TY - BOOK AU - Merton, Thomas TI - A Course in Christian Mysticism: Thirteen Sessions With the Famous Trappist Monk SN - 9780814645086 U1 - K87.1 PY - 2017/// CY - Minnesota PB - Liturgical Press KW - Mysticism N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. The aim of this Course .............1 Mystical Theology in St. John`s Gospel ........12 Martyrs and Gnostics .......21 4. Divinization and mysticism ............40 Evagrius Ponticus ............57 Contemplation and the cosmos ..........71 The dionysian Traditions ...........79 Western mysticism : The influence of St. Augustine ......88 St. Bernard of Clairvaux..............99 St. Bernard`s Sermon on the song of Songs the beguines, eckhart, Tauler ..........141 Spanish mysticism : St. Teresa of Avila and others........161 St. John of the cross : Dark nights and spiritual crises ..........184 More sources and readings ...........209 Group discussion topics and questions .........220 ER -