Mystics After Modernism

Foreword by Christopher Bamford Afterword by Paul M. Allen Translated by Karl E. Zimmer (revised) The mystics Rudolf Steiner writes about in this book were early giants in the modern art of illumined self-knowledge. Their ways of seeing the world, God, and themselves foreshadowed all that we practice now in the best of meditation, both East and West. Here, you can read about their essential passion for unity, their practice of intensification of perception, and their ever-fresh insights into the process of knowing itself. The mystics: -Meister Eckhart-Johannes Tauler-Heinrich Suso-Jan van Ruysbroeck-Nicholas of Cusa-Agrippa of Nettesheim-Paracelsus-Valentin Weigel-Jakob Bhme-Giordano Bruno-Angelus Silesius Steiner immerses us in the evolving stream of these eleven mystics, who appeared in central Europe from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. These men managed to resolved the conflict between their inner perceptions and the new seeds of modern science and human individuality. Based on the lives of those mystics and on his own spiritual insight, Steiner shows how their ideas can illuminate and preserve our true human nature today.