Looking at Jesus’ Life as a Mystic, and His Teachings as Mystical
His legacy speaks to people of all faiths
When you hear the term mystic, who comes to mind? Krisha? Buddha? Maybe you get an image of a yogi so enlightened or Gandhi whose faith and action brought the British Empire to its knees.
If we add Christian to the word mystic, who comes to mind? Maybe Saint Teresa of Avila with her passionate levitations and visions of fire. Or her companion in spirit, St. John of the Cross with his mystical poetry.
What about Jesus? Though He may readily come to mind, one of my favorite writers on all things and beings mystical, progressive theologian and rogue Dominican priest, Matthew Fox, devotes an entire book–The Coming of the Cosmic Christ — to the mysticism of Jesus.
It’s a pretty heady tome, one best read in small doses. But there’s plenty to percolate on and lift up as well as nuggets to share here in adding yet another dimension to my understanding of the Enlightened One.
Merriam-Webster defines a mystic as a follower of a mystical way of life. Mystical they define as “inducing a sense of awe and wonder,” as that which is sacred and holy certainly does.
A mystic is also “one who believes in and practices mysticism.”
