{"id":942,"date":"2013-05-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/01\/because-of-catholic-mysticism\/"},"modified":"2015-06-07T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:39:08","slug":"because-of-catholic-mysticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/05\/because-of-catholic-mysticism.html","title":{"rendered":"Because of Catholic Mysticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Feast of St. Athanasius<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the time of year when my thoughts turn to baseball. Did you ever see the movie Field of Dreams?<\/em> I ask this only because I realize that this movie hit the theaters 24 years ago. In a way, this modern classic is about mysticism. And when I was reading Algar Thorold\u2019s essay<\/a> on Catholic Mysticism<\/em>, I was reminded of one of the final scenes in the movie.<\/p>\n

This scene is like a conversation between two mystics. Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, heard a voice in his corn field, and then had visions and went on a quest which led him to an author he respected from his college years named Terrance Mann. Mann too heard a voice when Ray took him to a baseball game, and the two of them went on a journey together wondering where it would lead.<\/p>\n

In the clip below Ray and Terrence, played by James Earl Jones, discuss Mann\u2019s being invited into the corn by the long deceased Shoeless Joe Jackson. Have a look (please excuse any commercials),<\/p>\n