Documents

The following documents are stored here at Metaphors For Life for the convenience of some of our members who are religious and or theological scholars or students.

For those of you looking for St. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, we apologize for its absense. When we relocated to our new web host, the document’s massive size made it impossible for us to continue to offer it. You can however find another copy of it by visiting the Summa Theologica Home.

Your use of these materials for scholarly research is at your own risk. We make no claims about accuracy where these texts are concerned — they were uploaded onto this server intact, in the condition in which we found them, and that’s the most we can tell you.

PDFs

101 Ways to Use a Classical Labyrinth — there are many uses for labyrinths. Temporary ones can be made from materials close to hand, and this document really does have 101 ways to use them for fun and profit. See also The View From the Center: Labyrinths in the Contemplative Arts for more information about labyrinth-walking.

The Fundamentals of Buddhism by Dr. Peter D. Santina and the Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc.

The Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross.

The Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and The BrideGroom Christ by St. John of the Cross.

The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross.

An Introduction to Spiral Dynamics based in the original research and theory of Dr. Clare W. Graves. Describes how waves of consciousness emerge and flow through indivicuals and groups.

The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Sienna translated by Algar Thorold.

The Four Gates to the Mandala of Indic Traditions from “the Infinity Foundation.

The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila.

The Gospel of Judas, translated by Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst in collaboration with Francois Gaudard.