ABSTRACT
In Christian theology vision of God is a reward, a consummation, reserved for the next life. The soul, by the fact of its spiritual and intellectual nature, is invited by God to behold Him and He will grant this favour to all who serve Him sincerely and whole-heartedly. The necessary condition for the divine revelation is not so much physical death as a mystical death, death to self. The necessary condition for the divine revelation is not so much physical death as a mystical death, death to self. Self is a veil, a hindrance to sight of Him. The vision of God is granted to a heart in love with Him and constantly seeking Him. God's beauty is rendered visible to hearts that love Him by the diffusion in them of His own essential light. Men of spirit are not long content to worship God blindly and undiscerningly.
