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“The business and method of mysticism is love.”

Quote by Evelyn Underhill

Book:Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings

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Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings

This compilation includes a variety of essays, lectures, and reflections by Evelyn Underhill, a prominent 20th-century author and spiritual writer. The works cover topics such as mysticism, spirituality, and the nature of religious experience. more

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Evelyn Underhill

Evelyn Underhill was a British writer renowned for her contributions to the fields of spirituality and mysticism. Born on December 6, 1875, she is celebrated for her insightful exploration of Christian mysticism through her writings. Underhill passed away on June 15, 1941. more

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Book:Practical Mysticism

Source: Practical Mysticism

“As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone—though these can find in it more poignant depths of meaning than other men—so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire.”

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Book:Practical Mysticism

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“As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. 'I come to seek God because I need Him', may be an adequate formula for prayer. 'I come to adore His splendour, and fling myself and all that I have at His feet', is the only possible formula for worship.”

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Book:Worship

Source: Worship

“All artists are of necessity in some measure contemplative.”

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“You don't have to be peculiar to find God.”

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“If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap.”

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Book:The Making of a Mystic: New and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill

Source: The Making of a Mystic: New and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill

“The will is what matters---as long as you have that, you are safe.”

Long Matter Safe Safety What Matters

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“Never forget that the key of the situation lies in the will & not in the imagination.”

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Author:Evelyn Underhill

“The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, & intellect & feeling are only important in so far as they contribute to that.”

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“Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and demands of a very practical sort---that all these need separate you from communion with Him. God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament; however unexpected its outward form may be receive Him in every sight and sound, joy, pain, opportunity and sacrifice.”