‘Short and Easy Method of Prayer’ is a religious book by French mystic Madame Guyon about the depth of praying. The author tells about different aspects of prayer and offers glimpses of its depth. The book provides a way of understanding a deeper prayer and tells of effortlessness of coming to God in prayer.
‘The Autobiography of Madame Guyon’ is a memoir of Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic from seventeenth and eighteenth century. Guyon had a belief in God’s perfect plan, fiercely believing that she would be blessed in suffering. She was introduced to mysticism by Fr. François La Combe, the superior of the Barnabite house in Thonon in Savoy.
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Madame Guyon (1648-1717) was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer.
