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Alonso, Dámaso. La Poesia de San Juan de la Cruz. Madrid: Aguilar, 1942.

Anderson, George M. "Maxims as a Source for Prayer." Contemplative Review 14 (Summer 1981): 10 13.

Balfe, Kathleen Mary. Thoughts of Saint John of the Cross for Every Day. New York: Benziger, 1924.

Baruzi, Jean. Saint Jean de la Croix et le Problème de l'Expérience Mystique. Paris: Librairie Felix Alcan, 1924.

A Benedictine of Stanbrook Abbey. Mediaeval Mystical Tradition and Saint John of the Cross. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1954.

Brenan, Gerald. St. John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry. Poetry translated by Lynda Nicholson. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1973.

Bruno de Jésus-Marie. St. John of the Cross. Edited by Benedict Zimmerman. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1932.

Bruno de Jésus-Marie, ed. Three Mystics: El Greco, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila. London: Sheed and Ward, 1952.

Campbell, Camille Anne. "Creation-Centered Carmelites: Teresa and John." Spiritual Life 28 (1982): 15 25.

Center, David. "Christian Freedom and The Nights of St. John of the Cross." Carmelite Studies 2 (1982): 3 80.

Collings, Ross. John of the Cross. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, Michael Glazier Book, 1990.

Conlon, Dermot. "Synonyms and the World around Us." Contemplative Review 19 (Summer 1986): 11 15.

Crisógono de Jesus Sacramentado. The Life of St. John of the Cross. Translated by Kathleen Pond. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958.

Cristiani, Leon. St. John of the Cross: Prince of Mystical Theology. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1962.

Cugno, Alain. Saint John of the Cross: Reflections on Mystical Experience. New York: Seabury Press, 1982.

Culligan, Kevin G. Toward a Model of Spiritual Direction Based on the Writings of Saint John of the Cross and Carl R. Rogers. Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, 1979; Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1981.

. "Mysticism, Transformation and Spiritual Disciplines: the Teachings of St. John of the Cross." Spiritual Life 30 (1984): 131 142.

Cutri, Mary Paul. "The Touch of God: Human/Divine Intimacy." Spiritual Life 30 (1984): 157 162.

D'Souza, Camillus-Paul. "Poverty and Prayer in St. John of the Cross." Carmelite Studies 1 (1980): 204 212.

Dicken, E.W. Trueman. The Crucible of Love: A Study of the Mysticism of St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1963.

Dodd, Michael. "Divinization in John of the Cross." Spiritual Life 24 (1978): 258 263.

. "Saint John of the Cross and Friendship." Spiritual Life 26 (1980): 194 204.

. "Beginners and the Spiritual Canticle: A Reflection." Spiritual Life 29 (1983): 195 208.

Doohan, Leonard. "The Contemporary Significance of the Life and Works of St. John of the Cross." Studies in Formative Spirituality 13 (1992): 9-17.

. "John of the Cross and the Laity." Spiritual Life 39 (1993): 164- 174.

. "Personal Fulfillment in the Life and Teachings of St. John of the Cross." Living Prayer (January-February 1988): 28 32.

Edwards, Denis. "Experience of God and Explicit Faith: A Comparison of John of the Cross and Karl Rahner." Thomist 46 (1982): 33 74.

Edwards, Maria. "Depression or Dark Night?" Contemplative Review 18 (Winter 1985): 34 37.

Fischer, Roland. "Interpretation and Meaning of a Visionary Drawing by St. John of the Cross." Studia Mystica 3 (1980): 60 73.

Florent, Lucien-Marie. "Spiritual Direction According to St. John of the Cross." Carmelite Studies 1 (1980): 3 34.

Frost, Bede. Saint John of the Cross: An Introduction to His Philosophy, Theology, and Spirituality. New York: Harper and Bros., 1937.

Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen. St. John of the Cross: Doctor of Divine Love and Contemplation. Translated by a Benedictine of Stanbrook Abbey. Westminster, MD: The Newman Press, 1954.

. The Spiritual Director According to the Principles of St. John of the Cross. Translated by a Benedictine of Stanbrook Abbey. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1951.

Galilea, Segundo. The Future of Our Past: The Spanish Mystics Speak to Contemporary Spirituality. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1985.

Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald. Christian Perfection and Contemplation According to St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John of the Cross. Translated by M. Timothea Doyle. St. Louis: Herder, 1946.

Giallanza, Joel. "Spiritual Direction According to St. John of the Cross." Contemplative Review 11 (Fall 1978): 31 37.

. "Myths of Detachment." Spiritual Life 27 (1981): 210 218.

. "Weariness in the Spiritual Life." Spiritual Life 29 (1983): 10 17.

Gicovate, Bernard. St. John of the Cross. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1971.

Green, Deirdre. "St. John of the Cross and Mystical Unknowing." Religious Studies 22 (1986): 29 40.

Gregson, Vernon J. "The Dark Night: a Text and its Contemporary Personal and Social Significance." Catholic Theological Society of America Proceedings 39 (1984): 175 181.

Griffin, Michael. "The Ladder of Love of St. John of the Cross." Spiritual Life 29 (1983): 3 9.

Haas, Capistran J. "Saint John of the Cross: Poet." Spiritual Life 28 (1982): 219 225.

Hardy, Richard P. "Solitude: A Sanjuanist Perspective." Eglise et Théologie 6 (1975): 5 23.

