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AUTHOR BIO
Carl McColman is an author, teacher, and spiritual director. He is the creator of the Website of Unknowing (www.anamchara.com), a blog devoted to Celtic and mystical spirituality. He studied Christian meditation and contemplation at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, and received additional training in the art of spiritual direction from the Institute for Pastoral Studies in Atlanta.
He is the author of twelve books, including 366 Celt:A Year and a Day of Celtic Wisdom and Lore, The Aspiring Mystic: Practical Steps for Spiritual Seekers, Spirituality:A Postmodern and Interfaith Approach to Cultivating a Relationship with God, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Celtic Wisdom.
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Index
A
Abhavananda, Swami, 29, 59
Abhishiktananda, Swami,
63,151
acknowledgment, 2 2 5
Adam, 110
adoration, 212
adult consciousness, 109
Aelred of Rievaulx, 111
Alexandria, 48
American Heritage Dictionary, 27
Anglican parishes, 145
Apostle James, 85
Apostle Paul, 21, 40,
42-46,119,202,257
Apostle Peter, 21
Aquinas, Thomas, 18, 112,
116,247
Aristotle, 19
Ascent ofMount Carmel, The
(John of the Cross), 183
Athanasius of Alexandria,
157, 258
Atlanta Sufi, 97
Augustine of Hippo, 18, 23,
112,247,258
B
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 247
basic prayer, 210
Beatific Vision, 70
Beatifying Communion,
70-71,250
Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit
in the Christian Life (Hughes),
114,251
Benedict of Nursia,
236-237,259
Bennet, Elizabeth, 72
Bernard of Clairvaux, 111,
229,259
Binz, Stephen J., 250
birth experience, 93
Black Death, 97
Blake,William, 247
blind spots, 98
Blood of Christ, 254
Boaz, 72
Body of Christ, 42, 128
Bohme,Jakob,53,257
Bohr, Neils, 76
Bonaventure,199
Book of Common Prayer, The,
246
Book of Proverbs, 167
Botticelli, 247
Bourgeault, Cynthia, 63,
257
Bouver, Louis, 38, 39
Brief History of Everything, A
(Wilber), 29
Brother Lawrence, 83, 166,
203, 229
Buddhism, 18, 25, 33, 53,
118,139,151
Buddhist mysticism. See Zen
Bunyan, John, 182
Butterfly Effect, 84
C
Carismatic Renewal, 53
Carthusians, 138
Cassian, John, 154, 210,
228, 258
Catherine of Siena, 181
Catholicism, 62, 145
Catholic Mass, 254
Catholic Sacrament of
Reconciliation, 96
centering prayer, 150,
226-227
charismatic prayer, 214-215
Charismatic Renewal, 53
Chesterton, G. K., 115
child consciousness, 109
Christ, 49
Christ, Jesus, 89
Christianity
defined, 136
liminal, 151-153
mystical tradition and,
62-64
mysticism and, origin of,
37-46
Christian mediation groups,
150
Christian mysticism, 18
charter of, 41-46
concept of, 20
elements of, 62-63
history of, 16
love and, 72-74
New Testament and,
40-41
practicing, 133-135
Christian mysticism, evolution of, 47-55
enacting the mysteries,
49-51
mystery and revelation,
54-55
narrating the mysteries,
51-52
rehabilitation of mysticism, 52-54
Christian mysticism and
world mysticism, 57-64
in global village, 58-60
mystical tradition and,
62-64
vs. tofu, 60-61
Chrvsostom, John, 50
church
attending, 136-140
exploring, 142-148
joining, 148-151
types of, 144-147
churched, 143
Church of England, 145
Clemens, Titus Flavius, 257
Clement of Alexandria,
48,63
Climacus, John, 183, 259
Cloud of Unknowing, The
