Practical Mysticism

But we've got the peace of mind part covered.

Preface of Practical Mysticism.

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Practical Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill.

Preface.

This little book, written during the last months of peace, goes to press in the first weeks of the Great War.

One has not entered into possession of all one's powers.

Evelyn Underhill In this season of the podcast, we're going to be working our way through Evelyn Underhill's book, Practical Mysticism, a little book for normal people.

And this is a format similar to last season, but with a bit of a twist.

Last season, we went in depth with the novel Moby Dick, and throughout that season, we Melville's book was used as a source of symbolic material in order to illustrate and open up Jungian ideas and concepts.

Her book can help open Jung's books a little bit wider for us.

And that is what this season is all about.

Each episode of this season will pick up the themes of one chapter of practical mysticism or perhaps part of one chapter and explore them in terms of the practice of the symbolic life to date.

And if you're familiar with her book, you may find this season an opportunity to reacquaint yourself with it.

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Preface of Practical Mysticism.

This is a LibriVox recording.

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Carla Arnell, Lake Forest, Illinois.

Practical Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill.

Preface.

This little book, written during the last months of peace, goes to press in the first weeks of the Great War.

Abraham Lincoln: The Practical Mystic by Francis Grierson.

The practical mysticism of Abraham Lincoln.

A knowledge of the influences which ruled the life of Lincoln, the greatest of practical mystics, is essential now that a new form of paganism and slavery threatens humanity.

In Lincoln's time, the Black slaves of America had to be freed.

The mystical trend now visible in England and America is not a revival, but a renaissance.

It has come in the natural course of events, being the only thing that responds to the spiritual aspirations and needs of the dispensation ushered in by the Great War.

The renaissance of practical mysticism is now apparent both in and outside the churches.

But its great influence is exerted on the large class which, before the war, had no religious convictions of any kind.