m a t i c s . Isaac's aversion to - XXVI.

D r u n k e n n e s s XLI I I, LI, 21 59, I 741 202, 220, 2 54, 334, 358, 377, 454, 504, S I I , 543, 5 5 5 ; never ceasing - 7 7 ; drunk with living wine 5 5 5 ·

D u n g h i l l. Man's - 32.

E c s t a s y 5 bis, 20, 43, 731 Io6, I 2 51 I 39· I 5 5, I 7 5, 259, 305, 360, 39 1 , 45 I, 47I , 489, 5 1 3, 5 I 6, 549 ; - when the twofold senses are closed 9; ecstatic understanding when the heart is free from recollections 5 2 ; man becomes as a corpse without a soul through - I 64 ; - and prayer I 66, I 74, 2 6 I ; - in the world to come 1 70 ; - - during four days 261 ; - in God 304, 376 ; - and silence 360; ecstatic thought of God 3 7 7 ; - during three days 388; - during one day I 8 9 ; - during sleep 492 ; contemplation in - 5 I 3.

E m o t i o n s. See I m p u 1 s e s.

E n l i g h t e n e d men 6 ; - intellect 8.

E p h r a i m Syrus 437·

E q u a l i t y and n o n - e q u a l i t y I921 2071 2 I 3.

E r r o r see A herration.

E s s e n c e (= God) I 87, I 94, I 981 I 99, 200, 376 , 378, 4 5 5, 470.

E u a g r i u s 4, 106, I 74, I 7 5 , 385, 443, 456, 462, 495 1 497 sq., 5 I 3, 573·

E x c e l l e n c e and concentration 1 sq. ; and the world 2 ; - and contemplation I 7 ; - the natural health of the soul 24 ; prior to spiritual knowledge 30 ; what is 423 ; - is called the cross 532. F ac·e of God can be seen but not essentially 324.

F a i t h has to be combined with works 102 ; the value of - 3 I 5 ; the degrees of -3 I 8 sqq . ; -- and knowledge 3 I 8, 360 sqq., 379 ; the gate of the mysteries 3 I 5 ; - of sight 320; taste of - 366 ; - makes man like God 362 ; when - swallows knowledge 374; definitions of- 376, 482.

F a m i l i a r i t y with God 265.

F a m i l i a r i t y of speech 36, 4 I , 73, 75,

I I 41 330, 335 , 353, 4 2 I 1 427, 528. See Freedom.

F a s t i n g 238 sqq. Without - no knowledge of God's mysteries 48 ; - the sign of beginning strife 2 3 8 ; - of the ascetics 393 and martyrs 24I sq. ; effectuates strength in the soul 268 ; - on the way to light 28I ; solitude and - 282 ; - helpful for concentration 452.

F a t e ([Syriac: one word]) I 7 5 ; see Accidents.

F e a r of God I sq q . , 3 I 5 sq. ; - and doubt 4; bodily and psychic - 20 ; - prior to love 30; brings the soul near to God 8 I , cf. 3 I 5 ; hope and fear 9 I ; - and trust I 94, 362 ; when fear is expelled I 94 ; and love 3 I 7, 430 ; no fear of outward things in the true solitary 5 39·

F e r v o u r I9, 94, 95, 1 2 2 , I27 sq., I 291 I 3 I, I 361 I 721 24I1 282, 332, 375, 392, 484, 486, 5 1 2, 5 I9, 5 50, s s s ; - causes a brother to beat the earth with his head a hundred times 140; - caused by thinking of God 2 6 I .

F i l e I 9o, 328.

F o r g e t (to) the world 5 , 399, 526 ; - all that is here I 7 o ; - all worldly things 2 5 I 1 cf. 1 7 4 ; I 791 2 5 5 , 325, 369 ; one's own nature 2 5 4 ; - bodily life 327 ; - the body and the world 3271 338 ; one self 395 ; - the world and life of the flesh 5 I 8 ; - the body 5 20.

