What is Christian Mysticism?

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Join me as I turn to explore Christian mysticism as we delve into the fascinating treasures of this tradition. From ancient practices, mystical experiences, and profound wisdom that have shaped the lives of countless of people throughout history.
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Music by:
Filip Holm
Johannes Bornlöf
Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Sources/Recomended Reading:
Gendle, Nicholas (translated by) (1982). "Gregory Palamas: The Triads". In the "Classics of Western Spirituality Series". Paulist Press.
Greer, Rowan A. (1979). "Origen: Selected Writings". Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press.
Hart, Columba (translated by) (1980). "Hadewijch: Complete Works". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.
Laird, Martin (2004). "Gregory of Nyssa and the grasp of faith: union, knowledge and divine presence". Oxford University Press.
Lossky, Vladimir (1944). "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church". James Clarke & Co.
Luibheid, Colm (Translated by) (1987). "Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works". Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press International.
McGinn, Bernard. "The Presence of God" Series, in several volumes. Perhaps the best and most comprehensive introduction to Christian mysticism. Published by Crossroad Publishing Co.
McGinn, Bernard (2001). "The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man From Whom God Hid Nothing". Crossroad Publishing Co.
"Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense". Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press.
"Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.
Tobin, Frank (translated by) (1997). "Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the Godhead". Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press.
Walshe, Maurice O.C. (translated by) (2010). "The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart". Crossroad Publishing Company.
Ware, Timothy (2015). "The Orthodox Church: An introduction to Eastern Christianity". New Edition. Penguin Books.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:49 What is 'Mysticism'?
06:56 Mysticism before Christianity
08:02 Mysticism in early Christianity: Contemplation & Theosis
14:28 Pseudo-Dionysius & Mystical Theology
18:30 The Great Schism: Catholicism vs. Orthodoxy?
19:26 Hesychasm
20:08 High Middle Ages & Monastic Orders
21:55 Hildegard of Bingen
23:06 The Beguines (Mechtild, Hadewijch)
26:17 Love & Union with God
28:45 Marguerite Porete & The Mirror of Simple Souls
31:09 Bernard of Clairvaux & Symeon the New Theologian
33:14 Mystical Practice (Hesychasm, Cloud of Unknowing)
37:30 Mystical Philosophy: Meister Eckhart
45:56 Gregory Palamas
48:47 Later Mystics
50:37 Protestant Mysticism?
53:37 Mysticism today & Conclusions
#christianity #mysticism #religion

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  • ''Love never fails, Not even in Death."-St. Gregory of Nyssa

    @colingallagher1648@colingallagher16487 ай бұрын
    • Yeah go give a kid hormones mystic *ag

      @rickpaul8012@rickpaul80126 ай бұрын
    • Haqq

      @usmanbasyah4326@usmanbasyah43266 ай бұрын
    • ​@@rickpaul8012whaaaat?

      @jbxfile20@jbxfile206 ай бұрын
    • I’ve always been drawn to the mystery of God. Hmmm…lots to take from this. I especially understand the part that talked about not being able to separate theology from mysticism. That’s what makes it hard and lonely place as a Christian to also be a mystic. We aren’t to discuss theology because it only causes division among believers. So the knowledge we find is really only for us and not to be shared with the body of Christ. Especially when observing other religious beliefs in our connection to God.

      @christinasteltz5063@christinasteltz5063Ай бұрын
  • I love how you don't take any religion for granted, you take them all at their heart and soul, and show how beautiful they all are. Wonderful content.

    @markcharron@markcharron7 ай бұрын
    • From a mystic perspective, all religions are fundamentally teaching the same thing.

      @da4dim@da4dim7 ай бұрын
    • @@da4dimSomewhat. I can’t remember who it was but there’s a quote that goes “All mystics speak the same language.” or something to that effect. Although, I do believe that what separates this sometimes is that mystics, particularly Christian mystics, will resolve their mysticism to rest in Christ alone in a strictly teleological manner.

      @randomworkings3600@randomworkings36007 ай бұрын
    • @@da4dim Different paths

      @historysmysteriesunveiled8043@historysmysteriesunveiled80437 ай бұрын
    • @@da4dim Not really. Christianity teaches something very different and unique.

      @br.m@br.m7 ай бұрын
    • they been used to mind control, inquisition killed millions of people, the romans killed jesus and the vatican is in rome, the largest gold reserve, remember they robbed almost every latin american country and killed their people, stole their gold and imposed christianity, the history is funny cause the people who followed jesus endeup taking his life

      @ilovejapan717@ilovejapan7177 ай бұрын
  • "The Cloud of Unknowing" is a great mystic book for example .

    @majidbineshgar7156@majidbineshgar71567 ай бұрын
    • Also a banger of a song

      @camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303@camillaquelladegliaggettiv43037 ай бұрын
    • @@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Of ruine or some blazing starre is just perfect through and through

      @slimetime850@slimetime8507 ай бұрын
    • 23 years ago, 'The Cloud of Unknowing and other works' became the catalyst that confirmed my technique and experiences and sealed the deal, so to speak! Highly recommended. Also 'The Mystic in Love' holds some useful reminders of the frequency & resonance in prose & poetry.

      @thekeysman6760@thekeysman67607 ай бұрын
    • I'm currently reading prayer of the heart in Christian and sufi mysticism. It's good but it's taking me a while to get through because it's got a lot to chew on. Gotta take it in small chunks and let it marinate

      @hermeticascetic@hermeticascetic7 ай бұрын
    • Doctrine and Covenants is better.

      @Saint_nobody@Saint_nobody7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for this, I appreciate the video as an Orthodox Christian - I have long been interested in the mysticism in my faith but it’s hard to tackle as you’ve said.

    @TheBlinky81@TheBlinky817 ай бұрын
    • ​@@s-order-nomada quote from "Oh Brother, Were Art Thou" - "That don't make no sense." There's nothing mystical about destroying your country because it's too diverse for you. American conservatism belongs to our ex president anti-christ.

