Evelyn Underhill
Mysticism (1911)
INDEX
(At present this is largely of academic interest, and included for completeness only. As soon as I can obtain a book version of this work, I intend to interpolate page numbers into the text. In the meantime, bear with us. DCW)
Absolute, The, 40, 103, 110, 116, 229, 344, 447
- and mysticism, 24, 35, 37, 42, 67, 72, 82, 92, 97, 102, 105, 120, 127, 330, 387 seq.
- and vitalism, 29
- apprehension of, 36, 84, 171, 241 seq., 378, 389
- search for, 45, 418
- union with, 51, 91, 174, 198, 245, 310, 401, 446
- man and, 55, 220, 229, 238, 289 love of, 72, 86, 239, 334, 348
- immanent, 98 seq., 174, 190 seq.
- and Christianity 117 seq.
- its desire of man 132
- wakening to, 169, 232
- and contemplation, 251 seq., 332, 355
- fruition of, 340, 373
- and ecstasy, 374
Abyss, The, 73, 84, 97, 122, 229, 257, 335 seq., 345 seq., 425
Acarie, Madame, 470
Adolescence, 386
Aeldred, St., 466
Albertus Magnus, 143
Alchemists, Spiritual, 102, 140 seq., 226, 401, 418, 432
Alexander, S., 29
Al Ghazzali, 50, 83, 171, 210, 226, 462
Al Hallaj, 462
Allegory, 129 seq., 285
Ambrose, St., 274
Anaesthesia, 226, 329, 359
Analogy, 159
Angela of Foligno, 216, 267, 269, 277 seq., 293, 332, 375, 392, 393, 461, 470
- her visions, 252, 282 seq., 341, 343
- on contemplation, 350
Anthony of Padua, St., 267
Aquinas, see Thomas
Archetypal World, 154, 262 seq.
Areopagite, see Dionysius
Aridity, 241, 383, 391
Aristotle, 47, 103
Arius, 105
d'Ars, Curé, 206
Art, Function of, 74 seq.
Artists--
- and mystics, 76, 237
- and illumination, 169, 239, 259
- and vision, 271, 285
- and contemplation, 300
Asceticism, 205, 215, 224 seq., 230
Astral Light, 154 seq.
Athanasius, St., 419
Attar, 131, 132, 226, 462
Atwood, Mrs., 143
Auditions, 66, 78, 181, 185, 241, 266 seq., 273 seq., 332
Augustine, St., 21, 29, 50, 88, 98, 100, 104, 115, 129, 133, 178, 216, 239, 248, 250, 253, 336, 419 seq., 456, 470
- on God, 38
- on Trinity, 111
- on Love, 117
- vision, 331
Automatic composition, 80, 241, 278, 293 seq.
Automatism, 63, 161, 240, 255, 266 seq., 281
Autoscopes, 159
Aziz bin Mahommed Nafasi, 130
Azoth, 172
BAKER, Ven. Augustine, 218, 291, 308, 362, 470
- on contemplation, 305
- on quiet, 323
- on Dark Night, 387
Barbançon, C., 471
Barluke, John Evangelist of, 471
Basil the Monk, 145
Beatific Vision, 96, 132, 190, 196, 335, 340, 389, 423, 437
Beauty, 20 seq., 258
- Plato on, 22, 216
- Divine, 196, 289, 342
Becoming, World of, 28, 35 seq., 73, 99, 101, 192, 222, 234, 238, 258, 367, 401, 433, 449
Being-- Eckhart on, 5, 93
- and Becoming, 28, 37 seq., 67, 113, 116, 240, 340, 433
- Pure, 39 seq., 73, 97, 100 seq., 249, 257, 304, 331, 339, 367, 433
- Science of, 151, 453
- union with, 319, 343, 345
Berger, 89
Bergson, 27, 29, 30
Bernadette of Lourdes, 359
Bernard, St., 50, 75, 173, 215, 241, 324, 331, 414, 458 seq, 470
- on God, 92, 113
- on Spiritual Marriage, 137
- on ecstasy, 303
Bernardino of Siena, St., 467
Bérulle, Pierre de, 470
Betrothal, Spiritual, 137 seq., 245, 273
Bhagavad Gita, 155
Binyon, L., 75
Birds and Mystics, 260
Blake, William, 80, 104, 106, 107, 116, 154, 166, 168, 173, 19l, 236, 238, 240, 255, 257, 259, 267, 279, 293 seq., 355, 469, 473
- automatic writing, 66
- on art, 74
- on Incarnation, 106
- his illumination, 235 seq.
- on Nature, 259
- his visions 280
Blood, B. P. 371
Blosius, 468
Boehme, Jacob, 57, 93, 96, 104, 120, 123, 141, 144 seq., 154, 160, 229, 238, 241, 259, 263, 307, 349, 469, 472
- his ecstasy, 58
- on recollection, 64, 313
- on immanence, 100
- on Incarnation, 119
- on New Birth, 123
- his purgation, 226
- illumination, 255 seq.
- automatic composition, 296
- on deification, 421
Bonaventura, St., 106, 124, 131, 462
Bossuet, 471
Bourignan, Antoinette, 215, 306, 471
Boutroux, E., 40
Boyce Gibson, 62, 103
Bremond, H., 54, 67, 189, 232
Brethren of Free Spirit, 105, 150
Bridget of Sweden, St., 274, 467
Browne, Sir T., 143, 148, 160
Bruno St., 458
Bucke R. M., 193, 255
Bunyan, J., 130
Butler, Dom C., 138
CANFIELD, Benedict, 470
Catalepsy, 360
Catherine of Alexandria, St., 292
Catherine of Bologna, St., 467
Catherine of Genoa, St., 79, 80, 85, 127, 129, 173, 177, 182, 229, 252, 331, 396, 436, 461, 467
- her fasts, 59
- on love, 92
- her conversion, 181, 196
- purgation, 201, 219 seq., 225
- on Purgatory, 202, 221
- her illumination, 247
- ecstasies, 362, 364
- on mystic way, 441 seq.
