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Christian Mysticism: Twenty-Five Essential Books
- Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism: The Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
- Frederick Bauerschmidt, Why the Mystics Matter Now
- John MacQuarrie, Two Worlds Are Ours: An Introduction to Christian Mysticism
- Olivier Clément, The Roots of Christian Mysticism
- Bernard McGinn, The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism
- Benedicta Ward, ed., The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
- Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer
- Pseudo-Dionysius, The Complete Works
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Selected Works
- Hildegard of Bingen, Selected Writings
- Mechthild of Magdeburg, The Flowing Light of the Godhead
- Meister Eckhart, Selected Writings
- Gregory Palamas, The Triads
- John Ruusbroec, The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works
- Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing
- Julian of Norwich, Revelation of Divine Love
- Catherine of Genoa, Purgation and Purgatory; the Spiritual Dialogue
- Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises
- Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle
- John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul
- Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
- Anonymous, The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues on His Way
- Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul
- Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer
- M. Basil Pennington, Centering Prayer: Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form
World Mysticism: Twenty-Five Essential Books
- Andrew Harvey, ed., The Essential Mystics: The Soul’s Journey into Truth
- S. Abhayananda, History of Mysticism: The Unchanging Testament
- Geoffrey Parrinder, Mysticism in the World’s Religions
- F.C. Happold, Mysticism: A Study and an Anthology
- Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
- Plotinus, The Essential Plotinus: Representative Treatises from the Enneads
- Juan Mascaro, tr., The Bhagavad Gita
- Swami Nikhilananda, tr., The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
- Sri Aurobindo, The Integral Yoga: Teaching and Method of Practice
- Ramana Maharshi, The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
- Gil Fronsdal, tr., The Dhammapada
- Nagarjuna, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way
- Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
- Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chödzin Kohn, eds., Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings
- Daniel C. Matt, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism
- Joseph Dan, ed., The Heart and the Fountain: An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experience
- Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
- Morris M. Faierstein, ed., Jewish Mystical Autobiographies: The Book of Visions and The Book of Secrets
- Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, The Essential Rumi
- Farid al-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds
- Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Heart of Sufism: Essential Writings
- Mircea Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
- Ken Wilber, The Simple Feeling of Being: Embracing Your True Nature
- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Writings of the Mystics: Anthologies
- Karen Armstrong, Visions of God: Four Medieval Mystics and their Writings
- Scott Cairns, Love’s Immensity: Mystics On the Endless Life
- Olivier Clément, The Roots of Christian Mysticism
- Louis Dupré and James A. Wiseman, eds., Light from Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism
- Harvey Egan, ed., An Anthology of Christian Mysticism
- Anne Fremantle, ed., The Protestant Mystics
- Shawn Madigan, C.S.J., ed., Mystics, Visionaries & Prophets: A Historical Anthology of Women’s Spiritual Writings
- Bernard McGinn, ed., The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism
- The New Jerusalem Bible, Saints Devotional Edition
- H. A. Reinhold, The Soul Afire: Revelations of the Mystics
- Geoffrey Rowell, Kenneth Stevenson and Rowan Williams, compilers, Love’s Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness
- Richard H. Schmidt, Glorious Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican Spirituality
Writings of the Mystics: General
- Clement of Alexandria, The Exhortation to the Greeks and Other Works
- Origen, An Exhortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works
- Origen, Spirit and Fire: A Thematic Anthology of His Writings
- Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns
- Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses
- Gregory of Nyssa, From Glory to Glory
- Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer
- Pseudo-Macarius, The Fifty Spiritual Homilies and the Great Letter
- Augustine of Hippo, Selected Writings
- John Cassian, Conferences
- Pseudo-Dionysius, The Complete Works
- Benedict, The Rule of St. Benedict
- Gregory the Great, Be Friends of God
- John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
- Maximus Confessor, Selected Writings
- John Scotus, Eriugena, The Voice of the Eagle
- Symeon the New Theologian, The Discourses
- William of St. Thierry, The Way to Divine Union
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Selected Works
- Aelred of Rievaulx, Spiritual Friendship
- Richard of St. Victor, The Book of the Patriarchs; The Mystical Ark; Etc.
- Francis and Clare, The Complete Works
- Albert the Great, On Union with God
- Bonaventure, The Soul’s Journey Into God; The Tree of Life; Etc.
