The Cell of Self-Knowledge

Description

The Cell of Self-Knowledge is a collection of seven early English Mystical Treatises. Includes: A very Devout Treatise, named Benjamin, of the Mights and Virtues of Man's Soul, and of the Way to True Contemplation, compiled by a Noble and Famous Doctor, a man of great holiness and devotion, named Richard of Saint Victor; Divers Doctrines Devout and Fruitful, taken out of the Life of that Glorious Virgin and Spouse of Our Lord, Saint Katherin of Seenes; A Short Treatise of Contemplation taught by Our Lord Jesu Christ, or taken out of the Book of Margery Kempe, Ancress of Lynn; A Devout Treatise compiled by Master Walter Hylton of the Song of Angels; A Devout Treatise called the Epistle of Prayer; A very necessary Epistle of Discretion in Stirrings of the Soul; and, A Devout Treatise of Discerning of Spirits, very necessary for Ghostly Livers.

This book has 33,166 words, and 52 pages in the PDF version. This edition, edited by Edmund G. Gardner was originally published in 1910.

Production notes: This ebook of The Cell of Self-Knowledge was published by Global Grey in 2019, and updated on the 24th June 2023. The artwork used for the cover is 'The Silent Voice' by Gerald Moira.