Catherine dei Ricci, St. 469
Catherine of Siena, St. 19, 63, 84, 86, 101, 173, 221, 228, 268, 297, 359, 362, 375, 377, 398 seq., 412, 414, 421, 436, 438, 459, 464, 467
- on union, 37, 365
- her fasts, 59
- mystic marriage of, 80, 273,
- on Incarnation, 119
- mystic life, 174
- on self-knowledge, 200
- her visions, 270, 392
- Dialogue, 293
- ecstasies, 365 seq.
Catholicism, 469
Caussade, J. P. de, 383, 390, 391, 472
Chantal, St., see Jeanne Françoise de Chantal
Character--
- remaking, 204, 216 seq., 306, 381, 396, 416
- in quiet, 323
- purgation, 388
- of unitives, 429 seq.
Chastity, 205
Christ, 109, 118, 128, 138, 233, 344, 391, 412
- life of, and mystics, 120, 222, 448
- humanity of, 120, 283
- Eternal, 134
- indwelling, 144
- visions of, 279, 283
Christian mysticism, see Mysticism Christian science, 156
Christianity--
- and Mysticism, 104 seq., 222, 236, 344, 448
- and philosophy, 105 seq.
- and magic, 153, 163
- and deification, 419
Church and magic, 163 seq.
Clairvoyance, 155, 256
Cleanthes, 106
Clement of Alexandria, 104, 455
Cloud of Unknowing, The, 48, 335, 337, 348 seq., 459, 466
Cognition, 46 seq., 67
Colette, St., 467
Columba Rieti, 468
Common Life, Brotherhood of, 465
Conation, 46 seq., 67, 314
Consciousness--
- mystical, twofold, 35 seq., 90, 195, 215, 227, 240, 337, 345, 433
- transcendental, 51 seq., 55, 67, 70, 212 seq., 241 seq., 385, 444
- alteration of, 56, 176, 295, 389 field of, 56, 58, 67 seq., 91, 176, 329
- threshold of, 56 seq., 67, 74, 314
- oscillations of, in mystics, 167 seq., 177, 227 seq., 233, 253, 381, 383, 445
- Mystic, its awakening, 176 seq.
- Cosmic, 192 seq., 255
- growth, 264, 402
- unification of, 308, 363, 366
- in introversion, 309 seq., 314, 329, 336
- ecstatic, 370
Constant, A. L., see Lévi Eliphas
Contemplation, so, 56, 67 seq., 184, 241, 243, 282, 294, 298 seq., 304, 328 seq., 358 seq., 375
- its nature, 50, 300
- passive, 64
- forms of, 92, 329, 335
- infused, 245
- an experiment in, 301 seq.
- degrees of, 311
- its function, 330
- dark, 332, 346 seq., 353, 383
- marks of, 332
- descriptions of, 335
- method of, 346 seq.
- and ecstasy, 363, 367, 373
Contemplative--
- life, 197
- state, 131
- experience, 331
Contemplatives, 172, 432
Conversion, 177 seq., 229 seq., 269, 376, 412
Counter-reformation, 468
Cutten, G. B., 52, 59
DANCE, Mystic 231, 233
Dante, 35, 39, 75, 101, 105, 115, 120, 129, 135, 256, 307, 331, 344, 355, 367, 369, 412, 415 seq., 418 seq. 435, 437, 443, 460, 462
- on emanation, 97
- and mystic way, 131
- Purgatorio, 200, 202
- on Divine Light, 249
- his vision of God, 251, 340
- and symbolic vision, 286
- on mystic joy, 437
Dark Night of Soul, 121, 169, 229, 241, 380 seq., 416
- mystic aspect of, 387 seq.
- Suso and, 403 seq.
Deification, 99, 102, 139, 170, 175, 379, 401, 415 seq.
Deified man, 146 seq.
Delacroix, 14, 242, 289, 308, 416, 419
- on mystics, 62, 172
- on St. Teresa, 108
- on automatism, 273
- on contemplation, 330
Denis the Carthusian, 364, 465
De Sanctis, 179
Detachment 130, 205 seq., 396 seq.
Devotion, 130
Dialogue, mystical, 241, 277 Sty.
Dionysius the Areopagite, 46, 65, 79, 97, 101, 104, 13'2, 171, 188, 253, 318, 320, 337, 456, 460, 465
- on surrender, 93
- on ignorance, 93
- on Divine Love, 197
- on Divine Dark, 251, 347
- on contemplation, 333
Disintegrated Personality, see Personality Dissociation, Mental, 278
Divine Absence, see God, Absence of
Divine Dark, 73, 97, 132, 171, 251, 318, 335 seq., 347, 353 seq.
Divine Fecundity, 166, 170 seq., 428
Divine Humanity, 388 seq.
Divine Ignorance, see Ignorance Divine Principle, 100
Divine Union, see Union Douceline, St. 216, 461
Driesch, Hans 27
EBNER, Margaret, 269, 465
Eckartshausen, C. von, 123, 473
Eckhart, 6, 10, 64, 83, 133, 136, 173, 188, 229, 255, 305, 312, 318 seq., 344, 389, 463
- on Being, 5, 93
- on silence, 38, 64
- on immanence 101
- on Holy Spirit 117
- on Eternal Birth, 122
- on purity, 206
- on poverty, 203 seq.
