James C. Harrington, Sidney G. Hall III

Three Mystics Walk into a Tavern (eBook, PDF)

A Once and Future Meeting of Rumi, Meister Eckhart, and Moses de León in Medieval Venice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Three Mystics Walk into a Tavern, Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Moses de León, and Meister Eckhart-three of the greatest mystics of all time-meet in Venice for an imaginary night-long conversation that will inspire everyday individuals of the twenty-first century to find their own spirituality and realize that everyone can be a mystic. Although the mystics came from different backgrounds and religious traditions (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity), their spiritual paths led them to similar understandings of a union with the Divine. The three mystics have a timeless and timely message for people who walk the earth eight centuries after they did, no matter an individual's religious background or even if they have none. It is a message of connecting with the "divine spark" deep within us and within the universe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761878902
• Artikelnr.: 74829537

Autorenporträt

James C. Harrington, a human rights lawyer of forty-one years, is founder and director of the non-profit Texas Civil Rights Project. He was adjunct professor at the University of Texas Law School for twenty-seven years. He is author of Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey. Harrington writes and speaks widely on human rights and civil society.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introductory Comments-A Tavern?
Chapter 1. What This Book Is-And Is Not-About
Everyone Can Be a Mystic
Restless Hearts
Chapter 2. They Meet at Taverna degli Alighieri in Venice
Chapter 3. Mysticism: For Everyone?
Trying to Define the Indefinable
Mysticism Back on Stage
One River, Many Wells
Historical Notes
Characteristics
Dangers of Mysticism
Chapter 4. The 13th and Early 14th Centuries as Backdrop
Christianity in Europe
The Mongols
Culture, Education, and Law
Political Events
13th-Century Inventions
Concluding Comments
Chapter 5. Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Teachings
Major Works
Order of Whirling Dervishes
Legacy
Chapter 6. Meister Eckhart
Influence
Works and Teachings
Modern Spirituality
Chapter 7. Moses de León
The Zohar
The Zohar and Kabbalah
Concluding Comments
Chapter 8. The Conversation Continues, About the Divine
Chapter 9. More Tea, Wine, and Conversation: This Time, About Religion and
Whether It Helps or Hinders
Chapter 10. Still More Çay and Conversation: The