Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacificist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Practical Mysticism: A Little Book For Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn, 1875-1941 Publication date 1914 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics Mysticism Publisher London, J.M. The mystic is a person who has attained that union in greater or less degree or who aims at and believes in such attainment. Read Practical Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill with a free trial. Mysticism is the art of union with Reality. Mysticism was a central focus of Underhill’s work.

No other book of its type-until the appearance in 1946 of Aldous Huxley’s The Perennial Philosophy-met with success to match that of her best-known work, Mysticism, published in 1911. In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the 20th century. 6 marks the birthday of Evelyn Underhill…Įvelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. I actually had to change the audio setting to “slow” to follow some parts, but the print version is very easy to read and I found it entertaining because of her approach.Sunday Dec. A popular spiritual adviser and retreat leader, she was an advocate for contemplatitve prayer and mysticism as an underlying foundation of any religious or spiritual practice. She is not pitching any particular belief system rather she is challenging the reader to re-think what you consider “obvious.” Because that is her objective, audio version might not work alone. Evelyn Underhill (18751941) was an English author and mystic. But I think Underhill is ingenious at what she attempts to do. I’ve read a lot of books written by believers (of one thing or another) for those who don’t believe, and the books never work we all see things the way we see them. She attempts to open up a spiritual reality to the pragmatic and practical person who truly doesn’t “see the point” of all that stuff, who feels the obvious is, simply, obvious. s V I a a ' 'l Practical Mysticism by Evelyn Undurhill :fimmggfimm '&.

Underhill takes on a huge challenge in this book. The narration is choppy and lacks pauses but I was still grateful to find it in audio at all.

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