A Course in Mystical Theology – Thirty Sixth Episode – From Loving the Christ of History, to Union with Christ in Majesty
Published on: 21 June, 2023
By: David Torkington
My comparative success in my prayer life, and in such a short time, deceived me as it would deceive many others into believing I had arrived at what the great saints and mystics call the Mystical Marriage or the Transforming Union. I had in fact only arrived at the heights of first enthusiasm or first…
A Course in Mystical Theology – Twenty Ninth Episode – Into the Sacred Heart
Published on: 25 February, 2023
By: David Torkington
Almost three hundred years after St Thomas defined contemplation, as used by the first apostles and other apostles who tried to emulate them, another definition of contemplation caused great confusion. True contemplation is a pure gift of God to which we respond in the simplest of prayers that express our current relationship with him. However,…