Christian mystical texts

book by Thomas à Kempis

1522–1524 set of works by Ignatius of Loyola

book by Johannes Climacus

12th-century religious work

late 14th-century English mystical work

poem by John of the Cross

1588 essay by Teresa of Ávila

200px|right|thumb|Illumination accompanying the third vision of Part I of Scivias Scivias is an illustrated work by Hildegard von Bingen, completed in 1151 or 1152, describing 26 religious visions she experienced. It is the first of three works that she wrote describing her visions, the others being and (also known as ). The title comes from the Latin phrase ('Know the Ways of the Lord'). The book is illustrated by 35 miniature illustrations, more than that are included in her two later books of visions.

14th-century text on Christian mysticism

1180-84 Latin text by H. of Saltrey

Book by Johannes van het Kruis

early medieval liturgical music drama by Hildegard of Bingen

book by Brother Lawrence

medieval book of Christian mystical devotions by Julian of Norwich

book by Faustyna Kowalska

16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross

work by Maria Valtorta

thumb | right | alt=Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife | Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife Sister-books () is the term for a group of texts in the medieval literature. These works were written by Dominican nuns in the first half of the fourteenth century in South Germany and Switzerland. They relate the mystical experiences of