Heightened Consciousness: The Mystical Difference - Softcover

Granfield, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809131749 ISBN 13: 9780809131747

Publisher: Paulist Pr, 1991

Synopsis

All people have an innate desire for heightened consciousness. This desire is rooter in the human capacity for mystical experience - a capacity for moving beyond ordinary life into the realm of the transcendent. The path to a state of higher consciousness is a graduated one that utilizes physical, psychological and spiritual means to move beyond one's own self. David Granfield has produced a lucid overview of the phenomenon of mysticism within the Christian tradition. Touching first on the capacity and goal of mysticism, he charts the ancient "ways" of the mystic and reviews the techniques that people through the ages have used to pursue these ways. For Christians, the guarantee of mystical experience is the promise of Jesus to "love and manifest" himself to those who love Him and keep His commandments. Mysticism is not set aside for a select few. It is a way of being that is offered and available to all people.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Granfield provides both an intellectual study of mystical experience and a guide to being open to such experience. The discussion progresses from the experiencer to premystical and mystical consciousness, through techniques used to heighten altered states and mystical capabilities, to an analysis of obedience leading to presence as the first principle of Christian mysticisim. It culminates in a Trinitarian foundation for conscious participation in the divine life. Recommended for seminary and academic libraries.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0809131749
• ISBN 13: 9780809131747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 219