A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A Catholic contemplative describes a post-unitive transition she interprets as the disappearance of the reflexive self.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It documents a rare and influential report at the edge of Christian mystical categories. The memoir is useful when read as testimony that raises questions, not as proof of a required contemplative destination.
Good starting place if…
You have substantial contemplative background and want a first-person Christian account of identity falling away beyond familiar experiences of union.
Know before you begin…
Roberts interprets an unusual personal trajectory through Catholic contemplative language and her own distinctions between self, union, and no-self. The account is not a universal stage map, clinical description, or safe target for imitation.