The Importance of Mysticism
Check The Catholic Bookshelf for an excerpt from Evelyn Underhill's magnificent work on the the lives of the Saints, Mystics of the Church [direct linking not working, so just scroll and look for Ms. Underhill's name.]
Too often the word "mysticism" is regarded with some deep skeptism, sometime with something akin to horror. There lingers about it the odor of superstition and the occult. But, it was our word first, and we need to reclaim it for what it is--the indication of what every Christian should aim for in this life.
