By Frederick Crossfield Happold
(2nd-Hand, Rare)
Published by Penguin Books, 1990 (Third Edition)
Condition - Very Good
Paperback, 407 pages
Genre - Mysticism, Religion, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Theology, Esoteric
★★★★☆
Mysticism: A Study and an Anthology
What is Mysticism?
In this clear, simple and illuminating book, the author combines a study of mysticism - as experience, as spiritual knowledge and as a way of life with an illustrative anthology of mystical writings. Drawing material from all over the world, the anthology includes not only selections from the Christian mystics, but also from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, from Plato and Plotinus, from the Sufi mystics of Islam, from Dante and even from the 'nature' mystic, Richard Jefferies.
Complementing each other, Dr Happold's study and anthology knit together to form a brilliant and original introduction to mysticism.Frederick Crossfield Happold, DSO, LLD, MA was an educational pioneer, tenured headmaster, author and decorated British army officer.