- Hadewijch, The Complete Works
- Jacopone da Todi, The Lauds
- Ramon Lull, Romancing God: Contemplating the Beloved
- Angela of Foligno, Complete Works
- Marguerite Porete, The Mirror of Simple Souls
- Gertrude of Helfta, The Herald of Divine Love
- John Ruusbroec, The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works
- Birgitta of Sweden, Life and Selected Writings
- Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue
- Jean Gerson, Early Works
- Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
- Dennis the Carthusian, Spiritual Writings
- Catherine of Genoa, Purgation and Purgatory; the Spiritual Dialogue
- Maria Maddelena de’ Pazzi, Selected Revelations
- Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
- Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal, Letters of Spiritual Direction
- Pierre de Bérulle and the French School, Selected Writings
- Marie of the Incarnation, Selected Writings
- Angelus Silesius, The Cherubinic Wanderer
- Brother Lawrence, Practice of the Presence of God
- Jeanne Guyon, Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ
- François Fénelon, The Royal Way of the Cross
- François Fénelon, Talking with God
- François Fénelon, Meditations on the Heart of God
- Jean Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence
- Alphonsus de Liguori, Selected Writings
- Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul (Image Edition)
- Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul (Paraclete Edition)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hymn of the Universe
- Simone Weil, Waiting for God
- Adrienne Von Speyr, Light and Images: Elements of Contemplation
- Karl Rahner, Spiritual Writings
- Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
- William McNamara, Earthy Mysticism: Contemplation and the Life of Passionate Presence
- George A. Maloney, The Breath of the Mystic
Writings of the Mystics: the English Mystics
- Aelred of Rievaulx, The Mirror of Charity
- Aelred of Rievaulx, Spiritual Friendship
- Richard Rolle, The English Works
- Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love and the Mending of Life
- Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling
- Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection
- Julian of Norwich, Revelation of Love
- Margery Kempe, The Book of Margery Kempe
- John Donne, Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, etc.
- George Herbert, The Complete English Works
- George Herbert, The Country Parson; the Temple
- Augustine Baker, Holy Wisdom, or, Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation
- William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life and The Spirit of Love
- Thomas Traherne, Centuries
- George Fox, The Journal of George Fox
- Charles Taliaferro and Alison J. Teply, eds., Cambridge Platonist Spirituality
- Coventry Patmore, The Rod, The Root and the Flower
Writings of the Mystics: the Spanish Mystics
- Francisco de Osuna, The Third Spiritual Alphabet
- Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises
- Ignatius of Loyola, The Autobiography with Related Documents
- John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel
- John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul
- John of the Cross, Living Flame of Love
- John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle
- Luis de Leon, The Names of Christ
- Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle
- Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection
- Teresa of Avila, The Life of Teresa of Jesus
Writings of the Mystics: the German/Rhineland Mystics
- Hildegard of Bingen, Selected Writings
- Hildegard of Bingen, Secrets of God
- Hildegard of Bingen, A Spiritual Reader
- Elisabeth of Schönau, The Complete Works
- Mechthild of Magdeburg, Flowing Light of the Godhead
- Meister Eckhart, Selected Writings
- Meister Eckhart, Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing: Sermons, Writings & Sayings
- Margaret Ebner, Major Works
- Johannes Tauler, Sermons
- Henry Suso, The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons
- Anonymous, Theologia Germanica
- Rulman Merswin, Mystical Writings
- Nicolas of Cusa, Selected Spiritual Writings
Writings of the Mystics: Eastern Orthodox Mystics
- Gregory Palamas, The Triads
- Nil Sorsky, The Complete Writings
- Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, A Handbook of Spiritual Counsel
- Anonymous, The Pilgrim’s Tale (The Way of a Pilgrim)
- Matthew the Poor, The Communion of Love
- Matthew the Poor, Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way
- Igumen Chariton of Valamo, compiler, The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology
- Dumitru Staniloae, Orthodox Spirituality: A Practical Guide for the Faithful and a Definitive Manual for the Scholar
Writings of the Mystics: Protestant Mystics
- Anne Fremantle, ed., The Protestant Mystics
- Johnn Arndt, True Christianity
- Jacob Boehme, The Way to Christ
- George Fox, The Journal of George Fox
- Norman P. Grubb, Yes I Am
- Jane Lead, A Fountain of Gardens
- Rufus Jones, Essential Writings
- Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
Writings of the Mystics: Gnostic and/or Heterodox
- Stevan Davies, tr., The Gospel of Thomas: Annotated and Explained
- Jean-Yves Leloup, tr., The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
- Jim Marion, Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality
- Jim Marion, The Death of the Mythic God: The Rise of Evolutionary Spirituality
- Anonymous, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism
Books on Christian Mysticism and Contemplative Spirituality (Kindle Editions)
- Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing
- Anonymous, The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Anonymous, The Way of a Pilgrim & The Pilgrim Continues His Way
- Anonymous, Theologia Germanica
- Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God
- Brother Lawrence, Practice of the Presence of God
