Christian Mystical and Devotional Texts

Devotional and contemplative writing within the Christian mystical tradition, the medieval Cloud of Unknowing and Imitation of Christ, the Carmelite mystics Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle and John of the Cross's Dark Night of the Soul and Ascent of Mount Carmel, and Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises. It belongs here for a text whose primary purpose is devotional or contemplative guidance, distinct from the doctrinal and canonical works filed under this atlas's Christian Scriptures grouping.