mysticism
“Mysticism is the spiritual encounter with a sacred mystery that cannot be put into words, but may be embodied through feelings, conscious awareness, experience, or intuition — or even through darkness or unknowing.“ - Carl McColman
mysticism
Reality is something much bigger than our ordinary senses are capable of perceiving, and learning to be in relationship with it requires us to enter the imaginal realm. Mysticism, magic, and animist frameworks are ways of doing that, so I write a lot about those topics.
Rebekah Berndt • We are all cells in God's body
Rahul asked us to characterize authentic spiritual experience, which I said might be marked by humility, self-emptying, and a displacement of ideological certainties. It can feel disorienting rather than confirming of a final sense of identity or an ultimate solution. That does not prevent someone, after being shattered, from picking up the pieces... See more