Part one: The Pasternak affair; I. In memoriam, II. The people with watch-chains, III. Its spiritual character -- Mount Athos -- The spirituality of Sinai; St. John of the ladder -- Part two: The power and meaning of love -- Christianity and Totalitarianism -- Part Three: Sacred art and the spiritual life -- A renaissance hermit: blessed Paul Giustiniani -- Philosophy of solitude -- Light in darkness: The ascetic doctrine of St. John of the cross -- The primitive Carmelite ideal; I. The prophetic spirit, II. Carmelite origins III. The fiery arrow, IV. Reform and apostolate, V. Carmelite deserts -- Absurdity in sacred decoration -- St. Bernard: monk and apostle.
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