Christian Mystics.....

There have been several genuine Christian Mystics in Europe but their lives were usually tormented by the religious institutions of the day who saw their light and their truth as a threat to the status quo. Some of these were Paracelsus, Jakob Boehme, Robert Fludd, Roger Bacon, Nostradamus, Emanuel Swedenborg and in more recent times Jakob Lorber and Franz Bardon.

These personages were labeled the heretics of their day. Yet today they are highly revered by many but not in religious circles.

These Mystics did not write about mysticism, they wrote about the actual mysteries themselves. This is why they were mystics. A mystery is nothing more than a higher law of Divinity by and through which a human being might raise themselves spiritually while better comprehending the world and existence.

The Mystics possess an unassuming humility. Through their humility they are entrusted by Providence to gaze into God's workshop and actively participate in it. At times they are permitted to write and talk about it for the benefit of all. Those lacking this purity of spirit are denied access. No one but Divine Providence determines who is and who isn’t mature enough to access and work with the mysteries. And, thankfully there is no physical institution that can determine this.

It is we who are actually excluding ourselves. We are the guardians of this threshold. If we are not pure we do not allow ourselves access to that which is pure. We keep ourselves out!

It should be stated that humility is not synonymous with being a “door mat” or having extreme religious piety. It is more a respectful and dutiful state of being with regards to Divinity and fellow human beings.

These mystical insights are not part of the institutional education of the intellect or through unending repetitive prayer or ceremony. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Much of what is written about Christian Mysticism is usually written by the scholarly. They usually are incapable of mystical experiences or knowledge and often are themselves non believers. What they can do is write about mysticism in general and Christian Mysticism in particular by simply repeating, paraphrasing, or otherwise quoting the works of a true mystic. Sometimes this type of work is useful as a historical narrative but seldom is it illuminating. Very rarely do these writers understand the actual subject matter itself although they might know who might have said what, when, and to whom.

Philosophically there are only two religions on Earth. One is for Divinity, the other is against Divinity. There is mysticism in all religions. In the religions that are for Divinity you will find that at the highest levels much of the mystical traditions are very similar. In the religions that are against Divinity the same mysteries are borrowed and misused in the opposite sense.

In all religions the mystical practices were always protected from being defiled by the profane through secrecy. Often times the knowledge died out because there were so few who were considered worthy to carry it on. There are still some sects who practice mystical teachings.