Mysticism (Subscribe)
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The Boke of Margery Kempe and the Shewings of Julian of Norwich
http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/Margery%20Kempe%20and%20Julian%20of%20Norwich.html
Notes from a course on English literature from Beowulf to Dryden, at Goucher College.
Receive a daily excerpt from The Cloud of Unknowing
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cloud_of_unknowing/
The Cloud of Unknowing is a first expression in English of the spiritual wisdom as experienced by Christians during the first 1000 years after Christ.
Mystics in Love
http://www.gloriana.nu/mystic.html
Overview of the concepts of Christian mysticism, and introductions to a handful of Christian mystics.
Inner Explorations
http://www.innerexplorations.com/
Where Christian mysticism meets Eastern religions, Jungian psychology and a new sense of the earth.
Gender in Medieval Christian Mysticism
http://people.bu.edu/dklepper/RN413/
Syllabus for a Religion course taught at Boston University. Includes links to online materials.
David Torkington's Site
http://homepage.virgin.net/david.torkington/
Catholic author, writer, journalist, retreat master and spiritual director specializing in writing and lecturing about Christian Mystical Theology and Prayer. Includes his writings and lectures and audio tapes about Christian Prayer.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Mysticism
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10663b.htm
Mysticism as direct union of the human soul with the Divinity primarily from a Catholic perspective, but does mention other mystical traditions.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Mystical Theology
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14621a.htm
Mysticism and mystical prayer or contemplation considered from a Catholic perspective, along with a bibliography of famous Christian mystics.