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This comprehensive anthology will serve both as a text for serious students of mysticism and a reflective collection for those first exploring its thought. Biographical and historical data, as well as the mystic's key ideas and information about why the particular text was selected introduce each mystic to the reader. Fifty-five mystics or mystical theologians, ancient and modern, are represented, including: Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, the anonymous author of Cloud of Unknowing, Thomas a' Kempis, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, and Karl Rahner.
Harvey D. Egan, SJ, is the author of numerous works on Christian mysticism and the thought of Karl Rahner. He is currently professor of systematic and mystical theology at Boston College.
ContentsPreface xIntroduction xviBiblical Mysticism 1Origen 17Gregory of Nyssa 31Evagrius Ponticus 43Augustine of Hippo 56John Cassian 70Pseudo-Macarius 80Pseudo-Dionysius 91Gregory the Great 105John Climacus 113Maximus Confessor 124Isaac the Syrian 136Symeon the New Theologian 144William of St. Thierry 153Bernard of Clairvaux 166Aelred of Rievaulx 180Richard of St. Victor 186Hildegard of Bingen 197Guigo II 297Francis of Assisi 215Giles of Assisi 221Hadewijch 225Bonaventure 234Mechtild of Magdeburg 247Gertrude the Great 257Jacopone Da Todi 264Angela of Foligno 274Ramon Lull 284Meistereckhart 292Richard Rolle 303Gregory Palamas 310Johannes Tauler 321Henry Suso 333John Ruusbroec 344Catherine of Siena 355Anonymous (Cloud of Unknowing) 367Walter Hilton 378Julian of Norwich 386Thomas À. Kempis 398Catherine of Genoa 406Francisco de Osuna 413Ignatius of Loyola 423Teresa of Avila 438John of the Cross 452Francis de Sales 466Pierre de Bérulle 481Blaise Pascal 497Marie of the Incarnation 506Algelus Silesius 518Thérèse of Lisieux 527Gemma Galgani 539Elizabeth of the Trinity 553Faustina Kowalska 562Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 575Thomas Merton 5951Henri Le Saux 603Karl Rahner 616Selected Bibliography 628Notes 634Acknowledgments 658Index 665