Events Tagged: "mystical"

December 6: St. Thomas's mystical experience - After Mass, tells Reginald: 'All that I have written seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me'

St. Philip Neri - Mystical experience in San Sebastiano catacombs - Globe of fire enters mouth, lodges in chest - Christ: 'I have chosen you to be the apostle of My love in Rome' - Physical exam reveals enlarged heart

Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises published - Secret method for spiritual transformation through imagination - Four-week program creating total loyalty - Creates reproducible system for mystical experience

St. Teresa of Ávila - First vision of Christ - Christ appears wounded: 'Do not be afraid, My daughter, I am here and I will not abandon you' - 'The beauty of His hands is beyond description'

St. John of the Cross dies - 'Tonight I shall be in heaven' - Body exudes mysterious fragrance for months

Descartes's three dreams - 'Evil Genius' night near Ulm - 'I was filled with enthusiasm and discovered foundations of wonderful science' - Creates mechanical physics from mystical vision

Blessed Marie of the Incarnation arrives in New France - Mystical union while teaching native children - 'I saw all nations in the Heart of Jesus'