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Abhidharma Abraham ben Ezra Absolute Abulafia, Abraham Abu Said ibn Abi ‘l-Khayr Abu Yazid Acarie, Barbe Jeanne Acarie, Marguérite Acosmism Acquired contemplation Adam Kadmon Adamites Advaita Æ Aelred Æon Affective prayer Affirmative way African prophetic churches Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius Ahura Mazda Akhenaten Alacoque, Margaret Mary Alain de la Roche al-‘Alawi, Abu ‘I-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Mustafa Albertus Magnus Alcantaran method Alchemy Alcohol Allegory Alphabet Alphonsus Maria de’Liguori Alumbrados Amalric Amaury Amida Amiel, Henri Frédéric Amitabha Anabaptists Ancrene Riwle, The Androgyne Angela of Foligno Angelico, Fra Angelus Silesius Anker-Larsen, Johannes

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Ansar, Pir-I Anselm Anthroposophy Antony of Padua Apex of the Spirit Apocalyptic Apophatic theology Apostolic state Apprehension Arcana Arctic hysteria Arintero, Juan Gonzalez Aristotle Arnauld, Antoine Arnauld, Jacqueline Marie Arnauld, Jeanne Catherine Agnès Ascension Asceticism Asclepius Astrology Athanor Atman Atonement Attar, Farid al-Din Attis Augustine Aurobindo, Sri Automatic writing Avoda Azoth

Baal Shem, Israel Bacchant Baker, Augustine Bankei Banquet Baqa Baraka Basil the Great Basilides Baudelaire, Charles Bauls Beatific vision Becoming Béghards Béguines Being Benet of Canfield Benjamin Minor Berdyaev, Nicolas Bergson, Henri Bernard of Clairvaux Berserk Bérulle, Pierre de Bhagavad Gita Bhakti Bilocation Birgitta of Sweden Blake, William Bodhidharma Bodhisattva Boehme, Jakob Bogomili Bonaventura Book of the Dead, The Book of the Holy Hierotheos, The Book of the Nine Rocks, The Book of Privy Counsel, The Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne Bourignon, Antoinette Bradley, Francis Herbert Brahman Brancusi, Constantin Breath-control Bremond, Henri Brethren of the Common Life Brethren of the Free Spirit Bride Brigid Brown, Thomas Edward Browne, Sir Thomas Browning, Robert Bruno Bruno, Giordano Buddhism Bulgakov, Sergei

Cabasilas, Nicholas Cabbala Cabeiri Camaldolese order Cambridge Platonists Carthusian order Cassian, John Cataphatic theology Catherine dei Ricci Catherine of Genoa Catherine of Siena Caussade, Jean Pierre de Chaitanya Ch’an Chao-chou Chapman, John Chasidim Ch’i Christianity Chuang Tzu Cisneros, Garcia de Clarisses Clement of Alexandria Cloud of Unknowing, The Collegiants Communion with God Condren, Charles de Constant, Alphonse Louis Contemplation Contraction Conversion Cordovero, Moses Corpus Hermeticum Cosmic consciousness Crashaw, Richard Criobolium Crux Ansata Cudworth, Ralph Cybele

Dance Dante Alighieri Darkness Dark Night of the Soul David of Augsburg David of Dinant Dead Sea Scrolls, The Deification Denys of Ryckel Dervishes Devekuth Devotio moderna Dhamma Dhikr Dhu ‘I-Nun Dickinson, Emily Ding-an-sich Dionysius the Areopagite Dionysus Divine Comedy, The Dogen Dostoyevsky, Fedor Mikhailovich Doukhobors Drugs and mysticism Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean

Eckhart, Johann Ecstasy Egyptian Book of the Dead, The Eisai Eleazar of Worms Eleusis Elisabeth of Hungary Emanation Emmerich, Anna Katherina Empedocles Encratites Energies En-sof Enthusiasm Ephraem of Syria Epiphany Erigena, John Scotus Eschatology Essenes Estella, Diego de Eternity Ethics, Mysticism and Eucharist Euchites Eudes, John Expansion Extra-sensory perception (ESP)

Family of Love Fana Fasting Faustus, Dr Fa-yen Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe Ferrar, Nicholas Fichte, Johann Gottlieb Ficino, Marsilio Filiger, Charles Fire Five Houses Foucauld, Charles Eugène de Fox, George Francesca Romana Francis of Assisi Franck, Sebastian François de Sales Freemasonry Friends of God

Galgani, Gemma Gardeil, Ambroise Garrigou-Lagrange, Réginald Gautama George, Stefan Gerson, Jean le Charlier de Gertrude ‘the Great’ al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ghost dance Gichtel, Johann Georg Giotto di Bondone Gita Glossolalia Gnosis Gnosticism God Godhead Gospel According to Thomas, The Gospel of Truth, The Grail Greco, El Gregory of Nyssa Gregory I Grignion de Montfort, Louis Marie Groote, Geert de Grou, Jean Guérinists Guyon, Madame

