Title: The ecstatic journey : the transforming power of mystical experience /
Authors: Burnham, Sophy.
Publisher: Ballantine Books,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Mysticism.; Experience (Religion)
Abstract: An exploration of the drama and mystery of mystical experiences.
Contents: Rowing toward God -- Ecstatic visions: fairy tales -- Drunks and bums and saints -- The revelation on Machu Picchu -- Light and heat: burning with the fire of love -- Coming down, going off -- The sweetness of the pain of love -- Holy craziness, crazy holiness -- Chaos and disintegration -- The hidden mystics -- Angels and visitations -- The second journey -- Appendixes : A. Christian meditation ; B. The dark side and the way out.