SaintJohnoftheCross：TheDarkNightoftheSoul，bookii。ch。xvii。，inVieetOeuvres，3meedition，Paris，1893，iii。
Chapterxi。ofbookii。ofSaintJohn’sAscentofCarmelisdevotedtoshowingtheharmfulnessforthemysticallifeoftheuseofsensibleimagery。
IcannotpretendtodetailtoyouthesundrystagesoftheChristianmysticallife。[253]Ourtimewouldnotsuffice，foronething；andmoreover，IconfessthatthesubdivisionsandnameswhichwefindintheCatholicbooksseemtometorepresentnothingobjectivelydistinct。Somanymen，somanyminds：I
imaginethattheseexperiencescanbeasinfinitelyvariedasaretheidiosyncrasiesofindividuals。
InparticularIomitmentionofvisualandauditoryhallucinations，verbalandgraphicautomatisms，andsuchmarvelsas“levitation。”stigmatization，andthehealingofdisease。