We’ve posted about lectio divina here and here. There’s also visio divina (“divine seeing” or “sacred seeing”). What is that exactly? It involves gazing at an icon, work of art,…
Visio Divina
Category: mysticism
Bibliomancy
This information on bibliomancy (“book magic”) is related to the topic of lectio divina, which was addressed here. Merriam-Webster defines bibliomancy as “divination by books, especially the Bible.” A similar…
Lectio Divina
From several years back, lectio divina was pushed in small groups as THE way to read the Bible. The term is Latin and means “divine reading.” Groups may each be…
Mysticism in the Church: 10 Things to Watch For
I’ve talked with so many people who report that when they heard or read something that was supposed to be Christian, they got what I call “that gritty feeling”—a sense…
Mysticism and Spiritual Formation
Mysticism and spiritual formation. I’ve deeply researched these for 10 years. We each need to grasp the whats and whys of the mysticism that’s already in so many of our…