Contemplation has been the life of the Carmelite order from its eremitcial beginnings in the Holy Land 8 centuries ago. Following their great 16th cantury Spanish mystics, Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, Carmelites understand the contemplative life as a love affiar with God that transforms human consciousness. Contemplative see with God’s eyes, love with Christ’s heart, and respond to life with the Holy Spirit’s guidance. The essays in this volume of Carmelite Studies, written by nine outstanding teachers of Christian mysticism and Carmelite Spirituality, trace the historical development of Carmel’s contemplative tradition, elucidate it with contemporary theological and psychological insight, and explain its practice in concrete detail.