The French mystic compares souls to streams: some sluggish, some rushing, all seeking the ocean of God. Through dialogues between the soul and its Lord, she traces the stripping away of consolations, virtues and even reputation until nothing of self remains. This edition, translated from the Paris text of 1790, carries the front matter of a combined volume but contains only this treatise.
A central text of Quietism, the movement that brought Guyon imprisonment and influenced Fénelon, for anyone drawn to the literature of contemplative prayer. Download the free EPUB.