Chapter 1

THE LIFE OF GRACE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIRST CONVERSION.

THE NECESSITY OF THE INTERIOR LIFE.

THE PRINCIPLE OF THE INTERIOR LIFE.

THE BEGINNING OF ETERNAL LIFE.

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUE CONVERSION.

THE THREE PERIODS OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.

Chapter 2

THE SECOND CONVERSION: ENTRANCE INTO THE ILLUMINATIVE WAY.

THE SECOND CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLES.

WHAT OUR SECOND CONVERSION OUGHT TO BE. THE DEFECTS WHICH RENDER IT NECESSARY.

THE MOTIVES WHICH MUST INSPIRE THE SECOND CONVERSION, AND THE FRUITS THAT DERIVE THEREFROM.

Chapter 3

THE THIRD CONVERSION OR TRANSFORMATION OF THE SOUL: ENTRANCE INTO THE UNITIVE WAY.

THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY GHOST UPON THE APOSTLES.

THE EFFECTS OF THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY GHOST.

THE PURIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT NECESSARY FOR CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.

THE NECESSITY OF THE PURIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT.

HOW DOES GOD PURIFY THE SOUL IN THIS THIRD CONVERSION ?

PRAYER TO THE HOLY GHOST.

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY GHOST.

Chapter 4

THE PROBLEM OF THE THREE STAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IN ASCETICAL AND MYSTICAL THEOLOGY.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM.

PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE THREE STAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.

Chapter 5

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THREE STAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.

BEGINNERS.

PROFICIENTS OR PROGRESSIVES.

THE PERFECT.

Chapter 6

THE PEACE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD: A PRELUDE TO THE LIFE OF HEAVEN.

THE DIVINE AWAKENING.

THE LIVING FLAME.

PAX IN VERITATE.

NOTE ON THE CALL TO THE INFUSED CONTEMPLATION OF THE MYSTERIES OF FAITH.