Recogimiento

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{{lang|es|Recogimiento}}, or recollection prayer, was a school of Christian mystical prayer popular in the Spanish Golden Age. The practice involved private, mental prayer, working to consciously cultivate a habitual attention to God.{{cite book |last1=Lehner |first1=Ulrich L. |title=The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-762060-1 |page=112 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Giles |first1=Mary E. |title=The Book of Prayer of Sor María of Santo Domingo: A Study and Translation |date=1 January 1990 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0-7914-0235-1 |pages=64-66 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Boon |first1=Jessica A. |title=The Mystical Science of the Soul: Medieval Cognition in Bernardino de Laredo's Recollection Method |date=1 January 2012 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4426-4428-1 |pages=4,6,13,38,56,58,73 |language=en}}

The practice of {{lang|es|recogimiento}} first sprang up around the turn of the 16th century,{{cite book |last1=Tyler |first1=Peter |title=The Return to the Mystical: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Teresa of Avila and the Christian Mystical Tradition |date=16 June 2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4411-6151-2 |page=3 |language=en}} was popularized in the 1520s, and flourished through the middle of the seventeenth century. It likely first originated in Franciscan monasteries, possibly La Salceda or San Pedro de Arlanza. The practice spread rapidly through Europe and the Americas, influencing figures including Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila, and John of the Cross.

Foundational texts of the movement included Bernardino de Laredo's {{lang|es|Subida del Monte Sión}} and Francisco de Osuna's Third Alphabet.{{cite book |title=T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer |date=16 December 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-567-66437-2 |pages=417-425 |language=en}}