Christian mysticism is the tradition of mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation [of the person] for...
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Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is...
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Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem's Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941), draws distinctions between different forms of mysticism which...
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Evelyn Underhill (redirect from Mysticism (book))
religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Her best-known work is Mysticism, published in 1911. Underhill was born in Wolverhampton...
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Christian mysticism refers to the development of mystical practices and theory within Christianity. It has often been connected to mystical theology,...
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Christian Kabbalah arose during the Renaissance due to Christian scholars' interest in the mysticism of Jewish Kabbalah, which they interpreted according...
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Spirituality (redirect from Christian spirituality)
spiritual man is one who is Christian 'more abundantly and deeper than others'." The word was also associated with mysticism and quietism, and acquired...
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Sophia (wisdom) (section Christian mysticism)
idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally carrying a meaning of "cleverness, skill", the later...
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Zohar (section Christian mysticism)
aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology. The Zohar contains discussions...
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religions. This page focuses on examples primarily relating to Christian expressions of mysticism amongst women, their lives, and their significant contributions...
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romanized: merkāḇā, lit. 'chariot') or Merkavah mysticism (lit. Chariot mysticism) is a school of early Jewish mysticism, c. 100 BCE – 1000 CE, centered on visions...
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Bernard McGinn (theologian) (category Christian mysticism)
A specialist in Medieval mysticism, McGinn is widely regarded as the preeminent scholar of mysticism in the Western Christian tradition. He is best known...
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Religious experience (category Mysticism)
published 17 November 2023, accessed 25 November 2023 "John 7:16–39". "Christian Mysticism (1899 Bampton Lectures)". Theologia Germanica, public domain Matthew...
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Dark Night of the Soul (category Christian mysticism)
moral development Nigredo Psychology of religion Divinization (Christian) In Mysticism, part II, chapter 9, Underhill quotes John: "This," says St. John...
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but this has not been proven. Christianity portal Christian meditation music Christian mysticism (contemplation) Daily devotional The Cloud of Unknowing...
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Out-of-body experience Anthroposophy Christian mysticism Christian mystics Esotericism Hermeticism List of occultists Mysticism Salvation Spiritualism Western...
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Esoteric Christianity (redirect from Esoteric Christian)
Guy G. (2005). Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-13635-5. "Esoteric". Oxford English Dictionary...
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Henosis (redirect from Oneness (mysticism))
further developed in the Corpus Hermeticum, in Christian theology, Islamic Mysticism, soteriology and mysticism, and is an important factor in the historical...
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Catharism (category Christian mysticism)
the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized: katharoí, "the pure ones") was a Christian quasi-dualist or pseudo-Gnostic movement, which thrived in the anti-materialist...
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extensively but cryptically in terms of Qabalah, Hermeticism, alchemy, and Christian mysticism, subjects whose methods, symbolism, and allusions were ardently studied...
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God-man (Christianity) (redirect from God-man (Christian mysticism))
God-man (Koinē Greek: θεάνθρωπος, romanized: theánthropos; Latin: deus homo) is a term which refers to the incarnation and the hypostatic union of Christ...
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Bride of Christ (redirect from Nuptial mysticism)
literally 'bride-mysticism', often rendered 'bridal mysticism' or 'nuptial mysticism' in English, was a thirteenth-century Christian spiritual movement...
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Quakers (redirect from Quaker Christian)
belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John...
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Press. Sluhovsky, Moshe (2007). Believe Not Every Spirit: Possession, Mysticism, and Discernment in Early Modern Catholicism. Chicago: University of Chicago...
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Asceticism (redirect from Christian asceticism)
Faiths: Jew and Christian at Odds and in Harmony. Peter Lang. pp. 41–43. ISBN 978-3-03910-174-0. Wolfson, Elliot R. (2016). "Asceticism, Mysticism, and Messianism:...
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Branhamism (category Christian mysticism)
the prior generation. Of all of Branham's doctrines, his teachings on Christian restorationism have had the most lasting influence on modern Christianity...
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Christian mysticism in ancient Africa took form in the desert, as part of a long-reaching Judeo-Christian-Islamic mystical tradition. In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic...
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Bach scholar Alfred Dürr notes that the cantata is an expression of Christian mysticism in art, while William G. Whittaker calls it "a cantata without weaknesses...
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James Finley (author) (category 20th-century Christian mystics)
books on spirituality and Christian mysticism including Merton's Palace of Nowhere, The Contemplative Heart, and Christian Meditation: Experiencing the...
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Teresa of Ávila (category 16th-century Christian mystics)
Castle and The The Way of Perfection are prominent works on Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practice. In her autobiography, written as a defense...
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