Men who have walked with God, being the story of mysticism through the ages told in the biographies of representative seers and saints, with excerpts from their writings and sayings, by Sheldon Cheney.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: [New York, Alfred A. Knopf 1945Description: xiv, 395, viii p. plates. 21 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
The golden age and the mystic poet Lao-tse.--The Buddha, the great light, and the bliss of nirvana.--The age of reason in Greece: Pythagoras and Plato,--The tardy flowering of Greek mysticism: Plotinus.--Christian mysticism, from the founders to Saint Bernard.--The mediaeval flowering: Eckhart and the Friends of God.--Fra Angelico, the saintly painter and tool of God.--Jacob Boehme, the shoemaker-illuminate of the reformation.--Brother Lawrence, the lay monk who attained unclouded vision.--A mystic in the age of enlightened scepticism: William Blake.--A descriptive reading list, with acknowledgments (p. 385-395)--Index.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BL 625 .C4 1972 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 70320
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The golden age and the mystic poet Lao-tse.--The Buddha, the great light, and the bliss of nirvana.--The age of reason in Greece: Pythagoras and Plato,--The tardy flowering of Greek mysticism: Plotinus.--Christian mysticism, from the founders to Saint Bernard.--The mediaeval flowering: Eckhart and the Friends of God.--Fra Angelico, the saintly painter and tool of God.--Jacob Boehme, the shoemaker-illuminate of the reformation.--Brother Lawrence, the lay monk who attained unclouded vision.--A mystic in the age of enlightened scepticism: William Blake.--A descriptive reading list, with acknowledgments (p. 385-395)--Index.

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