- on detachment, 209
- on union, 370
- on deification, 419
Ecstasy, 32, 56 seq., 60, 81, 94, 128, 132, 161, 228, 243, 299, 303, 358 seq., 380
- creative, 64, 378
- and union, 170
- examples, 187 seq., 362 seq.
- and purgation, 226 seq.
- its psychology, 363 seq.
- and mysticism, 367 seq.
- and contemplation, 373
- dark 394
Ecstatics, 368
Elizabeth of Schönau, 459
Emanation, 97 seq.
Emotion, 45 seq.
- conative, 46
- and symbolism, 126
- and mysticism, 135
- and contemplation, 335
Entelechy, 39
Epistle of Discretion, 85
- of Private Counsel, 320
- of Prayer, 427
Erigena, John Scotus, 111, 259, 263, 457
Eucken, Rudolph, 27, 34, 112, 114, 414, 417
Euripides, 236
Evocation, 157, 161
FAITH and life, 15
Fasting, 59
Father, The, 41, 108 seq., 115, 304, 340
Feeling--
- thought and will, 67, 311, 329
- and mysticism, 71, 335 seq., 367, 437
Fénelon, 471
Field of Consciousness, see Consciousness
Fire, Mystic, 114, 124, 141, 189, 221, 231, 257, 421
Flowers, Mystics and, 215, 255
Fox, George, 173, 177 seq., 226, 238, 255, 414, 469
Francis of Assisi, St., 77, 173, 196, 206, 210, 212, 215, 237, 239, 241, 267 seq., 276 seq., 364, 430, 431, 436 seq., 460, 467
- his character and conversion, 180 seq.
- on poverty, 208
- purgation, 224
- and animals, 260 seq.
- stigmata, 267, 290, 375
- his joy, 439 seq.
Francis de Sales, St., 10, 52, 183, 394, 471
Francis Xavier, St., 222
Franck Sebastian, 297
Fraticelli, 105
Freedom, 27, 30 seq., 129, 199, 207, 279, 330, 357, 367, 371, 404, 416 seq.
Freyer, D. A., 472
Friends of God, 185, 370, 410, 432, 464
Fruition, 173, 345, 356, 373, 417 seq., 433 seq.
Fünklein, 54
GAME of Love, see Love
Gardiner, Edmund, 59, 268, 294
Genius, 63 seq., 73
- and mysticism 65, 232, 366
- spiritual, 103, 235, 375, 450
Gerson, 467
Gertrude, St., 343, 389, 460, 463
Gertrude, Nun, 460
Gichtel, John, 472
Gnosticism, 58, 105, 149, 153 seq.
God, 97, 105, 107, 238, 330, 341, 447
- union with, see Union
- love of, see Love as Being, 37 seq., 127, 249, 337, 369
- mystics and, 38, 111 seq., 189
- knowledge of, 57, 83, 130 seq., 195, 369 seq.
- transcendent, 96 seq., 102, 195, 251 seq., 336, 344 seq.
- immanent, 99 seq., 103, 128, 263, 342 seq.
- names of, 103, 106, 163
- needs man, 132, 425
- absence of, 170, 376, 388 seq., 393 seq., 410
- absorption in, 170
- presence of, 184, 239 seq., 282, 314, 382 seq.
- glory of, 192, 249
- craving for, 248, 265
- in quiet, 319
- sons of, 433
Godfernaux, 75, 269, 361
Godhead, Unconditioned, 40, 101, 109 seq., 120, 132, 171, 344, 346, 433 seq.
- vision of, 109, 340
- aspects of, 109 seq., 336
- emanations of, 263
- desert of, 304, 337 seq.
- and God, 344
- Ruysbroeck on, 345
- see also Abyss and Absolute
Grail, quest of, 129
Granger, F., 267
Gravitation, spiritual 132
Gregory of Nyssa, 104, 263
Gregory the Great, 457
Groot, Gerard, 465
Grou, J. N., 306
Ground of Soul, see Soul
Guyon, Madame, 196, 246, 293, 322, 390 seq., 401 seq., 407
- automatic writing, 66, 295
- youth and conversion, 182 seq.
- and St. Catherine of Genoa, 183
- purgation, 225 seq.
- on contemplation, 326
- dark nights 383 seq.
- on union, 431
HAFIZ 462
Hall, Bishop, 470
Harphius, 465
Hazlitt, 160, 419.
Heart, 71
Heat, mystic, 193
Hébert, M., 71
Hegel on Beuty, 21
Helfde, 460
Henry de Mande, 465
Henry of Nordlingen, 465
Heracleitus, 10, 38, 106, 116, 238
Hermes Trismegistus, 143, 153, 159
Hermetic
- act, see Alchemy books, 153
- science, 152 seq.
Hervey, Christopher, 113
Higher Thought, see New Thought
Hildegarde, St., 62, 115, 249, 274, 276, 458
Hilton, Walter, 51, 87, 132, 200, 220, 264, 323, 332, 342 seq., 348 seq., 401, 428, 466
- on pilgrimage, 129
- on presence of God, 242
- on automatism 280
- on contemplation, 307 seq., 334
Holland, B., 117
Holy Spirit, 109, 116 seq.
