A Mystical Path Less Traveled

<p><em>...</em><strong><em> </em>Drawing on the Analytical Psychology of Carl Gustav Jung on the discoveries of modern science and on mystical traditions from numerous world religions this book proposes a <em>psychological mysticism</em> that preceded and now replaces the historical <em>theological mysticism</em> that has been dependent on theistic images of god. Such images are no longer meaningful for many people - or necessary.</strong></p><p>... These pages explore an alternative spiritual path that has the character of a grounded embodied mysticism and replaces the heavenly disembodied escapism that has dominated the religious collective for more than 4000 years.</p><p>... <em>Psychological mysticism</em> expands the meanings of god<em> </em>religion<em> </em>mystic and mystical and validates the universality of human experiences of the <em>numinous</em>. The mystical perspective is one of radical immanence.</p><p>... The whole of the human enterprise is this: It is an experiment to accept both our inner angels and monsters individually and collectively and to live responsibly our social contract assigned by Nature.</p><p>... When the divine is located within matter within the natural world and within the human psyche - rather than outside or beyond - the whole of life becomes a mystical sanctuary. This perspective promotes a practical or pragmatic mysticism that embraces <em>what is</em> and how to live <em>what is</em> responsibly.</p>