Christian Mysticism
The Dark Night
On St. John of the Cross, the two darknesses that precede illumination, and the most psychologically precise account of spiritual crisis in the Western tradition
Christian Mysticism
Christian Mysticism
The Monk at the Border
On Thomas Merton, the contemplative as cultural critic, and the life that demonstrated what happens when Christian mysticism meets the twentieth century without flinching
Christian Mysticism
The Spark of the Soul
On Meister Eckhart, the Grunt of the Soul, and the Ground Where God and Human Being Are One
Christian Mysticism
The Cloud of Unknowing
On the Anonymous English Mystic, the Work of Contemplation, and the Darkness That Is Fuller Than Light
Christian Mysticism
The Interior Castle
On Teresa of Avila, the Mansions of the Soul, and the Marriage at the Center
Christian Mysticism
The Dark Night of the Soul
On John of the Cross, the Purification That Feels Like Abandonment, and the Love That Works in Darkness
Christian Mysticism
Julian of Norwich and the Showings
On the Anchoress, the Sixteen Revelations, and the All Shall Be Well That Has Never Been Explained Away
Christian Mysticism
All Shall Be Well
On Julian of Norwich and the Most Radical Claim in Christian Theology
Christian Mysticism
Love as a Cosmic Force
On Teilhard de Chardin, the Omega Point, and What the Church Could Not Permit
Christian Mysticism
The Abolition of the Self
On Simone Weil, Decreation, and Attention as the Highest Form of Love
Christian Mysticism
The Ground of the Soul
On Meister Eckhart, the God Beyond God, and the Heresy of Direct Experience