In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the twentieth century. No other book of its type—until the appearance in 1946 of Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy—met with success to match that of her best-known work, Mysticism, published in 1911.
Underhill's book, Mysticism: A Study of the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness, was published in 1911, and is distinguished by the very qualities which make it inappropriate as a straightforward textbook. The spirit of the book is romantic, engaged, and theoretical rather than historical or scientific. Underhill has little use for theoretical explanations and the traditional religious experience, formal classifications or analysis.
William Law (1686 – 1761) was an English cleric, divine and theological writer.
"When love has carried us above all things into the Divine Dark, there we are transformed by the Eternal Word Who is the image of the Father; and as the air is penetrated by the sun, thus we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us, and penetrating us.' (Ruysbroech)
The Blessed John of Ruysbroeck (1293 or 1294 – 1381) was one of the Flemish mystics. His writings influenced the devotia moderna
movement , which held that internal spiritual reflection was more important
than ritual in deepening the spiritual life. Educated in Brussels, he was
ordained to the priesthood c. 1317. He and two friends retired to Groenendael
in 1343 to live more spiritual lives; in 1349, the group and its followers were
established as a community of Augustinian canons. St. John's works include The
Book of Extreme Truth and The Sparkling Stone. His most famous book, The
Spiritual Espousals, uses the bridegroom metaphor to describe the relationship
between the trinity and the faithful.
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