"Hound of Heaven," 135
Hugh of St. Victor 129, 309
- on music, 77
- on contemplation, 92, 245
Humility, 200, 209, 221, 252 seq., 317, 337, 348, 400
Huysmans, 222, 271
Hymn of Jesus, 134, 234, 455
Hypnotic states, 57 seq.
Hysteria and mystics, 58 seq.
IDEALISM, 11 seq.
Ignatius Loyola, St., 173, 414, 430, 431, 436, 468
- his lucidity, 58
- mortifications, 225
- visions, 272
Ignorance, Divine, 319, 337, 340, 348
Illumination, state of, 130 seq, 139, 169, 191 seq., 206, 227, 279 seq., 310, 340, 381 seq., 388, 396
- and alchemy, 145
- its nature, 199, 246 seq.
- characteristics 234 seq.
- transcendental, 250 seq.
Illuminative Way, see Illumination
Immanence, 35, 40, 97 seq., 103 seq., 240, 251
- psychology and, 99
- consciousness of, 178, 191 seq., 196, 234, 257, 283, 342 seq.
- see also Absolute and God
Incarnation, The, 106 seq., 118 seq., 355
and deification, 419
Independent spiritual life, 33, 55
Indifference, 205, 323 seq., 412
Initiation, 156 seq.
Inspiration, 63, 234, 293, 299
Intellect, 45 seq.
- Bergson's theory of, 30
- darkness of, 385 seq.
- satisfaction of, 437
Introversion, 99, 250, 298 seq.
Intuition, 33, 64, 130, 259, 274 seq., 306, 363
Irenaeus, 104
JACOPONE DA TODI, 121, 219, 249, 461
- on poverty, 207
- on ecstasy, 374
Jacques of la Massa, 237
Jalalu `d Din, 32, 87, 134, 171, 348, 389, 426
James, William, 7 seq., 98
Jámí, 82, 127, 462
Janet, Pierre, 60 seq., 267
Jeanne Françoise de Chantal, St., l83, 383
Jefferies, Richard, 192, 195
Jerome, St., 13
Jerusalem, 124, 129, 334
Joan of Arc, St., 173, 276, 414, 430, 467
John, St., Gospel of, 250
John of Parma, 237
John of the Cross, St., 73, 79, 89, 92, 96, 98, 139, 173, 203, 221, 229, 350, 354, 388, 402, 407, 440, 468
- poems quoted, 83, 236, 352, 371
- on detachment, 206, 211
- on attachments, 212
- on automatism 275 seq., 280
- on dark contemplation, 353
- on Dark Night, 389 seq., 399
Jones, Rufus, 185 seq., 267
Joy, Mystic, 189, 239, 253, 342, 354, 437 seq.
Julian of Norwich, 36, 68, 90, 101, 133, 202, 239, 242, 247, 252 seq., 258, 268, 301, 304 seq., 364, 467 o
- n Trinity, 111 seq.
- on Incarnation, 119
- visions, 270
Jundt, A., 185, 402
KABALAH, the, 153, 154, 159
Kabalists, 63, 97 seq., 103, 108, 263 seq.
Kant, 58, 301
Kempe, Margery, 224, 466
Knowledge, 44 seq.
- desire of, 45 seq., 72, 90, 151
- by union, 68, 84
- enouncement of, 93
- transcendental, 268, 301, 329 seq., 334
- law of, 342, 446
- and ecstasy, 369 seq., 376
LAW, William, 141, 250, 263, 397, 469, 472
on Trinity, 114
Laurence, Brother, 188, 195, 241, 246, 253, 471
- character and conversion, 190
Lead, Jane, 123, 470, 473
Leadbeater, C. W., 156
Leuba, 47, 183, 267
Lévi, Eliphas, 153 seq., 161 seq.
Levitation, 186, 376 seq.
Liberty, see Freedom
Libido, 45
Ligature, 330
Light, Inward, 100, 103, 353
- uncreated, 73, 114, 239, 308, 342
- mystic, 249 seq., 289, 421
Light, life, and love, 115 seq. ,190, 239, 341
Liturgies, 163 seq.
Logos, 28, 38, 109 seq., 115 seq., 118 seq., 134, 233
Love--
- Spirit of, see Holy Spirit
- and pain, 19, 221 seq.
- desire of, 44 seq., 71
- active, 46 seq.
- mystic, 49, 70 seq., 77, 81, 85 seq., 92 seq., 197, 208, 264, 281, 311, 355, 371, 389, 426 seq.
- of God, 68 seq., 81 seq., 181, 191, 223
- divine, 103, 196, 343
- as Holy Spirit, 116 seq.
- symbols of, 128, 136
- mutual, 130 seq.
- following, 135
- Four Degrees of, 139, 309, 312, 315 seq., 327, 379
- Fire of, 189, 197, 418
- pure, 201, 229, 247, 312, 325, 331, 412
- game of, 227, 286, 383
- vision of, 279
- in orison, 306, 313, 330
- language of, 425
- and fruition, 435 seq.
Lucia of Narni, 468
Lucidity, Mystic, 58 seq., 177, 238, 255 seq., 360, 363, 390
Lucie-Christine, 179, 384, 389
Luis de Granada, 468
Luis de Leon, 214, 468
Lull, Ramon, 462
Lydwine of Schiedam, St., 222, 467
MACARIUS of Egypt, St., 457
Maeterlinck, M., 340
Magic, 70, 82, 84, 149 seq.
- and religion, 151
- and psychology, 157 seq.
- therapeutics, 161
- and Christianity, 162 seq.
