"John Wickstrom" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
This is a bit off the mark chronologically, but I want to try the group's
expertise on this question. A colleague of mine is interested in reading
about a supposed mystical vision of St. Ignatius Loyola towards the end of
his life. It apparently happened by a river. Does this sound familiar to
anyone?
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John,
The only river I can think of that is associated with Loyola's mysticism is
the Cardoner. It runs through Manresa, a small town some distance outside of
Barcelona. Ignatius had these mystical experiences mainly in August and
September of 1522, and he left Manresa no later than February 1523, never to
return. He was about 31 at the time and lived another 23 years. He had
numerous mystical experiences after the Manresa period, but I can't think of
one that is associated with a river.
There's not a lot of good biographical work done on Ignatius: the so-called
"Autobiography" (the version translated and edited by J. N. Tylenda, _A
Pilgrim's Journey_ is to be recommended) stops in 1538. The late-16th century
biography by Pedro de Ribadeneyra is available in Latin and Spanish in the
Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu (volume 93). This biography was highly
influential on the hagiography that followed up to the present day. One of
the better twentieth-century biographies is by Candido de Dalmases, available
in English, and entitled simply _Ignatius of Loyola_.
If you had any more information on this late mystical experience of Loyola's
I'd be happy to try to track it down.
Dave
David Collins, S.J.
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
David J. Collins, S.J.
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