F r e e d o m XXXII ; XLI X ; 3, 5 , 6, I 3 1 I 7o, 1 7 5 , I 9 I , 1 95, 207, 323 F r e e d o m of speech (frankness) 73, 75, 1 1 41 I 5 I, 29 I, 330, 335, 427, 429, s z 8. See Familiarity.

F r i e n d (God, the) 2 I 9·

G a r m e n t. Last - of the mind 3 I .

G I a d n e s s. Exulting joy 5 8 ; - without cause I 7 7 , 4 7 I ; - in God takes away all other sensations 43 1 ; - as a means to recognize the degree of one's own soul 483 ; spiritual - 484 ; - which no tongue can express 486 ; - sometimes causes the solitary to give up recitation of Psalms 5 5 0 ; unspeakable - 5 5 5G l o r y. Vain - and fornication 45 ; the harm of - 328.

G o I d. Images of - and precious things 278.

G r a c e. Its sudden workings I 7 7 ; what imparts to us I 98.

G r a v e , the time of gathering fruits 435·

G u a r d i a n. Man's - I 7 5 sq.

H a n d i w o r k. See Work.

H e a l i n g of the soul I 6 ; - of the inner man 483.

H e a l t h of the soul 24, 89, 433, 484 ; effectuated by sickness of the body 69 ; gives birth to knowledge 43 I ; - injured by intercourse 435·

H ea r i n g and sight 54, 320.

H e a r t the central organ of the inward senses 29.

H e 1 1. Definition of - 88 ; - does not exist with God 189 ; intelligible - 456, 52 1 ; is ignorance and oblivion of God 523.

H i d d e n things 51, 1 27 sq., 149, 181, 282, 3 1 9, 338, 3 7 3, 396, 4 1 0, 438, 529, 530j hidden states 5 1 9.

H o n o u r to be rejected 76, 1 20.

H o p e and fear 9 1 ; - 96 ; all - has to be given up by him that begins with the works of God 97.

H o u s em a t e s. God's 33, 36. God as a - 62.

H u m b l e 76, 85 sq., 93, 1o5, 279, 3 5 1 . Mysteries revealed to the - 1 22 ; characteristics of the 5 1 5 sqq . ; - is bashful before his own soul 5 1 7 ; the prayer of the humble 5 1 7 sq. ; the creatures timid before the - 5 7 6 ; esteemed as a God by everyone 527 ; the perfect - 579.

H u m i l i t y XXXVIII, 34, 76, 93, 1051 108 sq. , 1 39, 220 sq., 224, 302, 3211 414, 42 1 , 432, 507, 524. Works and - make man a God 95 ; a cause of grace 322 ; two kinds of 346 ; - remunerated, not service 408 sq. ; - to be asked from God with tears 4 1 2 sq. ; - the beginning of repentance 444; - expiates many sins compared to salt 499 ; how 499 ; is acquired 508 ; the characteristics of 5 1 4 ; - and mercy 5 2 8 ; high rank of 5 7 4 sqq. ; -- the garment of divinity -5 7 4 ; makes a man Christlike 574 ; true - 5 78 ; the summit of - 580.

H u m o u r s. The four - 580. - - - - -

I g n o r a n c e. Whether - will be annihilated 87 ; during prayer 1 7 5 ; - and oblivion of God 522.

I l l n e s s 347 ; - of thoughts 1 6 ; - of the soul 24, 46, 344, 401 ; sick in m;nd 400.

I l l u m i n a t e d (the) 1 58, 1 62, 226, 278, 324, 340.

I l l u m i n a t i o n XXXVIII, 6, 1 25, 1 64, 1 96, 326, 330, 337, 389 , 446, 448, 455, 485, 491, s s s , 562, 567.

I m a g e of God is the soul XLVIII, 2 1 1 1 26, 1 69.

