On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology — trans. C. E. Rolt
The translator’s English as printed (C. E. Rolt). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
But they have an intrinsic value of their own in spite of their obvious defects. And if their influence has too often led to certain spiritual excesses, yet this influence would not have been felt at all had they not met a deep spiritual want. It arose not merely on account of their reputed authorship but also because the hungering heart of man found here some hidden manna. This manna, garnished though it be in all these writings with strange and often untranslatable terms from the Pagan Mysteries and from later neo-Platonism, is yet in itself a plain and nourishing spiritual meat. Let us now try to discover its quality from the two treatises before us.
But they have an intrinsic value of their own in spite of their obvious defects. And if their influence has too often led to certain spiritual excesses, that influence would never have been felt at all had they not met a deep spiritual need. It arose not merely because of their supposed authorship but also because the hungry heart of man found some hidden manna here. This manna, though it is garnished throughout these writings with strange and often untranslatable terms from the Pagan Mysteries and from later neo-Platonism, is in itself a plain and nourishing spiritual food. Let us now try to discover its quality from the two treatises before us.