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Hours with the mystics

a contribution to the history of religious opinion

Also known as Hours With The Mystics, 5th Ed., Volume 1, a contribution to the history of religious opinion; Hours with the Mystics: A Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion; Hours With The Mystics: a contribution to the history of religious opinion, 6th Ed., Two Volumes In One

by Robert Alfred Vaughan

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"Hours with the Mystics: A Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion" by Robert Alfred Vaughan is a scholarly historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the development and significance of mysticism throughout various religious traditions, examining how this tendency towards intense personal communion with the divine has manifested across different cultures and eras. At the start of the book, a gathering of three friends—Henry Atherton, Lionel Gower, and Frank Willoughby—engages in deep discussions on the nature of mysticism over dinner. Their conversations touch upon the historical context and the philosophical aspects of mystical beliefs, prompting considerations about the pursuit of the divine and the subjective experience of such spirituality. The opening sets the stage for exploring the complex relationship between mysticism, reason, and the emotion-driven pursuit of religious truth, suggesting a detailed examination of these themes as the narrative unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

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  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

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  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Mysticism” and “mysticism”. Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the description and “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

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Hours With The Mystics: a contribution to the history of religious opinion, 6th Ed., Two Volumes In One

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1893-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : C. Scribner's SonsEnglish—Public digitized item

Hours With The Mystics, 5th Ed., Volume 1, a contribution to the history of religious opinion

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1888-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, John ClarkEnglish—Public digitized item

a contribution to the history of religious opinion, Volume 1

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1879-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Strahan & company, ltd.English—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
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  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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  • Open Library reports 16 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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