![]() ![]() 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. 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. Her book, Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual. In this book Underhill sets out her belief that spiritual life is part of human nature and as such. Practical Mysticism is a work by one of the foremost 20th century Christian mystics, Evelyn Underhill. ![]() ![]() But I think Underhill is ingenious at what she attempts to do. Practical Mysticism is a book written by Evelyn Underhill and first published in 1915. 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. 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. Those who are interested in that special attitude towards the universe which is now loosely called mystical, find themselves beset by a multitude of. ![]()
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