Mysticism (Summarized Edition)

Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness (1911) is Evelyn Underhill's classic synthesis of the history, psychology, and theology of the mystical life. Moving from Plotinus and Dionysius to Eckhart, Ruysbroeck, Teresa, and John of the Cross, she frames the "mystic way" in five phases—Awakening, Purgation, Illumination, the Dark Night, and Union. Her lucid prose jo...