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Tag: Christian mysticism

Mysticism

Explore the Mystical Life — with a Christian Mysticism “Unknowledge Base”!

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Carl McColman

Friends, I’m excited to announce a major new initiative on this website. Coming on February 1, 2021, I’m launching a Christian Mysticism (Un)Knowled...

Contemplation/Mysticism

Seven Ways to Think About Christian Mysticism

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Carl McColman

Here is the third episode of my “Schola Mystica” podcast. The transcript of the episode appears below. Mysticism is a notoriously difficult word to ...

Mysticism/Videos

Video: Mysticism and the Bible — Three Contemplative Verses

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Carl McColman

“Is mysticism in the Bible?” It’s a question I get asked from time to time. And while the word mysticism itself is not found in scripture, the...

Mysticism

A Dream and a Book (How I Learned About Christian Mysticism)

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Carl McColman

For episode 2 of my new podcast, Schola Mystica, I tell a brief story about how I first learned about Christian mysticism, beginning with a dream I had shortly ...

Mysticism

Video: Just what IS Mysticism?

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Carl McColman

What is mysticism? It’s a question I often get asked, so here is a short little video where I try to sort it out a bit.

Mysticism/Videos

Five Key Words for Understanding Christian Mysticism

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Carl McColman

So often people will say to me, “I just don’t know what Christian mysticism is!” Which is perfectly understandable, since not only is mysticis...

Mysticism

A Drop of Water is Not the Ocean (Understanding Christian Mystical Teachings of Union and Nonduality)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Carl McColman

A reader named Beth writes: Hi Carl, I started reading “The Big Book of Christian Mysticism” and have a question for you… In chapter 1 you mak...

Mysticism

What We Need for Union with God

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Carl McColman

Recently I posted this quote from Fr. Thomas Keating on Facebook: If you’re curious about the source of this quote, it is found on page 71 of Open Mind, O...

The Chrysalis and the Butterfly: A New Way to Think About the Relationship Between Spirituality and Religion

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Carl McColman

“I’m spiritual but not religious.” It’s an increasingly common way for people to identify their relationship to spirituality (as a syste...

A Question for Discernment: What Do We Need to Do to Make Mysticism Mainstream?

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Carl McColman

It’s the first Sunday of Advent. So liturgically speaking, it’s a new church year. Happy new year! In the spirit of making a new year’s resolu...

I’m Wondering About the Relationship Between Mysticism and the Church. Here’s Why.

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Carl McColman

I often get asked if Christian mysticism needs the institutional church. Do you have to be a member of a church in order to be a Christian mystic? Or, to paraph...

Books

A Luminous Autobiography from America’s Most Unsung Mystic

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Carl McColman

Not all spiritual books are created equal. Of course, there are the theological differences: many books present an image of God that is limited, narrow, and som...

Books

What Inspired Me to Write About Christian Mysticism

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Carl McColman

This month marks nine years since The Big Book of Christian Mysticism was published. Hard to believe it’s been that long! To mark this anniversary, I̵...

Books

Unteachable Lessons: Why Wisdom Can’t Be Taught (and Why That’s Okay)

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Carl McColman

My dear friends, it’s time to announce a new book that’s coming out this fall. It’s called Unteachable Lessons: Why Spirituality Can’t B...

Mysticism

Walter Hilton: A Contemplative Guide Who Will Take You Back to the Basics

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Carl McColman

Twice this month, the lesser-known English mystic Walter Hilton has shown up on this blog. First I wrote about a dream I had, and how I think Hilton inspired me...

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