Hadewijch Hafiz, Shams al-Din Muhammad Hakuin Hal al-Hallaj, Mansur Hallucination Hammarskjöld, Dag Hare Krishna Movement Hashish Hasidism Heat Heaven Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Heiler, Friedrich Hekhaloth Heraclitus Herbert, George Hermeticism Hesychasm Hildegarde of Bingen Hilton, Walter Hinduism Hippie Hitlahavut Hölderlin, Johann Christian Friedrich Holy insecurity Holy Spirit Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hua-yen Hügel, Baron Friedrich von Hugh of St Victor Hui Hai Hui-Neng Hui Shih Hui-Yuan Hululis Hurufism Huxley, Aldous Hymn of the Pearl, The

Iamblichus Ibn al-Farid Ibn ‘Arabi, Muhyi al-Din Ibrahim ben Adham I Ching Ignatius Loyola Ikhnaton Ikkyu Illuminati Illuminative way Illuminés, Les Illuminism Imitation of Christ, The Immanence Infused contemplation Inge, William Ralph Initiation Inner Light Introspective mysticism Introversion Isaac of Nineveh Isis and Osiris Islam

Jacopone da Todi Jainism James, William Jami, Nur al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman Jeanne D’Arc Jefferies, Richard Jehudah of Worms Jesus of Nazareth Jesus-Prayer al-Jili, Abdu ‘l-Karim ibn Ibrahim Jiriki Joachim da Fiore Joan of Arc Jodo John of Lycopolis John of the Cross John the Evangelist Joseph, Father Juan de la Cruz (John of the Cross) Juan de Los Angeles Juan of Avila Judaism Julian of Norwich Julianus Pomerius al-Junaid, Abu ‘l-Oasim Jung, Carl Gustav

Kabbalah Kabir Kandinsky, Vassily Kant, Immanuel Kavanah Kegon Kelpius, Johannes Kempe, Margery Khidr Kingdom of God Koan Krishna Krishna Consciousness Movement Kumarajiva Kuo Hsiang Kundalini Yoga

La Combe, François Lallemant, Louis Lao-Tzu Laredo, Bernardino de Latifa Law, William Lawrence, Brother Leclerc du Tremblay, Joseph Lee, Ann Leon, Moses de Lévi, Eliphas Levitation Liberation Lieh-Tzu Ligature of the Faculties Light Lin-chi Little Book of Eternal Wisdom, The Little Gidding Loa Logos Lorenzo Monaco Louis de Blois Love LSD ‘Lucie-Christine’ Luis de Granada Luis de Leon Lull, Ramon Luria, Isaac

Macarius Madhyamika Magdalena de la Cruz Magic Flute, The Mahayana Maithuna Mallarmé, Stéphane Malon de Chaide, Pedro Mana Mandaeans Mandala Mande, Hendrik Manichaeism Manitou Mantra Margaret Mary Alacoque Maria de Jesus Maria Magdalena de’ Pazzi Marijuana Marquart of Lindau Martyn, Henry Mary of Agreda Ma Tsu Maximus the Confessor Maya Mazdaism Mechthilde of Magdeburg Meditation Mencius Meng Tzu Merkabah Merswin, Rulman Merton, Thomas Mescalin Messalians Messiaen, Olivier Messiah Metempsychosis Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarotti Simone Milarepa, Jetsun Miracle plays Mirror of Simple Souls, The Mithraism Mixed liquids Moksa Molinos, Miguel de Mondo Mondrian, Piet Monism Montague, Margaret Prescott Montanists Moravians More, Dame Gertrude More, Henry Mortification Muggletonians Muhammad al-Muhasibi, al-Harith Ben Asad Muso Kokushi Mystery Mystery plays Mystery Religion Mystery theology Mystic Mystical state Mystical theology Mysticism Mystic union Mystics of St Victor

Nagarjuna Nanak, Guru Nan-ch’üan Nasoreans Nasrudin Nature Nature-Mysticism Negative way Neo-Pentecostalism Neo-Platonism Neo-Platonism in art Neo-Pythagoreanism Neumann, Theresa Nicholas of Cusa Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne Night of the Soul Nikolaus von Flüe Nirvana No-mind Non-attachment Nothing Novalis Numinous

Oahspe Odour of Sanctity Olier, Jean-Jacques Om Omar Khayyam One Opium Orenda Orison Ormuzd Orozco, Alfonso de Orphic mysteries Osiris Osuna, Francisco de Otto, Rudolf Ouroboros

