Introduction: Pioneers of the spirit
The way of the desert : Antony and the desert fathers
The way of love : Bernard of Clairvaux
The way of visions : Hildegard of Bingen
The way of joy : Francis of Assisi
The way of suffering : Catherine of Siena
The way of service : Ignatius of Loyola
The way of union : Teresa of Avila
The way of darkness : John of the Cross
The way of the artist : John Donne and England's metaphysical poets
The way of the inner light : George Fox
The way of the pilgrim : lessons on prayer from an unknown seeker
The way of childlike love : Therese of Lisieux
The way of the modern mystic : Thomas Merton.