Proposal: A Course in Christian Mysticism

I am a true Christian Mystic.
That should not be taken as a suggestion everyone else is false, but that I obviously disagree with just about everyone else promoting Christian Mysticism. If you understand anything at all about mysticism in general, you recognize that I rely entirely on force(s) beyond the human level to back my declarations. I rely on that same force(s) to draw your attention to what I say, or to turn you away from it. I am proclaiming only my personal experience with Truth; I can’t do any more than that.
As a fallen human, I struggle to invest my limited talents and resources into a proclamation that puts some measure of my experience within your reach.
I am highly disappointed at the current academic output in this field of study. Yes, there is a massive volume of work in the field, but much of it is impertinent to my experience. I read only a small portion of that work, and the more I read, the more impertinent it became. There are brilliant flashes here and there, but I sense it would save folks a lot of time if I could distill the results of my exploration. I cannot promise it will bring you the same overwhelming sense of personal peace it has brought me, but I simply cannot remain silent. The peace itself becomes a burning flame I cannot hold within.
While I hope to emulate some measure of solid academic standards common to Western scholars, the whole point is that such standards are inherently wrong. That is, they place a barrier far short of what can and should be revealed. They miss the point. I’ll use that approach only as a sign post to call those who have some internal question seeking better answers.
As with The Mind of Christ, this will be an open source project. I’m only too glad to receive input and play editor. You’ll be credited or not as you wish. It is utterly necessary to cite external sources to help Western minds begin the journey. I’ll nudge my way into Western academic territory but the anchor remains in the Ancient Hebrew tradition of parabolic and spiritual references that can only be confirmed fully by the individual reader reacting with the Truth for himself. Thus, anyone who can tolerate my biases can have their words added to this project. Or you can be inspired to write your own competing approach, and that’s just dandy with me.
The general idea is to help folks transition from their Western limitations to the Ultimate Reality beyond those limits. It will serve as a more readable approach to explaining how I got where I am, in the hopes you’ll start your own journey. It seems a significant portion of those who comment here, or discuss with me in other ways, keep requesting footnotes, references, etc. I’m hoping to create a condensed reference. Not a justification so much as I want to offer an explanation where I’m coming from. It’s not hard for me to frame a contextual reply every time, but it seems it keeps leading to wider and wider questions when someone is actually interested. Maybe I can reduce the workload a little.
So I’m going to compose a course in Christian Mysticism as taught on this blog and in my other works. I solicit your input. At the same time, I offer a warning this is where I’ll be investing a lot of my time in the near future. There will be posts on this subject; the abbreviation is ACCM (A Course in Christian Mysticism).

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One Response to Proposal: A Course in Christian Mysticism

  1. Misty says:

    Looking forward to it!

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