Mystical Journey

Mystical Journey

Encountering the Mystery through Deification

A Trappist monk once said that the spiritual life "consists not so much in being good as in becoming God." Do you dare to believe it?

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Carl McColman
Mar 28, 2026
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N.B. For the past couple of months, my friends on Patreon and I have been exploring the question “What is mysticism?” by drawing on the wisdom of Evelyn Underhill and Bernard McGinn. While I believe it is impossible to ever nail down a topic as nuanced as mysticism in a single definition, I think we can explore a variety of ways to at least approach the…

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