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Books/Mysticism

Mysticism is a Love Story: A Baker’s Dozen of Contemplative Books for Valentine’s Day (or Any Day)

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Carl McColman

Simply put, mysticism — at least, Christian mysticism — is all about love. To explore Christian mysticism basically means to explore love. It’s an invitat...

Spirituality

The Poetics of Faith, or, Why Centering Prayer is a Method and Not a Technique

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Carl McColman

Recently on social I media I offered this observation: My online friend James Ishmael Ford, author of books like Introduction to Zen Koans and Zen Master Who?, ...

Spirituality

Know Who You Are: When God Gazes At You, Who Does God See?

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Carl McColman

In Delphi, in ancient Greece, at a famous pagan temple these words were carved above the entrance: γνῶθι σεαυτόν (Gnothi Seauton), which in English means “...

Interspirituality

Philippians 2 and the Heart Sūtra

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Carl McColman

One of my favorite passages in the New Testament is the hymn found in Philippians 2:5-11: Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he w...

Spirituality

Does Union with God mean Losing Your Self?

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Carl McColman

“If the goal of the contemplative is union with God, does the individual begin to disappear and lose his or her unique self (personality, emotions) in pur...

Spirituality

A Prayer for Contemplatives

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Carl McColman

O Divine Beloved, you are the source of life and the fountain of all goodness. In the mystery of your silence we recognize who we are, for we are created in you...

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