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Christian Mystics,
By Tami Brady "Whole Health" (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Christian Mystics: 365 Readings and Meditations (Paperback)
Christian Mystics contains a year's worth of quotation from some of the best know Christian mystics. These individuals range from historical figures such as Thomas Aquinas and Francis of Assisi to more modern contributions from Dorothee Soelle and Nana Veary. For the most part, quotations are grouped according by author. However, there are also random entries spread throughout.Each individual entry includes a quote followed by a bit of discussion. This discussion is an interpretation of the quote, important background, or points to ponder. The overall theme of these works is God: what is God, the connection to, and understanding of the church today. Overall I found the collection inspiring. However, there were not any particular quotes that spoke to me. Normally, with such books, I end up scribbling notes or jotting down favourite quotes. Not so with this one.
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Relating with the Mystics,
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Christian Mystics: 365 Readings and MeditationsBy Matthew Fox "Relation is the essence of everything that exists." Meister Eckhart There are times when it isn't vitally important what is said, but who said it. I fully expected to see in the volume the likes of Thomas Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Meister Eckhart and other mystics, including Thomas Berry. Who I didn't expect to meet in these pages was William Everson, at one time Brother Antonius. The first time I met him in print was as a Beat author, akin to Jack Kerouac (first-thought, best thought, a true mystical insight!). At that time Everson was being published by Black Sparrow Press, infamous for carrying the horny corpus of Charles Bukowski, who shocked me out of my almost monastic Catholic idealism which I held in my head, but which my other member wildly rejected. It's been a few decades but I've come to what Everson calls "the bridge between the sacred and the profane...the problem of greater consciousness." Matthew Fox's comments and provocative questions on the mystics are consice and precise. He asks the reader is he or she "senses this division between the sacred and profane in your life and your spirituality? Who do you know who bridges that divide? Have you done so yourself?" As a devotional volume of 365 readings and meditations Christian Mystics is something of an advanced placement course on the subject. It doesn't fall into the "I'm OK, You're OK" sort of placating booklets that you find in the nave at so many churches, nor is it a guilt-producing set of testimonies that wear you down day by day to a set of total submission. As a minister in the United Church of Christ, I would encourage every person to obtain a copy of this book if only as an antidote for the many vapid, non-challenging spiritual devotionals we see today. In this regard, Fox quotes Clarissa Pinkola Estes as saying, "Negative complexes are banished or transformed--your dreams will guide you the last part of the way--by putting your foot down..." The wise thing to do would be to put down your foot and pick up Christian Mystics! 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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A Powerful Anchor for the Spiritual Walk,
By C. Hoopes "Philamaena" - Published on Amazon.com
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I came to Matthew Fox's work like many ex-Catholics, having tossed the spiritual baby out with the dogmatic bathwater and moved on to pursue Spirit through other paths. His work, particularly in Christian Mystics, has reaffirmed for me that there is worth and beauty and true inspiration even in the Christian tradition. It is found in the voices of those who speak for the people, for the earth, for the heart's direct perception of Spirit, for oneness with the Cosmos, for the strength found in darkness, silence and letting go, and for the paths of creativity and prophesying truth to power. It is found in the mysteries of human love as well as Divine love.There is not an aspect of life that these meditations leave untouched. I found myself lifted into joy and awe...found affirmation that Spirit is present even in the darkest times...found creative inspiration and the challenge to speak my convictions. There were mornings when, reading the meditation, I was moved to tears and emerged with a heart at peace. I have picked up many books of daily readings over the years...very few have I actually stayed with from Day 1 to Day 365. This is one of those few...and I am by far the richer for the experience. 22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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School for Wonder in Awe of Christian Mystics,
By Jesse N. White "Founder, School for Wonder Pe... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christian Mystics: 365 Readings and Meditations (Paperback)
This book of quotes and questions is surprising, steady; a naked renewal of love like flints, struck in ways that transcend religion. The beauty and the power of these experiences reveals the mystic in each of us. Markers for the wild heart of the unseen, nearly every quote in this book has given me pause. The rare sitings and everyday personal experience of devotion, written here as wonder that penetrates all creation. This is sustenance for the soul, from those who have the courage of the untamed and the hunger that can harmonize the world.
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