Mysticism in Early Modern England traces how mysticism featured in polemical and religious discourse in seventeenth-century England and explores how it came to

From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards, images held a surprising power in the Western Christian tradition. Not only did these artistic r

Beginning with a precise definition of the term mysticism, Spurgeon explores how mystical thought influenced many of England's finest writers.

Essays explore the complex ways in which early modern contemplative writing draws on its late medieval and patristic inheritance.

Noted authority explains how the practice of mysticism can raise spiritual consciousness, resulting in a better grasp of reality, improvements in efficiency and