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59:14th century
31:(attributed)
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1020:Simone Weil
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573:Bonaventure
346:Charismatic
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175:Monasticism
151:Neoplatonic
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1172:Philokalia
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487:11th
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455:Syncletica
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333:Abstinence
224:Meditation
217:Meditation
199:Asceticism
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536:Dominican
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255:Hesychasm
204:Mendicant
170:Practices
126:Ascetical
121:Apophatic
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502:Guigo II
470:Hilarion
351:Esoteric
339:Esoteric
282:Hesychia
269:Quietism
90:a series
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1252:Inferno
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1068:, 1989)
743:Spanish
623:Flemish
591:English
363:People
310:Kenosis
301:Theosis
192:Silence
156:Henosis
68:Germany
36:Subject
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1075:(2003)
868:Others
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783:Others
684:Female
656:German
440:Poemen
388:Origen
25:Author
1345:Satan
44:Genre
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