{"id":387,"date":"2010-10-23T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/10\/getting-close-to-the-mystics\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:03:34","slug":"getting-close-to-the-mystics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/10\/getting-close-to-the-mystics.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting Close to the Mystics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

For those interested in early English speaking mystics and their texts, Carl McColman has just posted an interesting article<\/a> about Julian of Norwich and The Cloud of Unknowing <\/i>at his blog.<\/p>\n

I find Julian compelling, and I\u2019m very taken with the Cloud.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you might be compelled or taken, as well.<\/p>\n

Worth checking out\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Okt5nZFoPzo?fs=1<\/a>\n

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For those interested in early English speaking mystics and their texts, Carl McColman has just posted an interesting article about Julian of Norwich and The Cloud of Unknowing at his blog. I find Julian compelling, and I\u2019m very taken with the Cloud. Perhaps you might be compelled or taken, as well. 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