IGNATIAN MYSTICISM: A MYSTICISM OF ACTION

Abstract

Ignatius Loyola lived at a time of transition and turmoil in the West. His mysticism played a definite role in the forms of Christian spirituality emerging from that period. The West now seems to be experiencing a new transition period. If the number of people asking to make the Spiritual Exercises may be taken as an indication, Ignatius' spirituality may once again exert a major influence on the future of Western spirituality