„Upadłe anioły”, czyli walka z szatanem w doświadczeniu mistycznym s. Wandy Boniszewskiej, stygmatyczki

Abstract

The text of the article refers to the mystic experiences of the Polish stigmatic. Sister Wanda Boniszewska, who died in 2003. She left notes that testify to her spiritual life. Those dimensions of her experience that picture her struggle against the Satan are an important manifestation of her spiritual struggle. It is worth remarking that it did not only look like struggling against the Satan’s temptations, but Sister Wanda often made efforts to wage the mentioned “struggle” in order to save others, especially ones belonging to the clergy. The message in the article is supposed to make the reader realize that in the reality of spiritual life existence of the Satan is something real. Hence it is necessary for anybody who consciously experiences his or her spiritual development to remember that the spiritual life may be accompanied by this extraordinary struggling with the “fallen angel”.