I m p u Is e s XXXI. Inward 4; intellectual 3 1 ; - in God 46 ; divine - 59, 259; illuminated - 48, 226, 281 ; spiritual 87, 1 66, 376; of the soul 166, 26o ; distinctive 230 ; ecstatic - 254 ; hot of the body 285 ; dark and cold - 293, 34I ; contemplative 303 ; - of knowledge 3 7 7 ; - of love and beautiful things 392 ; clear 399, 43 8 ; - interwoven with - - - - - - - prayer 440 ; fervent - of the soul 447 ; troubled 448 ; - unto the entrance in the spiritual world 454; - of the will 4 7 5 ; right hand - 480 ; uncorporeal 486; hot and quick 5 1 6 ; scarce - which are not swift 5 1 7 ; perverted - 5 27 ; hidden emotions 538; vibrating, hot - of the Seraphs ; simple 57 1 .

I n i t i a t e d (the) 1 62, 1 87, 2 50 ; - eyes of faith 36 1 ; - soul 470 ; - knowledge 483 ; Euagrius is called one of the - 5 7 3 ·

I n s p i ra t i o n 160, 3 9 0 sqq.

I n t e l l i g e n t. The - 479·

I n t e 11 i g i b 1 e rays between the words ol the scriptures 6 ; - forces of the soul 9 I, of the mind 1 6 1 ; apperceptions 1 74 ; - death 209 ; - force 3 70 ; - resurrection 374 ; - light 376 ; - hell 456 ; distinction between - things 472, 494 ; - sight 472 ; air 472 ; - sun 473 ; - contemplation 52 1 ; - places 522.

I n t e n t i o n. The heart's - 292.

I n t e r c o r; r s e (or Association) XXXIV sq., 52, 1 30, 1 3 1 bis, I 3 3, 247 ; - injures the soul 89, 3 14 ; - compared to a blist of cold I 32 ; the cause of darkness 329 ; with God and men 333 ; injures health 435 ; lonely 566, 572.

I n t o x i c a t i o n. See Drunkenness. - - - - - - - -

J o h n o f T h e b a"is 1 5 2 ; the blessed John 334·

J o y. See Gladness.

J u s t i c e as compared with compassion 344, 348.

K i n g d o m. The pure - 2 2 1 .

K n e e l i n g s 57 sq., 98, 1 6 2 , 3 4 I , 488.

K n o w i n g oneself is knowing all things 224.

K n o w l e d g e XLI sq. Spiritual - posterior to excellence 30 ; second natural - 3 1 ; without excellence impossible 42 ; - of life 42 ; first summit of - is that of the mysteries of created things 48 ; essential 6o, 1 87 ; on the speech of true - 1 7 5 sqq . ; the way of true - 1 8 o ; love the child of true 201 ; Sunday a symbol of true zo z ; spiritual - 2 17 , 2 2 1 , 3 1 8 sqq., 3 3 7, 522, 526 ; -, love and sight 222 ; - and humility 224 ; with discernment 28 1 ; - of God 307 ; degrees of - 3 1 8 sqq., 360 sqq . ; - anterior to faith and - posterior to it 3 1 8 ; psychic - 366, 430, 437. 474, 5 2 8 ; simple 369 ; when - is swallowed by faith 374 ; impulses of - 377 sqq. ; natural, spiritual and supernatural 377 sq. ; clear flame of holy - 395 ; true - 430, 470, 494 ; gives birth to love 43 I ; - born from - - - - - health of the soul 43I ; a de fi ni tion of 43I ; spirit ual - and love 475 ; - incomparable 447; partial accomplishment in spiritual - reached by a few only 473 ; initiated - 283 ; s pi ri t ual - not reached by psychic - 526 ; snares of psychic - 528.

L i g h t. I nward s prings from purity of thoughts I 7 ; essential - 49 ; mind clad with - 5 2 ; the Rower of the - of truth 5 2 ; - of knowledge 187 ; - of contemplation 2001 5 50 ; - of faith 36o ; intelligible - 3 76 ; - of the soul 379, 434, 5 5 7 ; - of the mind 447, 482, s 6o ; - of life 456 ; - and sight 472 ; divine - 474; hidden - 530.

L i k e n e s s. Divine - I 69, 507, 5 1 0.

