Mysticism

October 2022

October 03, 2022
A reader of this blog named Brian writes: Carl, How would you compare and contrast...

April 2022

April 06, 2022
I've been working my way through Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice: Renewing the Contemplative Tradition, a...

December 2021

December 28, 2021
I've recently been re-reading one of the most fascinating and unusual books of mystical wisdom...

November 2021

November 04, 2021
Mysticism crosses all religious and spiritual boundaries. In other words, mysticism — like prayer or...

May 2021

May 24, 2021
The best way to understand Christian mysticism (if "understanding" is even a possibility, given the...
May 08, 2021
I first "met" Julian of Norwich through reading Evelyn Underhill's magisterial book Mysticism: The Nature and...

January 2021

January 28, 2021
A reader named Allen writes... I have heard some mystics talk about when we die...

November 2020

November 13, 2020
"Is mysticism in the Bible?" It's a question I get asked from time to...

June 2020

June 18, 2020
A reader named Beth writes: Hi Carl, I started reading "The Big Book of Christian...

April 2020

April 08, 2020
In my book Unteachable Lessons I talk about Kenneth Leech, the Anglican priest who wrote a...

November 2019

November 08, 2019
I often get asked if Christian mysticism needs the institutional church. Do you have to...

May 2019

May 06, 2019
A reader named Dave recently sent this question to me: Hi Carl, could you please...

March 2019

March 08, 2019
Mysticism is a notoriously squirrelly word to try to define. In The Big Book of Christian...

February 2019

February 23, 2019
Twice this month, the lesser-known English mystic Walter Hilton has shown up on this blog....

September 2018

September 25, 2018
In response to my previous post from last October, Why Experience Is Not the Foundation of...
September 08, 2018
A reader named Kevin wrote and asked me:  What's your view on the phenomenon of...

July 2018

July 26, 2018
Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young...
July 05, 2018
Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young...

May 2018

May 22, 2018
A friend on Facebook a few weeks back asked me what is the relationship between...

February 2018

February 01, 2018
Pick up any edition of The Cloud of Unknowing, and you are likely to find...

December 2017

December 15, 2017
The great medieval mystic Julian of Norwich is renowned for her theological optimism ("All shall...

October 2017

October 11, 2017
I have a new book coming in April 2018: The Little Book of Christian Mysticism!...

May 2017

May 08, 2017
Julian of Norwich, the author of Revelations of Divine Love, had a series of visions...

March 2017

March 03, 2017
A Book for All Time: Why Evelyn Underhill’s Mysticism Still Matters For pretty much...

February 2017

February 24, 2017
Last week I posted a video about Julian of Norwich which is the first of...

January 2017

January 01, 2017
In my books The Big Book of Christian Mysticism and Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages, I suggest...

September 2016

September 28, 2016
When Peter Gabriel came to Atlanta in 2003, my wife Fran and I were able...

June 2016

June 22, 2016
Reading books about the spiritual life can be a substitute for actually devoting time each...
June 15, 2016
A Facebook friend shared with me that she has been "thinking about contemplative prayer as a...
June 08, 2016
What is contemplation? Unfortunately, answering this question is tricky — for contemplation is like some other...
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