THE ESSENTIALS OF MYSTICISM AMS PRESS NEW YORKTHE ESSENTIALS of MYSTICISM AND OTHER ESSAYS, EVELYN, UNDERHILL 1920 LONDON & TORONTO J. M. DENT & SONS Lrp. New York: E. P, DUTTON & CO. Jr so-77 BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Under, Evelyn, 1875-1941 "The esentals of mystlclam, and other essays. Reprint of the 1920 ed, published by J. M. Dent, London and Dotton, New York 1, Mysticism —Adareses, ess, lectures, 4. Tile Bysow.us 1976 2asla2 75-4127 ISBN 0-406-14620-1 Reprinted from an original copy inthe collections Of the University of Connecticut Library rom the edition of 1920, London, New York, and Toronto Fira AMS edition published in 1976, Manufactured inthe United States of America ‘AMS PRESS INC. NEW YORK, WY. 237740 By 5062. Us lag PREFACE, ‘Tae essays collected in this volume have been written ing the past eight years. They deal with various aspects of the subject of mystickm:: the frst half-dozen with its general hory and practice, and special points arising within It; the rest with its application as Sen inthe lives and works cof the mystics, from the pagan Plotinas to the Christian con ‘templatives of our own day. Most of them have already appeared elsewhere, though all have been revised and several completely re-written for the purposes of this book, "The Essentials of Mysticism” and "The Mystic as Creative Artist” were frst printed in The Quest; "The Mystic and the Corporate Life" Mysticism and the Doctrine of Atone~ ment," and “The Place of Wil, Intellect, and Fecling in Prayer” in The Interpreter “The Edveation of the Spit" in The Parents Revco ; “The Mysticism of Plots in The Quarterly Review ; “The Mirror of Simple Souls” and “Sur Thérése de !Enfant-Jésus ” (ander the ttle of "A, Modern Saint”) in The Forinighty Review ; "The Blessed Angela of Foligno" in Frascitcen Essays ; “ Jolian Norwich” in The St. Martin's Revie: and " Chasles Péguy’ in The Contemporary Review. All these are now repub- lished by kind permission of the editors concerned, Ape 130 EU,