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The Essential Western Mystics

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Practice of the Presence of God

by Brother Lawrence

5,817 members

55 reviews

4

3 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart, nwhitaker

2

The Consolation of Philosophy

5,168 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, Schattner

3

The Interior Castle

by St. Teresa of Avila

2,950 members

31 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

4

The Dark Night of the Soul

by St. John of the Cross

2,565 members

14 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

5

Revelations of Divine Love

by Julian of Norwich

2,314 members

12 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

6

New Seeds of Contemplation

by Thomas Merton

2,227 members

17 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

7

The Guide for the Perplexed

by Moses Maimonides

1,177 members

12 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

8

Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel

by Thomas Keating

1,159 members

8 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

9

The Wisdom of the Desert (New Directions)

by Thomas Merton

1,071 members

12 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

10

The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works

884 members

4 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

11

The Sayings of the Desert Fathers

by Benedicta Ward

841 members

6 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

12

Julian of Norwich: Showings

by Julian of Norwich

790 members

4 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

13

by Hildegard von Bingen

502 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

14

Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works (The Classics of Western Spirituality)

by Bernard of Clairvaux

446 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

15

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening

by Cynthia Bourgeault

376 members

5 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

16

Meister Eckhart Vol 2: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense

by Meister Eckhart

374 members

½ 4.4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

17

Hildegard of Bingen's Book of Divine Works: With Letters and Songs

by Hildegard of Bingen

362 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

18

The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross

by Rowan Williams

344 members

4.1

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

19

Centering Prayer: A Training Course for Opening to the Presence of God

by Thomas Keating

10 members

2 Members: Schattner, Trent.Lockhart

20

by Hermann Hesse

7,376 members

106 reviews

3.9

Member: Schattner

21

The Glass Bead Game

by Hermann Hesse

6,882 members

99 reviews

4.1

Member: Schattner

22

Narcissus and Goldmund

by Hermann Hesse

6,368 members

79 reviews

4.1

Member: Schattner

23

The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis

3,107 members

44 reviews

4

Member: Schattner

24

The Cloud of Unknowing

by An English Mystic of the Fourteenth Century

1,598 members

11 reviews

4

Member: Schattner

25

God's Pauper: St. Francis of Assisi

by Nikos Kazantzakis

602 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: Schattner

26

Practical Mysticism

by Evelyn Underhill

534 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: Schattner

27

The Essential Plotinus: Representative Treatises from the Enneads

429 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Schattner

28

The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism

by Bernard McGinn

384 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: Schattner

29

The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind--A New Perspective on Christ and His Message

by Cynthia Bourgeault

362 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: Schattner

30

The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women

286 members

4 reviews

4

Member: Schattner

31

The Spiritual Life

by Evelyn Underhill

269 members

1 review

4

Member: Schattner

32

Hildegard of Bingen: A visionary life

by Sabina Flanagan

269 members

½ 3.6

Member: Schattner

33

Meister Eckhart, teacher and preacher

by Meister Eckhart

253 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: Schattner

34

The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century

by Bernard McGinn

246 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: Schattner

35

The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity

by Cynthia Bourgeault

233 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: Schattner

36

The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys

by Andrew Louth

196 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: Schattner

37

The Growth of Mysticism: Gregory the Great Through the 12th Century

by Bernard McGinn

181 members

1 review

4.1

Member: Schattner

38

Dionysius the Areopagite on the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology

by Dionysius the Areopagite

181 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: Schattner

39

Sermons on the Song of Songs I

by Bernard of Clairvaux

178 members

½ 4.5

Member: Schattner

40

Mystics of the Church

by Evelyn Underhill

173 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: Schattner

41

Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the Godhead

by Mechtild of Magdeburg

165 members

1 review

4

Member: Schattner

42

The Fire of Love

by Richard Rolle

158 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Schattner

43

The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming An Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart

by Cynthia Bourgeault

147 members

½ 4.3

Member: Schattner

44

The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism: 1200-1350

by Bernard McGinn

139 members

½ 4.3

Member: Schattner

45

The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers

by Benedicta Ward

115 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: Schattner

46

The Vision of God

by H. Lawrence Bond

108 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Schattner

47

Visions and Longings: Medieval Women Mystics

by Monica Furlong

108 members

1 review

4

Member: Schattner

48

The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing (A Herder & Herder book)

by Bernard McGinn

81 members

½ 3.5

Member: Schattner

49

The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany

by Bernard McGinn

71 members

4

Member: Schattner

50

Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete

by Bernard McGinn

67 members

½ 4.5

Member: Schattner

51

On Union with God

by Albertus Magnus

67 members

3

Member: Schattner

52

The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness

by Mary C. Earle

63 members

3 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: Schattner

53

Brides in the desert : the spirituality of the Beguines

by Saskia Murk-Jansen

57 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: Schattner

54

The Confessions of Jacob Boehme

by Jakob Böhme

43 members

4 reviews

½ 2.7

Member: Schattner

55

The Sun Dances: Prayers and Blessings from the Gaelic

by Alexander Carmichael

41 members

½ 4.5

Member: Schattner

56

The Adornment Of The Spiritual Marriage: The Sparkling Stone & The Book of Supreme Truth (Ibis Western Mystery Tradition)

by Jan van Ruusbroec

41 members

2 reviews

3

Member: Schattner

57

The Wisdom of Julian of Norwich

by Julian of Norwich

40 members

4

Member: Schattner

58

Meister Eckhart : sermons & treatises

by Meister Eckhart

38 members

Member: Schattner

59

Silent Fire: An Invitation to Western Mysticism (Harper forum books)

by Walter H. Capps

36 members

Member: Schattner

60

Meister Eckhart: Sermons and Treatises, Volume 1 (Meister Eckhart Vol. 1)

by Meister Eckhart

34 members

5

Member: Schattner

61

The Celtic Soul Friend: A Trusted Guide for Today

by Edward C. Sellner

34 members

4

Member: Schattner

62

The Varieties of Vernacular Mysticism: 1350-1550

by Bernard McGinn

32 members

Member: Schattner

63

Meister Eckhart: Sermons and Treatises ( Volume 2 )

by Meister Eckhart

26 members

1 review

4

Member: Schattner

64

Pelagius: Life and Letters

25 members

1 review

½ 4.6

Member: Schattner

65

The English Mystics of the Fourteenth Century

by Karen Armstrong

14 members

3

Member: Schattner

66

Ammonius Saccas and His Eclectic Philosophy as Presented by Alexander Wilder

by Dr. Jean-Louise Siemons

1 member

Member: Schattner

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Started: Schattner
August 2014
Type: Unnumbered, Adding restricted

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