This work presents an outline of Christian perfection from the point at which the soul first seeks to rise from the earth and soar upwardtowards union with God. As a poet St John of the Cross was able, in the realm of mysticism, to push the frontiers of human xpression beyond any other writer.

This work presents an outline of Christian perfection from the point at which the soul first seeks to rise from the earth and soar upwardtowards union with God. As a poet St John of the Cross was able, in the realm of mysticism, to push the frontiers of human xpression beyond any other writer.