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The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Celtic Wisdom: CIG to Celtic Wisdom
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Magic of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses: A Guide to Their Spiritual Power, Healing Energies, and Mystical Joy
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Answering the Contemplative Call: First Steps on the Mystical Path
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Before You Cast A Spell: Understanding the Power of Magic
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Befriending Silence
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The Well-Read Witch: Essential Books for Your Magickal Library
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366 Celt: A Year and A Day of Celtic Wisdom and Lore
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Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints, and Sages
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“The Christian mystic therefore is one for whom God and Christ are not merely objects of belief, but living facts experimentally known first hand; and mysticism for him becomes, in so far as he responds to its demands, a life based on this conscious communion with God”
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
“The point behind mysticism is not to dazzle the mind with ecstatic wonders or heady feelings, but to foster real and lasting changes, for the purpose of becoming more like Christ, which is to say, more compassionate, more forgiving, more committed to serving others and making the world a better place.”
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
“What do the Christian mystics tell us? That the wisdom they offer us can literally unite us with God—or at the very least, give us such a powerful experience of God's presence that it can revolutionize our lives. The purpose of such transformed lives is not primarily to achieve a goal (like enlightenment or spiritual bliss), but rather to participate in the Holy Spirit's ongoing activity—embodying the flowing love of Christ, love that we in turn give back to God as well as to “our neighbors as ourselves.”
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
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“The failure of global summits on the environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and finance.”
― ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI' ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
― ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI' ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
“our material riches unfortunately imply a spiritual, cultural, and moral poverty that are perhaps far greater than we see.”
― Mystics and Zen Masters
― Mystics and Zen Masters
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
― Thoughts in Solitude
― Thoughts in Solitude
“It seems to me that I have found my Heaven on earth, since Heaven is God, and God is [in] my soul.3 The day I understood that, everything became clear to me. I would like to whisper this secret to those I love so they too might always cling to God through everything,”
― The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel
― The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel

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