The Living Flame of Love

By Caroline Cox

St John of the Cross was a Carmelite friar and mystic who lived in Spain in the second half of the sixteenth century. He helped Teresa of Avila with her reform of the Carmelite Order and was imprisoned for political reasons.

He wrote this beautiful poem on the love between the soul and God while in prison in Toledo. The work consists of the poem and a prose commentary on it.


‘Justly celebrated as a milestone in Spanish literature as well as a spiritual classic.’ (Baroness Cox, from the Introduction)

• Language: English
• Publisher: SPCK
• Release date: Jan 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9780281077120

Caroline Cox

Caroline Anne Cox, Baroness Cox, FRCN is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She also is the founder and CEO of an organisation called Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust. She has campaigned for humanitarian causes, particularly relating to disability.