In the present volume, which originally appeared in 1979, Adrienne von Speyr probes “the ultimate profundities of Mariology. Each piece forms a meditation in its own right, while the order in which the pieces have been placed originates with the editor. Yet they all revolve around the same mysterious center, identifiable in the words ‘pre-redemption’ and ‘co-redemption.’ The author does not allow superficial misgivings about these terms to impede her; she knows full well the infinite difference between the work of the God-Man and that of his Mother, ‘who let things be done’” (From the Introduction by Hans Urs von Balthasar).