Via Mystica: Recent Episodes

Carl McColman

Practical meditations, reflections and contemplative prompts to support your daily adventure of walking the mystical path.

Via Mystica is Latin for "the Mystical Way" but you could also translate it as "the Way of Mystery." It embodies my sense that mysticism is a path, a way of life, a journey toward the greatest of goals: union with God.

The meditations and exercises presented here are intended to be support for you as your travel your own unique path into the heart of God: your own unique Via Mystica.

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A meditation based on the spirituality of Julian of Norwich

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A Classic Mystical Practice as Taught by Evelyn Underhill

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A meditation practice inspired by the Sufi muraqabah meditation practice.

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Instructions for Centering Prayer as presented by Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

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Meditation on the Divine Name from the Hebrew Scriptures. Inspired by Richard Rohr and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.

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Guided Meditation with Instructions in the Practice of Tonglen, and 12 minutes of silence.

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Basic instructions for meditation using a mantra, or sacred word.

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The four elements of air, water, earth and fire invite us to acknowledge our bodies as sacred — and as the home for the Spirit.

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Brief instructions for a basic breath meditation, with timed silence for practice.