Download or read book Illustrated History of Religious Mysticism written by Peter Bridgewater Stan Trout and published by HarperElement. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Mysticism Illustrated written by Evelyn Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Mysticism is a book written by Evelyn Underhill and first published in 1915. In this book Underhill sets out her belief that spiritual life is part of human nature and as such is available to every human being.[1] Underhill's practical mysticism is secular rather than religious, since "it is a natural human activity."[2]In the following paragraph, Underhill defines the meaning of the phrase "Practical Mysticism": Therefore it is to a practical mysticism that the practical man is here invited: to a training of his latent faculties, a bracing and brightening of his languid consciousness, an emancipation from the fetters of appearance, a turning of his attention to new levels of the world. Thus he may become aware of the universe that the spiritual artist is always trying to disclose to the race. This amount of mystical perception---this 'ordinary contemplation', as the specialist call it, ---is possible to all men: without it, they are not wholly alive. It is a natural human activityUnderhill's book was written at the outbreak of World War I, at a time of "struggle and endurance, practical sacrifices, difficult and long continuous effort"[2] when, she believed, practical mysticism was the activity needed mos
Download or read book An Illustrated History of the Church written by Guy Bedouelle and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Illustrated History of the Church is for anyone fascinated by history, for anyone curious about the role of Christianity throughout the centuries, and for anyone who loves art. This stunning book will present a new way to learn?through two parallel pathways of reading and seeing, of words and images. Together, the author's lucid and engaging text and the 566 illustrations with explanatory captions provide not simply a history, but a vivid, multi-dimensional experience of the Church from early Christian times to the present day.
Download or read book An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mysticism and the Mystery Religions written by John Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than one thousand entries provide essential information on the manifold expressions of mysticism, ranging from Christian mystical theology to Oriental mysticism and from the ancient philosophers to the Cambridge Platonists.
Download or read book Practical Mysticism Illustrated written by Evelyn Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Mysticism is a book written by Evelyn Underhill and first published in 1915. In this book Underhill sets out her belief that spiritual life is part of human nature and as such is available to every human being. Underhill's practical mysticism is secular rather than religious, since "it is a natural human activity
Download or read book The Complete Illustrated History of Kabbalah written by Maggy Whitehouse and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive illustrated overview of the origins, history, principles, symbolism, content and nature of the sacred wisdom of kabbalah, with guidelines for its practical application to everyday living.
Download or read book Practical Mysticism Illustrated written by E Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-25 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Mysticism is a book written by Evelyn Underhill and first published in 1915. In this book Underhill sets out her belief that spiritual life is part of human nature and as such is available to every human being. Underhill's practical mysticism is secular rather than religious, since "it is a natural human activity
Download or read book Mystics of the Church written by Evelyn Underhill and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2002-07-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelyn Underhill's classic book on mysticism shows not only the historic development of Christian mysticism and its influence on the Church, but gives a deep insight into the spiritual growth of the individual mystics, their struggles, achievements and influence. Covering the whole development of the Christian Church from St. Paul to the present century, the author illustrates the differing backgrounds and approach of many of the great mystics such as St. Augustine of Hippo, whose writings helped to create the Church's understanding of its mystical character; and St. Francis of Assisi, whose example proved an inspiration to many. The book gives much more than an opportunity to "meet" the great mystics: it also provides a framework for the analysis of true mysticism and false, contrasting Catherine of Sienna, a girl of the people whose transcendental mysticism benefited many in an age of ecclesiastical degradation, with the well-born and beautiful Madame Guyon, whose excesses brought mysticism into disrepute. Evelyn Underhill illuminates the whole of her subject by drawing attention to the differences of approach that can bring mortals along the road to the divine, from the zealous militancy of a Loyola to the passivity of the Quietists. This absorbing study by one of the great writers on mysticism covers every aspect of the subject and gives a clear understanding of the mystics' world in writing that is both informative and stimulating.
Download or read book An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Mysticism and the Mystery Religions written by John Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Christian Mystics written by Bernard McGinn and published by Crossroad. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The McGinns draw from the Presence of God series to take a closer, personal look at the mystical vision of 12 great spiritual masters living before the Reformation. 12 illustrations.
