Transformation of Human Will: John of the Cross

The faculty of will has held a prominent place in the philosophical investigations since the time of Socrates.  Will is an experiential reality in our decisions and in our actions.  This book is an attempt to understand the formation and transformation of the faculty of will with special focus on the teachings of St. John of the Cross.  In his teachings on human dynamics, the active transformation, John explains how one can prepare the faculty of will with a life of discipline and by means of the virtue of love.  John also explains how God transforms human will through the mystical infusion of love, the passive transformation or the divine dynamics of love.  Human will, in its full development, constitutes an integral branch of the systematic handling of the human self.  Therefore, an appropriately formed will is necessary to direct the self with mature decisions.  Hence, best decisions are the function of a transformed will.