L o v e XLII sq., more intimate than service 55 sq. ; - even in Hell 20 1 ; - a child of true knowledge 20I1 43 1 ; drunk with - 202 ; the ways of - 205 sq. ; spiritual - 2 1 7 ; divine - 2 1 8 ; - is h ot by n atu re 2 I 9 i - and madness 2 I 9 ; --, knowledge and sight 222 ; - of God and tears 245 ; - of God the accomplishment of all spiritual fruits 26 1 ; the bread of 3 1 6 sq. ; meaning of - 3 I 7 ; - and fear .3 1 7 ; the flame of the love of God 33 7 ; - caused by God i s a fountain from the depth 382 ; to be co n sume d by - 430 ; divine - the flower of spiritual knowledge 475 ; - the fruit of prayer 4 7 5 ; - of God is selfdenial 4 7 6 ; - of mankind 507, 508, 5 I O j - of God and of mankind 570.

L u c i d i t y I 3 1 1 1 34 .

M a c a r i u s 495, 500.

M a d n e s s 1 3 1 , 2 1 9 sq., 254·

M a g g e n a n u t h a 390 sqq.

M a n's nature 197·

M a r c u s the solitary 532.

M a r t y r s 220 ; spiritual - 3 I ; unseen martyrdom 209, 242 ; fasting of the - 241 sq. ; - are those who suffer for their neighbour 348 ; - and renun ciat ion 436 ; who the real - is 456 ; the living - 457·

M a t t e r XXVIII, a screen 2 j solution from - 7, 40.

M e a n s LV ; belong to knowledge, not to faith 360 sq'l.

M e d i t a t i o n 72 , 7 7, 98, 376 , 486 , 493 ; its value and e ffec t 73 ; - and ecstasy 7 3 ; nocturnal - 1 3 8; - and the se co nd stage of knowledge 372; cons t ant - and the light of the soul 3 79 ; - and the origin of tears 385 ; spiritual - 46 1 ; contemplative - 492. 395

M e r c y 8 sq., 42 sq., 54, 455 sq., 492 , 5061 507. See also s. v. Compassion.

M q a l l e y ii n e 495·

M i n d ( [Syriac: one word] , r<l om ) . Its relation to heart 2 9 ; naked - 31 his, 303 ; naturall y tends towards good 197.

M i r r o r X XXVII. Our own state a - of godly things 45 5 ; the pure soul a - 520 j to see God in a - 564.

M o r t i fi c a t i o n see s. v. Dead.

M o t i ons. See s. v. Impulses.

M o u n t a i n s beyond the Ocean 188.

M o u r n i n g. Its value 523.

M y s t e r i e s of visible thi n gs 48 ; hidden 68 ; - of God's greatness 72 ; God's - 83.

N a k e d. The monk goes - through the world 326 ; - mind 3 1 , 303.

N a t u r e is the first book g i ven to man 6 1 .

N a t u r a I , p raet ernatural and supernatural 375·

N e g l i g e n c e in small t h i ngs 289.

N i t r i a 1 85.

O c e a n surrounds the b ord ers of heaven and earth 1 88.

P a t h . The mystic - has thre e degrees XXIV, 1 2 1 .

P e r fe c t (the), 250, 2 7 1 , 495 , 569, 5 78 ; perfect man 5 3 1 ; the - need not mingle with works of mercy 5 73·

P e r fe c t i o n XXXVIII, 1 08, 1 22, 25 1 , 28o, 478, 49 1 , 507 sq., 560.

P h i l o XLVI sqq.

P h i l o s o p h e r s 2 1 , 401, 403 sqq.

P l o t i n u s XLIX sqq.

P r a c t i c e. Practical things of a composite nature 7 ; - and theory 1 5 ; practical things confuse the soul 81 ; - anterior to contemplation 5 7 1 ·

P r a i s e i s t o b e avoided 78.

