A Mystic Journey

“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…