The Mystical Explanation of the Canticle of Canticles
Translated by Henry Benedict Mackey
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The opening
Argument
This book treats of the way to arrive at a perfect form of mental prayer; it points out the obstacles thereto, the remedies for these obstacles, and by how many degrees we can arrive thereat. The scene is Jerusalem, the militant Church.
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- The words
- Henry Benedict Mackey's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
- Printed ornaments and dividers
- Pictures and their captions