Mysticism Books

Light, Life, and Love - Selections from the German Mystics of the Middle Ages

William Ralph Inge

TO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality, however, this beautiful little treatise belongs to a period when that movement had ne..

The Cell of Self-Knowledge - seven early English mystical treatises

Henry Pepwell

The seven tracts or treatises before us were published in 1521 in a little quarto volume: "Imprynted at London in Poules chyrchyarde at the sygne of the Trynyte, by Henry Pepwell. In the yere of our l..

The Man With the Golden Eyes

Alexander Blade

He awoke in softness. He opened his eyes and knew he was in bed. He was also aware of three other things—a horrible taste in his mouth—a splitting headache—and the fact he was not alone. He blinked an..

Ruysbroeck and the Mystics

Maurice Maeterlinck

The life of Jean von Ruysbroeck, like that of most of the great thinkers of this world, is entirely an inner life. He said himself, “I have no concerns outside.” Nearly all his biographers, Surius amo..

The Mystics of Islam

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

The title of this book sufficiently explains why it is included in a Series ‘exemplifying the adventures and labours of individual seekers or groups of seekers in quest of reality.’ Sūfism, the religi..