Chris I love that you continue to share your experiences on this journey. Consider checking out Early Christian Lives compiled by Penguin Classics. I believe it will give you a different perspective on theurgy in the West. And as always I can't help but recommend the Latin mystics. Lately I've been enjoying Love Poems from God compiled by Daniel Ladinsky. That volume contains some familiar voices from the east as well. Again, grateful for your posts. Wishing you well.
Thanks for the kind words, Steven! Early Christian Lives sounds like a good read--I'll add it to my list. I definitely could have gone more into Christian mysticism in this post, but it's not my area of specialty. To that end, thanks for the work you're doing in bringing the Latin and Spanish mystics to a broader audience.
I love the direction this is taking Chris with the new publication name and your focus on inner practice as represented by lesser known mystical traditions as a potent source of help these days. Peter Kingsley's writing is amazing. I actually met with him a few times with my own teacher years ago. I respect and am grateful for your study of these sources and sharing your thoughts and inspirations. It's interesting how prevalent theurgy was in western culture and I can't help feeling that the disfavor it has fallen into over time corresponds to much of the collapse of world systems and structures we're seeing now. When we stop propitiating the realm of spirit as a way to align ourselves with deeper truth its no surprise that things start to unravel.
Thanks for your comments, Rick! As you know, that relationship with the realm of spirit is an intrinsic part of basically every world culture except our own, post-Enlightenment Euro-American culture! I do see it as a big part of the "meaning crisis" as well as the political, social, and ecological crises we're in. Man, it must have been cool to meet Peter Kingsley--I'll have to ask you about that offline sometime. Hope all is well!
Chris I love that you continue to share your experiences on this journey. Consider checking out Early Christian Lives compiled by Penguin Classics. I believe it will give you a different perspective on theurgy in the West. And as always I can't help but recommend the Latin mystics. Lately I've been enjoying Love Poems from God compiled by Daniel Ladinsky. That volume contains some familiar voices from the east as well. Again, grateful for your posts. Wishing you well.
Thanks for the kind words, Steven! Early Christian Lives sounds like a good read--I'll add it to my list. I definitely could have gone more into Christian mysticism in this post, but it's not my area of specialty. To that end, thanks for the work you're doing in bringing the Latin and Spanish mystics to a broader audience.
I love the direction this is taking Chris with the new publication name and your focus on inner practice as represented by lesser known mystical traditions as a potent source of help these days. Peter Kingsley's writing is amazing. I actually met with him a few times with my own teacher years ago. I respect and am grateful for your study of these sources and sharing your thoughts and inspirations. It's interesting how prevalent theurgy was in western culture and I can't help feeling that the disfavor it has fallen into over time corresponds to much of the collapse of world systems and structures we're seeing now. When we stop propitiating the realm of spirit as a way to align ourselves with deeper truth its no surprise that things start to unravel.
Thanks for your comments, Rick! As you know, that relationship with the realm of spirit is an intrinsic part of basically every world culture except our own, post-Enlightenment Euro-American culture! I do see it as a big part of the "meaning crisis" as well as the political, social, and ecological crises we're in. Man, it must have been cool to meet Peter Kingsley--I'll have to ask you about that offline sometime. Hope all is well!