- Dorothee Soelle: The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance
- Evelyn Underhill, Practical Mysticism
- Evelyn Underhill, The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today
- Evelyn Underhill, The Essentials of Mysticism
- Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
- James Hannay, Wisdom of the Desert
- John of the Cross, The Ascent of Mount Carmel
- John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul
- John Ruysbroeck, The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage and Other Works
- Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
- Martin Laird, Into the Silent Land
- Meister Eckhart, Sermons
- Nicholas of Cusa, The Vision of God
- Plotinus, The Enneads
- Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle
- Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection
- Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul
- Thomas Aquinas, On Prayer and the Contemplative Life
- Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
- Various, The Cell of Self Knowledge
- Various, Selections from the Philokalia
Books About Mysticism: Written for General (Non-Scholarly) Readers
- Frederick Bauerschmidt, Why the Mystics Matter Now
- Joseph Conti, Holistic Christianity: The Vision of Catholic Mysticism
- Carol Lee Flinders, Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics
- William Johnston, Mystical Theology: The Science of Love
- Ursula King, Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages
- Bernard McGinn and Patricia Ferris McGinn, Early Christian Mystics: The Divine Vision of the Spirtual Masters
- Richard J. Woods, Christian Spirituality: God’s Presence Through the Ages
Books About Mysticism: Surveys and Histories of Mysticism
- Nicholas Arseniev, Mysticism and the Eastern Church
- Louis Bouyer, Jean Leclercq, and François Vandenbroucke, A History of Christian Spirituality:
- Urban T. Holmes, A History of Christian Spirituality: An Analytical Introduction
- Oliver Davies, God Within: The Mystical Tradition of Northern Europe
- Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainwright and Edward Yarnold, SJ, eds., The Study of Spirituality
- Andrew Louth, The Wilderness of God
- Bernard McGinn, The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism:
- Robert Payne, The Holy Fire: The Story of the Fathers of the Eastern Church
- Rowan Williams, The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross
- Evelyn Underhill, Mystics of the Church
Books About Mysticism: Concerning Specific Mystics
See below for books about Julian of Norwich, Thomas Merton, or Evelyn Underhill
- Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, Teresa of Avila and the Politics of Sanctity
- Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, Entering Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle: A Reader’s Companion
- Edward A. Armstrong, Saint Francis, Nature Mystic: The Derivation and Significance of the Nature Stories in the Franciscan Legend
- Marcelle Auclair, Saint Teresa of Avila
- Jean Pierre Camus, The Spirit of St. Francis De Sales
- Steven Chase, Angelic Wisdom: The Cherubim and the Grace of Contemplation in Richard of St. Victor
- Ross Collings, John of the Cross
- Adam G. Cooper, The Body in St. Maximus the Confessor: Holy Flesh, Wholly Deified
- Elizabeth A. Dreyer, Passionate Spirituality: Hildegard of Bingen and Hadewijch of Brabant
- Shirley du Boulay, Teresa of Avila: An Extraordinary Life
- Harvey D. Egan, SJ, Ignatius Loyola the Mystic
- Ann Fatula, Catherine of Siena’s Way
- Mary Margaret Funk, A Mind at Peace: Spiritual Disciplines of John Cassian and the Desert Fathers
- Richard P. Hardy, John of the Cross: Man and Mystic
- Carolyn Humphreys, From Ash to Fire: A Contemporary Journey through the Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila
- William Johnson, The Mysticism of The Cloud of Unknowing
- Andrew Louth, Denys the Areopagite
- Andrew Louth, Maximus the Confessor
- Eileen Lyddon, Mysticism for Beginners: John of the Cross Made Easy
- Georgios I. Mantzaridis, The Deification of Man: St. Gregory Palamas and the Orthodox Tradition
- Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man From Whom God Hid Nothing
- Cathleen Medwick, Teresa of Avila: The Progress of a Soul
- Thomas Merton, The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter Doctor Mellifluus
- Joseph E. Milosh, The Scale of Perfection and the English Mystical Tradition
- Paul Mommaers, The Land Within: The Process of Possessing and Being Possessed by God According to the Mystic Jan Van Ruysbroeck
- Susan Muto, John of the Cross for Today: The Ascent
- Susan Muto, John of the Cross for Today: The Dark Night
- Thomas R. Nevin, Thérèse of Lisieux: God’s Gentle Warrior
- Patricia O’Connor, In Search of Thérèse
- George C. Papademetriou, Introduction to St. Gregory Palamas
- Steven Payne, John of the Cross (Outstanding Christian Thinkers)
- Lynn Staley, Margery Kempe’s Dissenting Fictions
- John Joseph Stoudt, Jacob Boehme: His Life and Thought
- Melchisedec Toronen, Union and Distinction in the Thought of St. Maximus the Confessor
- Evelyn Underhill, Ruysbroeck
- Rik Van Nieuwenhove, Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity
- Paul Verdeyen, Ruusbroec and His Mysticism
- Friedrich Von Hügel, The Mystical Element of Religion as Studied in Catherine of Genoa and Her Friends
- Ulrike Wiethaus, Ecstatic Transformation: Transpersonal Psychology in the Work of Mechthild of Magdeburg
- Rowan Williams, Teresa of Avila
- Richard Woods, OP, Eckhart’s Way
Books About Mysticism: The “Traditions of Christian Spirituality” Series
- Peter-Damian Belisle, OSB Cam., The Language of Silence: The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude
- Michael L. Birkel, Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition
- Mark J. Cartledge, Encountering the Spirit: The Charismatic Tradition
- Steven Chase, Contemplation and Compassion: The Victorine Tradition
