Table of Contents

Part 1. Setting the Scene
Introduction and Prolegomena
1. The Nature of Enlightenment
2. The Spiritual Guide, Enlightenment, and Spiritual Peace
3. Dynamic Passivity and World Religions
4. Quietism and Dynamic Passivity - the Difference

Part 2. Quietism and Mystical Prayer
5. A Brief History of Quietism
6. Quietism and Miguel de Molinos
7. The Spiritual Guide and St John of the Cross

Part 3. Dynamic Passivity and its Expressions
8. Dynamic Passivity and the Void
9. Dynamic Passivity and Theology
10. Dynamic Passivity and Philosophy
11. Dynamic Passivity and Psychology
12. Dynamic Passivity and Art

Part 4. The Spiritual Guide: Its Contemporary Relevance
13. The Spiritual Guide and the Dilemma of Our Times
14. Towards a Spirituality for Our Times
15. Jesus Christ is Health

Part 5. Epilogue

Conclusion: The Spiritual Guide and the Rich Treasure of Interior Peace
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Trevor Boiling took his doctorate at Liverpool University on the Spiritual Guide of Miguel de Molinos. He has spent his working life as a lecturer in languages in various colleges of further and higher education. He is married with a grown-up daughter. Miguel de Molinos, born in 1628, was the founder of Quietism, to which he adhered in its most extreme form. From 1663 he lived principally at Rome, and in 1675 his Guida Spirituale was published. In 1685 Molinos was condemned by the Inquisition and died whilst being imprisoned.