OK, here are the other texts. Some of these are from the course; those are listed first. The others are ones I purchased to supplement my own learning. I hope you find any of them useful. If you do, please let me know! :)
Mysticism: A Study and an Anthology, ed. F.C. Happold (1963). Starts off with hermeneutics, and surprisingly a skeptical viewpoint: "...I have tried to make out a case for regarding the validity of mystical experience and the world-view...as a possible, and not unreasonable, hypothesis." One of the few texts in the course to include Buddhism and other spiritual traditions (Indian, Palestinean, Sufi, Upanishads, etc.) than the mainstream European traditions.
Mysticism: A study in the nature and development of Man's spiritual consciousness by Evelyn Underhill (1955). A fantastic survey research into mysticism in the European tradition. Dense but rewarding reading.
An Introduction to the Medieval Mystics of Europe, ed. by Paul Szarmach (1984). Notable for its coverage of women mystics, Jewish mystics and the Spanish Kabbalist tradition, and even unknown mystics (The Cloud of Unknowing) along with the classics (Eckhart, Aquinas, Cusa).
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The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel C. Matt (1994). I wanted more explanation of Ein Sof and The Ten Sefirot than the other texts provided; this book went the distance and then some.
The Common Life by Louis Dupre (1984). This book by my professor goes into Trinitarian Mysticism and how it developed through Jan Ruusbroec (whose work is excerpted in both the anthology books I've recommended). I wanted to read more of my prof's work, and while this wasn't an easy read, it was a short one (less than 100 pages). Shortly after I finished reading this I had dinner with him and we spent the better part of 3 hours discussing pantheism vs. Christian mysticism, Ruusbroec vs. Eckart, and a number of other topics that my memory has lost to the mists of time. A thoroughly pleasurable evening, probably my best memory of my alma mater.
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Mysticism: A Study and an Anthology, ed. F.C. Happold (1963). Starts off with hermeneutics, and surprisingly a skeptical viewpoint: "...I have tried to make out a case for regarding the validity of mystical experience and the world-view...as a possible, and not unreasonable, hypothesis." One of the few texts in the course to include Buddhism and other spiritual traditions (Indian, Palestinean, Sufi, Upanishads, etc.) than the mainstream European traditions.
Mysticism: A study in the nature and development of Man's spiritual consciousness by Evelyn Underhill (1955). A fantastic survey research into mysticism in the European tradition. Dense but rewarding reading.
An Introduction to the Medieval Mystics of Europe, ed. by Paul Szarmach (1984). Notable for its coverage of women mystics, Jewish mystics and the Spanish Kabbalist tradition, and even unknown mystics (The Cloud of Unknowing) along with the classics (Eckhart, Aquinas, Cusa).
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The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel C. Matt (1994). I wanted more explanation of Ein Sof and The Ten Sefirot than the other texts provided; this book went the distance and then some.
The Common Life by Louis Dupre (1984). This book by my professor goes into Trinitarian Mysticism and how it developed through Jan Ruusbroec (whose work is excerpted in both the anthology books I've recommended). I wanted to read more of my prof's work, and while this wasn't an easy read, it was a short one (less than 100 pages). Shortly after I finished reading this I had dinner with him and we spent the better part of 3 hours discussing pantheism vs. Christian mysticism, Ruusbroec vs. Eckart, and a number of other topics that my memory has lost to the mists of time. A thoroughly pleasurable evening, probably my best memory of my alma mater.