. " Silencio Divino': A Sanjuanist Study." Eglise et Théologie 7 (1976): 219 233.

. "Nursing: A Sanjuanist Image." Science et Esprit 28 (1976): 297 307.

. "Early Biographical Documentation on Juan de la Cruz." Science et Esprit 30 (1978): 313 323.

. "A Personality Sketch." Ephemerides Carmeliticae 29 (1978): 507 518.

. "Fidelity to God in the Mystical Experience of Fray Juan de la Cruz." Eglise et Théologie 11 (1980): 57 75.

. The Search for Nothing: The Life of John of the Cross. New York: Crossroad, 1982.

Howe, Elizabeth T. "The Crowded Night: the Concatenation of Imagery in the Dark Night of Saint John of the Cross."

Studia Mystica 8 (1985): 59 69.

. Mystical Imagery: Santa Teresa de Jesus and San Juan de la Cruz. New York: Peter Lang, 1988.

John of the Cross. The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez. With Revisions and Introductions by Kieran Kavanaugh. Rev. ed. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1991.

. The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross. Translated and edited by E. Allison Peers, 3 vols. 3rd rev. ed. Westminster, Md.: Newman Press, 1953.

. John of the Cross: Selected Writings. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh. New York: Paulist Press, 1987.

Kane, Thomas. "Gentleness in John of the Cross." Parts 1 3. Contemplative Review 14 (Winter 1981): 1 8; 15 (Spring 1982): 20 24; 15 (Summer 1982): 14 19.

Keller, Joseph. "The Function of Paradox in Mystical Discourse (John of the Cross)." Studia Mystica 6 (1983): 3 19.

Kristo, Jure. "The Interpretation of Religious Experience: What Do Mystics Intend When They Talk about their Experience?"

Journal of Religion 62 (1982): 21 38.

Lund, Leslie. "Carmel and World Transformation." Spiritual Life 29 (1983): 97 105.

. "Desire in St. John of the Cross." Spiritual Life 31 (1985): 83 100.

Mallory, Marilyn May. Christian Mysticism: Transcending Techniques: A Theological Reflection on the Empirical Testing of the Teaching of St. John of the Cross. Amsterdam: Van Gorcum Assen, 1977.

McGarty, Bernard. "Images from Nature in the Spiritual Canticle of St. John of the Cross."

Spiritual Life 25 (1979): 166 175.

McInnis, Judy B. "Eucharistic and Conjugal Symbolism in The Spiritual Canticle of Saint John of the Cross." Renascence 36 (1984): 118 138.

Nieto, José C. Mystic, Rebel, Saint: A Study of St. John of the Cross. Geneva: Librarie Droz, 1979.

O'Donoghue, Noel Dermot. Mystics for Our Time: Carmelite Meditations for a New Age. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989.

Pacho, Eulogio. San Juan de la Cruz y sus Escritos. Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 1969.

Padilla, Gilbert. "The Hidden Beloved One." Spiritual Life 30 (1984): 174 176.

Peers, E. Allison. Handbook to the Life and Times of St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1954.

. Studies of the Spanish Mystics. Vol. I. New York: Macmillan, 1951. Vol. II. London: SPCK, 1960.

. Spirit of Flame: A Study of St. John of the Cross. Wilton, CT: Morehouse-Barlow Co., 1944 (reprinted 1979).

Pelayo, Menéndez. La Mistica Española. Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado, 1956.

Pellicane, Mary. "The Spiritual Journey." Contemplative Review 9 (Summer 1976): 17 21.

Ruiz Salvador, Frederico. Introducción a San Juan de la Cruz. Madrid: BAC, 1968.

, et al. God Speaks in the Night: The Life, Times, and Teaching of St. John of the Cross. Trans. by Kieran Kavanaugh. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1991.

Russell, Paul T. "The Humanity of Christ in St. John of the Cross." Spiritual Life 30 (1984): 143 156.

Sencourt, Robert. Carmelite and Poet: A Framed Portrait of St. John of the Cross. New York: Macmillan, 1944.

Stein, Edith. The Science of the Cross: A Study of St. John of the Cross. Edited by L. Gelber and Romaeus Leuven. Translated by Hilda Graef. London: Burns and Oates, 1960.

Streng, Frederick John. "The Ontology of Silence and Comparative Mysticism." Philosophy Today 27 (1983): 121 127.

Sullivan, John. "Night and Light: The Poet John of the Cross and the Exultet' of the Easter Liturgy." Ephemerides Carmeliticae 27 (1976): 453 488.

Tavard, George H. Poetry and Contemplation in St. John of the Cross. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 1988.

Teresa of Avila, St. The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez. 3 vols. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1976 1987.

Thompson, Colin P. The Poet and the Mystic: A Study of the Cántico Espiritual of San Juan de la Cruz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.

Tillyer, Desmond B. Union with God: The Teaching of St. John of the Cross. Lincoln, RI: Mowbray, 1984.

Turner, Denys. "St. John of the Cross and Depression." Downside Review 106 (1988): 157 170.

Welch, John. When Gods Die: An Introduction to John of the Cross. New York: Paulist, 1990.

Wojtyla, Karol. Faith According to St. John of the Cross. Translated by Jordan Aumann. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1981.

"The Question of Faith in St. John of the Cross." Carmelite Studies 2 (1982): 223 273.

Zimmerman, Benedict, ed. St. John of the Cross. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1932.