The Journey of the Mind into God is Bonaventure's compact map of contemplative ascent, written after meditation on Francis of Assisi's vision of the six-winged seraph at La Verna. The work is structured around six stages, corresponding to the seraph's wings, by which the mind rises through creation, the self, and the names of God before passing beyond conceptual mastery into ecstatic union.
Bonaventure (c. 1217-1274) · AuthorThe Journey of the Mind into God
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Bonaventure
· Italian Franciscan theologian, minister general, cardinal and Doctor of the Church