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Bonaventure

The Soul’s Journey into God; The Tree of Life; The Life of St. Francis

By Bonaventure

Translated by Ewert Cousins

Paulist Press, New York, 1978, The Classics of Western Spirituality

First written 13th century

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Cousins’s translation of three of Bonaventure’s works: the Journey of the Mind into God, written on Mount La Verna; The Tree of Life, a meditation on Christ; and the official life of Francis of Assisi.

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Bonaventure. Bonaventure: The Soul’s Journey into God; The Tree of Life; The Life of St. Francis. Translated by Ewert Cousins. The Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press, New York, 1978.

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@misc{sources-bonaventure-cousins,
  title = {{Bonaventure}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/bonaventure-cousins}
}