      @alwilliams5177@alwilliams51777 ай бұрын
    • The only true religion..I kid, but still

      @iulia1690@iulia16907 ай бұрын
    • If you were actually interested you wouldn't be a "gods-believer".

      @louseveryann2181@louseveryann21817 ай бұрын
    • @@louseveryann2181 as you get closer to living like Iisus Hristos, ofcourse your made in the image of God is gonna show. We are kings of this world, this is our garden that God made for us, and we have power over it.

      @iulia1690@iulia16907 ай бұрын
    • @@iulia1690 Wow...... Next time tie the bedsheets together, fangirl.

      @louseveryann2181@louseveryann21817 ай бұрын
  • I wasn’t raised a Christian at all but Catholic mysticism with its divine morality teaching is what drew me to Christianity in the first place.

    @Ceylin_Kurtbogan@Ceylin_Kurtbogan6 ай бұрын
    • Have you looked into Orthodox Christianity? Predates Roman Catholicism

      @FaithfulComforter@FaithfulComforter6 ай бұрын
    • can u explain it more. does it mean that something big while happen after we die? or that when we die we are at our "highest" most divine moment

      @uniform.001@uniform.0016 ай бұрын
    • @@uniform.001 It means to seek God while you are alive. Luke 11:5-13 NLT

      @FaithfulComforter@FaithfulComforter6 ай бұрын
    • @@FaithfulComforterDoing all of that searching whenever god is within us the whole time

      @Jaylamah529@Jaylamah5295 ай бұрын
    • @@Jaylamah529 incorrect

      @FaithfulComforter@FaithfulComforter5 ай бұрын
  • Thanks a lot for this. As a Catholic I am happy to learn more about mysticism from your work.

    @BoredBookAddict@BoredBookAddict7 ай бұрын
    • There's a book called prayer of the heart that talks about Christian mysticism through prayer that goes through a lot of the teachings of St Teresa on the subject of ecstatic prayer

      @hermeticascetic@hermeticascetic7 ай бұрын
    • You should look into Catherine of Siena. She starved herself into hallucinations and believed she had an invisible wedding ring that was made of Jesus’s foreskin

      @thescoobymike@thescoobymike7 ай бұрын
    • There is also a book called the Bible that you should really check out. I'm just kidding around saying it like. I'm sure you know about the Bible but I just found it concerning that the host of the video is quoting ppl all over the place but doesn't quote the Bible. He even quotes someone and then says the person was considered a heretic. I just think calling one's self a "mystic Christian" is dangerous ground. Now of course in the US you can be whatever religion you want up to and including making up your own religion and I'm not trying to be the typical judgy Christian I'm just saying if you want to be a Christian then the most important part of that is to know Jesus and know that He said He is the way the truth and the life and no man goes to the Father but through Him. I can be wrong of course and I'm always learning but from what I understand by reading God's word is you can either be a Christian or be a mystic but based on the Bible I don't think you can do both even under the very broad definition of Mysticism that the host of the video uses. For the record I do believe in the gifts of the Spirit but those gifts are from God to use for His glory not ours and the Bible is quite clear that we are not to practice magic, divination, necromancy ect. I pray you will at least think about this.

      @gracew4194@gracew41947 ай бұрын
    • @@hermeticasceticis it by George Maloney? Trying to find it, that’s the only one I found but it says it focuses on the Eastern Orthodox tradition

      @lucasmilone5902@lucasmilone59027 ай бұрын
    • ​@gracew4194, He mentioned the Bible a number of times, including the Old Testament, Luke and Paul's road to Damascus experience. I hear people talk about not doing magic but then talk about the gifts of the spirit, healings, and other miracles prayed for, which look a lot like magic to me. It's the theology that differs. If you believe in the all-knowing planned world, then praying sounds a lot like you want special dispensation to break God's plan. Not to mention the wise men who used the stars to find Jesus. If you read Mathew, Mark, and Luke, you get a very different picture of Jesus's teachings than John and Paul. Paul hardly talks about Jesus's biography like the 4 gospels. He's more interested in passing on his mystical messages from the passed on Jesus (which is the very definition of necromancy, that is talking to the dead sorry you probably think that's blasphemy). The first three focus on upholding Jewish laws and getting to God through that law, your actions, as good works. Jesus doesn't mention being God tho does say he's the son of man. John gets very mystical and out there and with Paul focuses on simply believing in Jesus being enough to get forgiveness regardless of your good or bad works. It seems to me Revelation is very mystical and symbolic though full of failed prophecies, since they were supposed to happen before Paul, the disciples and their followers died as Paul said not to bother marrying since the end was nigh. Revelation also uses a lot of stars and magical imagery and symbols.

      @thoughtfuloutsider@thoughtfuloutsider7 ай бұрын
  • Master Eckhart isn't bashing mystical experience, rather he's saying it's not the be all and end all. The visions are useful as they are motivation God is sending us that we are on the right path. But the visions themselves are not the goal, the goal is union with the divine. These mystical experiencies imo are the bedrock of faith. And it's faith that we use to attain union with God.

    @adim00lah@adim00lah7 ай бұрын
    • Good point. Thank you.

      @Mika-El-@Mika-El-7 ай бұрын
    • Absolutely. He echos the teachings of all the church fathers in that respect

      @papercut7141@papercut71417 ай бұрын
    • 🙏🏽

      @NoLefTurnUnStoned.@NoLefTurnUnStoned.2 ай бұрын
    • What is God?

      @menifo4334@menifo433418 күн бұрын
    • @@menifo4334 God to me is the Absolute, perfect, self-sufficient eternal reality that depends upon nothing external to itself.

      @adim00lah@adim00lah18 күн бұрын
  • Thankyou for this video! I'm a Christian who came to faith via buddhist mysticism and having a profound mystical experience of God in the emptiness that I experienced through buddhist emptying of ego. I have often found it hard to contextualise this experience as a Christian, especailly as a attend a Protestant church. This video has really helped me integrate the mystical experience into my Christian identity in a way that was previously a little jarring. The descriptions by these mystics sound very similar to the buddhist ideas i was reading but with God at the centre. I really appreciate the deep research and deep understanding of the topic you have put into this video

    @Flamable1@Flamable13 ай бұрын
    • Ive had the exact same experience and journey as you describe.

