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Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth.
And in the twelfth year, on the seventh day of Ielool, the month of reaping, he climbed the hill without the city walls and looked seaward, and he beheld his ship coming with the mist.
Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. More than four centuries have passed since Teresa of Avila's birth in Spain, and she is still celebrated as one of the world's great spiritual teachers. Her endearing human qualities, mystical insights, love for God, and refreshing candor all contribute to her legacy as a cartographer of the soul and a master of contemplative prayer. Her mystical writings are well...
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A poet, novelist, pacifist and mystic, Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) spent her life deeply immersed in the things she wrote about. At first an agnostic, Underhill became drawn to Catholicism, though her husband, a Protestant, tried to dissuade her. Instead of taking the traditional Christocentric view held by most Anglo-Catholics, Underhill gravitated toward a more intellectual side of religion. With her work Practical Mysticism, Underhill expounds...
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The Cloud of Unknowing draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Christian Neoplatonism, which focuses on the via negativa road to discovering God as a pure entity, beyond any capacity of mental conception and so without any definitive image or form. This tradition has reputedly inspired generations of mystical searchers from John Scotus Erigena, through Book of Taliesin, Nicholas of Cusa and St. John of the Cross to Teilhard...
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En este libro Teresa de Jesús escribe con pasión y se erige, aun sin pretenderlo, en verdadera profeta de la oración. "Camino de perfección" es la primera de las obras de santa Teresa que vio la luz, en Evora en 1583. La edición que presentamos aquà ha sido cuidada al máximo con el respeto que se merece la autora y su libro. La obra la escribió dos veces y publicamos precisamente la segunda redacción, recuperando los textos más significativos...
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You've met the characters in these stories before. We meet them in folktales from all around the world. There is the simple, wise old man who understands far more than he knows; the pompous religious expert who discovers his folly before it's too late; nosey neighbors and petty relatives; and a fight between good and evil in which, by story's end, good and evil almost seem to switch places. These classic tales, made popular a century ago by Leo Tolstoy,...
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For many people, the word mysticism conjures up occult, secretive rituals held after midnight in some dark cave. But true mysticism isn't at all sinister or secretive, says author John Mabry, an Anglican-rite Congregational minister. In fact, mysticism is at the heart of an authentic Christian life. It is nothing more and nothing less than the pursuit-and enjoyment-of union with God, which is the goal of all Christian spirituality. Christian mysticism...
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Here are the complete prophecies of Nostradamus. Nostradamus is the best known and most accurate mystic and seer of all times. There are those who say that he predicted Napoleon and even the attack on the World Trade Center. Read the prophecies and judge for yourself. Since governments, sects and countries will undergo such sweeping changes, diametrically opposed to what now obtains, that were I to relate events to come, those in power now - monarchs,...
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The Ascent of Mount Carmel is the third major work of St. John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic and major figure of the Catholic Reformation in the 16th century. This book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ and is considered to be the introductory work on mystical theology. This books begins with an allegorical poem and the rest is a detailed explanation and interpretation of the poem.
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An early and influential volume among the 20th-century studies of mystic psychology, this landmark survey begins with an examination of empirical science and religious psychology. It discusses the sensation of presence in mystics and non-mystics, distinctive features of Christian mysticism, and criticisms of the legitimacy of the mystic experience.
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In the third Paranormal Investigators book, you will be introduced to the Vatican's top exorcist Father Gabriele Amoth along with the history of exorcism and the rites of exorcism in all of the world's great religions. This practice dates back as far as recorded history. It seems that mankind has been battling demons since the beginning of time.
This book also features a brief review of the case that inspired the film the Exorcist.
The rites of...
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Reflections by 13 men and women, conveniently gathered into one volume, encompass the works of Angela of Foligno, John Ruysbroeck, Henry Suso, Richard Rolle, John Tauler, the author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Walter Hilton, Catherine of Genoa, St. Teresa, John of the Cross, and Francis de Sales.
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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...
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'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler' -Albert Einstein. In just the first few chapters of Vigilant Ancestor, you will find the existence of ghost spirits and human souls are fully explained and verifiable. It is accomplished by utilizing Albert Einstein's elemental physics in the same style that Dr. Einstein himself has used in so many of his books. It really proves to be that simple. This book is a narrative of...
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The Great Cistercian Mystics is an in-depth analysis of the mystical theology of the major Cistercian mystics of the 12th century, Bernard of Clairvaux, William of Saint-Thierry, Guerric of Igny, Isaac of Stella, and Aelred of Rievaulx, as well as the continuators of Bernard's sermons on the Song of Songs. It also contains a survey of the Cistercian women mystics of the 13th century.
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Legacy of Sonship will encourage you in your personal pursuit of Yahweh. In this book, Ricky shares his personal journey from Church Age Pastor to a Kingdom Son.
This book will challenge your belief systems as Ricky shares encounters of untangling from religious mindsets and customs.
This book will also give clarity on your position as a Son seated in Heavenly places. Ricky shares some amazing stories that have impacted his family, his community...
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The Ascent of Mount Carmel is the third major work of St. John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic and major figure of the Catholic Reformation in the 16th century. This book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ and is, considered to be, the introductory work on mystical theology. This books, begins with an allegorical poem and the rest is a detailed explanation and interpretation of the poem.
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"We need a new kind of mystic," writes Fr. Robert Wild; and in The Tumbler of God, he presents a spiritual portrait of G.K. Chesterton that convincingly shows why he is precisely the new kind of mystic we need. Chesterton's mysticism was grounded in an experiential knowledge that existence is a gift from God, and that the only response is a spirituality of gratitude and praise for the unveiled beauty of creation. Franz Kafka said of Chesterton, "He...
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