Mysticism is one of these words whose meaning has changed a great deal over the centuries and now has become so personalized that it has become almost a total abstraction. We explore what is analogy and metaphor in the context of sacred speech.

it’s originally a Greek word coming from “mystikos,” and the way that it was used originally in Greek was referring to the Christian mystery cults ..

… science has to now rid itself of mystical elements which had been very much a part of science until the dawning of the European Enlightenment

… which doesn’t conform to the European usage of mysticism but more the use of hermeticism, alchemy and so forth of the Middle Ages ..

..we are trying to fit in some more colors, some more textures, some more dimensions as it were, so that as we expand our conversation about Speech …