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translator's preface                                                                                              

introduction by Jean Danielou, S. J.                                                   

NOTES  TO THE INTRODUCTION                                                   

FROM GLORY TO  GLORY:  TEXTS FROM

GREGORY OF NYSSA's MYSTICAL WRITINGS                          

1.   THE  MEANING   OF  PERFECTION                                         

2.   PERFECTION AND PROGRESS                                                 

3.   THE  CYCLE  OF DESIRE                                                          

4.   THE  SYMBOL OF THE BRICK MOULD                                 

5.   THE LONGING FOR HEAVEN                                                   

6.   THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT                                                    

7.   CROSSING THE DESERT                                                          

8.   BREAD   FROM   HEAVEN                                                       

9.   AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT SINAI                                           

10.   PURIFICATION OF HEART                                                   

11.   RECOLLECTION                                                                    

12.   THE TRUE BEAUTY                                                              

13.   THE  GRACE  OF  THE   SPIRIT                                           

14.   RESTORING GOD'S IMAGE                                                 

15.   ENTERING  THE  DARK   CLOUD    

16.   THE SYMBOL OF ABRAHAM'S MIGRATION       

17.   THE ABYSS OF KNOWLEDGE                                             

18.   THE HEAVENLY TABERNACLE                                         

19.   OUR EARTHLY TABERNACLE                                            

20.   THE SYMBOLISM OF THE PRIESTLY VESTMENTS       

21.   THE  DOCTRINE   OF  ETERNAL  PROGRESS                   

22.   THE SYMBOL OF THE ROCK AND THE SAND                

23.   FOLLOWING THE LORD                                                       

24.   SPIRITUAL LOVE                                                                  

25.   MYSTICAL MARRIAGE                                                        

26.   THE SPIRITUAL SENSES                                                       

27.   THE GOOD SHEPHERD                                                         

28.   KNOW THYSELF                                                                    

29.   THE ODOR OF SPIKENARD                                                  

30.   THE BUNDLE OF MYRRH                                                    

31.   THE BIRTH OF THE WORD                                                  

32.   THE MIRROR  OF THE  SOUL                                              

33.   THE  EYES  OF  THE  DOVE                                                 

34.   THE LILY OF THE VALLEY                                                 

35.   THE   FRUIT   OF   THE   APPLE   TREE                              

36.   THE MYSTIC WINEPRESS                                                     

37.   THE  ORDER  OF  CHARITY                                                 

38.   THE WOUND  OF LOVE                                                        

39.   THE  DIVINE  OATH                                                               

40.   THE  SPRINGTIME  OF THE  SPIRIT                                   

41. "arise and come"                                                                                           

42.  "the winter is now past"                                                                           

43.  from dove to dove                                                                                       

44.  the cleft of the rock                                                                                  

45.  the little foxes                                                                                             

46.  "forgetting the things that are behind"                                       

47.  love's quest                                                                                                      

48.  the pillar of smoke in the desert                                                         

49.  the guardians of the heart                                                                      

50.  the doctrine of infinite growth                                                           

51.   "come from libanus"                                                                                   

52.  the lions' den                                                                                                    

53.  the mirror of the church                                                                          

54.  the single eye                                                                                                    

55.  an odor of sweetness                                                                                  

56.  the honeycomb                                                                                                 

57.  the garment of virtue                                                                                

58.  the garden enclosed                                                                                    

59.  the fountain sealed up                                                                              

60.  the paradise of the soul                                                                           

61.  THE POMEGRANATE                                                               

62.  THE SYMBOL OF SAFFRON                                                  

63.  THE SYMBOL OF CINNAMON                                              

64.  THE WELL OF LIVING WATER                                              

65.  THE FOOD OF THE BRIDEGROOM                                      

66.  sober intoxication                                                                              

67.  watchful sleep                                                                                      

68.  angelic vigilance                                                                                

69.  bubbling spring                                                                                     

70.  the nocturnal dew                                                                             

71.  the garment of the flesh                                                                 

72.  the symbol of pure feet                                                                     

73.  the myrrh of penance                                                                        

74.  the door of the spirit                                                                        

75.  the successive purifications                                                          

76.  the body of christ                                                                              

77.  the new creation                                                                                 

78.  the symbol of closed eyes                                                             

79.  the mystical night of the soul                                                    

80.  the good samaritan                                                                          

81.  "my beloved to me"                                                                          

82.  the wings of the dove                                                                      

83.   "one is my dove"                                                                                

notes on the texts by HerbertMusurillo, S.J.