Chapter M: Maeterlinck’s Introduction to His

TRANSLATION OF “THE ADORNMENT OF
THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE”--

I 1

II 29

SELECTED PASSAGES FROM “THE ADORNMENT
OF THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE”

ON THE KINGDOM OF THE SOUL 122

CHRIST THE SUN OF THE SOUL 126

THE LESSON FROM THE BEE 129

THE DEW OF MID-DAY 130

THE LESSON FROM THE ANT 132

WHAT SHALL THE FORSAKEN DO? 134

THE SETTING OF THE ETERNAL SUN 137

THE NATURE OF GOD 138

THE DIVINE GENEROSITY 139

CHRIST THE LOVER OF ALL MEN 141

HOW CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF TO US IN THE SACRAMENT 142

THE SOUL’S HUNGER FOR GOD 147

THE LABOUR AND REST OF LOVE 150

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 151

THE COMING OF THE BRIDEGROOM 152