A Mystic Journey

“The essence of a relationship with a guru or spiritual teacher is love.” “He was like a magnet of love attracting us all. And that love was his real teaching.” Ram Dass Ram Dass’ life in Polishing the Mirror: How to Live From Your Spiritual Heart (Sounds True, 2014) changed drastically when he met his…

In Radical Regeneration: Birthing the New Human in the Age of Extinction by Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker (iuniverse, 2020), the authors want to make sure that we understand “the severity of our predicament” today from the pandemic, climate change, racial inequality, and political unrest. Yet their main discussions center around the optimism of our…

The Mystery of Light: The Life and Teachings of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov by Georg Feuerstein, PhD (Passage Press, 1994) “Do not rely on others or on books; they can do nothing for you if your whole being does not vibrate and throb with the fire within, if you are not ablaze with fire, like the…

“Mirth and Mourning” are equally important, claims Julian in Julian of Norwich: Wisdom in a Time of Pandemic — and Beyond by Matthew Fox (iuniverse, 2020). An inspiring thought, asking us to be happy as well as sad, from a medieval mystic living in the 15th century during the bubonic plague. A Catholic anchoress, not…

“Each of us is called to be a mystic,” claims Wayne Teasdale in The Mystic Heart: Discovering A Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions (New World Library, 1999). His book led to my initial interest in mysticism. In 2012, I wrote in a review that “Reading his book makes you feel as if you are…