OneLight Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.19 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2008 While on another board, I was reading a thread about Christian Mystics. There were only a few posts, so I decided to check the web. What I found was helpful to some extent, but it still left me with a bunch of questions. One thing that was mentioned is that they have been around for a very long time, so I don't see them as being part of the New Age Christian Movement. I'd like to hear what people here know about them. Care to share? OneLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesussaves Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 210 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,144 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 11 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/14/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2008 While on another board, I was reading a thread about Christian Mystics. There were only a few posts, so I decided to check the web. What I found was helpful to some extent, but it still left me with a bunch of questions. One thing that was mentioned is that they have been around for a very long time, so I don't see them as being part of the New Age Christian Movement. I'd like to hear what people here know about them. Care to share? OneLight One Light one thing I can tell you is that they are not Christian. There is just no such thing as a Christian Mystic. Such things are of the devil who mascarades as an angel of light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.19 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 While on another board, I was reading a thread about Christian Mystics. There were only a few posts, so I decided to check the web. What I found was helpful to some extent, but it still left me with a bunch of questions. One thing that was mentioned is that they have been around for a very long time, so I don't see them as being part of the New Age Christian Movement. I'd like to hear what people here know about them. Care to share? OneLight One Light one thing I can tell you is that they are not Christian. There is just no such thing as a Christian Mystic. Such things are of the devil who mascarades as an angel of light. That was my first thought, but I decided to drill deeper then this. Can you give me your reasons why you feel this way? I really would like to know more about them. I looked at this site, Wikipedia and found some strange answers and names of those who they list as Christians Mystics. OneLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.43 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted January 1, 2008 While on another board, I was reading a thread about Christian Mystics. There were only a few posts, so I decided to check the web. What I found was helpful to some extent, but it still left me with a bunch of questions. One thing that was mentioned is that they have been around for a very long time, so I don't see them as being part of the New Age Christian Movement. I'd like to hear what people here know about them. Care to share? OneLight One Light one thing I can tell you is that they are not Christian. There is just no such thing as a Christian Mystic. Such things are of the devil who mascarades as an angel of light. Really? C.S. Lewis was a Christian mystic. Was he "of the devil"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.19 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 While on another board, I was reading a thread about Christian Mystics. There were only a few posts, so I decided to check the web. What I found was helpful to some extent, but it still left me with a bunch of questions. One thing that was mentioned is that they have been around for a very long time, so I don't see them as being part of the New Age Christian Movement. I'd like to hear what people here know about them. Care to share? OneLight One Light one thing I can tell you is that they are not Christian. There is just no such thing as a Christian Mystic. Such things are of the devil who mascarades as an angel of light. Really? C.S. Lewis was a Christian mystic. Was he "of the devil"? You seem to have some knowledge of them. Please share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~ angelique ~~ Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 665 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/11/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/24/1968 Share Posted January 1, 2008 While on another board, I was reading a thread about Christian Mystics. There were only a few posts, so I decided to check the web. What I found was helpful to some extent, but it still left me with a bunch of questions. One thing that was mentioned is that they have been around for a very long time, so I don't see them as being part of the New Age Christian Movement. I'd like to hear what people here know about them. Care to share? OneLight One Light one thing I can tell you is that they are not Christian. There is just no such thing as a Christian Mystic. Such things are of the devil who mascarades as an angel of light. That was my first thought, but I decided to drill deeper then this. Can you give me your reasons why you feel this way? I really would like to know more about them. I looked at this site, Wikipedia and found some strange answers and names of those who they list as Christians Mystics. OneLight OneLight, I am not sure if they are actually believers or not but I have studied Mystics from many paths. I have studied Christian Mystics such as Jeanne Guyone and Thomas Merton. As far as I can tell from my studies of the mystics of the Chrisitan faith, the church disagreed with many of them because of their form of meditation and such. For instance, Jeanne Guyone was a proponant of emptying the mind so as the enter into divine union with the Source. This belief is a varion of many mystics concerning meditation. I think I read the Madame Guyone was actually put away from the catholic church for her beliefs. I started looking into a christian meditation principle called Lecto Divina;however, being not able to read the bible prevented me from persuing studies into that form of mysticism. I have also studied the Jewish mysticism of the Quabalah which is interesting as well. It's my understanding that some of the Christiam Mystics were labeled as such due to the nature of their insights. Like St. John of the Cross', The Dark Night of the Soul, being unconventional and not necessarily backed up by the Christian Bible hence being labeled mystics. There may be someone with more insight than I into this topic as I am limited what I am writing due to my current understanding level. Toodles, ~~ hurting ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Break Down the Wall Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 People are so fast to scream 'heretic' in the church. Mayhaps we should be more concerned about the planks in our own eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.19 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 I was hoping that those who respond here would leave an explanation to why they say what they say. Maybe you just feel like voicing your opinion ... the problem with this is that I am trying to understand the "why" behind how people feel. I am truly interested and not just bring up a subject that we can debate. So far, only ~~hurting~~ has passed information unto me that has substance. Thanks in advance, OneLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,800 Content Per Day: 6.16 Reputation: 11,247 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2008 According to that wikipedia link, on their the list of mystics, the ones Ive read so far have some iffy ideas. His teachings, like those of Howard, draw from many different spiritual traditions and philosophies including: Christian mysticism, various Eastern philosophies,Fourth Way and Jungian psychology. Vassula claims that an invisible being, who identified itself as her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherTraveler Posted January 1, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 80 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,595 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2008 I was hoping that those who respond here would leave an explanation to why they say what they say. Maybe you just feel like voicing your opinion ... the problem with this is that I am trying to understand the "why" behind how people feel. I am truly interested and not just bring up a subject that we can debate. So far, only ~~hurting~~ has passed information unto me that has substance. Thanks in advance, OneLight The term Mystic is so easy to demonize that there has been almost no real discussion of this subject, and likely there won't be. It's a sad state of affairs in the church these days. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mystic 1. Of or relating to religious mysteries or occult rites and practices. 2. Of or relating to mysticism or mystics. 3. Inspiring a sense of mystery and wonder. 4. a. Mysterious; strange. b. Enigmatic; obscure. 5. Mystical. n. One who practices or believes in mysticism or a given form of mysticism: Protestant mystics. Jesus certainly related to religious mysteries and He inspired a sense of mystery and wonder. Think about it. Thoughtful was absolutely correct. Christians are mystics. Christians are mystics so much so that saying a horse is a horse is an equivaliant statement. Sure, those in occult practices also claim to be mystics, and they are, except they are the very thieves and robbers that Jesus spoke of "coming up another way" Mark 4:11 Romans 11:25 Romans 16:25 I Cor 2:7 I Cor 15:51 Eph 9:1 Eph 3:3-4 Eph 3:9 Eph 5:32 Eph 6:19 Col 1:26-27 Col 2:2 Col 4:3 I Thes 2:7 I Tim 3:9 ITim 3:16 Rev 1:20 Rev 10:7 Rev 17:5 Rev 17:7 What do all these verses do if not..." Inspiring a sense of mystery and wonder." ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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