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Orthodoxy
G.K. Chesterton's brilliant intellectual autobiography, arguing that Christianity is not a cage but the very adventure and romance the heart craves.
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Philokalia
An anthology of Eastern Christian writings on prayer and the spiritual life, drawn from the Desert Fathers and Byzantine mystics.
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Practical Mysticism
Evelyn Underhill shows that mystical life is not reserved for monastery walls but is available to every soul willing to seek God in earnest.
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Sermons on the Song of Songs
St Bernard of Clairvaux's celebrated sermons interpreting the Song of Songs as a revelation of God's love for the soul and for the Church.
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Spiritual Combat
Dom Lorenzo Scupoli's manual for the interior struggle against sin and self-love, a perennial favourite commended by St Francis de Sales.
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St Therese: Story of a Soul
The autobiography of St Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower, whose little way of spiritual childhood has transformed millions of lives worldwide.
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The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin
St Catherine of Siena's mystical dialogue with God the Father, dictated in ecstasy, covering divine providence, prayer, the priesthood, and obedience.
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The Everlasting Man
G.K. Chesterton's sweeping argument that Christ stands at the centre of history, a book that played a key role in C.S. Lewis's conversion.
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Interior Castle or the Mansions
St Teresa of Avila maps the soul's journey through seven dwelling places toward the innermost chamber where God himself dwells in transforming union.
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent
St John Climacus presents thirty steps toward holiness, a classic of Eastern Christian monastic spirituality read every Lent in Eastern churches.
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