Magnum Opus, see Alchemy
Magus, 144
Malaval, 254, 361, 472
Mantra, 158
Margaret Mary, St., 267
Maria Maddelena dei Pazzi, St., 222, 469
Marie de l'Incarnation, Ven., 471
Maritain, J., 301, 334
Marriage of Soul, see Spiritual Marriage
Martinists, 154
Maury, A., 363
McDougall, W., 228
Mead, G. R. S., 134
Mechthild of Hackborn, St., 31, 196, 460
Mechthild of Magdeburg, 62, 90, 135, 206 seq., 238 seq., 249 seq., 278 seq., 393, 420, 460
- on mystic pain, 61
- on love, 92
- on orison, 344
Meditation, 49, 158, 311, 313 seq., 324 seq.
Mediums, 66, 293 seq., 360
Mental Healing, 158, 161
Menticulture, 153, 156
Merswin, Rulman, 97, 177, 195 seq., 202, 376 seq., 383, 393, 402, 465
- his vision of Nine Rocks, 98, 132, 204
- conversion, 185
- psychology, 186, 294
- penances, 228
Metapsychic phenomena, 155 seq.
Microcosms 98, 102, 159
Mirror of St. Edmund, The, 306
Mirror of Simple Souls, The, 75, 219, 337, 342, 426, 437, 462
Missal, 119, 163, 274
Molinos, 324, 471
Monet, 263
Monoideism, 58 seq., 246, 363 seq., 373
More, Gertrude, 59, 78, 88 seq., 128, 248, 470
Mortification, 169, 186, 200 seq., 216 seq., 233, 396
Music and Mysticism, 76 seq., 277, 336
Musset, A. de., 293 Myers, F., 359
Mysteries, The, 235, 455
- Orphic, 24, 426, 454
- Dionysiac, 58, 236, 359, 454
Mystic--
- marriage, see Spiritual
- philosophy, see Philosophy
- vision, 35 seq., 134
- type, 49, 91, 223 seq., 229
- sense, 50 seq.
- feeling, 73
- literature, 80, 239
- experience, 91, 252, 336
- quest, 91 seq., 103, 129 seq.
- education, 92, 298 seq., 310
- life process, 92
- theology, 104 seq.
- death, 169, 383 seq., 401
- life, first, 169, 228, 238, 298, 310, 381
- life, second, 229, 381, 403 seq.
- language, 335
- development, 381 seq.
- heritage, 432
Mystic Way, 81 seq., 91, 94, 127, 167 seq., 306, 381, 416, 426 seq., 432, 440 seq.
- and life of Christ, 121
- and alchemy, 145
- stages of, 168 seq.
- end of, 442
Mystic The, see also Mystics
- his mechanism, 49 seq.
- defined, 75 seq.
- his states, 168
- great, mark of, 173
- as genius, 386
- and visions and voices, 266 seq., 279
- and artistic expression, 272 seq.
- and orison, 324, 328 seq.
- and ecstasy, 370 seq.
- and Dark Night, 387 seq.
- mature, 432 seq.
Mysticism--
- its doctrines, 23
- Indian, 31, 57, 158, 170, 314, 434
- and vitalism, 34
- its nature, 70 seq., 81 seq.
- and music, see Music
- and symbols, 79, 125 seq.
- defined, 82
- love and, 85 seq.
- its branches, 94
- and theology, 95 seq.
- its valid part, 102
- Christian, 104, 172 seq., 234, 304, 311, 323, 344, 364, 401, 419
- theurglc, 150
- and magic, 162 seq. European, 171, 434
- and goodness, 199
- passive, 322
- German, 396 seq., 459, 462
- its meaning, 444
- curve of, 453 seq.
- tradition of, 454, 469
- Medieval, 458
- Italian, 460 seq.
- Franciscan, 460 seq.
- Dominican, 462
- Mahommedan, see Sufis
- Flemish, 465
- English, 466
- Spanish, 468
Mystics, The, 23 seq., 34 seq., 49 seq., 94, 104, 344
- their claim, 4, 22 seq.
- and artists, 35, 75, 223, 236, 259, 271
- practical, 59, 101, 246 seq., 347, 414
- psycho-physical peculiarities, 58 seq., 363
- their wholeness of life, 63
- automatic powers, 65
- heroic types, 91 seq., 428
- and theology, 95 seq., 108 seq.
- and occultists, 156
- as actives, 172 seq., 429 seq.
- their love of nature, 206, 260
- and Unitive life, 414 seq.
- two types of, 415
- as lovers, 428
- Unitive, 429 seq.
- and humanity, 446
- Christian, see Mysticism
NAMES of God, see God
Nativity, The, and Mysticism, 119, 122
Naturalism, 8
Nature--
- and Christ, 115
- mystic vision of, 178, 191 seq., 234, 240, 254
- mystics and, 206, 258 seq.
- contemplation of, 301 seq.
Negation, 318, 337 seq., 344, 353 seq., 372, 387
Negative states, 381 seq.
Neoplatonists, 96 seq., 104 seq., 109, 226, 318, 333, 337, 359, 372, 426, 454 seq., 470
New Birth, 34, 53, 122 seq., 140, 193, 303, 319, 419, 445, 454, 469
New Man, 142, 217, 222, 259, 310, 402
New Thought 71, 153, 156 seq.
Nicholson, R. A., 171
Nicolas of Basle, 465
Nicolas of Cusa, 114, 118, 465
Nirvana, 171
Norris, John, 470
OBEDIENCE, 205, 215
Occult, see Magic Odes of Solomon, 455
Odic force, 155
One, The, 41, 81, 96, 97, 102, 107, 108, 113, 139, 212, 229, 307, 331, 337, 343 seq., 347, 372, 454, 455
One Act, the, 325 seq.
