CONTENTS

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FOREWORD
PREFACE 13

I. THE MEANING OF THE MYSTIC

CHRISTIAN IN PARTICULAR .....
IN GENERAL AND THE

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II. THE MYSTICAL SCHOOLS 40

III. THE LEADER AND HIS RELATION TO HIS DISCIPLE

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MEDITATION AND CONCENTRATION

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IV. 59

V. THE MANTRA PRACTICES 79

THE ORIGIN OF THE MANTRA PRACTICES

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VII. THE MYSTICAL STAGES 188

VIII. THE INNER WORD 206

IX. THE RESULTS OF THE MYSTICAL PRACTICE .219

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X. THE MYSTIC AND KARMA 224

EXTRACTS FROM SOME MYSTICAL WORKS OF THE

MIDDLE AGES 238