Into the Dark Night and Back: the Mystical Writings of Jean-Joseph Surin (Jesuit Studies)

Sluhovsky, Moshe (EDT)/ Ranum, Patricia M. (TRN)

Brill（2018/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 548 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004387645

Full Description

The French mystic Jean-Joseph Surin (1600-65) was the chief exorcist during the infamous demonic possession in Loudun in 1634-37. During the exorcism, a demon entered Surin's own soul, and the exorcist became demoniac. He spent the following eighteen years of his life mute and paralyzed. All the while his troubled mind conversed with God, and he composed hymns and poems that tried to comprehend his agony. Surin left detailed descriptions of the dramatic events that shaped his life and fascinated his fellow Jesuits. But Surin was also an author of spiritual texts, a spiritual director of souls, a poet, and a prolific correspondent. This volume is the first to offer English readers a comprehensive selection of Surin's mystical writings.

Contents

Introduction

 Moshe Sluhovsky

Some Words from the Translator: Texts, Translation, Glossary

 Patricia M. Ranum

Glossary

The Triumph of Divine Love over the Powers of Hell

The Experimental Science of the Things of the Other Life

From the Translator, The Spiritual Poems: An Epic

 Patricia M. Ranum

 Mystical Prologue Addressed to Jesus Christ

 Cantiques

 Deed of Gift Executed in the Donor's Lifetime, Made in Favor of Jesus Christ by One of His Servants

Introduction to the Letters

 Moshe Sluhovsky

Letters

Bibliography

Index