- John Chryssavgis, Light Through Darkness: The Orthodox Tradition
- L. William Countryman, The Poetic Imagination: An Anglican Tradition
- Esther de Waal, The Way of Simplicity: The Cistercian Tradition
- Bradley Hanson, Grace That Frees: The Lutheran Tradition
- David Lonsdale, Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: An Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality
- Thomas F. Martin, OSA, Our Restless Heart: The Augustinian Tradition
- Wilfrid McGreal, O.Carm., At the Fountain of Elijah: The Carmelite Tradition
- John Anthony McGuckin, Standing in God’s Holy Fire: The Byzantine Tradition
- Saskia Murk-Jansen, Brides in the Desert: The Spirituality of the Beguines
- Joan M. Nuth, God’s Lovers in an Age of Anxiety: The Medieval English Mystics
- Thomas O’Loughlin, Journeys on the Edges: The Celtic Tradition
- Ian Randall, What a Friend We Have in Jesus: The Evangelical Tradition
- William J. Short, OFM, Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Tradition
- C. Arnold Snyder, Following in the Footsteps of Christ: The Anabaptist Tradition
- Columba Stewart, OSB, Prayer and Community: The Benedictine Tradition
- Susan J. White, The Spirit of Worship: The Liturgical Tradition
- Richard Woods, OP, Mysticism and Prophecy: The Dominican Tradition
- Wendy M. Wright, Heart Speaks to Heart: The Salesian Tradition
Books About Mysticism: Academic and Scholarly Works
- Louis Bouyer, The Christian Mystery: From Pagan Myth to Christian Mysticism
- Grace M. Jantzen, Power, Gender and Christian Mysticism
- Kenneth E. Kirk, The Vision of God: The Christian Doctrine of the Summum Bonum
- Andrew Louth, The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys
- Paul Mommaers, The Riddle of Christian Mystical Experience: The Role of the Humanity of Jesus
- Michael A. Sells, Mystical Languages of Unsaying
- Denys Turner, The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism
- Ulrike Wiethaus, ed., Maps of Flesh and Light: The Religious Experience of Medieval Women Mystics
Books About Mysticism: Contemporary Guidebooks for Aspiring Mystics
- Ruth Burrows, Guidelines for Mystical Prayer
- John Crowder, Miracle Workers, Reformers, and the New Mystics: How to Become Part of the Supernatural Generation
- Thomas Dubay, S.M., Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
- Thomas Dubay, S.M., Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within
- Thomas Dubay, S.M., Seeking Spiritual Direction: How to Grow the Divine Life Within
- Thomas H. Green, SJ, Opening to God: A Guide to Prayer
- Thomas H. Green, SJ, When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings
- Morton Kelsey, The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation
- Jean-Yves Leloup, Being Still: Reflections on an Ancient Mystical Tradition
- Robert Llewellyn, Prayer & Contemplation and Distractions are for Healing
- Carl McColman, The Aspiring Mystic: Practical Steps for Spiritual Seekers
- Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
- Stephen J. Rossetti, When the Lion Roars: A Primer for the Unsuspecting Mystic
- Frank X. Tuoti, Why Not Be a Mystic? An Irresistable Invitation to Experience the Presence of God — Here and Now
Books About Mysticism: Denunciations of Mysticism
- Donad G. Bloesch, The Crisis of Piety: Essays Towards a Theology of the Christian Life
- Arthur L. Johnson, Faith Misguided: Exposing the Dangers of Mysticism
- Ranald Macaulay and Jarram Barrs, Being Human: The Nature of Spiritual Experience
- Ray Yungen, A Time of Departing: How Ancient Mystical Practices are Uniting Christians with the World’s Religions
- Ray Yungen, For Many Shall Come in My Name: How the “Ancient Wisdom” is Drawing Millions of People into Mystical Experiences and Preparing the World for the End of the Age
Books About Mysticism: Reference
- Ann Ball, Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices
- Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson and Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- F.L. Cross and E.A. Livingstone, eds., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
- Michael Downey, ed., The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality
- E. Ferguson, Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
- Philip Sheldrake, ed., The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality
Special Topics in Mysticism: Julian of Norwich
- Julian of Norwich, Revelation of Love, tr. John Skinner
- Julian of Norwich, The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings, tr. M.L. del Mastro
- Julian of Norwich, Showing of Love, tr. Julia Bolton Holloway
- Julian of Norwich, A Lesson of Love: The Revelations of Julian of Norwich, tr. Fr. John-Julian OJN
- Julian of Norwich, Showings, tr. Edmund Colledge OSA and James Walsh SJ
- Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, tr. Clifton Wolters
- Julian of Norwich, A Book of Showings to the Anchoress Julian of Norwich, ed. Edmund Colledge OSA and James Walsh SJ
- Julian of Norwich, A Revelation of Love, ed. Marion Glasscoe
- Julian of Norwich, Showing of Love: Extant Texts and Translation, ed. Sr. Anna Maria Reynolds CP and Julia Bolton Holloway
- Julian of Norwich, The Showings of Julian of Norwich, ed. Denise Baker
- The Frieds of Julian of Norwich, Stations of the Cross: A Devotion Using The Revelations of Divine Love of Julian of Norwich
- Denise Nowakowski Baker, Julian of Norwich’s Showings: From Vision to Book
- Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ
- Ritamary Bradley, Julian’s Way: A Practical Commentary on Julian of Norwich
- Kerrie Hide, Gifted Origins to Graced Fulfillment: The Soteriology of Julian of Norwich
- C. Hugh Hildesley, Journeying with Julian
- Grace Jantzen, Julian of Norwich: Mystic and Theologian
- Kenneth Leech, Julian Reconsidered
- Robert Llewelyn, All Shall Be Well: The Spirituality of Julian of Norwich for Today
- Robert Llewelyn, ed., Julian: Woman of Our Day
- Kevin J. Magill, Julian of Norwich: Mystic or Visionary?