P r a y e r XXXIX sq. ; - which it is not all o wed to des cri be 1 29 . Purifying - 5 2 ; - act o ff by delight 5 3 ; the sign ificance of - 105 sq.; - that gives place to thanksgivings 106 ; - drives away the cloud of the affections 1 24 ; my s teries of - 1 5 1 ; wha t happens during - unto those who live in solitude 1 6 2 sq. ; distinctions in - 163 sq. ; the limit which - is not allowed to surpass 163 sq. ; delight during - different from sight during - 1 64 ; contemplation during 164 ; - vanishes by contemplation 164 ; pure - the limit of - 1 7 5 ; - and ecstasy 1 66, 1 74, 261 ; - different from contemplation 166 ; a few a re d eemed worthy cf pure - 1 67 ; pure - XL, 1 671 1 68, 1 75 , 3791 4531 5 1 9 ; spiritual XLI; cannot be prayed 168, 1 70; contemplation and spiritual prayer 168 ; - a mediator between the psychic and the spiritual state 1 69 ; when - ceases 1 70, 1 7 5 ; - Li the time for receiving gifts 1 7 3 ; spiritual - 1 7 5, 26o, 5 1 9 ; no without tears 2 5 3 ; constant - 259, 3041 5441_ 5 5 7 ; - the starting point for inner Sight 260 ; contemplative - 326 ; -the key to insight 329 ; - open under all circumstances 342 ; - more excellent than alms 385 ; - requires training 439 ; - with a view to the love of God 43 9 ; irue - 440 ; recitation a source of pure - 447 ; - during the night is higher than any work on the day 447 ; hidden 469, 470 ; love the fruit of - 475 ; a definition of - 4 75. so8 ; true - is dying to the world 47 5 ; lonely - 475 ; when - is cut off 490 ; no - in the world to come 503 ; revelations during - 5 5 6 ; night - higher than - on the day 5 5 8 ; - during vigils feared by Satan above all things 5 59·

P r o s tr a t i o n s 1 2 9 .

P r o t o t y p e 455·

P u r e. The - 8, 522 ; the - in heart so, 564 ; - mind 921 2 5 9 ; - heart 1 1 8 ; the new heaven stamped in the - heart 522 ; - spirit 5 4 7·

P u r i fy (to) - the mind (heart) 1 6, 75, 5 5 5 ; - oneself from sin 64; - the soul 475 ; - the sight of the soul 564.

P u r i fi c a t i o n XXVIII ; - on account of works 9 5 ; threefold - 1 6 1 ; second -of the mind 1 62 ; ·_ of the soul 1 84, 243 ; \ of the body by service 304; of the inner being 447 .

P u r i t y XXXVII sq. ; - of deliberations the source of inward light 1 7 ; natural of the soul 2 5 j - of the mind 27, 306, 5 1 3, 527 ; - of the heart 29, 1 65 , 2501 348 ; - preserved by works and recitation 91 ; bow it is effectuated 53, 1 2 8 ; rank of - 1 62 ; - during prayer 1 69 ; - of emotion 209 j the limits of - 250 ; - of the soul 253, 306, 5 1 9 ; true 26o; bodily and psychic - 306 ; stage of - 3 8 1 ; - and hidden things 438 : what - is 472 ; the harbour of - 489 ; partial - 494 ; repentance, - and perfection 507 ; - can only be reached by solitude 520j definition of - 520.

R a p t u r e so, 1 5 6 ; cf. 1 7 1 .

R e c i t a t i o n 98, 2181 488 ; in solitude prepares ecstasy 43 ; - has to take place in complete rest 48 ; effectuates the illumination of the mind 5 3 ; effectuates subtlety of mind 68 ; - is a fortification of the mind 1 3 5 ; - used by Grace 163 ; how to gain delight from - 382 ; - when the mind is distracted 446 ; - a source of pure prayer 446 ; - of Psalms the root of discipline 447·

