The Christian Mystics Podcast
1) ST. BONAVENTURE (1221-1274)
A prolific scholar, cleric, writer, and statesman, Bonaventure studied in Paris alongside Thomas Aquinas and became one of the foremost Franciscan intellectuals. His mystical works included The Soul's...Show More
2) MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG (1210-1282)
Mechthild had her first mystical vision at age 12 and later joined the lay Beguine movement. She became a Dominican tertiary and with the encouragement of the Dominicans, composed the spiritual classi...Show More
3) RAMON LLULL (1232-1316)
A visionary mystic, Llull advocated the conversion of Muslims through prayer not military action. A prolific writer and Franciscan tertiary, Llull developed a philosophical system in a work called the...Show More
4) ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181-1226)
The beloved monk and founder of the Franciscan Order, St. Francis embraced a life of simplicity and poverty, spreading a message of God's universal, boundless love for all creation. Contemplative Ligh...Show More
5) RICHARD OF ST. VICTOR (1110 – 1173)
Richard was a systematic mystical theologian, who sought to defend the use of reason and logic to provide a framework for faith, whose contributed a key notion of condilection, or mutual love of a thi...Show More
6) HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179)
Abbess, artist, composer, Hildegard was a visionary German mystic who shared her cosmic vision that God's love extended both outward to the vast expanse of the universe and inward to the individual hu...Show More
7) BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153)
A great reformer of the Benedictine order in the 12th century, Bernard was instrumental in re-emphasizing the importance of lectio divina and contemplation on Scripture within the Cistercian order. Be...Show More
8) DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE (5TH-6TH CENTURY)
Drawing on Neoplatonic teachings of Plotinus and Christianity, Dionysius was the first the write an explicitly Mystical Theology in which he wrote of the divine darkness that transcends concepts, lang...Show More