MOVEMENTS IN THE SOUL

A STUDY OF THE PRACTICE
OF RECOLLECTION

A series of six reflections led by
Julienne McLean and Viv Stacey
October 2007– March 2008

The text for study was a selection from The Third Spiritual Alphabet – a practical guide for a simple, Christ-centred, inner spirituality, by Francisco de Osuna (c.1492-c1540). His teaching on recollection formed the thought of Teresa of Avila, the great Carmelite teacher on prayer in the Spanish golden age of mysticism.

‘This prayer is called ‘recollection’ because the soul collects its
faculties together and enters within itself to be with its God’
Teresa de Avila

Contents list for resources from the series