R e c o 1 1 e c t i o n 8 bis, 20 sq., 52 sq., 7 8, 92, 182 ; - of the body 27 ; cannot be shaken off 28 ; - of the other world 5 3 , 306 ; - of evil things 59 ; profitable 9 1 ; - of the affections 1 2 2 ; - of the dealings of non-freedom 244 ; - of this world in the world to come 2 5 7 ; external 2 5 8 ; - of God 2 58, 260 sq. , 493, 5 1 21 54 7 ; - of things of this world z6o; - of transitory things 282 ; obliterated - 283 ; - of customs 297 ; of visible things vanishes by the - of God 37 5 ; - of worldly things effaced in the third degree of knowledge 3 7 3 ; to be admitted with discernment 3 8 1 , 396 ; getting void of the trouble of - 468 ; affections which are ill by - 484 ; without affections 48 4 ; - of sensible things 487 ; the recollections which are lost sight of 5 1 4 ; -- of the world 545·

R e l a x a t i o n of the limbs 58.

R e m u ne r a t i o n in accordance with the fundamental direction of man 92.

R e n u n c i a t i o n higher than giving alms 56.

R e p e n t a n c e XXVII sqq., 1 1 , 1 1 51 1 1 81 1 32, 1 39, 1 79. 3 1 5, 3 1 7, 320, 337, 443 sq., 453, 448, 46 1 sq., 4941 502, 507.

R e s u r r e c t i o n of the soul 246, cf. 282 ; the wonder of - 358 sq. ; intelligible - 374R e v e l a t i o n XXXIX, 1 54 sqq., 161 sqq., 2471 338, 545 ; - is silence of intellect • s s ; six kinds of - 1 56 ; - and truth 16o ; - to the angels 1 99 sq. ; - and vision 249 ; intelligible - higher than purity 472 ; revelations usually take place in the night and in prayer 5 56.

R u f i n u s (ecclesiastical writer) 264.

S a b b a t h and Sunday 202 sqq. ; - and grave 203 sq.

S a t a n. What - means 1 89 ; the different ways in which - combates the solitary 269.

S c r i p tu r e s. Intelligible ray between the words of the - 6. Se r u t i n iz i n g blamed 47.

S e n s e s XXIX ; - of the flesh and of the soul 9 ; - have to be silent 1 6, 67 ; - of the soul 29; inward - 2 9 ; - the last garment of the mind 3 1 ; - must he subdued 281 ; inner - 338, 3 74 ; silent - 430 ; spiritual - of the mind 472, 4 7 5 ; spiritual - of the soul 5 1 4.

S e r e n i t y of soul 1 67 , 2 5 1 , 350, 360, 384, 414, 492 ; - of spirit 526 sq.; of mind 1 1 3, 438 ; serene heart 67, 455 ; the serene 259.

S e r v i c e. Psychic - 304 ; in visible - 307.

S i c k n e s s. See llness.

S i g h t XXXIX sq., LI, 1 28, 338 ; essential 49, 1 84, 195 ; caused by works and watchfulness 1 2 8 ; spiritual - 9, 1 87, 304; divine - 1 6 1 ; psychic - 1 281 162, 195, 544; - during prayer 1 64 ; - makes one motionless 1 66 ; kinds of - 1 8 1 sqq . ; love, knowledge and - 222 ; i o ner 260 ; contemplation is interpreted spiritual 260 ; - of God 306, 324 ; - and hearing 54, 320 ; true - would make the world stand still 336 ; simple - 377 ; intelligible 472 ; - of what is above nature 497.

S i g n s. That we should not desire - 281 s qq .

S i I e n c e and solitude 154 , 4 5 1 ; guarding - rises from three causes 292 ; ecstasy and - 36o ; - and an affected heart 446 ; - and truth 446 ; - causes union with God 446 ; - is to be loved above all things 450, 4 5 1 ; - a symbol of the future world 470; mysterious silence of God 471.

S i n. Inte n tional and unintentional - 1 1 0 ; does not exist with God 1 8 9 ; - will not al w ay s be and has not always been 1 8 9 ; power and e\'il influence of - 208 sqq.

S i n n e r s are to be loved 14, 79, 348, 350, 408, 456 sq .

