pJeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon commonly known as Madame Guyon, 13 April 1648 - 9 June 1717 was a French mystic and was accused of advocating Quietism, although she never called herself a Quietist Intellectual stillness and interior passivity. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer.ppGuyon believed that one should pray at all times, and that one should devote all one's time to God. Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all virtues for the way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God. He tells us this Himself 'walk before Me and be blameless' Genesis 171. Prayer alone can bring you into His presence, and keep you there continually. As she wrote in one of her poems There was a period when I chose a time and place for prayer. ... But now I seek that