Download or read book Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mysticism and the Mystery Religions written by John Ferguson and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than one thousand entries provide essential information on the manifold expressions of mysticism, ranging from Christian mystical theology to Oriental mysticism and from the ancient philosophers to the Cambridge Platonists
Download or read book Mysticism written by O. B. Duane and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Christian Mysticism is a fascinating journey through the minds of the world's greatest thinkers, a journey which began over two thousand years ago, from the philosophers of the ancient world through to the mystics of the Middle Ages. This beautifully illustrated volume contains magnificent paintings, artefacts and stunning illuminated manuscripts. It also reveals the lives of such celebrated philosophers as Plato, St Paul and Julian of Norwich, explaining their work and their all-consuming quest for communion with the divine.
Download or read book Literature of Mysticism in Western Tradition written by P. Grant and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-09-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic written by Owen Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and practices, the rise of the witch trials, and the depiction of the Devil-worshipping witch. The book also focuses on the more recent history of witchcraft and magic, from the Enlightenment to the present, exploring the rise of modern magic, the anthropology of magic around the globe, and finally the cinematic portrayal of witches and magicians, from The Wizard of Oz to Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Download or read book A World Transfigured written by Philip Sheldrake and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 Catholic Media Association First Place Award, Mysticism In A World Transfigured: The Mystical Journey, Philip Sheldrake demonstrates the importance of the mystical dimension of religious belief and practice. Using the words of the great theologian, Karl Rahner, Sheldrake makes the case that the Christian of the future will be either a mystic or nothing at all. In our contemporary world, this judgment applies equally to other religions as well. After chapters on the meaning of “mysticism” and the connection between mysticism and beliefs, Sheldrake describes important dimensions of mystical writings, illustrated by a range of examples. These are “Love and Desire,” “Knowing and Unknowing,” “Wonder and Beauty,” “Mysticism and Everyday Practice,” and “The Mystic as Radical Prophet.” Finally, the book briefly explores why mysticism fascinates so many people in our modern times.
Download or read book Hours with the Mystics a Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion written by Robert Alfred Vaughan and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. Stargase. "Pis drawn, I assure you, from the aphorisms of the old Chaldeans, Zoroaster the first and greatest magician, Mercurius Trismegistus, the later Ptolemy, and the everlasting prognosticato DEGREES old Erra Pater. -- Massinger. ILLOUGHBY. We have now about done, I suppose, with the theosophic branch of the Neo-Platonist school; with its latest leaders it degenerates into theurgic mysticism. Kate. I hope it is going to degenerate into something one can understand. Gower. The great metaphysician, Plotinus, is off the stage, that is some comfort for you, Miss Merivale. Magic is less wearisome than metaphysics. Atherton. The change is marked, indeed. Plotinus, wrapt in his proud abstraction, cared little for fame. His listening disciples were his world. Porphyry entered his school fresh from- the study of Aristotle. At first the daring opponent of the master, he soon became the most devoted of his scholars. With a temperament more active and practical than that ot Plotinus, with more various ability and far more facility in adaptation, with an erudition equal to his fidelity, blameless in his life, pre-eminent in the loftiness and purity of his ethics. he was well fitted to do all that could be done towards securing for the doctrines he had espoused that reputation and that wider influence to which Plotinus was so indifferent. His aim was twofold. He engaged in a conflict hand to hand with two antagonists at qnce, by both of whom he was eventually o. 4.] Heathendom cannot be rescued. 95 vanquished. He commenced an assault on Christianity without, and he endeavoured to check the progress of superstitious usage within the pale of Paganism. But Christianity could not be repulsed, and heathendom would not be reformed. In vain did he.
Download or read book Illustrated History of Landscape Design written by Elizabeth Boults and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-08 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual journey through the history of landscape design For thousands of years, people have altered the meaning of space by reshaping nature. As an art form, these architectural landscape creations are stamped with societal imprints unique to their environment and place in time. Illustrated History of Landscape Design takes an optical sweep of the iconic landscapes constructed throughout the ages. Organized by century and geographic region, this highly visual reference uses hundreds of masterful pen-and-ink drawings to show how historical context and cultural connections can illuminate today's design possibilities. This guide includes: Storyboards, case studies, and visual narratives to portray spaces Plan, section, and elevation drawings of key spaces Summaries of design concepts, principles, and vocabularies Historic and contemporary works of art that illuminate a specific era Descriptions of how the landscape has been shaped over time in response to human need Directing both students and practitioners along a visually stimulating timeline, Illustrated History of Landscape Design is a valuable educational tool as well as an endless source ofinspiration.