Origen, 455
Orison, 184, 243, 254, 306 seq., 344, 375, 380 seq. of quiet, see
Quiet union, see Union
- Degrees of, 169, 306 seq., 311
- naked, 307, 318
- ideal of, 325
Ormond, A. T., 428
Osanna Andreasi, 468
Otto, R., 340, 348
Oxyrhynchus Papyri, 101
PACHEU, J., 91
Pain, 18 seq.
- and love, 18, 221 seq.
- mystic states of, 168 seq., 389, 403
- of God, 394
Pantheism, 99
Papus, 150
Paracelsus, 150, 297
Pascal, 368, 376, 379, 471
Passivity, 51, 65, 81, 183, 247, 306, 321, 325, 373
Pathology and mysticism, 60 seq., 360
Patmore, Coventry, 25, 135, 143, 311
- on Incarnation, 118
- on Church 164
- on Reality 199, 420
Paul, St., 58, 178, 199, 267, 368, 429, 431, 437, 455
- on Trinity, 113
- conversion of, 178
Pelagius, 105
Penington, Isaac, 470
Personality--
- divine, 42, 51, 105, 118, 128, 289, 337, 341, 346, 423
- sub-conscious, see Subliminal
- remaking of, 54 seq., 375, 402, 416 seq.
- levels of, 330
- and deification, 420 seq.
Peter Damian, St., 458
Peter of Alcantara, St., 468
Petersen, Gerlac, 84, 200, 211, 427, 465
Philadelphians, 470
Philip of the Trinity, 275
Philo, 63, 96, 454
Philosopher's stone, 142 seq., 418, 432
Philosophy, 5 seq., 262, 334
- vitalistic, 26 seq., 155
- activistic, 33
- transcendental, 73
- mystical, 83, 95 seq., 104 seq., 433
- Christian, 105
- Hermetic, 141
- occult, 152 seq.
Pilgrimage of soul, 98, 128 seq.
Plato, 5, 39, 101, 103, 169, 199, 235, 238, 243, 262, 372
- on beauty, 21, 216, 236
- on mystic sense, 50
- on contemplations 305
Platonism and mysticism, 83
Platonism Cambridge, 72, 470
Pleasure, states of, 167 seq., 188, 241
- and pain, 228, 380 seq., 393
Plotinus, 86, 93, 96, 101, 106, 173, 178, 207, 229, 233, 262, 271, 331, 335, 368, 374, 455
- on mystic sense, 50
- ecstasy, 82, 372
- union, 85, 333
- immanence, 99
Poetry, 278, 286, 352
Poets, 233 seq., 331, 375
- and illumination, 234
- mystical, 255, 383
Poiret, P., 472
Pordage, Dr., 470, 473
Porphyry, 455
Poulain, A., 242
Poverty, 205 seq., 220, 400
Pratt, J. B., 52, 138, 177, 269 seq., 288
Prayer, see Orison
Presence of God, see God
Prince, Morton, 57
Proclus, 456
Prophecy, 277 seq., 295, 366
Prophets, 279, 285, 376
Psychology 44 seq.
- of mystic way, 92, 102, 167 seq.
- and magic, 157 seq., 161
- and automatism 266 seq., 294 seq.
- of contemplation, 329, 337, 351
- of ecstasy, 361 seq.
- of Dark Night, 381 seq.
- of Unitive Life, 416 seq.
Purgation, 131, 147, 169, 177, 198 seq., 232, 240, 253, 381 seq., 388 seq.
- factors of, 228 seq.
- and illumination, 229 seq.
- passive, 388, 399
- of spirit, 396
Purgatory, 202, 221
Purification, see Purgation
QUIA amore langueo, 136
Quakers, 100, 105, 464, 469
Quiet, Orison of, 83, 172, 182, 283, 308 seq., 316 seq., 328 seq., 338, 349, 364, 368
Quietism, 68, 150, 247, 321 seq.
Quietists, 105, 469 seq.
RABI'A, 85, 248, 462
Rapture, 243, 248, 281, 303, 329, 359, seq., 375 seq.
Realism, 8
Reality--
- philosophy and, 8 seq., 33 seq.
- beauty and, 21 seq.
- mystics and, 23 seq., 41, 68, 93 seq., 198, 314, 335, 369, 388, 414 seq., 420, 433 seq.
- dual nature of, 33 seq., 195, 240, 340, 433 seq.
- levels of, 34, 56, 64, 232
- negative descriptions, 42, 337, 345
- condition of knowing, 43, 47 seq., 175, 330, 395
- and ecstasy, 61, 187 seq., 367 seq.
- transcendent, 72, 240, 251 seq.
- and art, 74 seq.
- and symbols, 78 seq., 285
- concepts of, 96, 114, 128, 195, 419
- and immanence, 98, 240, 250
- and theology, 101 seq., 116, 121
- self's movement to, 128 seq.
- craving for, 200, 394
- of phenomena, 256
Reason, see Intellect
Re-birth, see New Birth
Récéjac, 16, 133, 220, 243, 328
- on beauty, 21
- on mysticism, 46, 82, 86, 262, 279
Receptivity, 64 seq., 317 seq.
Recollection, 50, 308 seq., 313 seq., 328
Regeneration, 122, 128, 417
Religion, 17, 47, 160
- and mysticism, 96
- and magic, 152, 157, 162 seq.
