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INTRODUCTION ix
I. EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION 1
II. AS A SECULAR PRIEST IN BRUSSELS 6
III. FALSE MYSTICS 10
IV. THE HERMITAGE OF GROENENDAEL 17
V. THE CANONS REGULAR OF GROENENDAEL 25
VI. PRIOR OF GROENENDAEL 33
VII. RUYSBROECK'S TREE 43
VIII. A DIRECTOR OF SOULS 47
IX. RUYSBROECK AND GERARD GROOTE 50
X. RUYSBROECK AND WINDESHEIM 58
XI. THE WRITINGS OF RUYSBROECK 67
XII. THE TEACHING OF RUYSBROECK 93
XIII. SOME APPRECIATIONS 105
XIV. LAST DAYS 118
XV. THE CULTUS OF BLESSED JOHN RUYSBROECK 124