| Description |
xviii, 559 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Modern Library classics |
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Modern Library classics.
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| Contents |
1: Foundations of mystical practice -- Biblical interpretation -- Asceticism and purgation -- Prayer, liturgy, and sacraments -- Inner and outer practices -- Mystical itineraries -- 2: Aspects of mystical consciousness -- Living the trinity -- Encountering Christ -- Love and knowledge -- Positive and negative ways to God -- Vision, contemplation, and rapture -- Distress and dereliction -- Deification and birthing -- Union with God -- 3: Implications of the mystical life -- Mysticism and heresy -- Contemplation and action |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [553]-559) |
| Subject |
Mysticism.
|
| Author |
McGinn, Bernard, 1937-
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| LC no. |
2006044877 |
| ISBN |
0812974212 |
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9780812974218 |
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