All Episodes

St. Charbel: The mystic monk and miracle worker who wrote nothing

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection: In constant contact with God

Maria Simma: The mystic who spoke to souls in purgatory

St. Peter of Alcantara: The extreme mystic

St. Bridget of Sweden: Mystic, noblewoman, and mother of eight

St. John Bosco: The dreaming mystic

Thomas Merton: A controversial mystic

Anne Catherine Emmerich: A visionary mystic

Essential Books on Christian Mysticism

Emanuel Swedenborg: A most unusual mystic

Relics and Mysticism

Fr. Thomas Keating: Centering Prayer

St. Gertrude of Helfta: Constant contact with the Divine

Mystical Visions

Mystical Apparitions

Madame Guyon: A mystic for Catholics and Protestants

The persecution of mystics

St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The anti-mystic mystic

Love in Christian Mysticism

Mysticism and the embrace of pain and suffering

St. Faustyna Kowalska: The Secretary of Divine Mercy

The Bible and Mysticism: Part 2 - The New Testament

The Bible and Mysticism Part 1: The Old Testament

Mysticism and madness

St. Gemma Galgani: The suffering mystic

Mysticism and exorcism

St. Padre Pio: The modern-day mystic

Evelyn Underhill: A pioneer in the modern study of mysticism

St. Martin de Porres: Living a mystical life without explaining it

St. Ignatius of Loyola: The nobleman and soldier who became a mystic

St. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi: The dramatic mystic

The Imitation of Christ: The mystic's handbook

St. Gregory of Nyssa: The father of mysticism

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Mother Ivonne-Aimée: Battling demons and Nazis

Near Death Experiences and Mysticism

A Mystical Christmas

St. Anthony of the Desert: The father of monasticism

St. Joseph of Cupertino: The extreme levitator

They Flew: A history of the impossible

Mystical Heresy: The Troublesome Dimension of Mysticism

St. Catherine of Genoa: Purgatory and the Afterlife

St. Catherine of Siena: The Affective Mysic

St. Hildegard of Bingen: The Visionary Mystic

St. John of the Cross: The poetic and scientific mystic

Protestant Mysticism: Is there such a thing?

The Venerable Maria de Jesus de Agreda: The Lady in Blue

St. Francis of Assisi: The Nature Mystic

The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism

St. Teresa of Avila: Part 2

St. Teresa of Avila: Part 1

Julian of Norwich

Meister Eckhart

Hesychasts and The Cloud of Unknowing

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Monasticism: The struggle against the world, the flesh, and the devil

St. Augustine: The Prince of Mystics

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

The Origins of Christian Mysticism

What is mysticism?

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