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Evelyn Underhill was a pioneer in revitalizing interest in mysticism and in the spiritual life as lived by ordinary people. Here are some of her articles that demonstrate the variety and development of her thought over forty years. The themes of magic and mysticism, prayer and pacifism are all considered, with particular emphasis on Underhills focus on personal religious experience, its nurturance in prayer, its protection by institutional religion, and its implications for all aspects of life. Together, the pieces illuminate the authors move from Platonism to the incarnational spirituality lived out during the years between the world wars.
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
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Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Underhill, Evelyn, 18751941. Evelyn Underhill: modern guide to the ancient quest for the holy / edited and with an introduction by Dana Greene. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-88706-702-6. ISBN 0-88706-703-4 (pbk.) 1. Mysticism. 2. Spiritual lifeAnglican authors. 3. Experience (Religion) I. Greene, Dana. II. Title BV5085.U52 1988 87-18617 248.2'2'0924dc19 CIP
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Page v
To the memory of Evelyn Underhill The final test of holiness is not seeming very different from other people, but being used to make other people very different; becoming the parent of new life. E. U.
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
Defence of Magic
31
Bergson and the Mystics
47
Future of Mysticism
61
Sources of Power in Human Life
67
Suggestion and Religious Experience
87
Christian Fellowship: Past and Present
103
Page viii
The Authority of Personal Experience
117
Prayer
133
Possibilities of Prayer
145
Our Two-Fold Relation to Reality
161
God and Spirit
177
Father Wainwright
191
Meditation on Peace
197
Postscript
203
The Church and War
211
Bibliography
219
Index
257
Page ix
In Gratitude
The life of the mind and spirit is not lived alone, but with others in community. The one that has sustained and directed me spans both sides of the Atlantic and reaches back into the past. I am indebted to its inspiration, support, and enrichment.
For financial support I thank the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Theological Library Association, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and the Bogert Fund.
For institutional support I thank King's College, London, St. Andrews University, Scotland, Virginia Theological Seminary, and the Retreat House at Pleshey.
For personal recollections of Evelyn Underhill I thank Lady Laura Estaugh, Miss Daphne Martin-Hurst, Miss Agatha Norman, and Mrs. Rene Tickell.
For permission to reprint Evelyn Underhill's writings I thank Mr. W. H. N. Wilkinson.
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