The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage

Jan van Ruusbroec — translated from the Flemish by C. A. Wynschenk Dom, edited with an introduction and notes by Evelyn Underhill (London: J. M. Dent, 1916), from CCEL.

Ruusbroec’s masterpiece, called in Flemish Die Chierheit der gheestelijker Brulocht — the Spiritual Espousals — on the three lives of the Christian: active, inward, and contemplative, all of them the answer to Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him. Printed here with The Sparkling Stone and The Book of Supreme Truth.

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Contents (99)

1. The First Book
2. The First Book, Chapter 1
3. The First Book, Chapter 2
4. The First Book, Chapter 3
5. The First Book, Chapter 4
6. The First Book, Chapter 5
7. The First Book, Chapter 6
8. The First Book, Chapter 7
9. The First Book, Chapter 8
10. The First Book, Chapter 9
11. The First Book, Chapter 10
12. The First Book, Chapter 11
13. The First Book, Chapter 12
14. The First Book, Chapter 13
15. The First Book, Chapter 14
16. The First Book, Chapter 15
17. The First Book, Chapter 16
18. The First Book, Chapter 17
19. The First Book, Chapter 18
20. The First Book, Chapter 19
21. The First Book, Chapter 20
22. The First Book, Chapter 21
23. The First Book, Chapter 22
24. The First Book, Chapter 23
25. The First Book, Chapter 24
26. The First Book, Chapter 25
27. The First Book, Chapter 26
28. The Second Book, Prologue
29. The Second Book, Chapter 1
30. The Second Book, Chapter 2
31. The Second Book, Chapter 3
32. The Second Book, Chapter 4
33. The Second Book, Chapter 5
34. The Second Book, Chapter 6
35. The Second Book, Chapter 7
36. The Second Book, Chapter 8
37. The Second Book, Chapter 9
38. The Second Book, Chapter 10
39. The Second Book, Chapter 11
40. The Second Book, Chapter 12
41. The Second Book, Chapter 13
42. The Second Book, Chapter 14
43. The Second Book, Chapter 15
44. The Second Book, Chapter 16
45. The Second Book, Chapter 17
46. The Second Book, Chapter 18
47. The Second Book, Chapter 19
48. The Second Book, Chapter 20
49. The Second Book, Chapter 21
50. The Second Book, Chapter 22
51. The Second Book, Chapter 23
52. The Second Book, Chapter 24
53. The Second Book, Chapter 25
54. The Second Book, Chapter 26
55. The Second Book, Chapter 27
56. The Second Book, Chapter 28
57. The Second Book, Chapter 29
58. The Second Book, Chapter 30
59. The Second Book, Chapter 31
60. The Second Book, Chapter 32
61. The Second Book, Chapter 33
62. The Second Book, Chapter 34
63. The Second Book, Chapter 35
64. The Second Book, Chapter 36
65. The Second Book, Chapter 37
66. The Second Book, Chapter 38
67. The Second Book, Chapter 39
68. The Second Book, Chapter 40
69. The Second Book, Chapter 41
70. The Second Book, Chapter 42
71. The Second Book, Chapter 43
72. The Second Book, Chapter 44
73. The Second Book, Chapter 45
74. The Second Book, Chapter 46
75. The Second Book, Chapter 47
76. The Second Book, Chapter 48
77. The Second Book, Chapter 49
78. The Second Book, Chapter 50
79. The Second Book, Chapter 51
80. The Second Book, Chapter 52
81. The Second Book, Chapter 53
82. The Second Book, Chapter 54
83. The Second Book, Chapter 55
84. The Second Book, Chapter 56
85. The Second Book, Chapter 57
86. The Second Book, Chapter 58
87. The Second Book, Chapter 59
88. The Second Book, Chapter 60
89. The Second Book, Chapter 61
90. The Second Book, Chapter 62
91. The Second Book, Chapter 63
92. The Second Book, Chapter 64
93. The Second Book, Chapter 65
94. The Second Book, Chapter 66
95. The Second Book, Chapter 67
96. The Third Book, Chapter 1
97. The Third Book, Chapter 2
98. The Third Book, Chapter 3
99. The Third Book, Chapter 4