S l e e p i n g and waking 454 ; - which is not - 486 ; the mystic speaks with God in his sleep 262 ; prayer d ur ing 259.

S m a l l things. The t remendou s influence of - 287 sq.

S o c r a t e s , the historian 263.

S o l i t a r y has a higher rank than he that gives alms s 6 ; his behaviour the pr id e of . the church 1 1 9 ; h is work 150.

S o l i t a r y life 1 1 7 sqq. ; its beauty 1 1 9 ; compared t o a n uofathomable sea 1 2 5 ; on the sol i tary career 1 2 7 sqq.

S o l i t u d e X X XIV sq., a fence to the se n ses 2 I ; - is more than all signs and powers 45 ; - is higher than mi ss iona ry work 45 ; - and ecstasy 1 3 9 ; the right - 1 4 9 ; definition of - 1 54 ; - and purity 16z ; mysteries of - 1 63 ; works have to be combined with - 243 ; - is the beginning of the p u ri fi cation of the soul 243 ; - expels the affections 244 ; the effe cts -· ·- -·- 39 7 of - 246 sq. ; - and fasting 2 8 2 ; preferred to works 308 sqq., 464 ; practised by the Fathers of Scete 309 ; to dwell in - is fulfilling the two chief commandments 3 1 3 ; - and contemplation 339 ; - and repentance 462 ; praise of - 463 sq. ; the mystery of - 465 ; the aim of - the harbour of mysteries 467 ; the p rofi ts of - 468 ; how the intelli ge n t have to dwell in - 479; simple - rejected 48o ; and the first gift of the mystic 490 ; no one who keep s p erfect - in our generation 491 ; apathy and purity only to be reached by - 520 ; -- compared to the grave 540 ; - recommended 564 ; - and mercy 566 sqq.

S i re n's song 3 2 7.

S o n g s. Sp irit ual - 2 16.

S o u 1 XXX. Ladder from the - to the kingdom 1 2 ; pupil of the - 1 7 ; its natural i nclinations unto God 20; its nature 2 1 ; its treasures 2 1 ; naturally not affectable 2 1 , 25 sq. ; God's image 2 1 , 1 26, 169 ; what is natural and not natural to it 23 ; its natural health 24 ; nature of souls 182 sqq . ; souls see one another when they are purified 1 85 ; resurre c ti o n of the 246; serene - 360 ; - be<:omes strong by mortification 268 ; hidden mysteries of the - 376.

S p l e n d o u r of the divine glory 8.

S t o r k. Monk compared with the - 327.

S u n 1 7, so, 54, 5 2 1 ; inteiJigible - 86; goes its nocturnal way behind the mountains 1 88 ; grace, the intelligible - 473 ; the second - 4 7 3·

S u n d a y and Sabbath 202 sqq. ; - symbol of true knowledge 202. ·-

T e a r s. See also s. v. Weeping ; 98, 1 3 1 , 1 39, 221, 490, 492 sq., 499 ; - attract grace 48 ; - and fasting 48 ; - when grace opens a man's eyes 49 ; perpetual - 5 8 ; when the fountain of - is given 7 3 ; what comes after - 94 ; - a s a criterium of the solitary's state 1 2 5 sq. ; perpetital - 1 26, 1 28, 397, 443, 489 ; when perpetual - stop 1 27 ; when - begin 1 28 ; - q uic ke n the cold e motio ns 1 3 1 ; sweet - 165, 229, 484, 5 5 5 ; - a sign of grace - 1 7 7 ; - a sign of beginning fruit s 244 ; - a s ign of the transition from the bodily to the spiritual state 245 ; - and .the love of God 245 ; effects o f 245 ; delight of - 252 ; - caused by love 2 6 1 ; immesurable - 1 8 1 ; perpetual - during prayer a charisma 384 ; originate in pure meditation 385 ; - did not leave Paul for three years 397 ; gift of - during service 446 ; - the accomplishment of prayer 446 ; - born from sight 45 I ; - during prayer 46o, 547 ; spontaneous ·- a sign of approaching victory 48o; - when the mind gazes at spiritual things 492 ; - during sleep 492 ; - during prayer cause forgiveness of sins 543 ; -- during vigils 548.

