Here are posts labelled "Mysticism" on The Guide
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- Name: Nicomachus of Gerasa
- Dates: 60-120
- Place: Born Jerash, Jordan (then the Roman Province of Syria); place of death unknown
- Language: Greek
- Who he was: Syrian-born Greek mathematician who wrote Introduction to Arithmetic and Manual of Harmonics, both in Greek. As a Neopythagorean, he also wrote about the mystical properties of numbers.
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP)
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- Name: Plotinus
- Birth: 204, Lycopolis, Egypt
- Death: 270, Campania, Italy
- Language: Greek
- Who he was: Greek-speaking Egyptian-born mystic philosopher who taught "three principles": the One, the Intellect, and the Soul. Best known for his Enneads.
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP)
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- Name: Thomas Merton
- Birth: January 31, 1915, Prades, France
- Death: December 10, 1968, Bangkok, Thailand
- Language: English
- Who he was: American Catholic writer and mystic; The Seven Storey Mountain
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- Name: Mukunda Lal Ghosh
- Known as: Paramahansa Yogananda
- Birth: January 5, 1893, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Death: March 7, 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Language: Bengali, English
- Who he was: Indian yogi; Autobiography of a Yogi
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- Name: Gibran Khalil Gibran
- Known as: Kahlil Gibran
- Birth: January 6, 1883, Bsharri, Lebanon
- Death: April 10, 1931, New York City, New York, USA
- Language: English, Arabic
- Who he was: Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer; The Prophet; Jesus, The Son of Man; Broken Wings
- Included in lists (What's This?): GC
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- Name: Romain Rolland
- Birth: January 29, 1866, Clamecy, Nièvre, France
- Death: December 30, 1944, Vézelay, France
- Language: French
- Who he was: French playwright, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic; Jean-Christophe (10 volumes); Colas Breugnon; Clérambault; Pierre et Luce; L'âme enchantée (7 volumes); biographical essays including those of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda; Nobel Prize in Literature (1915)
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- Name: Gadadhar Chatterji (or Chattopadhyay)
- Known as: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
- Birth: February 18, 1836, Kamarpukur, India
- Death: August 16, 1886, Cossipore, India
- Language: Bengali
- Who he was: Indian mystic and yogi; The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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| by Zurbarán |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Juan de Yepes y Álvarez
- Known as: San Juan de la Cruz, Saint John of the Cross
- Birth: June 24, 1542, Fontiveros, Spain
- Death: December 14, 1591, Úbeda, Spain
- Language: Spanish
- Who he was: Spanish saint and mystic; Subida del Monte Carmelo (Ascent of Mount Carmel); La Noche Oscura del Alma (The Dark Night of the Soul); Cántico Espiritual (The Spiritual Canticle)
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
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| 19th-century conception of Kabir |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Kabir
- Dates: 15th century; perhaps 1398-1448 or 1440-1518
- Place: India
- Language: Hindi (?) (and dialects)
- Who he was: Indian mystic poet; Bijak (sacred texts); Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love)
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| a medieval nun |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Margery Brunham or Burnham
- Known as: Margery Kempe
- Dates: c. 1373-after 1438
- Place: Norfolk, England
- Language: English
- Who she was: English Christian mystic; The Book of Margery Kempe
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Just the Facts:
- Name: George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
- Known as: G. I. Gurdjieff
- Birth: January 13, 1866, Gyumri, Armenia
- Death: October 29, 1949, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Language: Armenian, Greek, Russian, Turkish, English (?)
- Who he was: Armenian philosopher and mystic; Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson ; Meetings with Remarkable Men; Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
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- Name: Julian of Norwich
- Birth: November 8, 1342, Norfolk, UK
- Death: Unknown Date, 1416, Norwich, UK
- Language: English
- Who she was: English mystic; Revelations of Divine Love
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- Name: Eckhart von Hochheim
- Known as: Meister Eckhart
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1260, Tambach-Dietharz, Germany
- Death: Unknown Date, 1328, Avignon, France
- Language: German; Latin
- Who he was: German theologian, philosopher and mystic; sermons and other theological writings
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- Name: Yunus Emre
- Dates: 1238-1320
- Place: Turkey
- Language: Turkish
- Who he was: Turkish poet and Sufi mystic; mystical poetry
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- Name: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhī
- Known as: Rumi (also Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)
- Birth: September 30, 1207, either in Wakhsh, Balkh, Tajikistan, or Balkh, Afghanistan
- Death: December 17, 1273, Konya, Turkey
- Language: Persian
- Who he was: Persian poet and mystic who wrote Masnavi (Rhyming Couplets of Profound Spiritual Meaning); Diwan-e Kabir (also called Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, or The Works of Shams Tabrizi) ; Fihi Ma Fihi (It Is What It Is)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GC
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- Name: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī
- Known as: Al-Ghazali
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1058, Tous, Iran
- Death: December 19, 1111, Tous, Iran
- Language: Persian
- Who he was: Persian mystic and philosopher; Tahafut al-Falasifa (Incoherence of the Philosophers); Kimiya-yi Sa'adat (Alchemy of Happiness); Munqidh min al-dalal (Deliverance from Error--autobiography); Ihya' Ulum al-Din or Ihya'u Ulumiddin (The Revival of Religious Sciences)
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| by Peter Paul Rubens |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada
- Known as: Teresa of Avila
- Birth: March 28, 1515, Gotarrendura, Spain
- Death: October 4, 1582, Alba de Tormes, Spain
- Language: Spanish
- Who she was: Spanish saint and mystic who wrote her Autobiography; El Camino de Perfeccion (The Way of Perfection); El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle)
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Thérèse Martin
- Known as: Therese of Lisieux; "The Little Flower of Jesus"
- Birth: January 2, 1873, Alençon, France
- Death: September 30, 1897, Lisieux, France
- Language: French
- Who she was: French nun and mystic who wrote the poetic masterpiece "To Live by Love"; also L'Histoire d'une Âme (The Story of a Soul); Last Conversations; poetry, prayers, and religious plays
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- Name: Hildegard of Bingen
- Birth: September 16, 1098, Bermersheim vor der Höhe, Germany
- Death: September 17, 1179, Bingen am Rhein, Germany
- Language: Latin, German
- Who she was: German mystic and theologian who wrote Scivias (Know the Ways); Liber Vitae Meritorum (Book of Life's Merits); Liber Divinorum Operum (Book of Divine Works)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Simone Weil
- Birth: February 3, 1909, Paris, France
- Death: August 24, 1943, Ashford, UK
- Language: French
- Who she was: French philosopher, mystic, and political activist who wrote Waiting for God
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