The High Vision of the Soul’s Relation to Divine Reality
In this book Evelyn Underhill examines the life of Jan van Ruusbroec—rendered here in English as John van Ruysbroeck—and provides an overview of his works, examining in greater detail his understanding of God and humanity. She then discusses his approach to the spiritual life, seeing how he plumbs the depths of the interior life, before concluding with the “‘Superessential Life’ of Unity.” In all of this she demonstrates her joy in the “new and living jewel—or, in his own words, a ‘sparkling stone’—which reflects the actual radiance of the Uncreated Light.”