{"product_id":"the-journey-of-the-mind-to-god","title":"The Journey of the Mind to God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn viam pacis. Six steps up the mountain, and a seventh where the mind passes over into rest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.6em 0 .7em;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=DePatXk4e57qhX2GLOjUFGbtAgskgWXTdaTNMZy82ob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:16px 32px;margin:0 12px 12px 0;border:2px solid #3D2E1E;background:#3D2E1E;color:#F8F4EA;\"\u003eBuy the Paperback\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=Wi6yP4xYbHDeGtCJoTWwpSzVW7IN73dKcMr2Wz1aWR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:16px 32px;margin:0 12px 12px 0;border:2px solid #3D2E1E;background:transparent;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eBuy the Hardcover\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:0 0 1.9em;\"\u003eOrders are placed and shipped through IngramSpark. This page is a catalogue listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Bonaventure, the Seraphic Doctor, wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Journey of the Mind to God\u003c\/em\u003e in 1259 on Mount La Verna, the mountain where Saint Francis had received the stigmata from a six-winged Seraph. Taking those six wings as his figure, Bonaventure leads the soul up six steps of contemplation: first through the vestiges of God in the visible world, then through His image imprinted on the mind, and at last to the contemplation of Being and of the Good itself, until, at a seventh step, the mind passes over into a mystical rest in God. It is one of the enduring masterpieces of Christian mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith it is gathered his shorter \u003cem\u003eOn the Reduction of the Arts to Theology\u003c\/em\u003e, which shows how every light of human knowledge, from the mechanical arts through the senses and philosophy, descends from and leads back to the one Light that is God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Sanctified Souls Press edition presents both works complete and continuous, in the translation of Philotheus Boehner, O.F.M., on cream paper, for reading and keeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaint Bonaventure (c. 1217–1274), the Seraphic Doctor, Doctor of the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated by Philotheus Boehner, O.F.M., \u003cem\u003eWorks of Saint Bonaventure\u003c\/em\u003e, 1955–1956\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo works complete: the \u003cem\u003eItinerarium Mentis in Deum\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn the Reduction of the Arts to Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanctified Souls, Heritage Editions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 60 pages, cream paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:1.6em 0 0;\"\u003eCover: \u003cem\u003eGod the Father Supported by Angels\u003c\/em\u003e, Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669), pen and brown ink, c. 1655–1660. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 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