On the Mystical Life
On the Mystical Life

Author: Saint Symeon (the New Theologian)

Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780881411447

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St. Symeon the New Theologian was abbot of the monastery of St Mamas in Constantinople at the turn of the eleventh century. He was also perhaps the most remarkable and certainly the most forceful advocate of the mystical experience of God in the history of the Byzantine Church. Though they were on occasion suppressed by ecclesiastical authorities wary of his fierce enthusiasm, as well as of his claims to charismatic authority, St Symeon's writings survived in the Orthodox Church and continued to play a vital role in the several renewals of spiritual life and prayer which has sustained the Church in its often difficult history over the past millennium.

Discourses
Discourses

Author: Epictetus

Publisher: Standard Ebooks

Published: 2020-04-07T18:49:07Z

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13:

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Raised a slave in Nero’s court, Epictetus would become one of the most influential philosophers in the Stoic tradition. While exiled in Greece by an emperor who considered philosophers a threat, Epictetus founded a school of philosophy at Nicopolis. His student Arrian of Nicomedia took careful notes of his sometimes cantankerous lectures, the surviving examples of which are now known as the Discourses of Epictetus. In these discourses, Epictetus explains how to gain peace-of-mind by only willing that which is within the domain of your will. There is no point in getting upset about things that are outside of your control; that only leads to distress. Instead, let such things be however they are, and focus your effort on the things that are in your control: your own attitudes and priorities. This way, you can never be thrown off balance, and tranquility is yours for the taking. The lessons in the Discourses of Epictetus, along with his Enchiridion, have continued to attract new adherents to Stoic philosophy down to the present day. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

The Mystical Life of Franz Kafka
The Mystical Life of Franz Kafka

Author: June O. Leavitt

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0199827834

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June O. Leavitt offers a fascinating examination of the mystical in Franz Kafka's life and writings, showing that Kafka's understanding of the occult was not only a product of his own clairvoyant experiences but of the age in which he lived.

The Mystical Life of Jesus
The Mystical Life of Jesus

Author: Sylvia Browne

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-11-06

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0451222229

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Startling new archaeological discoveries and such groundbreaking cultural phenomena as The Da Vinci Code and The Passion of the Christ have sparked a renaissance in impassioned controversies about religion and the life of Christ. Now, Sylvia Browne, with the help of her spiritual guide, delivers the truth about Him, His teachings, and His works for God as she answers such provocative questions as: - Was there a virgin birth? - Was there a Star of Bethlehem? - What did Jesus do for the first 30 years of his life? - What really happened at the crucifixion? - Was he married? Was he divine? - Is a Jesus lineage a possibility? In Browne's own words, the answers may "rattle the cages" of her millions of readers-answers that could only have come from someone who has visited the afterlife.

The Mystical Life of Jesus
The Mystical Life of Jesus

Author: H. Spencer Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 2023-02-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781773239798

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This fascinating, non-sectarian treatment of the unknown life of Jesus is based on records preserved in the archives of ancient monasteries of the Essenes and the Rosicrucian Order. It is a full account of the birth, youth, early manhood, and later periods of Jesus' life, containing the story of his activities in the times not mentioned in the Gospel accounts. The facts relating to the immaculate conception, the birth, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension will astound and inspire you.

The Spiritual Life
The Spiritual Life

Author: Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey

Publisher: Catholic Way Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 1783795131

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THE SPIRITUAL LIFE: A TREATISE ON ASCETICAL AND MYSTICAL THEOLOGY REVEREND ADOLPHE TANQUEREY — A Catholic Classic! — Two Parts of Four Books in One — Includes 1,773 Active Linked Footnotes — Includes Active Linked Headings, Index and Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations Publisher: Available in Paperbacks: FIRST PART: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-507-9 SECOND PART: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-508-6 It is the writer’s conviction that Dogma is the foundation of Ascetical Theology and that an exposition of what God has done and still does for us is the most efficacious motive of true devotion. Hence, care has been taken to recall briefly the truths of faith on which the spiritual life rests. This treatise then is first of all doctrinal in character and aims at bringing out the fact that Christian perfection is the logical outcome of dogma, especially of the central dogma of the Incarnation. The work however is also practical, for a vivid realization of the truths of faith is the strongest incentive to earnest and steady efforts towards the correction of faults and the practice of virtues. Consequently in the first part of this treatise the practical conclusions that naturally flow from revealed truths and the general means of perfection are developed. The second part contains a more detailed exposition of the special means of advancing along the Three Ways towards the heights of perfection. Contents: FIRST PART: Principles SECOND PART: The Three Ways BOOK I: The Purification of the Soul or the Purgative Way BOOK II: The Illuminative Way BOOK III: The Unitive Way PUBLISHER: CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING

A Parenthesis in Eternity
A Parenthesis in Eternity

Author: Joel S. Goldsmith

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1986-01-22

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0060632313

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Goldsmith explains the Circle of Eternity--the basis of his approach to mysticism--and tells how to transcend the "parenthesis'' of our everyday lives that falls between birth and death.

Living the Mystical Life Today
Living the Mystical Life Today

Author: Jim Rosemergy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-03-20

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1329656024

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LIVING THE MYSTICAL LIFE TODAY is a call to people who yearn to live consciously, to live ordinary lives made extraordinary because they are aware of the presence of God in which they live and move and have their being. Imagine facing the challenges of life by following six practical steps rooted in the mystical tradition. LIVING THE MYSTICAL LIFE TODAY can be read in a few hours, but it is a companion for a lifetime.

The Little Book of Christian Mysticism
The Little Book of Christian Mysticism

Author: Carl McColman

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing

Published: 2018-04-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1612833861

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With over 300 quotations, this book invites the reader to delve into the writings of the great contemplatives and mystics of the past two thousand years. The Little Book of Christian Mysticism provides a user-friendly, insightful, and potentially life-changing introduction to the essential teachings of the greatest mystics in the western wisdom traditions, past and present, including Francis of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Julian of Norwich. Readers can use this book to initiate themselves into this visionary and ecstatic spiritual lineage, and they can also use it as a book of daily meditations. Small enough to fit in one's pocket or handbag, this is truly a user-friendly introduction to this venerable body of wisdom.