- Jane Maynard, Transfiguring Loss: Julian of Norwich as a Guide for Survivors of Traumatic Grief
- Paul Molinari, Julian of Norwich: The Teaching of a 14th Century English Mystic
- Sandra J. McEntire, ed., Julian of Norwich: A Book of Essays
- Joan M. Nuth, Wisdom’s Daughter: The Theology of Julian of Norwich
- Margaret Ann Palliser, Christ Our Mother of Mercy: Divine Mercy and Compassion in the Theology of the Shewings of Julian of Norwich
- Brant Pelphrey, Julian of Norwich: Christ Our Mother (The Way of the Christian Mystics, volume 7)
- Brant Pelphrey, Love was His Meaning: The Theology and Mysticism of Julian of Norwich
- Ambrose Tinsley, OSB, A Neighbour Kind and Known: The Spirituality of Julian of Norwich
- Sheila Upjohn, In Search of Julian of Norwich
- Sheila Upjohn, Why Julian Now? A Voyage of Discovery
Special Topics in Mysticism: Evelyn Underhill
- Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism: The Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
- Evelyn Underhill, The Mystic Way
- Evelyn Underhill, Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People and Abba: Meditations Based on the Lord’s Prayer
- Evelyn Underhill, The Essentials of Mysticism
- Evelyn Underhill, Mystics of the Church
- Evelyn Underhill, The Golden Sequence: A Fourfold Study of the Spiritual Life
- Evelyn Underhill, Worship
- Evelyn Underhill, The Spiritual Life
- Evelyn Underhill, The Letters of Evelyn Underhill
- Evelyn Underhill, The Mount of Purification
- Evelyn Underhill, An Anthology of the Love of God
- Evelyn Underhill, Ruysbroeck
- Evelyn Underhill, The Evelyn Underhill Reader
- Christopher Armstrong, Evelyn Underhill: An Introduction to her Life and Writings
- Margaret Cropper, The Life of Evelyn Underhill
- Dana Greene, Evelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life
Special Topics in Mysticism: Thomas Merton
- Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain
- Thomas Merton, What is Contemplation?
- Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas
- Thomas Merton, The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter Doctor Mellifluus
- Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
- Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
- Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
- Thomas Merton, Mystics and Zen Masters
- Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer
- Thomas Merton, Contemplation in a World of Action
- Thomas Merton, Collected Poems
- Thomas Merton, When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature
- Thomas Merton, I Have Seen What I Was Looking For: Selected Spiritual Writings
- Thomas Merton, Cold War Letters
- Thomas Merton, A Book of Hours
- Raymond Bailey, Thomas Merton on Mysticism
- Lawrence S. Cunningham, Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision
- Monica Furlong, Merton: A Biography
- Patrick Hart, ed., Thomas Merton, Monk: A Monastic Tribute
- John J. Higgins, Thomas Merton on Prayer
- Robert Inchausti, ed., Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing
- Victor A. Kramer, Thomas Merton, Monk and Artist
- M. Basil Pennington, Thomas Merton My Brother: His Journey to Freedom, Compassion, and Final Integration
- William H. Shannon, Christine M. Bochen and Patrick F. O’Connell, eds., The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia
- Rob Baker and Gray Henry, eds., Merton and Sufism: The Untold Story
- Beatrice Bruteau, ed., Merton and Judaism: Holiness in Words
- Gray Henry and Jonathan Montaldo, eds., Merton and Hesychasm: The Prayer of the Heart and the Eastern Church
- Bonnie Bowman Thurston, ed., Merton and Buddhism: Realizing the Self
Special Topics in Mysticism: The Song of Songs
- Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch, The Song of Songs: A New Translation With an Introduction and Commentary
- Marvin H. Pope, Song of Songs (Anchor Bible)
- Origen, The Song of Songs, Commentary and Homilies
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 1
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 2
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 3
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 4
- Teresa of Avila, Collected Works, Volume Two (includes “Meditations on the Song of Songs”)
- Denys Turner, Eros and Allegory: Medieval Exegesis of the Song of Songs
- Michael Casey, Athirst for God: Spiritual Desire in Bernard of Clairvaux’s Sermons on the Song of Songs
- Richard A Norris, Jr., The Song of Songs: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators
- Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine, editors, The Song of Songs (A Feminist Companion to the Bible)
- Marcia Falk, Love Lyrics from the Bible: The Song of Songs
- Watchman Nee, The Song of Songs
- Carey Ellen Walsh, Exquisite Desire: Religion, the Erotic, and the Song of Songs
- Renita J. Weems, What Matters Most : Ten Lessons in Living Passionately from the Song of Solomon
- Blaise Arminjon, S.J., The Cantata of Love: A Verse by Verse Reading of the Song of Songs
Special Topics in Mysticism: Deification
- A.M. Allchin, Participation in God: A Forgotten Strand in Anglican Tradition
- Michael J. Christiansen and Jeffrey Wittung, eds., Partakers of the Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Traditions
