Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Joshua's Mystics



Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (1564?- 1624) India                    St. John of the Cross (1542- 1591) Spain

                   Sufi Poet (Muslim)                                                        Catholic Saint (Christian) 

Mystics

                                     

                  Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)                  Ikkyū Sōjun (1394-1481)
                       Carmelite saint nun                              Zen Buddhist monk

My Mystics


Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534)                 Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)              Indian Hindu Saint                                          Italian Catholic Saint                                               



Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Andrey Brevett's GSTR 310 Mystics

 





Nanny of the Maroons (1686 - 1760) 18th century

Jeanne Guyon (1648 - 1717)

Maroon leader and Obeah woman 

Christian (French)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

310 Mystics

 


What are mystics? Are you a mystic? Can a Christian be a mystic? This course is designed to explore mysticism by looking at the lives of mystics and learning about how they developed into who they became. What was it about their development, their family, their culture, or their context that led them to live the kind of lives that we read and think about hundreds and thousands of years later?


The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism, Bernard McGinn, 9780812974218
 A Brief History of Spirituality, Sheldrake, Philip, 9781118472354
 Stages of Faith James W. Fowler, 9780060628666




Quotes

  -Sheldrake   1. "Mystical experiences can lead to a radical transformation of consciousness, challenging conventional notions of real...