Holy Wisdom: Or Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation, Extracted Out of More Than Forty Treatises (Classic Reprint)

Unlock the practice of contemplative prayer with a trusted, centuries‑old guide.

This edition presents Augustine Baker’s Holy Wisdom as a thorough path for drawing closer to God through interior prayer, contemplation, and disciplined living.

Structured as a practical compendium, it gathers the author’s directions across four treatises: mortification, the prayer life, the exercises of will, and the contemplative state. It offers framed guidance on how God communicates, how to obtain inner light, and how to sustain focus in doubt or distraction. While rooted in the religious life, the work speaks to readers seeking a deeper interior discipline, whether in a religious community or personal devotion.

• Insights on self‑discipline and the mortifications that support interior prayer.
• Clear discussions of meditation, contemplation, and the stages of internal prayer.
• Practical exercises and scenarios for applying these practices in daily life and in various religious states.
• Context about the historical development of contemplative instruction and its aims.

Ideal for readers drawn to devotional spirituality, contemplative practice, and the history of prayer formation.