(anonymous), 113, 123,
129,154,228,229,230,
238,253
Colossians, 106, 165
Coltrane, John, 166
communion of saints, 256
complaint, 214
confession, 212
consciousness, 109-110
consecrated act, 50
conservatives, 93
contemplatio, 194
contemplation, 219-220
contemplating, 230-231
defined, 220
form
s of, 224-225
methods of, 222-224
objections to, 227-229
significance of, 220-222
contemplative life, 182-185
conversational prayer,
212-214
Conversing with God in Scripture (Binz), 250
cool spiritual experiences,
17
Crucifixion, 51
cynicism, 68-72
Cyril of Alexandria, 49
Cyrus, Isaac, 259
D
Daily Office prayer, 145,
147,206-207,209,210,
231
Dalai Lama, 58, 97
Damascus, 31, 35, 105
Dante, 183, 247
"Dark Night of the Soul,
The" (John of the Cross), 91
dazzling darkness, 91
de Chardin, Pierre Toilhard,
151, 257
deification. See theosis
Demeter, 38
de Sales, Francis, 217
Desert Fathers, 96, 137,
151,153,202,258
Desert Mothers, 96, 137,
151,153,202,258
developmental line, 32
devil's contemplatives, 123
discernment, 225
Divine Comedy, The (Dante),
183
divine law, 93-95
Divine love, 244
Divine Office prayer, 210
Divinity, 68
divinization. See theosis
Dr. Seuss, 25
Donne, John, 246
Druidism, 139
dualism, 98-100
Duhay,Thomas, 108
E
Eastern Catholic church,
144-145
Eastern Orthodox church,
144-145
Ecclesiastes, 183
Eckhart, Meister, 51, 59,
112,116,137,165,213,
229,253,256
Edwards, Jonathan, 53
Eleusinian mysteries, 38
Eliot,T. S., 247
elite tradition, 29
Elizabeth of the Trinity, 47
emanation, 86
embracers, 98
emergence communities,
147
Emperor Constantine, 137
Empire Strikes Back, The, 103
enlightenment, 90-91
entfleshed, 134
Ephesians, 41-42
Ephrem the Syrian, 91, 258
epiphanies, 31
Episcopal church, 123, 145
Episcopalian, 123
Eriugena,Johannes Scotus,
259
eternity, 70
Eucharist, 50, 54-55, 145
Eurydice, 38
Eve, 110
extraordinary experiences,
83-84
F
faith, 103-105
fear, 101-102
Feast of Saint Nicholas, 116
formal prayer, 210
Foster, Richard J., 146
Fox, George, 146
Fox, Matthew, 208
Francis ofAssisi, 18, 51,
112,151,229
freedom, personal,
105-107,174
Freke,Timothy, 29
G
Galgani, Gemma, 112
Galileo, 106
Gandy, Peter, 29
Gautama, Siddhartha, 92
Genesis, 249
Gibran, Kahlil, 237
gifted prayer, 214-215
Glimmering Girl, 72
global village, 58-60
Gnostic Gospels, 97
God,48,49,62
Goddess Spirituality, 139
God Mother, 111
God's law, 94
God the Father, 49
God the Holy Spirit, 68
Golden Age of mysticism,
55
Good News, 66
gospel, 66
Gospel of John, 115, 241
gospel of mysticism, 66
grace, 84-86, 179
Great Silence, 116
Gregory of Nyssa, 48, 182,
258
Gregory the Great, 259
Griffiths, Bede, 28, 63, 151
Grizzle, Darrell, 58
Guigo II, 185, 192-193,
250
Guigo the Carthusian, 185,
192-193
Guyon, Jeanne, 53, 256
H
Habakkuk, 217
Haggerty, Brian, 173-177
Hail Mary prayer, 210
Hanh,Thich Nhat, 97
Harvey, Andrew, 29
head mystics, 113
heart seekers, 113
Hebrew Bible, 183
Hebrew Scriptures, 48,
98, 113
Herbert, George, 246
hermitry, 86-87
hiddenness, 39
higher consciousness, 29
Hildegard of Bingen, 18
Hilton, Walter, 166, 183
Hinduism, 18, 33, 151, 227
Hindu mysticism. See
Vedanta
History of Mysticism: The
Unchanging Testament (Ab-
havananda), 59
holiness, 166-168
dimensions of, 171
mysticism and, 166-168
path of, 165-179
steps to, 171-179
understanding, 168-171
Holy Baptism, 50, 158
holy chaos, 84
Holy Communion, 50, 55,