      @thebigglow@thebigglow2 ай бұрын
    • Consider finding converting to Catholicism or Orthodoxy if you want more acceptance of mysticism and possibly more answers.

      @trueblueclue@trueblueclue2 ай бұрын
    • Interestingly you're the second person I've heard say they came from Buddhism and found Christianity. I'm not subscribed to any religion but I did the opposite coming from a southern Christian background and exploring Buddhism. For me its been a wonderful breath of fresh air. I have a feeling this is something meaningful. I think both religions have a lot to offer each other.

      @BallBatteryReligion@BallBatteryReligion2 ай бұрын
    • I had a similar experience, and yes it is hard to articulate. God bless

      @owenswabi@owenswabiАй бұрын
    • If you came from Buddhism I think you might feel more at home in an Eastern Orthodox church. Although it's for God to decide where He wants you to be, it might be worth looking into deeper if you haven't already.

      @rattuna4773@rattuna477317 күн бұрын
  • Your taste in medieval art is top notch

    @ems4884@ems48843 ай бұрын
  • Superb and noble work. What makes your content stand out amongst many other channels with high intellectual and scholarly brilliance, is the glow that your heart lends to your work. It is obvious that all these deep and mystical topics moves you way beyond academic curiosity and the Nous seeps through in very nourishiing ways for us on the other end of the screen. Wish you the very best for your continual path.

    @Mika-El-@Mika-El-7 ай бұрын
    • Very kind words!

      @LetsTalkReligion@LetsTalkReligion7 ай бұрын
    • I feel the same way:) @@LetsTalkReligion

      @yosoyyohoy@yosoyyohoy7 ай бұрын
    • Agreed!

      @inesgovaerts@inesgovaerts7 ай бұрын
    • Well said.

      @carolineaustin4138@carolineaustin41387 ай бұрын
  • Experience. Unite. Become. I agree. I have experienced all of that. I finally realized that I am a mystic. It was not explained nto me as a child and I had no religious upbringing. However, I have experienced the Union with God as an intense Love and Peace and as a Union with the light. There is no human love that can be compared with such divine Love. It is absolutely amazing but also, I recognized that this is where I came from. My soul recognized HOME... Twice. I experienced it twice. Both times I was meditating in silence. The fist time in 2004 it was the Union with the Light, LOVE and PEACE... The second time in 2010, it was the Passionate Longing that was beyond my understanding as it was so passionate and made me cry for hours and hours as the Love was beyond any limit. 24:00. I never heard of this until now! Thank you for this video💗. You are explaining what I experienced. What an incredible video!!!

    @r.p.8906@r.p.89067 ай бұрын
    • u a mystic bro congrats

      @ilovejapan717@ilovejapan7177 ай бұрын
    • mystic till a lion tries to eat u, just like every mystic

      @ilovejapan717@ilovejapan7177 ай бұрын
  • Theosis is the heart of Christianity

    @prakashkrishnan5836@prakashkrishnan58367 ай бұрын
    • Alaha is the heart of Christianity

      @theguyver4934@theguyver49347 ай бұрын
  • This is such a great video and explanation on Christina mysticism. I am Eastern European and born into Orthodox Christianity. This video gave me so many answers to the way my family perceive and practise religion and my mother saying that one doesn’t need to understand God but Love him. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    @danielastoyanova3245@danielastoyanova32454 ай бұрын
  • THIS IS MY FAVOURITE CHANNEL

    @Klaus.anal.Schwab@Klaus.anal.Schwab7 ай бұрын
    • I came to watch a video about Christian mystics and ended up laughing at your username. Thanks, you cracked me up but simultaneously made me wonder if you are a bot, a genuine person who thought the name was funny or if you're a "fed" 😂😂 Today'sPsychological warfare has ruined me.

      @Tom-sd9jb@Tom-sd9jb7 ай бұрын
    • @@Tom-sd9jb 🤣🤣🤣🤣

      @Klaus.anal.Schwab@Klaus.anal.Schwab7 ай бұрын
    • Yes

      @NealBird-bq7ix@NealBird-bq7ix7 ай бұрын
  • I must thank Filip for his scholarly investigation into christian mysticism. As a catholic myself, it's heartening to note that his faith is moving in the right direction. New Testament's original christian references to mysticism are found in John 4:24, 6:53-54, 10:30, Matthew 5:48, 6:22, 16:18-19, among many more. And the book of Revelation is a compilation of mystical experiences of the 'beloved' mystic disciple & apostle, John. It is evident that Christ himself a mystic, taught spiritual (esoteric) mysticism to his direct disciples. With the passing of time, Successors of Christ's sacred teachings could not find suitable disciples to transmit the sacred esoteric teachings and so were 'lost' to the christian world and replaced by Church Christianity. Gradually, except for a few, interest in the sacred esoteric teachings the christian mystics practiced waned, and therefore remained hidden from catholics generally. However, God never ignores sincere truth-seekers (Luke 11:9) the opportunity to learn the secret esoteric knowledge, kept hidden from unprepared minds, in every Age. The Bhagavad Gita IV:7-8, declares that in every Age God incarnates in human form to restore the lost teachings that unite the soul with God-the underlying essence of every true religion. For those who are interested in understanding and learning everything about mysticism, it is necessary to learn the sacred esoteric teachings in its purity from a master mystic, an incarnation of God. Paramahansa Yogananda, in his "Autobiography of A Yogi," discloses the original esoteric teachings-the keys (Matthew 16:19)-that all great prophets and mystics in every religion used to unlock the "gates of heaven" and pass on to their 'prepared' disciples awaiting liberation from the three-fold sufferings: physical disease, mental inharmony, and spiritual ignorance. There are two ways to practice religion: 1. By the snail's-pace, natural evolutionary process of gradual unfoldment of Truth (Self-realization), or 2. By choosing the super-fast spiritual highway-the keys-to reach one's life's objective-Self-realization-in the shortest time. I sincerely hope Filip's wonderful exposition of this enlightening subject will prompt truth-seeking catholics to transcend the limiting dogmatic religious boundaries and learn the "true religion" of God-realization that Christ taught. This can be one of the ways to save Christ's Church from becoming irrelevant or going astray in the present Age. 🙏

    @truthseeker3568@truthseeker35687 ай бұрын
    • I have a question as someone who sees himself as a sincere truth-seeker. I’ve been estranged from the church for about a decade, but want to go to one that would be… at least tolerant of Christian Mysticism and the content of all encompassing love found in mystical states. Do you have any ideas? Or is all institutional religion too far from mysticism?

