Spiritual Tradition
Christian Mystic
Union with the Divine through contemplation and surrender
History
The apophatic and contemplative current within Christianity, from the Desert Fathers to Meister Eckhart (1260–1328), Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, and modern figures like Thomas Merton. Emphasizes direct experience of God through silence, surrender, and the "dark night of the soul."
Theosis (deification)
Apophatic theology
The dark night
Kenosis (self-emptying)
Hesychasm
Sages & Mystics of this Tradition
Voices from this Tradition
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.
The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