- Stephen Finlan and Vladimir Kharlamov, eds., Theosis: Deification in Christian Theology
- Jules Gross, The Divinization of the Christian According to the Greek Fathers
- Veli-Mati Kärkkäinen, One With God: Salvation as Deification and Justification
- George A. Maloney, S.J., The Undreamed Has Happened: God Lives Within Us
- Georgios I. Mantzaridis, The Deification of Man: St. Gregory Palamas and the Orthodox Tradition
- Panayiotis Nellas, Deification in Christ: The Nature of the Human Person
- Aristotle Papanikolaou, Being With God: Trinity, Apophaticism, and Divine-Human Communion
- Norman Russell, The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition
- Archimandrite Christoforos Stavropoulos, Partakers of the Divine Nature
Special Topics in Mysticism: Benedictine and Cistercian Spirituality
- Aelred of Rievaulx, Spiritual Friendship
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Selected Works
- Frank Bianco, Voices of Silence: Lives of the Trappists Today
- Dom Eugene Boylan, This Tremendous Lover
- Michael Casey, Strangers to the City: Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict
- Michael Casey, An Unexciting Life: Reflections on Benedictine Spirituality
- Jean-Baptiste Chautard, The Soul of the Apostolate (translated by Thomas Merton)
- Charles Cummings, OCSO, Monastic Practices
- Adalbert de Vogüé, Reading Saint Benedict: Reflections on the Rule
- Eric Dean, Saint Benedict for the Laity
- Timothy Fry, ed., The Rule of St. Benedict
- Dom Sighard Kleiner, O.Cist., In the Unity of the Holy Spirit: Spiritual Talks on the Rule of St. Benedict
- André Louf, The Cistercian Way
- Pauline Matarasso, tr. and ed., The Cistercian World: Monastic Writings of the Twelfth Century
- M. Raymond, OCSO, Spiritual Secrets of a Trappist Monk: The Truth of Who You Are and What God Calls You to Be
- David Parry: Households of God: The Rule of St. Benedict with Explanations for Monks and Lay-people Today
- Augustine Roberts, OCSO, Centered on Christ: A Guide to Monastic Profession
- Edith Scholl, ed., In the School of Love: An Anthology of Early Cistercian Texts
- Robert Thomas, OCSO, Passing From Self to God: A Cistercian Retreat
- William of St. Thierry, The Way to Divine Union
Special Topics in Mysticism: Carthusian Spirituality
- A Carthusian, O Bonitas!
- A Carthusian, The Call of Silent Love
- A Carthusian, The Freedom of Obedience: Carthusian Novice Conferences
- A Carthusian: From Advent to Pentecost: Carthusian Novice Conferences
- A Carthusian, Interior Prayer
- A Carthusian, Poor, Therefore Rich: Carthusian Novice Conferences
- A Carthusian, The Prayer of Love and Silence
- A Carthusian, They Speak by Silences
- A Carthusian, The Way of Silent Love
- A Carthusian, The Wound of Love
- Denis the Carthusian, The Spiritual Writings
- Benedict Kossman, Sounds of Silence
- Nancy Klein Maguire, An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World’s Most Austere Monastic Order
- Dennis D. Martin, tr., Carthusian Spirituality: The Writings of Hugh of Balma and Guigo De Ponte
- John Skinner, Hear Our Silence
Special Topics in Mysticism: Centering Prayer and Christian Meditation
- Carl J. Arico, A Taste of Silence: A Guide to the Fundamentals of Centering Prayer
- Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
- Thomas Keating, Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life
- Robert Llewellyn, ed., Circles of Silence: Explorations in Prayer with Julian Meetings
- M. Basil Pennington, Centering Prayer: Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form
- Joseph Simler, Catechism of Mental Prayer
- Jens Soering, The Way of the Prisoner: Breaking the Chains of Self Through Centering Prayer and Centering Practice
Special Topics in Mysticism: Eucharistic Devotion and Popular Piety
- Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR and James Monti, In the Presence of Our Lord: The History, Theology and Psychology of Eucharistic Devotion
- Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR, Praying in the Presence of Our Lord: Prayers for Eucharistic Adoration
- Brian McNeil, CRV, The Master is Here: Biblical Reflections on Eucharistic Adoration
- James T. O’Connor, The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist
- Frederick A. Reuter, KCBS, Moments Divine Before the Blessed Sacrament
- Herbert F. Smith, SJ, Communing with Jesus’ Real Presence: Holy Communion Meditations and Eucharistic Adoration
Special Topics in Mysticism: The Anamchara (Soul Friend) and Spiritual Direction
- William A. Barry and William J. Connolly, The Practice of Spiritual Direction
- Tilden Edwards, Spiritual Friend: Reclaiming the Gift of Spiritual Direction
- Kathleen Fischer, Women at the Well: Feminist Perspectives on Spiritual Direction
- Thomas H. Green, SJ, The Friend of the Bridegroom: Spiritual Direction and the Encounter with Christ
- Margaret Guenther, Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction
- Kenneth Leech, Soul Friend: Spiritual Direction in the Modern World
- Gerald G. May, Will and Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology
Special Topics in Mysticism: The New Monasticism
- Scott A. Bessenecker, The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World’s Poor
