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xiv, 395, viii pages : plates : 22 cm |
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1st ed. |
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The golden age and the mystic poet Lao-tse.--The Buddha, the great light, and the bliss of nirvana.--The age of reason in Greece: Pythagoras and Plato,--The tardy flowering of Greek mysticism: Plotinus.--Christian mysticism, from the founders to Saint Bernard.--The mediaeval flowering: Eckhart and the Friends of God.--Fra Angelico, the saintly painter and tool of God.--Jacob Boehme, the shoemaker-illuminate of the reformation.--Brother Lawrence, the lay |
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monk who attained unclouded vision.--A mystic in the age of enlightened scepticism: William Blake.--A descriptive reading list, with acknowledgments (p. 385-395)--Index. |
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Mysticism -- History.
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Mysticism -- Catholic Church.
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