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Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart's sermons and treatises on detachment, spiritual poverty, divine birth, and the soul's union with God.
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In Principio erat VerbumMeister Eckhart's sermon on John 1:1 — the four ways of knowing the eternal Word, and the soul's capacity to receive the naked Godhead.On DetachmentMeister Eckhart's treatise on detachment as the highest virtue — above love, mercy, and humility — translated by C. de B. Evans.On Spiritual PovertyMeister Eckhart's tractate on the four kinds of spiritual poverty — the soul's progressive emptying toward complete union with God.RiddanceMeister Eckhart's sermon on the three obstacles to hearing God — body, number, and time — and the soul's union with God through complete self-surrender.Talks of InstructionMeister Eckhart's twenty-three Talks of Instruction — practical spiritual counsel given to Dominican novices c. 1300, translated by C. de B. Evans.The Book of BenedictusThe Book of Benedictus — Meister Eckhart's two-part mystical treatise on divine consolation and the noble soul, translated by C. de B. Evans.The Castle of the SoulMeister Eckhart's sermon on the soul's inmost ground — the nameless fastness beyond all powers, where God enters only as the undivided One.The Eternal BirthMeister Eckhart's sermon on the birth of the eternal Son within the soul — the return to the ground, the darkness of unknowing, and the hook of love.