Seven Ways to Think About Christian Mysticism

Here is the third episode of my “Schola Mystica” podcast. The transcript of the episode appears below.

Mysticism is a notoriously difficult word to define — which means it is a tricky concept to understand. 

The word gets used in slightly — or significantly — different ways, in different contexts. If we speak of Christian mysticism, or Eastern mysticism, or Neo-Platonic mysticism, we are speaking of three contrasting approaches to, and understandings of, mystical spirituality — and therefore, t...