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Surprise and Wonder

Are Children the Best Guides to a Mystical Life?

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Carl McColman
Oct 19, 2025
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“I am convinced by my own life and by wide observation of children that mystical experience is much more common than is usually supposed . . . They have more room for surprise and wonder. They are more sensitive to intimations, flashes, openings. The invisible impinges on their souls and they feel its reality as something quite natural.” — Rufus Jones

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