In this issue, we decided to take a closer look at mysticism and ecumenism in different spiritual “God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown,” is the second part of an article on the kabbalistic concept of tzimtzum published in our Winter-Spring issue; “Invitation to the Mystery” gives Father Thomas Keating’s unique perspective on mysticism in Christianity; likewise, “The Direct Experience of Reality” is Swami Atmarupananda of the Ramakrishna Order’s look at mystical experience through the lens of Vedanta; this is followed by part two of “Torah and Dharma,” a dialogue between Reb Zalman and Roshi Bernie Glassman in which they discuss discursive meditation in their respective traditions; “Paradigms of Ecumenism as a Spiritual Practice” contains two interviews I did with this issue’s contributors Father Thomas Keating and Swami Atmarupananda on the art of interspiritual dialogue ; this is followed by a review of the book, The Common An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue by Siobhán Houston; and a book notice for Siobhán Houston’s Invoking Mary Magdalene—Accessing the Wisdom of the Divine Feminine. As a supplement to the print edition, we have added my own “Liberative Technique” from the short-lived ecumenical journal Rimay , intended for the original Spectrum on-line issue, but whose revision was not completed in time.
Format
Paperback
Release
April 13, 2021
ISBN 13
9781953220066
Spectrum: A Journal of Renewal Spirituality: Volume 2, Number 2
In this issue, we decided to take a closer look at mysticism and ecumenism in different spiritual “God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown,” is the second part of an article on the kabbalistic concept of tzimtzum published in our Winter-Spring issue; “Invitation to the Mystery” gives Father Thomas Keating’s unique perspective on mysticism in Christianity; likewise, “The Direct Experience of Reality” is Swami Atmarupananda of the Ramakrishna Order’s look at mystical experience through the lens of Vedanta; this is followed by part two of “Torah and Dharma,” a dialogue between Reb Zalman and Roshi Bernie Glassman in which they discuss discursive meditation in their respective traditions; “Paradigms of Ecumenism as a Spiritual Practice” contains two interviews I did with this issue’s contributors Father Thomas Keating and Swami Atmarupananda on the art of interspiritual dialogue ; this is followed by a review of the book, The Common An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue by Siobhán Houston; and a book notice for Siobhán Houston’s Invoking Mary Magdalene—Accessing the Wisdom of the Divine Feminine. As a supplement to the print edition, we have added my own “Liberative Technique” from the short-lived ecumenical journal Rimay , intended for the original Spectrum on-line issue, but whose revision was not completed in time.