Category Archives: Mysticism

The Mystics of Islam

The Mystics of Islam by Reynold A. Nicholson. The title of this book sufficiently explains why it is included in a Series ‘exemplifying the adventures and labours of individual seekers or groups of seekers in quest of reality.’ Sufism, the … Continue reading

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Practical Mysticism

Underhill was a leading authority on modern mysticism. Written just before World War 1, Practical Mysticism reviews the works of the greatest Western mystics, including Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and Thomas à Kempis. Underhill brings esoteric subjects onto … Continue reading

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Taboo, Magic, Spirits: Primitive Elements in Roman Religion

1. Mana, Magic and Animism The Mind of Primitive Man. Positive and Negative Mana. Magic. Animism. II. Positive and Negative Mana (Taboo) Blood, Women, Children, Death and Corpses, Leather, Days. III. Miscellaneous Taboos Sex, Men, Strangers, Slaves, Linen and Wool, … Continue reading

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The Essential St. John of the Cross: Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul, A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul, and Twenty Poems

Collected here in this omnibus edition are all three of St. John of the Cross’ major works as well as twenty of his magnificent poems. The Ascent of Mount Carmel is the third major work of St. John of the … Continue reading

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The Essential St. John of the Cross: Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul, A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul, and Twenty Poems

Collected here in this omnibus edition are all three of St. John of the Cross’ major works as well as twenty of his magnificent poems. The Ascent of Mount Carmel is the third major work of St. John of the … Continue reading

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The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case for the Existence of the Soul

Do religious experiences come from God, or are they merely the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on his own research with Carmelite nuns, neuroscientist Mario Beauregard shows that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. He offers … Continue reading

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The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys

Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology. Andrew Louth aims to redress the balance. Recognizing that the intellectual form of this tradition was … Continue reading

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Mystics

Mystics are path-breaking religious practitioners who claim to have experience the infinite, word-defying Mystery that is God. Many have been gifted writers with an uncanny ability to communicate the great realities of life with both a theologian’s precision and a … Continue reading

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Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson (All and Everything/First)

The teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949) has come to be recognized as one of the most original, enduring, and penetrating of our century. While Gurdjieff used many different means to transmit his vision of the human dilemma and human … Continue reading

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Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria

Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria provides a general survey of magical practices in late antique Syria and Palestine, blending classical, Christian and Jewish traditions. It offers original research into an area that attracts much interest at present, … Continue reading

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