Purgative Way – Contemplative Homeschool

3 Mar 2015

The Purgative versus the Illuminative Way

by Connie Rossini | posted in: Prayer and Virtue | 5

In our study of Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle, we have come to the end of the third mansions, the end of the Purgative Way. The fourth mansions begin the second stage of the spiritual life, the Illuminative Way. … Continued

6 Sep 2013

3 conversions of the purgative way

by crossini4774 | posted in: Books, Videos, and Events, Prayer and Virtue | 21

Going through old files today, I came across a Secular Carmelite newsletter from 1997. In it our community’s spiritual director wrote about the three stages of conversion in the purgative way. His source was Fr. Benedict Groeschel’s Spiritual Passages: … Continued