Prayer to Contemplation – Free Course on Essentialist Press
Published on: 11 October, 2023
By: David Torkington
To listen to all 15 of the talks on prayer, please go to the Essentialist Press website Episode 1: Contemplation and the fruits of Contemplation (full episode) Some time ago the Founder of Essentialist Press came across the website and works of David Torkington, a renowned (and properly titled) ‘Mystical Theologian’. With a love and…
Marriage and Mystical Loving
Published on: 11 December, 2022
By: David Torkington
My book ‘The Primacy of Loving’ is being published in the UK on the 9th December and in the USA on the 1st January. If you have found what I have been saying in the past years helpful, then you will find far more in this book subtitled ‘The Spirituality of the Heart’. I can…
Ignatian and Carmelite Spirituality – Complementary or Contradictory?
Published on: 20 November, 2021
By: David Torkington
In order to shed some light on the complementarity between Ignatian and Carmelite Spirituality that is being discussed at present I would like to say a few words to avoid confusion.
Into the Redeeming Christ – The Adventure begins
Published on: 29 February, 2020
By: David Torkington
1st Part – This series in story form sums up this great romance, this great adventure. It details all that the author has written on prayer and mystical contemplation, how to search for and find what is the greatest possible human achievement. It is replete with his most recent research and latest inspirational insights.
St Francis of Assisi – Part 1 – The Second Christ
Published on: 3 October, 2016
By: David Torkington
For the feast day of St Francis on the 4 October, I am beginning a series of blogs on the life of St Francis of Assisi.