The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage

64. Of the Gift of Fortitude original: "Gabe der Stärke"; one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, representing spiritual courage and endurance . . . . . . . . 150
65. Of the Gift of Counsel . . . . . . . . 151
66. Of the First Degree of the Gift of Understanding . 154
67. Of the Second Degree of the Gift of Understanding . 156
68. Of the Third Degree of the Gift of Understanding . 158
69. Of the Gift of Wisdom . . . . . . . 161
70. Of the Highest Degree of the Most Interior Life original: "innigsten Lebens"; refers to a life of deep, intimate communion with God . . 164
71. Of Three Ways of the Most Interior Practice . . . 164
72. Of the Second Way of the Most Interior Practice . 166
73. Of the Third Way of the Most Interior Practice . 168
74. How Certain People Live in Contradiction to These
Three Ways . . . . . . . . . . 170
75. Of Those Who Live Contrary to the Second Way . 173
76. Of Those Who Live Contrary to the Third Way . 175
77. Of Another Kind of Wayward People . 178

Book Three

1. How One Attains a God-Beholding Life God-beholding life: "gottschauendes Leben"; a state of contemplative union where the soul "sees" God through spiritual intuition Through Three Things . . . . . . . . 184
2. How a Person Must Practice If They Wish to Receive the
Eternal Light and Behold God . . 187
3. How the Eternal Birth of God is Ceaselessly
Renewed in the Nobility of the Spirit original: "Edelheit des Geistes"; a common mystical concept referring to the pure, essential part of the soul where God dwells . . 188
4. How Our Spirit is Invited to Go Out
in Beholding and Enjoyment original: "Schauen und Genießen"; "enjoyment" here refers to fruitio, the blissful rest of the soul in God . . . . . . . 190
5. Of an Eternal Going-Out That We Have
in the Birth of the Son . . . . . . . 190
6. Of a Divine Encounter Accomplished in the
Secret Depths of the Spirit . . . . 194
Afterword by the Translator . . . . . . . . 197