- Andy Freeman and Pete Greig, Punk Monk: New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing
- The Rutba House, eds., School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism
World Mysticism: General Titles and Anthologies
- Philip C. Almond, Mystical Experience and Religious Doctrine: An Investigation of the Study of Mysticism in World Religions
- Bruno Borchert, Mysticism: Its History and Challenge
- Timothy Freke and Peter Gancy, The Complete Guide to World Mysticism
- Andrew Harvey, ed., The Essential Mystics: The Soul’s Journey into Truth
- Walter T. Stace, The Teachings of the Mystics: Selections from the Great Mystics and Mystical Writings of the World
- Wayne Teasdale, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions
World Mysticism: Sufism and Islamic Spirituality
- Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam
- Rabi’A, Doorkeeper of the Heart
- Al Ghazzali, Mishkat Al-Anwar (the Niche for Lights)
- Farid al-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds
- Ibn Al Arabi, The Bezels of Wisdom
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, The Essential Rumi
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Masnavi Book I
- Fakhruddin Iraqi, Divine Flashes
- Nizam Ad-Din Awliya, Morals for the Heart
- Hafiz, New Nightingale, New Rose
- Ibn’ Abbad of Ronda, Letters on the Sufi Path
- Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Inner Life
- Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Heart of Sufism: Essential Writings
World Mysticism: Kabbalah and Jewish Spirituality
- David Cooper, God is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, I Asked for Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology
- Lawrence Kushner, Honey From the Rock: An Easy Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
- J.H. Laenen, Jewish Mysticism: An Introduction
- Moses Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed
- Philo of Alexandria, The Contemplative Life, Giants and Selections
- Anonymous, Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment
- Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital and Isaac Judah Jehiel Safrin, Jewish Mystical Autobiographies
- Isaiah Horowitz, The Generations of Adam
- Abraham Miguel Cardozo, Selected Writings
- Nahman of Bratslav, The Tales
- Elijah Benamozegh, Israel and Humanity
- Abraham Isaac Kook, The Lights of Penitence, and Other Works
World Mysticism: Buddhism
- Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chödzin Kohn, eds., Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings
- Gil Fronsdal, tr., The Dhammapada
- Nagarjuna, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way
- Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
- Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
World Mysticism: Vedanta and Hindu Spirituality
- Sri Aurobindo, A Greater Psychology: An Introduction to the Psychological Thought of Sri Aurobindo
- Sri Aurobindo, The Integral Yoga: Teaching and Method of Practice
- Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine
- Baba Ram Dass, Be Here Now
- Eliot Deutsch and Rohit Dalvi, eds., The Essential Vedanta: A New Source Book of Advaita Vedanta
- Ramana Maharshi, The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
- Juan Mascaro, tr., The Bhagavad Gita
- Swami Muktananda, Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography
- Swami Nikhilananda, tr., The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
- Swami Vivekenanda, Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God
- Swami Vivekenanda, Vedanta: Voice of Freedom
- Paramahamsa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
World Mysticism: Miscellaneous Eastern Spirituality
- John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld, Beyond the Gods: Buddhist and Taoist Mysticism
- Kabir, Mystic Songs of Kabir
- Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
- Mohan Singh Uberoi, Sikh Mysticism: The Sevenfold Yoga of Sikhism
- Arthur Waley, The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought
World Mysticism: Classical and Ancient Pagan Mysticism
- Plato, Complete Works
- Plotinus, The Enneads
- Porphyry, The Letter to Marcella
- Proclus, The Elements of Theology
- Arnold Herrman, To Think Like God: Pythagoras and Parmenides, The Origins of Philosophy
- Linda Johnson, Lost Masters: The Yoga of the Ancient Greeks
World Mysticism: Indigenous and Shamanic Spirituality
- Tom Cowan, Yearning for the Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul
- Michael Harner, The Way of the Shaman
- Ronald Hutton, Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
- David Suzuki and Peter Knudtson, Wisdom of the Elders: Sacred Native Stories of Nature
- Arthur Versluis, Sacred Earth: The Spiritual Landscape of Native America
World Mysticism: Neopagan and Goddess Spirituality
- David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
- Jenny Blain, Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism
- Jesse Wolf Hardin, Gaia Eros: Reconnecting to the Magic and Spirit of Nature
- Dolores LaChappelle, Sacred Land Sacred Sex: Rapture of the Deep: Concerning Deep Ecology and Celebrating Life
- Robert J. Wallis, Shamans/Neo-Shamans: Ecstasies, Alternative Archaeologies and Contemporary Pagans
