Mysticism
The Essentials of Mysticism
By Evelyn UnderhillA unique and concise introduction to Underhill’s wide-ranging thought, from mysticism and community life to prayer and social action, this new collection of essays brings together some of the author’s most enduring work. Showing the impressive range of social issues Underhill considered in depth, as well as her practical approach to living the spiritual life, [...]
The Mystical Flora
By St. Francis de SalesFew among the Church’s writers surpass St. Francis de Sales in the skillful use of comparisons drawn from nature to illustrate the operations of grace in the spiritual life. Here the choicest of St. Francis’s spiritual comparisons drawn from plants and flowers are collected together – arranged to form a perfect treatise on the devout [...]
Mysteria – History of the Secret Doctrines and Mystic Rites of Ancient Religions and Medieval and Modern Secret Orders
By Otto RhynThe Mysteries of the Ancient Grecian religions; the cryptic teachings and occult interpretations of the popular religious beliefs communicated to disciples by the priests in the temples of ancient Egypt, Assyria, and India: the interesting, half fabulous, half historical episode of Pythagoras and the Pythagorean League in Magna Graecia; the mystic, ascetic, and semi-monastic communities [...]
Azoth or the Star in the East
By A.E. WaiteOne of Waite’s earlier books written when he was immersed in spiritual alchemy. Embracing the First Matter of the Magnum Opus, the Evolution of Aphrodite-Urania, the Supernatural Generation of the Son of the Sun, and the Alchemical Transfiguration of Humanity. This was an earlier book of Waite’s, written when he was young and immersed in [...]
The Perennial Philosophy
By Aldous HuxleyAn inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the “divine reality” common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley, author of A Brave New World. “The Perennial Philosophy,” Aldous Huxley writes, “may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a [...]
The Magical Message According to IÔANNÊS (St. John the Divine)
By James M. PryseCommonly called the Gospel according to St. John. Are you ready for the esoteric message of the Gospel never before so clearly revealed? Contents: The Seen and the Unseen; The Four Evangels; The Drama of the Soul; Explanatory Note; The Magical Message according to Ioannes; The Prodigal Son; The Birth from Above; Index. St. John [...]
The Theory and Practice of Mysticism
By Charles Morris AddisonThe lectures which form the substance of this volume were written at the request of the Faculty of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge and were delivered there in May, 1915. They were given also, in November of the same year, at the Theological Department of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. They were [...]