      @MrCman321@MrCman3216 ай бұрын
    • As a fellow Catholic, rather than going outright to the yogis of the orient for teachings of esoteric truths, I would recommend to you the book Meditation on the Tarot A journey into Christian Hermeticism, Letters to Unknown Friends, specifically written by an Anonymous author, a devout Catholic himself and a lifelong hermeticist who very specifically seeks to return knowledge of the Christian Esoteric tradition which is still alive and had been kept alive in places, notably France itself. It has the approval of none other than Hans Urs Von Balthasar which has been heartening for many a hesitant reader.

      @thisisanalt@thisisanalt6 ай бұрын
    • MrCman, the writings mentioned in the video are portals into Catholic mysticism.

      @bartholomewrubendelatorreo9528@bartholomewrubendelatorreo95286 ай бұрын
    • Ephesians 9 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

      @user-jc6vy5gm8q@user-jc6vy5gm8q6 ай бұрын
    • I mean no disrespect but I recommend you to buy the catechism and consider to start practicing this "dogma of religious practices". God-realization is great and all, but they should all be aligned with teachings that have been forged for 2 thousand years. Where is the mana? The sacraments instituted by Christ to his apostles, and how do you live the beatitudes? These are spiritual realities that lead you towards one path, the Father.

      @israel6319@israel63195 ай бұрын
  • Man this channel is amazing.

    @alecbateman4498@alecbateman44987 ай бұрын
  • William Blake deserves an honourable mention. If not a video all to himself

    @jethrobradley7850@jethrobradley78506 ай бұрын
  • I am so grateful for this summary. Studying and embracing this was quite taboo in my upbringing as a Lutheran. This was healing to witness it all come together, so beautiful as always! 💛

    @tessathulien4212@tessathulien42125 ай бұрын
  • Can't wait. Love these videos. Please make one specifically on the Philokalia please!

    @cyprokka@cyprokka7 ай бұрын
  • What a treat, Filip! Thanks a lot. Very much aware of the amount of work you did for this. Your channel belongs to the most nourishing and inspiring I came across on KZhead. Profoundly grateful

    @meditation-musicale@meditation-musicale7 ай бұрын
  • Ive converted to Greek Orthodox a few months ago and have been going to services at my local church and doing research. Great timing!

    @kellyshea92@kellyshea927 ай бұрын
    • Read "The Fathers Know Best" by Jimmy Akin.

      @DudeNamedDuncan@DudeNamedDuncan6 ай бұрын
    • Welcome! Check out Orthodox Wisdom and Patristix for some decent Orthodox videos. And may God bless you.

      @bellingdog@bellingdog6 ай бұрын
  • I quite literally was just thinking the last few days that I wanted to look more into Christian mysticism and then you drop this video!🎉

    @RedWinter88@RedWinter887 ай бұрын
    • Check out Teresa of Avila, john of the Cross, Catherine of Siena, Bonaventure, and Teresa of Lisieux. It's heavy stuff. You encounter it best in prayer. "The way to heaven is heaven."

      @ejh5628@ejh56286 ай бұрын
    • Look into Father Serraphim Rose

      @Brody-Aleksander@Brody-Aleksander5 ай бұрын
    • ​@@ejh5628everyone tou mentioned is lost in prelest and captured by demons

      @Brody-Aleksander@Brody-Aleksander5 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Brody-AleksanderYes

      @ElonMuskrat-my8jy@ElonMuskrat-my8jy5 ай бұрын
  • Love this! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this for the world 💌

    @G00DBL00MS@G00DBL00MS7 ай бұрын
  • It would be amazing to have further videos on this topic. It’s rich and enlightening. Amazing thank you!

    @Sashas-mom@Sashas-mom7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for covering this 🧡 I have a huge affinity for the great poets of the Beloved, and your channel is on point ☺️

    @ZenSolipsist@ZenSolipsist7 ай бұрын
  • I'm very much looking forward to this

    @Klaus.anal.Schwab@Klaus.anal.Schwab7 ай бұрын
  • It's always a pleasure and a blessing to find extremely worthwhile content like this on KZhead

    @stephenanthony5923@stephenanthony59237 ай бұрын
  • amazing video! really appreciate the brief mention of quakerism at the end - I am a practicing quaker who was drawn by aspects of the movement one might call "mystical" (e.g., emphasis on direct experience, apophaticism, opposition to dogmatism). if you ever do a video on protestant mysticism (which I would love :) ) be sure to include some of George Fox's writings!

    @jonby0@jonby07 ай бұрын
  • Good overview! I was highly resistant to Christianity until I discovered the mystical element of it in the Orthodox church, and then it suddenly all made sense to me. The Western general approach of trying to intellectualize and propositionalize belief could pierce neither my head nor my heart; but the more I learn about the Western mystics, the less I care for them.

    @machinotaur@machinotaur7 ай бұрын
    • What are trying to say ?

