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"To know God first-hand is the feat of highest attainment, one worthy of incarnation."
-Flower A. Newhouse, The Quest

Christian Mysticism

A Path of Attainment which Leads to God

The Coronation Christian mysticism is the endeavor of the soul to draw nearer to God. Each of us contains within a hidden spark of God which is our Divine seed for development. It is through this connecting spark that we know oneness with God and with all of His creation. The high goal of our evolution is to become increasingly aware of and responsive to this calling that we may realize union with God and others.

Our Lord Emmanuel, the One who was Jesus, is uniquely able to awaken and inspire us on our journey towards enlightenment. Following His way with ever-growing dedication and striving for a greater union with God will bring us to deeper devotions and insights that will illumine our consciousness.

Detailed information about Christian Mysticism is available in a sample chapter from The Collected Works of Flower A. Newhouse.

Excerpts on Mysticism

"Mysticism is the art of union with Reality. The mystic is a person who has attained that union in greater or lesser degree; or who aims at and believes in such attainment."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "The Quest"

"Those who are devoted to God should make a study of the lives of mystics. They possess more or less contact with the center of illumination. They provide their readers with the primers of illumination."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "The Quest"

"The awakening of the soul comes as a result of mysticism and having touched it."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Joys of Christian Mysticism", 348-2

"What is mysticism but the desire for conscious union with God."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Christian Mysticism and What It Is", 694-1

"The orthodox emphasizes Christian character development; the mystical path stresses the way of Divine union with God through illumination; the occult teachings stress knowledge of God's plan. To be wisely and deeply unfolded we need the balancing as well as the development of all these particular aspects of Truth. Our character growth needs to be steadfast. Our mystical inclinations toward empirical (or first-hand) experiences must be daily nourished and our knowledge of God's underlying plan for life on Earth needs to be understood in all its occult aspects."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Here Are Your Answers, Vol II"

"Mystics stress meditation and its importance in linking one up with the eternal world."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Adventures in Christian Mysticism", 107-2

"A mystic is interested primarily in loving God so completely, so wholeheartedly, so beyond and above everything else, that a very direct, first-hand attunement is made with the world of the everlasting, with the Divine Spirit of the ever-present God."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Adventures in Christian Mysticism", 107-2

"When we touch the real depths of Christianity we will be mystics whether we know it or not because our greatest desire will be to love God in a self-forgetting way."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Adventures in Christian Mysticism", 107-2

"Only a renaissance of the great Message of Christ can guide humanity to safety and progress."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "The Quest-Regeneration Through Christ"

"Your highest tribute to the Lord Christ is a worship of His Spirit through the living of His Spirit. Think His thoughts, be reverent before the fountain of His reality, for then you will realize His love and His pleasure throughout your whole being."
–Flower A. Newhouse, "Here Are Your Answers, Vol III"

Characteristics of a Mystic

The signal characteristics most observed in consecrated mystics are these:

• Simplicity
• Humility
• Self-surrender
• Self-giving, beyond ordinary measure
• Generosity
• An unusual need for God
• The will to lift human experience for one and for all

Questhaven Retreat is dedicated to serving one's vital need to prayerfully repledge themselves. Here, in the quiet haven of peaceful hills, individuals from all walks of life may come to reconsecrate themselves to God and Christ, and find answers to their innermost quest. Sunday Services 10:45am.

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Christward Principles

The Living Christ is the Lord of angels and of men and the model of our own becoming. His service is the broadcasting of the Divine Christ Spirit, the light of redemption. His influence awakens in us the Christing of our own natures.

Christian Mysticism is simply a method of reverence and devotion to God. It is a path of attainment which leads to the Divine Reality - to first-hand knowing of God. The mystical path stresses the way of Divine union with God through illumination.

The Way of Discipleship is a way of drawing ever closer to the Divine Presence. It is a voluntary surrender of the entire self to the service of God. It pays great attention to spiritual realities and goals inspiring us toward inner growth.

Meditation and Prayer are the disciplines that most directly draw us Godward and into the inner worlds. During these moments, we consciously purify ourselves of worldly or personal preoccupations and center ourselves wholly upon consciousness of God.

The Angelic Kingdom consists of beings created by God. They, like mankind, press toward the goal of perfection and union with the Supreme Spirit. Angels are purer and more spiritual than man. Their very spirituality readily makes them mediators between Heaven and Earth.

Nature provides healing and enlightenment. When wisely trod, the path to God through nature employs every faculty inherent in man. In nature, beauty shines in all its pristine essence before us. It is for us to newly discover and translate this beauty to our spirits and our senses.

Recommended Reading

The Collected Works —Christian Mysticism

Insights Into Reality —Mysticism and Inner Instruction

The Quest —Christian Mysticism

* View lectures by Flower A. Newhouse on Mysticism.