“No word in our language - not even "Socialism" - has been employed more loosely than "Mysticism." The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut.” Has BeensLanguageMysteryDivineMouthsSocialismGreekMysticismEmployedMysticEsotericConnexion Author:William Ralph Inge
“The only thing that has kept the race of men from the mad extremes of the convent and the pirate-galley, the night-club and the lethal chamber, has been mysticism - the belief that logic is misleading, and that things are not what they seem.” MenHas BeensSeemsNightBeliefRaceLogicMadClubsExtremesMysticismChamberMisleadPirateNight ClubThings Are Not What They Seem Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton