Mysticism

'Across a seemingly unbridgeable culture gap these very human saints of the Egyptian wilderness speak to our condition in the new demon-filled deserts of the urban west' (Martin Smith SSJE).

The fourth century European saint, John Cassian, has been honoured for over 1600 years by the universal church as one of the greatest of early monastic writers. His two great works, the Institutes and the Conferences, set out a vision for western...

St John of the Cross tells us how God leads us from violence to gentleness until we are gentle enough to experience the awesome gentleness of the inner life of God.

Dom Henri Le Saux (1910-1973) was a French Benedictine monk who pioneered relations between East and West when he was sent to India to found a Benedictine community. This is his story.

Clear, practical advice for Christians trying to balance duty to others with prayer and contemplation. The supreme example of the ‘mixed life’ is Christ himself.