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June 2021

June 24, 2021
Friends, you are invited to a special virtual event: the Eternal Heart Book Launch Celebration! We...
June 21, 2021
N.B. Today's guest post is by noted musician and thanatologist Therese Schroeder-Sheker. She wrote this piece...

May 2021

May 24, 2021
The best way to understand Christian mysticism (if "understanding" is even a possibility, given the...
May 22, 2021
Friends, could you take a half a minute and fill out this 1-question survey? I'm...
May 21, 2021
Please click on the button of your preferred retailer to pre-order Eternal Heart: If you...
May 18, 2021
N.B. Today's guest post is by Jon M. Sweeney. Jon is the author of numerous books,...
May 08, 2021
I first "met" Julian of Norwich through reading Evelyn Underhill's magisterial book Mysticism: The Nature and...
May 04, 2021
Lately I've been posting a social media a "book of the day." It's a combination...

April 2021

April 21, 2021
Today's guest post is by Lisa Deam, the author of 3000 Miles to Jesus: Pilgrimage...

March 2021

March 27, 2021
What do Christian mystics believe? Hidden in this question is really two questions: Do Christians...
March 23, 2021
Richard Beck, professor of psychology at Abilene Christian University in Texas, has just released a...
March 09, 2021
A note from Carl: Friends, I am currently writing a manuscript that I am calling...

February 2021

February 17, 2021
A reader, who chooses to remain anonymous, posed the following question: "a world shaped by...
February 10, 2021
Theosis comes from the Greek θέωσις and literally means "divine state" — Theo (God, divinity)...
February 06, 2021
Centering Prayer is a contemporary method of Christian spiritual practice that is based on teachings...
February 02, 2021
"Everyone can pray" is the hopeful and helpful opening message of Learning to Pray, the...
February 01, 2021
Last night, I had the following dream. I woke up and wrote the dream down,...

January 2021

January 28, 2021
A reader named Allen writes... I have heard some mystics talk about when we die...
January 14, 2021
Friends, I'm excited to announce a major new initiative on my personal website (www.anamchara.com). Coming...

December 2020

December 28, 2020
One of my dreams is to create a Christian Mysticism Knowledge Base (or, perhaps better...
December 14, 2020
A reader recently wrote to me: Dear Carl, I grew up as a Protestant, but as...

November 2020

November 28, 2020
Recently I received this message from a new reader of this blog... Hi Carl, I...
November 24, 2020
 Contemplative spirituality has its own jargon, and this "language of prayer" evolves over time....
November 20, 2020
Here is the third episode of my "Schola Mystica" podcast. The transcript of the episode...
November 17, 2020
A question that sometimes comes up when people are first learning a practice like Centering...
November 13, 2020
"Is mysticism in the Bible?" It's a question I get asked from time to...

October 2020

October 31, 2020
Okay, friends, I know we haven't even made it to All Saint's yet, but Christmas is less...
October 26, 2020
This weekend I conducted a retreat on Franciscan spirituality for the Rock Hill Oratory Center...
October 19, 2020
What do mystics do? The following list can be a way to begin answering this...

September 2020

September 09, 2020
St. Augustine said that the human heart is restless until it rests in God. I...
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