Saint John wrote of thirty Divine and Spiritual ascents, such as the rungs of a ladder, as the method of elevating the Soul to God, as one ascends a ladder.

Saint John had a Spiritual vision and wrote a book. In his book The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Saint John wrote of thirty Divine and Spiritual ascents, such as the rungs of a ladder, as the method of elevating the Soul to God, as one ascends a ladder.

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