You don’t have to become a monk to be a mystic

A reader wrote to me recently:

Hello, I am interested in becoming a Christian Mystic. However I am not sure if I can join a monastery due to being a Baptist Christian. If you know any monasteries that I could join while being Baptist, please let me know. Also, I would like to know other ways to become a Christian Mystic besides joining a monastery. Thank you much for your help.

Thank you so much for your message, and you’re asking a great question.

As you know, most monasteries in the Christian ...