each to the specifics of the devout life. Prayer in this context is routine but more than routine. It is, in the words of George Herbert, “Gods breath in man returning to his birth,/The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage” (“Prayer I”). In The Spirit of Love, which is perhaps Law’s best writing, a deeper level of understanding is achieved, reflective of the developing mystical experience in Law’s life. Greatly influenced by Boehme, Law here writes of our union, which is our reunion, our returning,