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				 This essay aims to analyze the hitherto neglected (or deliberately avoided?) link between  De spiritualibus ascentionibus  (On spiritual ascents) by Zerbolt of Zutphen (1367–1398) and the  Spiritual Exercises  of Ignatius of Loyola ( c . 1491–1556). Indeed, there is a more direct relationship between these two texts than between Ignatius’s  Spiritual Exercises  and the  Exercitatorio spiritual  by Abbot García Jiménez de Cisneros (1455–1510) and the  Imitatio Christi  (Imitation of Christ) by Thomas à Kempis ( c . 1380–1441), which has received much more attention in the existing literature. A careful synoptic reading of these works reveals  not only  an intriguing congruence between Zerbolt and Loyola in terms of the scope and definition of their works; the general structure and vocabulary; humanistic soteriology and optimistic anthropology of human will; the role of introspection in reforming inordinate affections and affective devotion; the role of examen of conscience (both daily and general); frequent sacramental confession and Communion; the role of spiritual guide; the use of the five senses and composition of place as meditative techniques and importance of methodical mental prayer; and the centrality of imitation of Christ’s humanity,  but also  direct textual reciprocity. Zerbolt’s  Spiritual Ascents  appears to be a blueprint for Loyola’s  Exercises .

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