145, 148, 158
Holy One, 171
HolvTrinity, 61, 87-88,
105,162-164,246
hospitality, 95-97
House church, 146-147
Houselander, Caryll, 83
Hughes, Robert, 114, 184,
251
I
Imitation of Christ, The, 97
immanence, 81-82
Incarnation, 61, 89-90
incarnational, 134
indigenous mysticism. See
shamanism
Inge, William Ralph, 53
Inner Experience (Merton),
231
inner light, 53
inner self, 46
Integral Spirituality (Wilber),
31
intellectualness, 112-113
intercession, 213-214
Internet, 54
Introverts in the Church
(McHugh), 149
Isaiah, 23, 48, 110, 233
Islam, 33, 53
Islamic mysticism. See
Sufism
Isoldc, 72
J
Jacob, 72
James, William, 53
Jeremiah, 99
Jesus prayer, 107, 202, 203,
210, 216
Jewish mysticism. See Kabbalah
John of the Cross, 51, 91,
112,114,116,125,142,
154, 166, 183, 229, 239,
246,253
John the Evangelist, 257
Jones, Rufus, 257
journey, 182-185
Judaism, 33
judgment day, 116-117
Julian of Norwich, 19, 51,
83,86,111,114,116,151,
154,166,210,226,229,
233,253
Juliet, 72, 78
K
Kabbalah, 33, 58
Kant, 19
Keating, Thomas, 150, 221
Kempe, Margery, 154
kenosis
concept of, 161
defined, 161
theosis through,
161-162
King James Version Bible,
190
Kowalska, Faustina, 93, 112
L
Ladder of Divine Ascent, The
(Climacus), 183
lament prayer, 214
language of angels, 215
Last Supper, 50
Lav associates, 150
lectio devina, 187-197
defined, 188
spiritual process of,
192-197
Leloup, Jean-Yves,
76
LeSaux, Henri, 86
Lewis, C. S., 117, 247,
255, 256
liberals, 93
liminal Christianity,
151-153
limitation, 98
Liturgy of the Hours, 210
Lord's prayer, 210, 226
love, 72-74, 78-79
Lull, Ramon, 63
M
Macarius of Egypt, 258
Macleod, George F., 257
Main, John, 221
Mandela, Nelson, 204
Manichaeism, 99
Marx, Karl, 80
Mary, 89, 145, 210
Matthewes-Green, Frederica, 117
Matthew the Poor, 86
Maximus the Confessor,
15, 259
May, Gerald, 119
McGinn, Bernard, 166, 183
McHugh, Adam, 149
McNamara, William,
252-253
meditatio, 193, 196-197
meditation, 188
Meninger, William, 221
Merton,Thomas, 58, 63,
83, 86, 116, 151, 221, 226,
229,231,253,257
meta-wordness, 115
methodical prayer, 108
Michelangelo, 32, 248
Missouri, 79
Mr. Darcy, 72
monasteries, 115
Monastery of the Holy
Spirit, I l l
monastic associate groups,
150-151
Moses, 110, 173, 177
MotherTeresa, 169
Mount Carmel, 114
Mount Everest, 123
Mozart, 32, 166, 248
mysteries. See also mysticism
Eleusinian, 38
enacting, 49-51
narrating, 51-52
Orphic, 38
revelation and, 54-55
Ultimate Mystery and,
25
mystical banquet, 50
mystical body, 50
mystical bread, 50
mystical experience, 81
mystical food, 50
mystically gifted, 32
mystical paradoxes, 75-119
approachment to,
117-118
consciousness, 109-110
developmental process,
113-114
divine law, 93-95
dualism, 98-100
enlightenment, 90-91
extraordinarv/supernat-
ural experiences, 83-84
faith, 103-105
fear, 101-102
freedom, personal,
105-107
functions of, 118-119
grace, 84-86
hermitry, 86-87
Holy Trinity, 87-88
hospitality, 95-97
immanence, 81-82
Incarnation, 89-90
intellectualness,
1 12-1 13
judgment day, 116-117
love, 78-79
Nicene Creed, 110-111
prayer, 107-108
silence, 115-116
sin, 100-101
spirituality, 79-81
suffering, 91-93
unitive experiences,
102-103
wisdom, 97-98
mystical tradition, 62-64
mysticism. See also Christian mysticism; mystical
paradoxes
artistry of, 247-250
Christianity and origin
of, 37-46
concept of, 16
cynicism and, 68-72