Sitemap - 2023 - The Pragmatic Mystic
The Gospels, part 14: prepping for the Gospel of Thomas
The Nativity of Christ: a reflection
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)
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
"Dark Ages" (2009) - a recommended video
Mysticism and music 6: Hildegard von Bingen (free post)
Pragmatism, the remedy for dogmatism
Where Buddhism and Christianity intersect
The spirituality of ghost stories
Buddhist - Taoist - Christian dialogue... in the 8th century (free post)
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
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
Reflections on Ecclesiastes, part 1: Qohelet's "Middle Way"
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
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)
Mysticism and music 1: Gustav Holst's "The Hymn of Jesus" (free post)
An announcement concerning my two forthcoming titles in 2023