T e m p t a t i o n s 34 sqq . ; - of the soul and - of the body 35 sq. ; are necessary 36, I 04, I 09 ; we should not seek them 3 7 ; are not to be shunned in critical cases 3 7 ; divine help in - 6 5 ; - in accordance with gifts 298 ; kinds of - 299 ; and divine help 303 ; by - the gate of heaven is opened 4 1 8 ; for which causes - are admitted 427 ; - heal the inner man 483 ; - also admitted to those who have reached partial purity 494 ; - admitted by grace 5 3 ; - should not cause despair 365.

T h e o do r e , one of the confessors 264.

T h e o d i c y I 89 sqq.

T h e o do re of Mopsuestia. See Commentator.

T h e o r y. Practice and - I S.

T h i n g s (outward, worldly) 2, 3 , 8, 10, I4, 2 1 , 48, 54, 6 I , 89, 93, 135, 2 5 I , 276 , 438, 486, 536.

T r a n e e 208 , 220.

T r a n s i t i o n 141, 1 58, 1 7 1 .

T r e a s u r y 1 6 5 ; - within man 1 2 , 528 ; - of the soul 520.

T r e e o f l i f e is the divine love 3 1 6.

T r e e o f g o o d a n d e v i I the eradicator of love 3 7 I .

T r u s t. See Confidence.

T r u t h has to be sought 1 2 2 ; divine cancot be acquired by nature 192.

U n c o n s c i o u s n e s s 221.

U n i fi c a t i o n XXVI, XLIV, 8 , I 69, I94, 462.

V a r y i n g s t a t e s XLV, I I 2, 1 24, I 29, 1 39, 1 79 sq., 1 92, 206, 2 1 3 sq., 2 I 6, 2 1 9, 246, 298, 3 14, 416, 453, 492, soo, sos ; serve to make a man humble 109; - of cold and heat 1 37 ; - of light and darkness 339; - purified by prayer 441 ; good - 448 ; - as a means to recognize one's own degree of discipline 483 ; - happen to every man 494 ; - compared to changes of the weather 495.

V i g i l s 52, I 34 sqq., 450, 469, 488, 546 sqq., 563 sq.

V is i o n. See Sight.

W e a k n e s s. Man has to be conscious of his own - 1 04, 107 sq. ; sins arising from - 1 10.

W e e p i n g. See also s. v. Tears ; psychic 88; - is [the meditation of the solitary 2 5 1 sq. ; - and purity 2 5 2 ; - expels the affections 253 ; - and consolation 253 ; praying for humility with - 4 1 2 sq.

W i n e. Spiritual - 3 I 7 .

W o m e n. The representation of beautiful 2 7 7, 284 ; refraining from the sight of is a mighty weapon 293·

W o r k (manual) 449 ; - called an impediment 5 7 ; it is profitable to give up 1 3 0 ; - unfit for the solitary I S2 sq.; precepts for - 385.

W or k s and humility make man a God 95 ; - and trust 1 0 2 ; - and faith 102 ; - have to be combined with solitude 243 ; - without humility cause many evils 499 ; solitude preferable to - 385.

W or I d. How to be far from the - 1 8 ; and affections 1 8 ; man has to be weaned from the - 40 ; to withdraw from the sight of the - 52 ; to renunciate the whole body of the - 7 8 ; how the - may become the solitary's servant 1 00 ; - compared to a whore 227 ; - compared to a prison 229 ; how to give up the - 1 30 ; what means 332.

W o r l d t o b e perceived here already I 2 ; remuneration in the - not t o b e expected 5 5 ; two stotes only in the - 87 sq. spiritual degrees of those in - 86 sq. ; the things of the - 1 6 9 ; in the - no recollection of this world 2 57.

W r i t t e n documents and laws necessary or him that has not received the Comforter 9 I .

Z e a I condemned 343 sq. ; laudable - 395 sq.