The Pocket Contemplative

Have Fun with Christian Mysticism


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Have the great Christian saints, over millennia, been in agreement about some central points and practices if we hope to continue our growth? One scholar says they have been indeed. Dave Schmelzer runs down some key points of interest, not least the happy surprise that, if we keep at this, our reward will be an overflowing playfulness in our lives. 

Mentioned on this podcast:

Jason M. Baxter's book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism; Recovering the Wildness of Spiritual Life

Pete Holmes on not knowing

Some mystics who come up: Hildegard of Bingen, Gregory of Nyssa, Meister Eckhart, Thomas Merton, Evagrius, Nicholas of Cusa, Pseudo-Dionysius, Augustine, Francis of Assisi, John Ruusbroec, Evelyn Underhill, C.S. Lewis

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