A Phenomenological Investigation of Interiorization in the Spiritual Life

Abstract

The paper, as reflected in the title, uses the method of phenomenology in investigating interiorization in spirituality. The project is carried out as it investigates the 98 appearances of interiorization in Dictionaire de Spiritualite and 33 appearances of interiorization and related words in Kees Waajman’s Spirituality: Forms, Foundations, and Methods. The description of these appearances where placed side by side/on top of each other noting the difference but more importantly, surfacing the invariable. Further, they were explored through the paradigms of spirituality namely, poles of reality, praxes in spiritual life; movements, moments and transformation. The paper phenomenology describes interiorization as a process/movement within the reciprocity of Divine-Human dialogical relationship, a movement that is essentially transformative. Interiorization is a transformative mystical dialogue.