Week 47 · mystical

Cynthia Bourgeault

Cynthia Bourgeault is an Episcopal priest, a hermit, and one of the most articulate voices for the recovery of mystical Christianity. She argues that the Western church has spent centuries emphasizing belief over experience, turning a religion founded by a mystic into a system of doctrines. She wants to bring back what the early Christians actually practiced...a contemplative path of inner transformation, not just attendance.

“"God is not found at the end of the journey but in each step along the way." She says this to Christians who treat faith as a destination rather than a practice. The contemplative tradition she's recovering says the same thing the Zen masters say...”