{"product_id":"the-life-of-the-servant-9780718893439","title":"The Life of the Servant","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the classics of medieval mysticism, this is the autobiographical account of Suso's spiritual journey, as told to a woman who sought his counsel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf this is not heaven, I do not know what heaven is, for all the suffering that can ever be put into words, could not enable anyone to earn such a reward and for ever possess it.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA central figure in Christian mystical literature, the Dominican Prior Henry Suso was the author of the seminal work The Life of the Servant. Transcribed by an enlightened amanuensis without his explicit consent, Suso began burning the manuscript until a heavenly missive from God decreed that the text should be spared further desecration. The remaining fragments of that conflagration are vividly resurrected in this volume, elegantly translated by James M. Clark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuso's subjective account of the spiritual and invisible world, told in prose of unsurpassed poetic beauty, is reflective of the ardent spirituality of his devotion. Informed by severe\u003cbr\u003emortifications, visions, ecstasies and revelations, this canonical text endures as a sublime cultural artefact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResonating profoundly with contemporary concerns about austerity and materialism, this classic text of mysticism is once again accessible to a new generation of readers and to those existing admirers seeking to re-evaluate its many virtues.","brand":"Henry Suso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49056451264763,"sku":"9780718893439","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c47e4635-8536-48fa-b40e-a36ceda4ef25.jpg?v=1783499491","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-life-of-the-servant-9780718893439","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}