num_pages: 368
description: The Essential Mystics Poets Saints and Sages is a treasury of quotes and passages from the great Sufi mystics Buddhists Hindus Taoists Jews and Christians throughout the centuries. This collection curated by religious scholar Richard Hooper stresses the beauty of religious language and mystical experience including hundreds of entries from world's major religious traditions the greatest poets mystics sages and saints of all time. Included are selections from William Blake Ramakrishna Rumi St. John of the Cross Osho Tagore Chuang Tzu and many more. The selections are given context by the introductory essays by Hooper which explore the Perennial Philosophy the nature of the mystical experience and the way of non-dualism. The Essential Mystics Poets Saints and Sages is an ideal gift as well as a source for daily guidance and support regardless of the religious or sectarian affiliations.
language: English
title: The Essential Mystics, Poets, Saints, and Sages: A Wisdom Treasury
publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing