Interior locution
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An interior locution is a mystical concept used by various religions. An interior locution is a form of
Etymology
From the Latin locutio, speaking, speech, or discourse; and from loqui, to speak.[1]
Description
"Supernatural words are manifestations of God's thought which are heard either by the exterior senses or by the interior senses or immediately by the intellect."[2] An example of the first is Gabriel's appearance to Zachary described in Luke 1:10-20. The latter two more properly fall under interior locutions. According to John of the Cross, "[t]hese are usually produced in a person's spirit without the use of the bodily senses as means ... Formal locutions are certain distinct and formal words that the spirit receives, whether or not recollected, not from itself but from another."[3] According to William Meninger OCSO, the fifth vision of Julian of Norwich came in the form of an interior locution which she heard "clearly in her heart though not a word is spoken."[4]
Another way to describe locutions is as corporeal, imaginary, or spiritual or intellectual.
Corporeal locutions are those actually heard by the physical powers of hearing ... Imaginary locutions are not heard in that way but the impression apprehended and received by the imaginative faculty is the same as though it had been ... In spiritual or intellectual locutions God imprints what he is about to say in the depths of the spirit: there is no sound or voice, or either corporeal or imaginative representation of such, but an expression of (certain) concepts in the depths of the spirit and in the faculty of understanding...[5]
It was an interior locution that reportedly led
It is not always easy to determine whether the purported communication is actually from another source or the product of the person's own mind. An interior locution is distinguished from an interior monologue.
References
- ^ a b c "Locution", Catholic Dictionary
- ^ Garrigou-Lagrange OP, Reginald. The Three Ages of the Interior Life, Part 4, Chapt. 55
- ISBN 9780935216141
- ISBN 9780880109246
- ^ De Santo Tomás OCD, Francisco. Médula Mistica, (Trat.VI. Cap.i)
- ^ Cingolani, C.P., G., Saint Gabriel Possenti, Passionist: A Young Man in Love, page 50. Alba House, 1997
- ^ "El Castillo Interior," English translation, The Interior Castle, London, 1852, comparing the contemplative soul to a castle with seven successive interior courts, or chambers, analogous to the seven heavens.
- ^ Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle, Chapter III, (The Benedictines of Stanbrook, trans.) Third ed., 1921. London. Thomas Baker
- ^ Garrigou-Lagrange, Part 4, Chapt. 54
- ^ St. John of the Cross. Ascent, Book2 Chapter 19
Sources
- Michael Freze, 1993, Voices, Visions, and Apparitions, OSV Publishing ISBN 0-87973-454-X