Palamas, Gregory Panentheism Pantheism Paracelsus Paradise Paradox Paramita Paranirvana Parenhenic mysticism Parmenides Parsifal Pascal, Blaise Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton Paul Peers, Edgar Allison Péladan, Joséphin Penington, Isaac Pentecostalism Percussion Perennial philosophy Perfect man Peter Damian Peter of Alcantara Petersen, Gerlac Peyotism Philadelphians Philip Neri Philo Photism Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Pierrepont, Sarah Pietism Plato Pleroma Plotinus Poimandres Poiret, Pierre Poor Clares Porete, Marguérite Porphyry Port Royal, Convent of Possession Practice of the Presence of God Prajna Prayer of quiet Prayer of the heart Prayer, Stages of Proclus Prophetism in Africa Prophet Psychedelic Psychology of mysticism Pure Land Purgative Way Purification Pythagoreanism

Qadiriyya Quakers Quietism Qur’an, The

Rabanus Maurus Rabia al-Adawiya Racine, Jean Radha-Krishna cult Raine, Kathleen Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Ramalinga Ramananda Ramanuja Ramdas Ranters Rapture Recollection Reincarnation Richard of St Victor Rilke, Rainer Maria Rimbaud, Jean Nicholas Arthur Rinzai Rnyin-ma-pa Rolle, Richard Romuald Rosicrucian Brotherhood Rumi, Jalal al-Din Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, George William Ruysbroeck, Jan van

Sabbatianism Sacrament Sacrificial mysticism Sa‘di, Musharrif al-Din Ben Muslih Saivism Sakyamuni Salesian method Salon de la Rose + Croix Samadhi Samothrace Samsara Sankara Sariputra Sat-Chit-Ananda Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie Satori Scale of Perfection, The Scheffler, Johann Schleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schopenhauer, Arthur Schwarz, Johann Georg Scriabin, Alexander Secret of the Golden Flower, The Seed-Syllable Sect of the New Spirit Seekers Sefer Hasidim Sefer Ha-Zohar Sefer Yesira Sefiroth Self Self-Realization Fellowship Seng-chao Seraphim of Sarov Sex Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl Shakers Shaiva Siddhanta Shakti Shamanism Shekhinah Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shiflut Shiva Shoichi Kokushi Shugendo Siddhartha Sikhism Silence Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love Skovoroda, Grigori Savvitch Smith, John Society of Friends Socrates Solomon Ben Gabirol Soloviev, Vladimir Soma Song of Songs, The Sophia Soto Soul-loss Speaking with tongues Spinoza, Baruch Spirit-possession Spiritual exercises Spiritual marriage Spiritual senses ŠT3 Steger, Jane Steiner, Rudolph Stigmata Stoicism Sudden illumination Sufism Sulpician method Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sunyata Superessential life Supernatural state Surin, Jean Joseph Suso, Henry Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro Swedenborg, Emanuel Symbol Symeon of Studion Synteresis Syzygy

Tagore, Rabindranath Taizé Tantrism Tao Tao-hsin Taoism Taoism in art Tao-Sheng Tao-Te-Ching Tariki Tasawwuf Tat Tvam Asi Tauler, Johann Taurobolium Taylor, Jeremy Te Tears Teilhard de Chardin, Marie-Joseph-Pierre Teiresias Tennyson, Alfred Teoqualo Teresa de Jesus Tersteegen, Gerhard Tetragrammaton Theologia Germanica Theology of Aristotle, The Theory of Forms (or Ideas) Theosis Theosophy Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus Theurgy Thierry of Chartres Thomas à Jesu Thomas à Kempis Thomas Aquinas Thompson, Francis Thoreau, Henry David Throne Tibetan Book of the Dead, The Tikhon of Zadonsk Time Tolstoy, Count Lev Nikolayevich Traherne, Thomas Trance Transcendence Transcendental meditation Transmigration of souls Trappists Tree of Life Trevelyan, Katharine Trigger Trinitarian Mysticism Troubadour Truth Ts’ao-tung Two Ways, The Typology of Mysticism

Unamuno y Jugo, Miguel de Unifying vision Unio Mystica Unitive Way Universalism Upanishads

Vaishnavism Valentinus Vallabha Vallombrosan Order Varèse, Edgard Vaudois Vaughan, Henry Vedanta Hinduism Vernazza, Battistina Via affirmativa Via illuminativa Via negativa Via purgativa Via Unitiva Victoria, Tomas Luis de Vijnana-vada Villa of the Mysteries Vincent de Paul Virasaivism Vision Vision of Arda Viraf, The Visitandine Order Vivekananda, Swami Voices Voodoo

Waldenses Wang Pi Weber, Max Weil, Simone Wei-yang Wesley, John Whichcote, Benjamin Whitman, Walt William of St Thierry Williams, Charles Walter Stansby Windesheim Wine Winstanley, Gerrard Wisdom Woolman, John Wordsworth, William Wu Wu-wei

Yamabushi Yantra Yggdrasil Yin, Yang Yoga Yogacarins Yün-men

Zarathustra Zazen Zen Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zohar, The Zoroastrianism ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Photographic acknowledgments Sources of illustrations

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