      @theguyver4934@theguyver49347 ай бұрын
    • ​@theguyver4934 he doesn't know it yet but he's slowly turning into an occultist; A la Eliphas Levy 👀 lmao I'm jk but his description seems to be an "enlightened" view if what he couldn't comprehend one way so he decided to get jiggy wit it

      @gamd666@gamd6666 ай бұрын
    • Ephesians 9 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

      @user-jc6vy5gm8q@user-jc6vy5gm8q6 ай бұрын
    • ​@@gamd666good point. These people see people in the Western Church philosophizing and building on theological ideas and fail to understand them because they obviously aren't doctors. So instead they rush to either heresy or schism for a "simpler" experience. Experience of feeling. It makes them "feel" dense, or "feel" as if they know what is going on. At this point they are no different than protestants with their hand raising and rock bands, meant to cause an emotional reaction. The Western Church is extremely understandable and yet mysterious in its own way, people just get caught up in the weeds

      @landry3341@landry33416 ай бұрын
    • ​@@theguyver4934 Post-Schism Western mystics were spiritually deluded and sought/experienced pleasurable feelings and believed these to be of God.

      @ElonMuskrat-my8jy@ElonMuskrat-my8jy5 ай бұрын
  • I recommend this topic in a poll recently 👍🏼 Thank you for making me feel included.

    @Cross-Carrier@Cross-Carrier7 ай бұрын
  • I would like to see an episode on John of the Cross and another on Teresa of Avila, please.

    @heinrichkornelius@heinrichkornelius7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much for making this. I love all of your videos on Christian mysticism, and they have helped me a lot in navigating my own spiritual path. x

    @missanthropocene99@missanthropocene997 ай бұрын
  • Hey Filip, could you possibly do a video that covers the mystical experiences themselves from various saints of different religions? This one was amazing!

    @Drumsnelson93@Drumsnelson937 ай бұрын
  • The discussion of Miester Elkhart’s concept of “ground” and our relationship to it reminded me of Spinoza’s schema of substance, attributes, and modes.

    @michaelkalish2013@michaelkalish20137 ай бұрын
  • Just finishing a first listening.....this is so, so good! Thank you~~glad to have found you, and look forward to a more attentive listening

    @zebo11@zebo117 ай бұрын
  • This was what I needed November of 2017. You are a gift to this world. I plan to share with so many who need validation as I did. Thank God for the words left behind by the mystics. Their words kept me from believing I was cursed or mad. Many blessings to you always. Some day I pray we will meet. 😊

    @tessathulien61@tessathulien617 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing your culmination of knowledge. It's a beautiful thing to listen to and learn. You also have a very soothing voice. It's educational and relaxing at the same time.

    @hutte1751@hutte17517 ай бұрын
  • So insightful, thank you for taking on the discipline of making these videos! Have you thought about doing a video on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church?

    @aydenpritchard5868@aydenpritchard58687 ай бұрын
  • Absolutely brilliant!! As brilliant are all the videos I've watched from your channel so far. You don't only have an incredibily powerful mind, and an almost perfect ability to explain such complex topics in such a clear and precise way, but you also have, and show, an enormous love for what you study and share, and for the people who follow your work.

    @josemariaribal-reconnect@josemariaribal-reconnect4 ай бұрын
  • As always a wonderful exposition! Thank you🙏🏼

    @Pretaviana0137@Pretaviana01373 ай бұрын
  • I would like to hear more about the Cappadocians, especially Gregory of Nyssa. And Macrina.

    @carolineaustin4138@carolineaustin41387 ай бұрын
    • Jay Dyer and David Erhan have covered many of their works and teachings.

      @ElonMuskrat-my8jy@ElonMuskrat-my8jy5 ай бұрын
  • Great episode! So happy to learn of people I was not aware of!

    @Pallasathena-hv4kp@Pallasathena-hv4kp7 ай бұрын
  • There's no words that could do justice to the value of your works. Your abilities of language and thought present centuries of scholarly depth to us common seekers in an understandable and retainable format. Your work transcends belief systems. This video is a masterpiece.

    @josephverri618@josephverri6185 ай бұрын
  • A great overview. I appreciate all the work you put into your research and presentations. God bless 🙏.

    @meganneale2074@meganneale20747 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for putting this together.

    @EOShorts@EOShorts7 ай бұрын
  • My favorite video of yours so far. Thank you for this! I especially loved your treatment of Hildegard and Julian.

    @carolhansen4657@carolhansen46577 ай бұрын
    • Ephesians 9 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

      @user-jc6vy5gm8q@user-jc6vy5gm8q6 ай бұрын
  • Beautifully done. Thanks for this.

    @xenocrates2559@xenocrates25596 ай бұрын
  • I think you replied to me not long past and said a Swedenborg video was in the making for sometime in the future. That is something I am exceedingly excited about. Great video as always. This is, subjectivity the best KZhead channel going... although I'd un-objectively say it's the best objectively!

    @Tom-sd9jb@Tom-sd9jb7 ай бұрын
    • Thank you very much! And yes, I'm still (slowly) working on that video!

      @LetsTalkReligion@LetsTalkReligion7 ай бұрын
  • I want to commend you for your clarity, balance, reverance and understanding.

    @martincoffey5364@martincoffey53647 ай бұрын
  • C. S Lewis may be considered as one of the modern Protestant Mystics whom must be worth mentioning .

    @majidbineshgar7156@majidbineshgar71567 ай бұрын
    • He was catholic but true

      @mariecait@mariecait7 ай бұрын
    • Lewis was Anglican lol

      @vincentsmit1935@vincentsmit19357 ай бұрын
    • @@mariecait he was an anglo catholic in the Anglican communion

      @mclkr9174@mclkr91747 ай бұрын
    • @@mclkr9174 He was from Irish Anglican protestant background alright, but I think one can know a genuine protestant when he/ she does not recognise the Pope as the supreme church authority ( pontífice), which was the case of C.S. Lewis .

