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The Mystical Journey

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Check out what some very wise souls have to say about the mystical path and then find your own way forward.

The word mysticism can seem so woo-woo, but hold up: No matter if you consider yourself a skeptic or enthusiast for spiritual pursuits, aren’t you at least a little bit curious to explore the great unknown? More than just positive vibes and an embrace of crystals and candles (not that there’s anything wrong with those!), mysticism, a desire for direct connection to source or the infinite, is common to nearly every spiritual and religious tradition.

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Spirituality and the Meaning of Mysticism for Our Time

What is real spirituality but the art of union with Reality? Mysticism is a particularly focused part of spirituality; the mystic is a person who aims at and believes in the attainment of such union.

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Gay Luce — Ancient Mystical Traditions

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How and Why We Summon the Sacred

An arcing rainbow of colors is rising today from the world’s spiritual traditions, given power by the urgent questing of so many people all over the world for unmediated experience of the Source and for guidance into a future that belies all human knowing.

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The Monk and the Rabbi — Mysticism & the Peak Experience

From LUNCH WITH BOKARA, Bokara Legendre talks with Brother David Steindl-Rast and Rabbi Lawrence Kushner about mysticism and how peak experiences and religion factor in. This segment focuses on Br. David's contributions to their conversation.

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Can Psychedelics Induce Mystical Experiences? with Michael Pollan

In this short clip from his talk on psychedelics and the mind, Michael Pollan gives an example of how psychedelic drug therapy can result in profound experiences.

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Exploring Religion - What is Mysticism?: An Afternoon with Dr. Bernard McGinn - Library at Home

Join distinguished historian Dr. Bernard McGinn as he delivers the Chair of Christian Thought Swanson Lecture on Christian Spirituality. McGinn considers the meaning of mysticism, a word that for many indicates something bizarre, uncanny, peculiar.

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What is Mysticism? - Fr. Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr discusses mysticism and the mystical experience. Mysticism is experiential knowledge of God, the true experience of transcendence or the divine. Understanding the mystery of the incarnation means you don’t see everything in terms of either/or, but in terms of both.

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