Table of Contents

PART ONE THE MYSTIC FACT CHAPTER I THE POINT OF DEPARTURE CHAPTER II MYSTICISM AND VITALISM CHAPTER III MYSTICISM AND PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER IV THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MYSTICISM CHAPTER V MYSTICISM AND THEOLOGY CHAPTER VI MYSTICISM AND SYMBOLISM CHAPTER VII MYSTICISM AND MAGIC PART TWO THE MYSTIC WAY CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II THE AWAKENING OF THE SELF CHAPTER III THE PURIFICATION OF THE SELF CHAPTER IV THE ILLUMINATION OF THE SELF CHAPTER V VOICES AND VISIONS CHAPTER VI INTROVERSION: PART I: RECOLLECTION AND QUIET CHAPTER VII INTROVERSION: PART II: CONTEMPLATION CHAPTER VIII ECSTASY AND RAPTURE CHAPTER IX THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL CHAPTER X THE UNITIVE LIFE CONCLUSION APPENDIX A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EUROPEAN MYSTICISM FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE DEATH OF BLAKE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX