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Mysticism

A claim of direct, non-mediated experience of ultimate reality, found in some practitioners of every major religious tradition and in some practitioners of...

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A claim of direct, non-mediated experience of ultimate reality, found in some practitioners of every major religious tradition and in some practitioners of none. The mystics report something they did not invent. The traditions surround that report with framework, technique, and warning. Key sections include: Mys ticism.; Opening What mysticism is.; Chapter I The phenomenon.; Chapter II Christian mysticism — early.; Chapter III Hildegard and the women's tradition.; Chapter IV Meister Eckhart.; Chapter V The English mystics.; Chapter VI Teresa of Ávila.; Chapter VII John of the Cross.; Chapter VIII Sufism — the inward Islam..

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  1. 01Mys ticism.
  2. 02Opening What mysticism is.
  3. 03Chapter I The phenomenon.
  4. 04Chapter II Christian mysticism — early.
  5. 05Chapter III Hildegard and the women's tradition.
  6. 06Chapter IV Meister Eckhart.
  7. 07Chapter V The English mystics.
  8. 08Chapter VI Teresa of Ávila.
  9. 09Chapter VII John of the Cross.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Sufism — the inward Islam.
  11. 11Chapter IX Rumi.
  12. 12Chapter X Ibn Arabi.
  13. 13Chapter XI Al-Ghazali.
  14. 14Chapter XII Kabbalah.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Hasidism.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Hindu contemplative paths.
  17. 17Chapter XV Buddhist contemplative traditions.
  18. 18Chapter XVI William James and the modern study.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Evelyn Underhill.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Thomas Merton.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Perennialism and its critics.
  22. 22Chapter XX Mysticism in 2026.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Reading the mystics.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Watch & read.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII The shelf.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Why the mystics matter.
  27. 27Chapter XXV The next decade.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI How to begin.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The territory and the maps.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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