World Mysticism: Interfaith Spirituality (Christian and Non-Christian)
- Anthony DeMello, Sadhana, A Way to God: Christian Exercises in Eastern Form
- Bede Griffiths, The Cosmic Revelation: The Hindu Way to God
- Patrick Henry, Benedict’s Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule of Saint Benedict
- Maria Jaoudi, Christian Mysticism East and West: What the Masters Teach Us
- Carl McColman, Embracing Jesus and the Goddess: A Radical Call for Spiritual Sanity
- Carolyn Myss, Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
- Jesu Rajan, Bede Griffiths and Sannyasa
World Mysticism: Post-Sectarian and Integral Spirituality
- Robert W. Godwin, One Cosmos Under God: The Unification of Matter, Life, Mind and Spirit
- George Leonard and Michael Murphy, The Life We Are Given: A Long Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul
- Tony Schwartz, What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America
- Wayne Teasdale, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions
- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- Roger Walsh, Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind
- Ken Wilber, A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of Religion
- Ken Wilber, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution
- Ken Wilber, The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad
- Ken Wilber, The Simple Feeling of Being: Embracing Your True Nature
- Ken Wilber, Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World
Miscellaneous: Literary Works Relevant to the Study of Mysticism
- Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
- John Donne, The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
- T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
- John of the Cross, The Poems of St. John of the Cross
- George Herbert, et al., George Herbert and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Poets
- C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (especially The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
- Thomas Merton, Collected Poems
- D.H.S. Nicholson and A.H.E. Lee, The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse
- Coventry Patmore, Mystical Poems of Nuptial Love
- Evelyn Underhill, Immanence: A Book of Verses
- Evelyn Underhill, Theophanies: A Book of Verses
Miscellaneous: Spiritual books that are not necessarily “mystical” (but I like them anyway)
- James Behrens, Grace is Everywhere: Reflections of an Aspiring Monk
- Sydney Carter, Dance In The Dark
- Anthony Delisi, Praying in the Cellar: A Guide to Facing Your Fears and Finding God
- Immaculée Ilibagiza, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
- Sue Monk Kidd, God’s Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved
- Andrew Greeley, The Catholic Imagination
- Brian A. Haggerty, Out of the House of Slavery: On the Meaning of the Ten Commandments
- Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
- Kenneth Leech, The Eye of the Storm: Spiritual Resources for the Pursuit of Justice
- Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
- Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
- Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk
- Maggie Ross, Pillars of Flame: Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity
- Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
- Lauren Winner, Girl Meets God: A Memoir
Miscellaneous: Music
- Anonymous 4, An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant and Polyphony
- The Cambridge Singers directed by John Rutter, Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day
- Gothic Voices, A Feather on the Breath of God: Sequences and Hymns by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen
- David Hykes, Harmonic Meetings
- Rebecca St. James, Worship God
- John Tavener, A Portrait
- Various Artists, Lovely in the Dances: Songs of Sydney Carter
- Westminster Cathedral Choir, Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor
- London Philharmonic Choir, Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem and Five Mystical Songs
Miscellaneous: Movies
- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
- Joan of Arc (1948)
- The Flowers of St. Francis (1952)
- Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1997)
- Into Great Silence (2005)
- Hildegard (2006)
Miscellaneous: Spoken Audio
- Cynthia Bourgeault, Encountering the Wisdom Jesus: Quickening the Kingdom of Heaven Within
- James Finley, Thomas Merton’s Path to the Palace of Nowhere
- Thomas Keating, The Contemplative Journey, Part One
- Thomas Keating, The Contemplative Journey, Part Two
- Thomas Keating, Contemplative Prayer: Traditional Christian Meditations for Opening to Divine Union
- Thomas Merton, The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals
Miscellaneous: Software
- Seth Cherney, ed., Xrisma Catholic Texts Collection
- Harmony Media, Butler’s Lives of the Saints
- Harmony Media, The Early Church Fathers on CD-ROM
- St. John of the Cross, A Digital Library: Spanish Texts and Translations
- W. Harry Plantinga, ed., Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Wild Divine Project, Journey to Wild Divine: The Passage & Wisdom Quest
- Joseph Wolpert, compiler, Classics in Western Mysticism
