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Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Evelyn Underhill
Art, Reality, Unions
Evelyn Underhill, Aeterna Press (2014). “Practical Mysticism”, p.10, Aeterna Press

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty; for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.

Evelyn Underhill
Beauty, Eye, Reality
Evelyn Underhill (2015). “Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man’s Spiritual Consciousness”, p.288, Aeterna Press

The world of religion is no longer a concrete fact proposed for our acceptance and adoration. It is an unfathomable universe which engulfs us, and which lives its own majestic uncomprehended life: and we discover that our careful maps and cherished definitions bear little relation to its unmeasured reality.

Evelyn Underhill
Acceptance, Reality, Religion

As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone—though these can find in it more poignant depths of meaning than other men—so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire.

Evelyn Underhill
Beautiful, Artist, Reality
Evelyn Underhill, Aeterna Press (2014). “Practical Mysticism”, p.13, Aeterna Press

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