Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every "mystical" impression that comes in. It is no sentimental aestheticism or emotional piety to which you are being invited: nor shall the transcending of reason ever be achieved by way of spiritual silliness.


Chapter VI, Love And Will, p. 105 - Practical Mysticism (1914)

Evelyn Underhill Quotes

Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every mystical impression that comes in. It is no sentimental aestheticism or emotional piety to...

Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every mystical impression that comes in. It is no sentimental aestheticism or emotional piety to...

Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every mystical impression that comes in. It is no sentimental aestheticism or emotional piety to...

Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every mystical impression that comes in. It is no sentimental aestheticism or emotional piety to...