The Inner Castle in the Way of Perfection, Not Specifically for Monks

In the modern day, these books are available to everyone. Many, many people use them as spiritual guidance,. And so taken out of that context, they often become a bit stranger and, in a certain sense, a bit more dangerous. A lot of what people will be undergoing in undertaking this journey will in the material world, and especially in the modern world, would be understood as material melancholy or a depression. But saint john has confidence with people who are t undertake this journey, and really within him himself, and with the journey being given to him by god.