Sitemap - 2023 - The Pragmatic Mystic
The Gospels, part 14: prepping for the Gospel of Thomas
The Nativity of Christ: a reflection
Talking religion on "The Dinosaur Hour" (free post)
The Gospels, part 13: The Gospel of John (4)
Spiritual direction: a list of books
With Christmas coming... a few online recommendations for you
The Gospels, part 12: The Gospel of John (3)
Answering Jung's "Answer to Job": a video interview for "Transcendent Psychotherapist"
C. S. Lewis, mystic (free post)
The Gospels, part 11: The Gospel of John (2)
The Gospels, part 10: The Gospel of John (1)
Slogans and spiritual sanity (free post)
The Gospels, part 9: The Gospel of Luke (2)
The Beguines: an extraordinary women's mystical "movement" in the middle ages (free post)
The Gospels, part 8: The Gospel of Luke (1)
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom on suffering (free post)
The limitations of Zen (free post)
Sufism and the Christian East: a symposium (free post)
The Gospels, part 7: The Gospel of Matthew (3)
Tarkovsky's cinematic masterpiece, "Andrei Rublev" (1966) - YouTube links, etc.
The Gospels, part 6: The Gospel of Matthew (2)
Mysticism and music 8: Elgar's setting of Newman's "The Dream of Gerontius"
The Gospels, part 5: The Gospel of Matthew (1)
The Gospels, part 4: The Gospel of Mark (3)
A recommendation: The Anglican Office Book (2nd Edition)
The mystical tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (free post)
The Gospels, part 3: The Gospel of Mark (2)
The Gospels, part 2: The Gospel of Mark (1)
Mysticism and music 7: Christian chant
The Gospels, part 1: the mystical dimension
William Dalrymple's "Indian Journeys" & Tim O'Neill's "History for Atheists": two recommendations
"Monastic Heritage" (free post)
Reading ancient spiritual texts intelligently
Remembering Jacob Needleman (1934 - 2022)
Cassian, Benedict, and timeless monastic wisdom
D. T. Suzuki: a recommended documentary on YouTube
"Dark Ages" (2009) - a recommended video
It's all "silent transmission"
Mysticism and music 6: Hildegard von Bingen (free post)
Pragmatism, the remedy for dogmatism
Recommended 30-minute video: "Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue on Spiritual Practices" (free post)
Where Buddhism and Christianity intersect
The spirituality of ghost stories
Another podcast discussion (free post)
Buddhist - Taoist - Christian dialogue... in the 8th century (free post)
Zen, etc.: a (very) selective recommended reading list
Zen's demystifying of mysticism
Two recommended series: Tudor monastery farm life and an "extreme pilgrim" (free post)
Reflections on Ecclesiastes, part 5: Memento mori
The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP): a recommendation
Reflections on Ecclesiastes, part 4: ...But is there really nothing new under the sun...?
Film link: The Voyage of Bashô (2018)
Reflections on Ecclesiastes, part 3: The illusion of human "progress"
Julian of Norwich: a recommended BBC video documentary (free post)
Reflections on Ecclesiastes, part 2: the discontents of a king
Three recommendations: paganism, Shugendō, and two hours with Zach Bush, MD (free post)
Reflections on Ecclesiastes, part 1: Qohelet's "Middle Way"
Recommended article from "Tricycle: The Buddhist Review"
With humor in mind: "C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s Nature (ca. 1837–39)"
Mysticism and music 5: Haydn's “The Seven Last Words of Christ” (free post)
Mysticism and music 4: John Tavener's "Fall and Resurrection" (free post)
Symbolism, diabolism, apophaticism, and Zen
Distractions, disputations, and demons
The individual, "attrait," and spiritual direction
The Bible: what it is and how it should be read today
Extra: my recent interview on the Fellow Traveler Podcast
Experience, insight, and practice
Recommended series on the Jesus Sutras
A non-philosophy of mind: in response to a question
The four types of the Christian way, part 4
My recent interview for the "Regeneration Podcast"
Mysticism and music 2: Herbie Hancock and Nichiren Buddhism (free post)
The four types of the Christian way, part 3
Bonus Post: Evelyn Underhill, Christopher Bryant, and Martin Laird
The four types of the Christian way, part 2
Thomas Cole, contemplative artist (free post)
The four types of the Christian Way, part 1
Recommended podcast: a Vedantist comments on Evagrius of Pontus
Mysticism and music 1: Gustav Holst's "The Hymn of Jesus" (free post)
God, religion, and the Zen of Emerson
An announcement concerning my two forthcoming titles in 2023