Rhythm, 76 seq., 157 seq., 162, 233, 238, 278,
Ribet, 268
Ribot, 60, 363, 371
Richard of St. Victor, 139, 204, 309, 370, 374, 429, 431, 458, 459, 466
- degrees of love, 139, 292, 312, 315, 327
- on ecstasy, 379
- on deification, 421
Rolle, Richard, 77, 91, 196, 201, 206, 211, 237 seq., 239, 277, 317, 355, 369, 459, 466
- on song, 77 seq., 193, 439
- on mystic love, 86
- on Heat Sweetness,Song, 193
Romuald, St., 458
Rose of Lima, St., 261, 440, 469
Rosicrucians, 150, 469
Royce, Josiah, 23, 132
Rutherford, Samuel, 317 seq.
Ruysbroeck, 51, 77, 130, 133, 173, 210, 229, 235, 304, 331, 373, 409, 420 seq., 436, 437, 465
- on God, 35, 37, 115 seq., 435 seq.
- on emotion, 48
- on love of God, 86, 265, 356
- on introversion, 100
- on Trinity, 116
- on contemplation, 117, 333, 345 seq.
- on Birth of Son, 119, 122
- on union, 312, 422, 435
- on Quietism, 322
- on dual life, 325, 435
- on Dark Night, 391 on Unitive Life, 422 seq.
- on divine sonship, 433
SACRAMENTS and Magic, 163
Sacred Heart, vision of, 80
Sacrum Commercium, 208 Sadi, 462
Saint-Martin, 7, 80, 469, 473
Sanctity, 127, 390
Scepticism, Philosophic, 13
School of Holy Spirit, 403 seq.
Self--
- and world, 5
- the, its three activities, 45 seq., 84, 310, 329, 437
- its machinery 211, seq.
- its dual nature, 52 seq., 63, 90, 199, 213, 240, 302, 310, 432 seq.
- surrender of, see Surrender
- and Reality, 68, 74, 82, 102, 304, 312, 317, 432
- loss of, 84, 208, 336 seq., 401, 434
- transmutation of, 91 seq., 140 seq., 217, 388, 396, 402, 414 seq., 418 seq.
- cravings of, 126
- annihilation of, 132, 170, 396 seq., 418, 434
- suggestion, 159 seq.
- awakening of, 168, 176 seq., 198
- conversion of, see Conversion
- knowledge, 200 seq., 233
- conquest, 200
- simplification, 204
- death of, 217, 221, 264, 400, 412
- illumination of, 238 seq.
- education of, 311
- mergence, 312, 332, 343, 373
- naughting, 317, 399 seq., 416, 422 seq.
- in contemplation, 329 seq.
- in Dark Night, 385 seq,
- love, 397
Semer, M., 193
Senses--
- World of, 5, 338
- death of, 220
- night of, 239
- and automatism, 268
- hallucinations of, 268 seq., 275, 279
"Seven Valleys, The," 131
Shelley, 78
Silence, Interior, see Quiet
Simeon Mataphrastes, 419
Sin, 198 seq., 219, 387
Smith, John, 470
Solitude, 173, 324
Son, The, 115, 120
- Eternal Birth of, 121
- marriage with, 304
Sonship Divine, 446
Song, Mystic, 78, 194, 241, 439 seq.
Song of Songs, 137, 250, 373, 426
Sophia, 123, 230, 233
Soul, 85, 93, 99, 137
- apex of, 54, 366
- ground of, 54 seq., 99 seq., 233, 274, 304, 312, 319, 339, 343 seq., 349, 390, 401
- spark of, 54 seq., 74, 100, 108, 145, 230, 259, 274, 304, 366, 390, 396, 402, 445
Space and Time, 12
Spark of Soul, see Soul
Spiritual Marriage, 80, 92, 129, 136 seq., 172, 302, 327, 355 seq, 372 seq., 415 seq., 426 seq.
- Ornaments of, 90
- of St. Catherine, 174, 291, 297
Starbuck, 58, 172, 382
Steiner, R., 150, 152, 156, 191
Sterry, Peter, 470
Stewart J. A., 54, 74
Stigmatisation, 59, 267, 375
Subliminal Mind, 52 seq., 62, 91, 102, 108, 273, 306, 311, 375, 392
- in mystics, 57, 66, 185
- and visions, 290
Substance and Existence, 34
Sufis, 63, 80, 83, 92, 96, 108, 127, 130, 171, 210, 226, 418, 462
"Suggestive Enquiry, A", 143, 147
Surrender, 68, 92, 135, 170 seq., 185, 190, 209, 223, 236, 244, 284, 308 seq., 317, 323 seq., 339, 347 seq., 355, 392 seq., 398 seq., 415, 445
Suso, 91, 101, 172 seq., 185, 195 seq., 201, 206, 218, 222 seq., 229, 238 seq., 255, 267, 271 seq., 276 seq., 283, 291, 343, 371, 388, 393, 396, 464
- on theology, 97, 118
- his conversion, 186
- temperament, 186, 408 seq.
- visions, 187, 283 seq., 386
- illumination, 253
- his Dark Night, 386, 403 seq.
- and the knight, 408
- and the baby, 410
- on union, 424
Swedenborg, 160, 473
Symbolism, 78 seq., 97, 125 seq., 159, 271, 336
Symbols, 101, 158, 234, 239, 257, 268, 283, 328
- of the Absolute, 113, 127 seq., 331 t
- hree classes of, 126
- of quest, 129 seq.
- of love, 136 seq.
- of pilgrimage, 130 seq.
- of marriage, 136, 425
- of transmutation, 140 seq., 418
- magic, 159
- philosophic, 341
- and ecstasy, 364 seq.
- of Unitive Life, 415 seq., 427 seq.
- of deification, 421
Symons, Arthur, 83, 89, 236, 352
Synteresis, 54, 145
TAULER, 55, 61, 87, 100 seq., 115, 173, 185, 265, 269, 278, 330, 393, 396, 463 seq.
- on self loss, 85, 400
- on poverty, 215
- on mortification, 217
- on pain, 222
- on desert of God, 304
- on Abyss, 338
Telepathy, 155, 295
Tennyson, 238, 255
Teresa, St., 58, 64, 79, 88, 91, 92, 96, 100, 102, 117, 168, 169, 172 seq., 201, 215 seq., 222, 227, 238, 241 seq., 246 seq., 267 seq., 269, 271, 278 seq., 283 seq., 313, 318, 326, 343, 361, 375, 392 seq., 414, 430, 432, 436, 440, 453, 464, 468, 471, 473
- on ecstasy, 61, 360, 368, 371
- on Trinity, 108 seq.
- Spiritual Marriage, 138
- her character, 213 seq.
- purgation, 213 seq.
- visions, 270, 281, 284 seq., 288 seq.
- on auditions, 274 seq.
- her transverberation, 292
- automatic writing, 294 seq.
- on orison, 308, 311 seq., 356 seq.
- on recollection, 315
- on quiet, 321, 326
- on rapture, 329, 363, 376 seq.
- on levitation, 376, seq,
- on pain of God, 394
Téwekkul Beg, 99
Theologia Germanica, 50, 55, 83, 121, 127, 141, 230, 245, 425, 464
- on detachment, 207
- on deification, 418
Theology, 114 seq.
Theopathetic state, 132, 175
- life, 431, 436
- mystics, 429
Thomas à Kempis, 19, 217, 278, 437, 465, 470
Thomas Aquinas, St., 17, 39, 50, 65, 116, 150, 188, 361, 428, 462
- on emanation, 97
- on immanence, 99
- on Trinity, 111
- on Holy Spirit, 117
- on Beatific vision, 190, 423
Thompson, Francis, 135
Towne, E., 156
Tradition, 300, 454, 470
Traherne, Thomas, 470
Trance, Ecstatic, 170 seq., 255, 294, 359 seq., 367, 375 seq.
Transcendence, 34, 91, 97 seq., 103, 108, 232, 259, 307, 324, 335, 418, 444
- symbols of, 126 seq.
- process of, 168, 198
- vision of, 195
- and immanence, 250, 259, 337
- contemplation of, 337, 344 seq.
- dark, 355
- and ecstasy, 365
Transcendental --
- Consciousness, see Consciousness
- feeling, 55 seq., 73, 232, 330
- sense, 56 seq., 70 seq.
- powers, 63
- life, 213
- world, 258 seq.
Transmutation, see Self and Symbols Tree of Life, 98, 103, 263
Trinity,
- Christian, 107 seq., 133, 257, 272, 344, 422, 435
- Hindu, 110
- Neoplatonic, 111
Truth, Quest of, 334
UNIFICATION, 54, 108, 238, 416, 434 of consciousness 68, 364, 370
Union, Mystic, 24, 32, 35 seq., 68, 72 seq., 79 seq., 84 seq., 89, 100, 127, 133 seq., 146, 170 seq., 281 seq., 292, 310 seq., 325, 338, seq. 355 seq., 367, 372, 378, 396, 401, 417 seq., 422 seq., 446
- hypostatic, 119
- condition of, 203, 307
- orison of, 245, 283, 308 seq., 329, 343, 346, 355 seq.
- St. Teresa on, 283, 357
- passive, 333, 367
- ecstatic, 370
Unitive Life, 57, 81, 290, 388, 402, 413 seq.
- and illumination, 245 seq.
- examples of, 429
- dual character of, 433
- its gaiety, 439 seq.
Unitive Way, 121, 131, 139, 170, 229, 310, 381, 413 seq.
Unity, 107, 109, 132, 258, 422
VAUGHAN, H. (Silurist), 255, 347, 409, 470
Vaughan, R. A., 150
Vaughan, Thomas, 470
Vernazza, Ven. Battista, 115, 356, 467
Vision, 74, 240, 307, 333
- illuminated, 234 seq., 254 seq.
- fourfold, 259
Visions, 66, 79, 196, 266 seq., 279 seq., 375, 381
- examples, 109, 181, 182, 187, 286 seq., 404 seq.
- of Godhead, 109, 251 seq., 283 seq., 340, 370
- dynamic, 138, 290 seq.
- evil, 270, 392
- and voices, 281
- symbolic, 285
Vitalism, 26 seq., 155
Voices, see Auditions
Von Crevelsheim, Ellina, 370
Von Hügel, Baron F., 29, 40, 41, 60, 80, 122, 202, 247, 268, 317, 323, 351
- on St. Catherine of Genoa, 59, 182, 362
- on quietism, 325
WAITE, A. E., 108
- on Magic, 151, 154 seq., 157
Weigel, V., 297
Whichcote, B., 470
Whitman, Walt, 192, 238, 248, 255
Will, 45 seq., 153 seq., 161 seq., 392
- and magic, 71, 153 seq.
- purgation of, 170, 395 seq.
- and conversion, 188, 197
- surrender of, 208
- in contemplation, 299, 303, 310, 313, seq., 324, 329, 375
- Woolman, John, 470 Word, The, 109, 113,115, 118, 193, 233, 241, 244, 258, 326, 331, 340, 417, 423
Words, see Auditions
Wordsworth, W., 238, 255, 285
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