Madame Guyon - A Short and Easy Method of Prayer / Audio Book Reading (1 of 2)

Madame Guyon - A Short and Easy Method of Prayer / Audio Book Reading (1 of 2)

Madame Guyon playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=02835BAF552B1D37

Originally published in 1685, Madame Guyon's A Short and Easy Method of Prayer is considered a classic of Christian mysticism, influencing great writers and speakers such as John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon. In it, Madame Guyon carefully and briefly sets out her 'unmethodical method' by which any and all can commune with God at any time and under any circumstances.

Madame Guyon - (1647-1717), French quietist author

Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Mothe Guyon was the leader of the Quietist movement in France. The foundation of her Quietism was laid in her study of St. Francis de Sales, Madame de Chantal, and Thomas a Kempis. At age 16, she married Jacques Guyon, a wealthy man of weak health, 22 years her senior. Until his death in 1676, her life was an unhappy one, partly due to the difference in their ages, and partly due to a tyrannical mother-in-law. Her public career as an evangelist of Quietism began soon after her widowhood.

Her first labors were spent in the diocese of Geneva, at Anecy, Gex, and Thonon, and in Grenoble. In 1686 she went to Paris, where she was at first imprisoned for her opinions, in the Convent of St. Marie in the Faubourg St. Antoine; she was released after eight months at the insistence of Madame de Maintenon. She then rose to the zenith of her fame. Her life at all times greatly fascinated those around her; the court, Madame de Maintenon, and Madame de Maintenon's College of Ladies at Cyr, came under the spell of her enthusiasm. But the affinity of her doctrines with those of Michael Molinos, who was condemned in 1685, soon worked against her.

Her opinions were condemned by a commission, of which Bossuet was president. She then incurred Bossuet's displeasure by breaking the promises she had made to him to maintain a quiet attitude and not return to Paris. She was imprisoned at Vincennes in December 1695, and the next year moved to Vaugirard, under a promise to avoid all receptions and correspondence, except by special permission. In 1698, she was imprisoned in the Bastille for four years. She spent the remainder of her life in retirement with her daughter, the Marquise de Bois, at Blois. She had numerous visitors of all ranks, some from foreign countries, and had a considerable correspondence. Her works fill some 40 volumes.

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[66josiah]

Thank you for posting. Pure and simple spiritual application and above all necessary!

[stack45ny]

@66josiah You are most welcome, Josiah. I am truly glad to hear that you appreciate the reading. May God bless you richly.

[Prophets4Christ]

@rebekahpeace "Experiencing The Depths Of Jesus Christ" is another one of her great writings!

[jerusalem785]

thank you very much for the blessing you are in posting this.sincerly David

[rebekahpeace]

I have listened to this book you posted numerous times and thank you. I would love to hear more of her books!  What other books did she write????

[dolores121859]

gosh I love her teachings!

[matt633rle]

Thank you so much for this reading... how beautiful... This is a great work for not only the beginner.... but to all.

[rebekahpeace]

I was very happy to see this was here when I went to look it up! and thank you so much..one of the teachers I listen to every morning mentioned that this is a book she has read and admired and every time she mentions a book she likes, I automatically check to see if I can find it here. I will be listening to this often:)

[Prophets4Christ]

@Jalapablo yes this is one of her books the Catholic Church burned, Their was Vol. 1 first called "Practicing His Presence" the "Experiencing The Depths of Jesus Christ"

She was put in jail many times for her writings they tried to suppress. There was a writting in which she wrote in her own blood while in jail, but nobody can make out what it says.

Yes Thanks for posting!!

[lamentations32223]

Loving this, thank you.