      @majidbineshgar7156@majidbineshgar71567 ай бұрын
    • Anglicanism is just Catholicism with divorce

      @AndyDPhelps@AndyDPhelps7 ай бұрын
  • Deep with nice visual, loved the video and the content.♡

    @JPsonicACE@JPsonicACE7 ай бұрын
  • one of my favorite episodes! thank you!!!🙏🙏🙏

    @RichardDownsmusic@RichardDownsmusic7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you! Love your videos, would love more on the Desert Fathers as a possible future video. Just a suggestion. Always appreciate your videos1

    @Deitz39@Deitz397 ай бұрын
  • Excellent content as ever

    @oxherder9061@oxherder90617 ай бұрын
  • As a Protestant Christian, A.W. Tozer was essential for my discovery of Christian Mysticism. I needed to learn about it because I began experiencing visions and miracles, but because I am Protestant, we try to out-rationalize the mystical qualities of Christianity. Thank you for this video. Even though I am not planning on converting to Catholicism or Orthodoxy, I have so much respect and gratitude towards my Catholic and Orthodox brothers and sisters.

    @henrycadman5564@henrycadman5564Ай бұрын
    • Also protestant and these question arent coming from a place of judgment but curiosity. What kind of visions have you been having? Were they super overt? How did you know they were coming from God? I feel like ive experienced something similar but i find myself over-rationalizing.

      @uhjulo@uhjulo13 күн бұрын
  • Fillip I appreciate the music at 16:24 It really serves as a verbal break of reflection (shelah) and sets mood for the depth of what’s being discussed and both the historical time and personages being mentioned Also it shows the other side of you The musical side that says beyond words

    @ashleyrenee9731@ashleyrenee97316 ай бұрын
  • Another great one , we i appreciate you ❤

    @jamesfreed6214@jamesfreed62147 ай бұрын
  • Great video...I wrote by sharpie felt tip pen into one of my study note books every single quote as well as extra notes on ur brilliant insights in-between lol took 4 hours maybe even longer and I'm not even exaggerating but finally done..anyways thank u so much for this factual,inspirational, and illuminating content as usual...I deeply appreciate ur hard work so may Peace be with you brother and with any1 who may read this.✌🤟👍

    @apollonius153@apollonius1537 ай бұрын
    • Father Serraphim Rose

      @Brody-Aleksander@Brody-Aleksander5 ай бұрын
    • Elder Ephraim of Arizona. Look into him and his writings. He founded 19 Orthodox monasteries in North America. He also predicted carunka. Also Father Seraphim Rose.

      @ElonMuskrat-my8jy@ElonMuskrat-my8jy5 ай бұрын
    • @@ElonMuskrat-my8jy this

      @Brody-Aleksander@Brody-Aleksander5 ай бұрын
  • Your well researched teachings are concise and clear and your accompanying photos and music are beautiful. Thank you for your professional approach, intellect and dignity. Linda Doe Hollywood, California United States of America

    @lindadoe1@lindadoe14 ай бұрын
  • Very informative, I'm glad I found your channel!

    @cryptic_fox@cryptic_fox7 ай бұрын
  • Love these -- especially being Orthodox myself.

    @WilliamCarterII@WilliamCarterII7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for a great presentation Filip . My feeling us that if Mysticism had been more central to the teaching if my own anglican church then i would not have had to go on a long journey through other traditions in order to discover that the kingdom of heaven is at hand . Indeed the kingdom of heaven is within you . The more you can connect to the kingdom if heaven within , the more your experience expands to understand that the Kingdom of heaven is also without you . Indeed ut is all the kingdom of Heaven and there is no you. 🙏

    @michaeldillon3113@michaeldillon31137 ай бұрын
    • The end of what you said ('there is no you'), sounds very Buddhist. Keep in mind that the monastic tradition maintains that the one and the many are non-dialectical realities that must exist in tandem (still maintained in the Orthodox tradition to this day). Just as God is both three and one with no contradiction, so we are able to be joined to God energetically through Christ becoming man and joining us to his humanity in baptism, and yet remain distinct from God by nature because we will never experience God's properties that are exclusive to Him alone. Contrary to modern day Pentecostal/Charismaticism, ancient Christian mysticism is by analogy a fire but it's in a distinct fireplace which has logs that ensure our fire is growing upward and that it's not spreading to the experience of demonic entities as well. Additionally, there are objective realities (logs if you will) that ensure we are pursuing God's kingdom within us that the Christian mystics pursued as well within the sacramental life: baptism, repentance, Scripture, confession, chrismation, specific prayers, the Eucharist, and attending the Divine services. They realized they had to leave their life of sinfulness even in their thought lives in order to experience God's grace more fully and actually attain to seeing God (Matt 5:8, 5:28). Yet many were deeply aware of false spiritual experiences from demonic entities (remember Satan appears as an angel of light after all-2 Cor 11:14).

      @orthochap9124@orthochap91247 ай бұрын
    • Heresy by its nature will suck, what did you expect

      @Brody-Aleksander@Brody-Aleksander5 ай бұрын
    • @@Brody-Aleksander What is heresy?

      @NoLefTurnUnStoned.@NoLefTurnUnStoned.2 ай бұрын
    • @@NoLefTurnUnStoned. Anglicanism / all of western christianity

      @Brody-Aleksander@Brody-Aleksander2 ай бұрын
    • @@Brody-Aleksander Hmmmm… According to who?

      @NoLefTurnUnStoned.@NoLefTurnUnStoned.2 ай бұрын
  • Excited at seeing this pop up, thank you once again.

    @LactatingFly@LactatingFly7 ай бұрын
  • Wow, Filip, this is a greatly appreciated video you gave! Please make more on Christian mysticism. Especially on Louis Claude de St. Martin, Jacob Boehme, and Emmanuel Swedenborg (there's a Freemasonic rite based on his teachings and a church as well). I look forward to becoming a patron. 👍

    @frankjimenez4601@frankjimenez46017 ай бұрын
  • Very interesting! Much appreciated 😊

    @vanessa-fx5ef@vanessa-fx5ef7 ай бұрын
  • As a cradle Catholic who delved deep into the mystical depths of Christian doctrine a few years ago. 15:00 to 16:20 perfectly describes where I finally transcended into the mystical side during 2019 Lenten season

    @HarryBalzacc@HarryBalzacc3 ай бұрын
  • Amazing work Filip. Thank you!

