CONTENTS

             

THE DIVINE ORDINANCE
IN THE TETRAMORPH


    Meditation 1: The First Encounter         
  
    Meditation 2: The Celestial City        
  
    Meditation 3: The Jewels or Foundation Stones        
  
    Meditation 4: The Distinctive Ornament of the High Priest         
  
    Meditation 5: The Twelve Memorial Stones at Gilgal         
  
    Meditation 6: The Protective Role of the Sanctuary in the Life of Grace        
 
    Meditation 7: The Importance of  Recollection in the Prayer        
  
    Meditation 8: The Sanctuary as the Soul’s Fortress         
  
    Meditation 9: The Spiritual Construction of the Sanctuary         
  
    Meditation 10: The Ground Plan of the Sanctuary         
  
    Meditation 11: The Sanctuary as a Jacob’s Ladder to Heaven         
  
    Meditation 12: The Three Foundational Virtues         
  
    Meditation 13: The Growth of the Virtues         
  
    Meditation 14: The Divine Order of March of the Hebrews          
  
    Meditation 15: The Mystery of the Tetramorph         
  
    Meditation 16: The Cross of the Tetramorph         
  
    Meditation 17: The Western Quarter of the Tetramorph          
  
    Meditation 18: The Blessed Virgin and the Tetramorph         
  
    Meditation 19: The Greater Tools and the Sacraments         
  
    Meditation 20: The Sacraments as the Soul’s Spiritual Adornment        
  
    Meditation 21: The High Priest’s  Vestments and the Jewels        
  
    Meditation 22: The High Priest’s Vestments and Our Father        



THE DIVINE LADDER OF LOVE
AND THE FORMATION OF
THE ROYAL IMAGE



THE COURTYARD

    Meditation 23: The Northern Quarter of the Tetramorph         
  
    Meditation 24: The Purifying Effects of the Emerald         
  
    Meditation 25: The Message of the Gateway and the Naked Feet        
  
    Meditation 26: The Sevenfold Protection of the Holy Name          
  
    Meditation 27: A Growing Remembrance of God at the Altar         
  
    Meditation 28: The Holy Spirit’s School of Prayer         
  
    Meditation 29: The First Five Letters of the Spiritual Alphabet       
  
    Meditation 30: The Following Five Spiritual Letters       
  
    Meditation 31: The Shining White Curtains and the Letters K and L       
  
    Meditation 32: The Framework and the Spiritual Letters M to R       
  
    Meditation 33: The Pillars and the Spiritual Letters S to W       
  
    Meditation 34: The Light Pillars of the Prayer       
  
    Meditation 35: The Healing of a Sick Will       
  
    Meditation 36: The Bronze Laver as Mirror of Conscience       
  
    Meditation 37: The Purification of the Sensuous Nature       
  
    Meditation 38: A Lasting Relationship with the King of Eternal Life       
  
    Meditation 39: The Ladder of Eternal Life       
  
    Meditation 40: The After Death Experience       
  
    Meditation 41: The Eastern Quarter of the Tetramorph       
  
    Meditation 42: The Dark Night of the Senses       
  
    Meditation 43: The Mystery of the Four Jewels in the Courtyard       
  
    Meditation 44: The Way of the Cross       
  
    Meditation 45: The Souls as Mirror beings in the Life of Grace       
  
    Meditation 46: The Illumination of the Celestial Hierarchies       
  
    Meditation 47: The Vision of the New Jerusalem       
  
    Meditation 48: The Divine Mercy of Healing       
  
    Meditation 49: The Trinitarian Mystery       
  
    Meditation 50: The Blessed Virgin in her Role as Hodigitria       
   

   

THE HOLY

    Meditation 51: The Golden Table of Loaves       
  
    Meditation 52: The Mystery of the Two Rows of Loaves       
  
    Meditation 53: The Mystery of the Descending and Ascending       
  
    Meditation 54: The Clean Table of the Vision of the Presence       
  
    Meditation 55: The Garden of the Heart       
  
    Meditation 56: Christ, the Wall Breaker       
  
    Meditation 57: The Ointment of  Christ’s Eye       
  
    Meditation 58: The Sevenfold Divine Gifts       
  
    Meditation 59: The Flowers of the Infused Virtues       
  
    Meditation 60: Christification as Revealed by the Lamp Stand       
  
    Meditation 61: The Rising of the Morning Star       
  
    Meditation 62: The Southern Quarter of the Tetramorph       
  
    Meditation 63: The Golden Altar of Incense       
  
    Meditation 64: Purity of the Heart and the Breastplate       
  
    Meditation 65: The Sweet Offering of the New Covenant       
  
    Meditation 66: The Superimposition of the Life in Christ       
  
    Meditation 67: From Becoming to Being       
  
    Meditation 68: The Angelic Cross of the Desert Fathers       
  
    Meditation 69: Abba Isaac’s Tetramorph       
  
    Meditation 70: The Ancient Icelandic Tetramorph       
  
    Meditation 71: Teresa of Avila’s Tetramorph       
  
    Meditation 72: On the Right Track       
  
    Meditation 73: The Third entrance       
  
    Meditation 74: The Community of Sweet Songs       
  
    Meditation 75: The Two Emeralds       
  
    Meditation 76: The Great Night of the Redemption       




THE HOLY OF HOLIES
   

Meditation 77: A Living Gilgal      
  
Meditation 78: The Light of Glory       
  
Meditation 79: The Unstained Raiment of the Bridal Feast      
  
Meditation 80: An Abode of the Trinity      
  
Meditation 81: The Crown of Life       
  
Meditation 82: The Golden House of God       
  
Meditation 83: The Frames as a Barricade of the Virtues       
  
Meditation 84: The Fourfold Shield of the Heart      
  
Meditation 85: The Tetramorph of the Four Cardinal Virtues       
  
Meditation 86: The First Fabric Reveals Christ’s Wisdom       
  
Meditation 87: The Second Fabric Reveals Christ’s Justice      
  
Meditation 88: The Third Fabric Reveals Christ’s Sanctification       
  
Meditation 89: The Fourth Fabric Reveals Christ’s Redemption      
  
Meditation 90: The Abysmal Depth of Christ’s Love       

   


THE CHURCH AS AN IMAGE OF THE TRINITY

Meditation 1: Alitteration in Stones       
  
Meditation 2: The Victorious Church and Call to Unity       
  
Meditation 3: The Perpetual Coming of Christ      
  
Meditation 4: A Perfume of “Glad Songs” (Sg 2. 12)    
 

      

APPENDIX A: THE CHAPLET OF THE SPARKLING JEWELS      

APPENDIX B: THE DESCENDING OF THE HOLY CITY             

GLOSSARY OF TERMS  

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES AND PLACES  
           
BIBLIOGRAPHY