[***Anima Christi***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_Christi) , the famous prayer of St Ignatius Loyola has this verse: > "Blood of Christ, inebriate me". Clearly, it is not the physical inebriation, but the spiritual one that Loyola had in mind. This prayer is found in the very first page of his famous [*Spiritual Exercises*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_Exercises) book (1522-1524). [English translation by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.](https://archive.org/details/spiritualexercis0000loui/page/n17/mode/2up) (1959): >Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me **Blood of Christ, inebriate me** Water from the side of Christ, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds hide me Permit me not to be separated from Thee From the wicked foe defend me At the hour of my death call me And bid me come to thee That with Thy saints I may praise Thee For ever and ever. Amen. My question is: **Did Loyola borrow his idea of spiritual inebriation from the Scriptures?**

[Ignatian *Spiritual Exercises*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_Exercises_of_Ignatius_of_Loyola) has been around for centuries, yet only in the past few decades Evangelicals and Charismatics started to appreciate it: - In a 1990 [*The Way*](https://theway.org.uk/) journal article [Why Ignatian Spirituality Hooks Protestants](https://www.theway.org.uk/back/s068Huggett.pdf) Joyce Huggett writes: > The Spiritual Exercises are so Bible-based that they might accurately be re-named 'Biblical Exercises' - A 2019 Doctor of Ministry paper by Philip Rushton from Fuller Theological Seminary (a non-denominational institution) [From Insight to Encounter: The Ignatian *Spiritual Exercises* and the Transformation of the Heart](https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1361&context=dmin) reported the result of a project of introducing Ignatian *Spiritual Exercises* to Longview Community Church as being positive. For those new to this spirituality, here are [some introductory resources](https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/making-good-decisions/discernment-of-spirits/) for a major component of the *Spiritual Exercises*: Discernment of Spirits. **My question**: Are there any scriptural objections to using Ignatian *Spiritual Exercises* for spiritual growth according to Protestants? ### Resources for researching the answer 1. [Hearing God's Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality](https://www.amazon.com/Hearing-Gods-Words-Exploring-Spirituality/dp/0830826173) reviewed [here](http://beginningwithmoses.org/oldsite/library/reviewhearing.htm) , [here](http://schuller.id.au/2004/05/02/review-of-peter-adams-hearing-gods-words/) , and [here](http://schuller.id.au/2004/05/02/review-of-peter-adams-hearing-gods-words/) . Google preview [here](https://books.google.ca/books?id=OIes2W80G_wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false) , a 2004 monograph by Peter Adam, discussing Biblical principles for evangelical spirituality (Chapters 1-3) and the related issues such as the role of images, liturgy, and sacrament (Chapter 5). While the coverage is limited to mostly Reformed spirituality (such as the view of Calvin, Richard Baxter, the Puritans, etc. discussed in Chapters 4 and 6) this book can be the basis of critiquing (or validating!) Ignatian *Spiritual Exercises* which also engages God's Word affectively and imaginatively (not just intellectually).

I'm writing a speech on Ven. Jaques Sevin for a presentation, reading about him [here](https://www.cics.org/?wpfb_dl=18) which is not a broken link, but a bad PDF that you have to hack apart in notepad and resave as a PDF to read. It says that > He conducts a spiritual Circle, the fruit of a long maturing process of the work of the Holy Spirit within himself and the Ignatius obedience Can someone tell me, in layman's terms, what this looks like? Do all Jesuits, who live long enough, do this? Is it the culmination of something?