Mysticism

Without the theologians of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, without the anchoritic writings of the thirteenth century, Richard Rolle, Julian of Norwich, Walter Hilton, Margery Kempe could not have written as they did. Likewise, those who followed them...

A scholar's experiences inside a contemplative working community in Israel's Negev desert In this thoughtful and enlightening work, world renowned religion scholar Ariel Glucklich recounts his experiences at Neot Smadar, an ecological and spiritual...

For many people prayer is difficult. This collection helps us to be less bothered with our uncertainties about what we should be saying when we pray. We can read a prayer and then sit quietly for a few minutes, allowing the particular words and thoughts...

Some years ago, for no obvious reason, Paul Whiteman felt compelled to analyse the mystical number 666, also known as the number of The Beast. His little mathematical revelation was followed almost immediately by a violent thunderstorm, and by a severe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735260105Author Brian ChristianFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Brian ChristianPublisher Brian ChristianWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Laughing at the Devil is an invitation to see the world with a medieval visionary now known as Julian of Norwich, believed to be the first woman to have written a book in English. (We do not know her given name, because she became known by the name of a...

This book offers Hugh of Saint Victor's early scholastic thoughts on sacrament in order to re-discover the pre-modern theological understanding of ontological signification. The Christian understanding of sacrament through the category of 'signs' results...

In this compelling study of two seventeenth-century female mystics, Bo Karen Lee examines the writings of Anna Maria van Schurman and Madame Jeanne Guyon, who, despite different religious formations, came to similar conclusions about the experience of...

The apparent disappearance of mysticism in the Protestant world after the Reformation used to be taken as an example of the arrival of modernity. However, as recent studies in history and literary history reveal, the "Reformation" was not...

Environment * Spirituality * Personal growth * Virtue ethics Climate change, pollution and diminishing resources mean that the future will be difficult for life on earth. We face an environmental crisis. Clearly we need technological solutions to some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788155151Author Gwynneth SunshineFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Loistavat BooksPublisher Onwards and UpwardsWeight(grams) 156g

Contemplative life in the middle ages has been the focus of much recent critical attention. The Symposium papers collected in this volume illuminate the mystical tradition through examination of written texts and material culture in the medieval period...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545401774Author St Bernard of ClairvauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781291804584Author Jason PotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 100g

Many people see the future merely as an extension of the past - more people, more technology, more wars. This book doesn't start there. The author opens up a vital, new proposition...to court the future, to partner it, to create with it. The original...

In this revised edition of a longtime best selling anthology of Christian mysticism, editors Louis Dupre and James Wiseman bring together selections from the writings of twenty-three of the most important Christian mystics, from Origen of Alexandria in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609884789Author Elizabeth Clare ProphetFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Summit University Press,U.S.Publisher Summit University Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609884765Author Elizabeth Clare ProphetFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Summit University Press,U.S.Publisher Summit University Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958972519Author Mark LonghurstFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company