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Desolation is the condition of someone who is bereft of help. For
Epictetus • Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford World's Classics)
Sooner or later, there is nothing left to do but give up. And that is precisely the point, the purpose of the “dizzy spirit.” In each relinquishment, the person’s faculties are further emptied and sensitized and, more important, reliance upon God is deepened. John says God sends this “abominable spirit” not for the soul’s downfall, but to help
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