Preface -- part I. An introduction to Pseudo-Dionysius by way of the mystical theology -- part II. Stages of Dionysian reception and interpretation -- 1. The doctrinal concerns of the first Dionysian scholiast, John of Scythopolis -- 2. The early latin# dio#nysius : eriugen#a and Hugh of St. Victor -- 3. Martin Luther's Christocentric critique of pseudo-Dionysian spirituality -- 4. Negative theologies and the cross.