    @lukasrobinson4077@lukasrobinson40773 ай бұрын
  • Happy St. Nick's day! Thank you for your work🙏

    @roberth6375@roberth63755 ай бұрын
  • Chrysostom " The creature could not bear the wrong done to its creator, therefore the son withdrew its rays so it might not behold the deeds of the wicked " ✝️

    @Cross-Carrier@Cross-Carrier7 ай бұрын
  • fantastic video, thank you so much

    @asliuf@asliuf7 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for all your work.

    @yego211@yego2116 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for this wonderful presentation.

    @jeremiahrajanesan829@jeremiahrajanesan8297 ай бұрын
  • Loved it! Maybe it would be interesting to make a video on Latin mystics, going deeper into the thought of St. Bernard, St. Bonaventure, the Carmelites, and such. I feel like there's often this misconception that Western/Latin Christianity (or at least "official" Catholicism) is plainly scholastic (though St. Thomas himself was a mystic) while mysticism is an Eastern thing.

    @joaomarcelofernandes1695@joaomarcelofernandes16957 ай бұрын
    • Which Tomas? Peter Pio was also a mystic ?

      @Celticmist-qz6ve@Celticmist-qz6ve7 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Celticmist-qz6veSt. Thomas Aquinas. Which Pio do you mean? Padre Pio? Yes, he was.

      @lynb.3040@lynb.30406 ай бұрын
    • Ephesians 9 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

      @user-jc6vy5gm8q@user-jc6vy5gm8q6 ай бұрын
  • I am going to be keen to here this

    @bmac_xxx207@bmac_xxx2077 ай бұрын
  • Wow. This is a treasure trove of information. Thank you for making this video.

    @sydneyfong@sydneyfong6 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for this, very high quality content as usual.

    @DLDLDLDLDLDLD@DLDLDLDLDLDLD7 ай бұрын
  • Looking forward to this

    @Getcakedieyoung23@Getcakedieyoung237 ай бұрын
  • Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's interested in Traditional Christian history, especially Medieval (but also about the Church Fathers for sure), I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's relative playlist

    @antoniomoreira5921@antoniomoreira59217 ай бұрын
  • really nice. thank you so much for doing this, i really enjoyed watching

    @louiscreed4242@louiscreed42422 ай бұрын
  • Very nicely done.. quite informative and much appreciated... I am happy to have found your channel. All the best to you... ^_^

    @vankilaya@vankilaya7 ай бұрын
  • Can you make a video about Pagan Monasticism?

    @robininelphame19@robininelphame197 ай бұрын
  • I have avoided this topic for some time. But when I saw that you had a presentation on it, I knew that I would get a very thorough and straightforward teaching. So thank you for that. I was hoping that you would bring it more into the modern age. But I can see now that that maybe a topic in and of itself. I have many years of teaching and leading in a Pentecostal environment. And can relate to some of the things that you said. Most of what these men and women have talked about is based on scripture. They just taken that to a different level. Some of it does seem quite Oriental in my way of thinking. I do think in Pentecostalism there is an effort to bring the common parishioner if you will into a state of awareness where he can connect with his god in a deeper sense. It's almost shamanic in that respect. And many of these mystics used different techniques to enter into an altered state wherein they could make that connection. I left Pentecostalism about 3 years ago and am basically been isolating and just studying and preparing to engage on a different level. I'm currently fascinated by old Germanic tribal paganism and seeing some of the commonality between different types of religions is fascinating. Thank you for what you do.

    @nnonotnow@nnonotnow7 ай бұрын
    • I’m doing my masters on the Church fathers. I’m Pentecostal and may do a thesis around Aboriginal spirituality as I live in an indigenous community. I’ve see too many incredible things in the Pentecostal experience particularly with the Indonesian church. So witchcraft first here, then I want to investigate Muslim experiences of meeting Jesus.

      @ntlearning@ntlearning6 ай бұрын
  • This was excellent! Thank you!

    @adamblock2577@adamblock25776 ай бұрын
  • I really appreciate this explanation if mysticism. It pulls together many of the attributes of religious practices that I have been exposed to in my own Christian upbringing. I have held practices as a Quaker for some years in my life, and was waiting for your mention of the Religious Society of Friends, and heard it mentioned briefly in your segment on the reformation and Protestant Mysticism. I'd be curious to hear you go deeper into Quakerism, Sufism, and other manifestations of mystical practices in the present day.

    @kylejohnson6174@kylejohnson61747 ай бұрын
  • Another great video... Thank you...

    @ezreality@ezreality7 ай бұрын
  • Could you possibly do a video about Zoroastrianism please. I have always been interested by it and it's actual connections to Judaism and Christianity.

    @Robert_McGarry_Poems@Robert_McGarry_Poems7 ай бұрын
    • I did one already a few years ago. And there might be a new version of it coming in the near future, too!

      @LetsTalkReligion@LetsTalkReligion7 ай бұрын
    • @@LetsTalkReligion thanks, I'll look for it

      @Robert_McGarry_Poems@Robert_McGarry_Poems7 ай бұрын
    • ​@LetsTalkReligion would appreciate a follow up that goes more in depth.

      @saxogatley1166@saxogatley11667 ай бұрын
    • Prof KD Irani interviews on you tube are definitely worth watching if you are interested in Zoroastrianism.

      @chendaforest@chendaforest7 ай бұрын
    • Please try to see videos on Sumerians, you will definitely come to know how religions came into existence.😅

      @anthonyjohn9000@anthonyjohn90007 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for making this message possible

    @user-ev6br5hs6n@user-ev6br5hs6n7 ай бұрын
  • I love your videos! Keep up the good work! 🙏🏻

    @brittanthomas4180@brittanthomas4180Ай бұрын
  • This video was super interesting, and a lot of these beliefs reminded me of some Hindu beliefs which im learning about in my eastern religions class. I’ve been raised Christian my whole life (Quaker at first and now Catholic) and I wish I had learned about this stuff, especially those Eckhart teachings, because they’re really cool. Thanks for sharing all this knowledge, great video!

