From the celebrated scholar and lecturer Andrew Harvey, a fascinating and inspiring introduction to the essential texts and themes of the great mystics.
Not merely a feast of the greatest and wisest mystical revelations, 'The Essential Mystics' i
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Andrew Harvey, is a poet, writer, teacher, mystic, and author of many books, including A Journey in Ladakh and Return of the Mother. An ex-fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford, and currently visiting professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Harvey has a loyal following among both spiritual and mainstream literary audiences.
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Combines ancient eastern and western mysticism .,
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This book is an easy read and offers practical insights to numerous mystical traditions. It opens with Native American "voices" telling us that we have to re-connect with nature and the "majesty of the universe." It touches on eight paths to a more spiritual life, and explains how many of the traditions interrelate. This book is for the seeker with few preconceived ideas and opinions about what is Truth. It assists those interested in integrating ideas from various cultures into any of the mainstream religions.
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This wide-ranging anthology collects all the essential texts and themes of great mystic traditions of the world -- from Buddhist, Taoist, Jewish, and Christian to Hopi, Hindi, Islamic, Sikh, Aboriginal, and Kogi. Provides analysis and historical information with special attention to the sacred feminine mystics. Well introduced with important historical information. This is an approachable guide to the unique and inspiring personalities that define the mystical experience.
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This is an adequate survey of some of the highlights of a variety of religious writings. Unfortunately, I was looking for information on the mystics, not the author's summary of what he thought was the important mystical texts. If you're looking for this type of info, you probably already have or know a lot of the material in this book. "Cliff Notes" for mystics just doesn't makesense to me!
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During the last twenty years, many people have begun to realize that unless the human race listens to the "voices of the first world," the voices, that is, of those original human cultures that lived in naked and reverent intimacy with nature, it may well die out. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
practiced tapas, sacred feminine, attaining unity, thirty birds, mercy endureth, spiritual prayer, burning fiery furnace Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Seraphim, Holy Spirit, Chuang Tzu, Spider Grandmother, Pirke Avot, Lord of Love, Ibn Arabi, Jesus Christ, Song of Songs, Ein Sof, The Way of Beauty, Christ Jesus, High Spark, Lord Wen-hui, Marcus Aurelius, Sun People, Tao Te Ching, Ultimate Truth New!
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During the last twenty years, many people have begun to realize that unless the human race listens to the "voices of the first world," the voices, that is, of those original human cultures that lived in naked and reverent intimacy with nature, it may well die out. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
practiced tapas, sacred feminine, attaining unity, thirty birds, mercy endureth, spiritual prayer, burning fiery furnace Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Seraphim, Holy Spirit, Chuang Tzu, Spider Grandmother, Pirke Avot, Lord of Love, Ibn Arabi, Jesus Christ, Song of Songs, Ein Sof, The Way of Beauty, Christ Jesus, High Spark, Lord Wen-hui, Marcus Aurelius, Sun People, Tao Te Ching, Ultimate Truth New!
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- Return to the Center by Bede Griffiths on page 216, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Conference of the Birds (Penguin Classics) by Farid ud-Din Attar on page 153, and Back Matter
- New Directions (Hulton Copymasters) by Paul Thomas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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