
Mysticism and Unknowing
Mary Stallard discusses the meaning of mysticism and whether it is self-indulgence or a path to the divine.
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“Wasting time with God” is one definition of mysticism; for others, it’s a highly suspect, self-obsessed practice beginning with ‘mist’, putting ‘I’ firmly in the middle, and ending in ‘schism’!
So what exactly is a mystic, and what practical benefit can there be to a mystical approach to spirituality?
For Pentecost, Mary Stallard discusses mysticism with a panel of guests, and speaks to the remarkable woman who gave up a successful career in publishing to pursue a quite different pathway as a charity worker, and to an Anglican theologian who finds his most mystical experience occurs when improvising jazz on his saxophone.
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- Sun 24 May 2015 09:00ѿý Radio Wales
- Thu 28 May 2015 05:30ѿý Radio Wales
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