    @SpagEddie8113@SpagEddie81137 ай бұрын
  • Should be fascinating!

    @MillhouseSpeaks@MillhouseSpeaks7 ай бұрын
  • Excelent as always!!!

    @PrimaveraChocolates@PrimaveraChocolates7 ай бұрын
  • That video was utterly wonderful!,

    @peterclark-zd8jb@peterclark-zd8jb6 ай бұрын
  • It would have been interesting if you had talked some about the sacramental basis of mysticism. Sacramentum was one of the translations of the Greek musterion, and that connection grounds the concept of mysticism in Christian practice. Interesting video, thanks.

    @briyo2289@briyo22897 ай бұрын
  • Im a Catholic Mystic and I’ve found myself in Christian Mystic circles and one of my mentors is a Jewish Mystic. Its a very weird thing to explain to people so I usually dont as to not get taken for a schizo. Great video

    @bobbyguzman3058@bobbyguzman30587 ай бұрын
    • Dont take this the wrong way but I believe this is a heresy in the catholic church. As Christians we shouldnt let outside religions influence us. Turn to the Church Fathers instead of the rabbis

      @user-hu8tw2ot3t@user-hu8tw2ot3t7 ай бұрын
    • Schizo and mystic is a fine line

      @Thomas_McCoy@Thomas_McCoy7 ай бұрын
    • The problem with spiritual experience is that without proper understanding it can veer into delusion

      @Thomas_McCoy@Thomas_McCoy7 ай бұрын
    • What does it mean to label yourself a Catholic mystic? Like, specifics, what do you do that you outright label yourself that ? Curious

      @bmmk12@bmmk127 ай бұрын
    • @@bmmk12 I am a Catholic who has had mystical experiences. Mysticism is experiential, Catholicism just denotes my denomination. There are many Orders of Mystics outside of the official religions as well such as martinists, I am associated with some individuals in these mystical orders but I myself have not joined them.

      @bobbyguzman3058@bobbyguzman30587 ай бұрын
  • Thank you. This information is very much appreciated. God bless you. ♥

    @handofgrace5066@handofgrace50667 ай бұрын
  • Great video friend. Thanks for the info.

    @johnmarston2616@johnmarston26167 ай бұрын
  • i am connected to the spirit world and much of "mystic" knowledge is deeply true. even before i began researching other religions and traditions, some of these concepts were known to me from a young age. God Source is within every thing, every single atom. this whole world is alive, the universe and the stars are alive. this is why we are able to draw on the power of those great Heavenly Bodies, as we are calling on the God Source within.

    @jaygarcia6338@jaygarcia63385 ай бұрын
    • Ibn arabi a great sufi says based on Quran every atom in the universe praises god and prays even without acknowledging it. Our bodies are praying by functioning. Our cells are praying by building themselves .

      @ireb3l@ireb3l5 ай бұрын
    • @@ireb3l i wish i was as well-spoken! Im so inspired from what Ive read from some poetry so far but im looking into the books! Islam is a beautiful religion

      @jaygarcia6338@jaygarcia63385 ай бұрын
  • As a Tibetan Buddhist who was raised Catholic, I really really vibe with both Catholic and Orthodox mysticism. The light imagery that Christian contemplatives describe as "the Light of Christ" could almost be analogous to what Buddhists would call "the clear light of the mind." It's a shame that Christian mysticism didn't become more mainstream, as many Christians (at least in the US) tend to be very legalistic and moralistic nowadays.

    @TheForeignersNetwork@TheForeignersNetwork7 ай бұрын
    • Mainstream Christianity is currently in the process of slow self-destruction, falling into depravity and spiritual ruin as it continues to devolve into small and petty thoughts, making itself a tribalistic, materialist religion unfit for the properly universal impulse of true spiritual philosophy! Same goes to islam! This is because mysticism in these religions were developed in very late stage! The older versions of these religions considered mysticism as evil !

      @AdvaiticOneness1@AdvaiticOneness17 ай бұрын
    • Opposing “legalistic and moralistic” to mysticism would be ahistorical though, since many mystics throughout history affirmed the dogmas and doctrines of faith as much, if not more, as any member of the mainstream religion.

      @lucasmilone5902@lucasmilone59027 ай бұрын
    • And what exactly is wrong in it being legalistic and moralistic apart from it not being of your personal liking and tastes. Ideas also go through natural selection, just like organisms, and there would be a thousand different factors for why different modes of religiosity prevail over others at different places, different times, different societies and different contexts. One error that almost every modern educated person makes is that he is not only unaware of possibility of wildly different perspectives and he is not even open to entertain it. I am sure there will be hundreds of Buddhists who would not consider your religiosity good enough.

      @saimbhat6243@saimbhat62437 ай бұрын
    • @@saimbhat6243 You must be fun at parties

      @TheForeignersNetwork@TheForeignersNetwork7 ай бұрын
    • @@lucasmilone5902 ​ I mean fine but regardless there are many religious institutions and denominations that treat mysticism like a pariah. Meister Eckhart was excommunicated by the Catholic Church. Mystics like Joan of Arc and Marguerite Porrette were executed. Many Salafi sects of Islam consider Sufism, regardless of its school of jurisprudence, to be heretical. The point is that a legalistic framework sometimes does not accommodate acceptance of those who might shake up a rigid and sometimes morally arbitrary power structure. When power becomes verticalized, that power can become entrenched, even if it may be contrary to the benefit of religious practitioners. You don't need to look any farther than the disaster that was the Catholic Church in the middle ages to figure that out.

      @TheForeignersNetwork@TheForeignersNetwork7 ай бұрын
  • This is fantastic. So well done.

    @rowdyjames453@rowdyjames453Ай бұрын
  • Thank you and happy New year.

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