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Dazzling Darkness: The Lives and Afterlives of the Christian Mystics

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Availability:In StockContributor:James HarpurPublish date:2025-06-15Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hurst & Co.ISBN-13:9781911723905ISBN-10:1911723901UPC:9781911723905Book Category:Religion, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Christianity, MysticismSize:8.70 x 6.10 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.8519Product ID:SCG49CAA2B

Dazzling Darkness: The Lives and Afterlives of the Christian Mystics

For 2,000 years, women and men of the Christian faith have experienced what some mystics call a 'dazzling darkness': the spiritual journey to the heart of ultimate reality, or God. These direct communions have ranged from mild illuminations to a union consuming the mystic's will.

This book traces such spiritual figures' lives, times and teachings, from early Christendom to modern mystics like...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hurst & Co.ISBN-13:9781911723905ISBN-10:1911723901UPC:9781911723905Book Category:Religion, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Christianity, MysticismSize:8.70 x 6.10 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.8519Product ID:SCG49CAA2B
James Harpur is a poet, author and translator who lives in Ireland. He was the 2023 Writer Fellow at the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, Trinity College, Dublin. His debut novel, The Pathless Country, won the J G Farrell Award and was shortlisted for the John McGahern Prize.
Publisher: Hurst & Co.

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