# Mysticism

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Category: Religion
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:16.470Z
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## Summary

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..

## Slide Outline

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

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