William Ralph Inge Quote

No word in our language — not even "Socialism"— has been employed more loosely than "Mysticism." … The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut…


Christian Mysticism (1899), Preface


No word in our language — not even Socialism— has been employed more loosely than Mysticism. … The history of the word begins in close...

No word in our language — not even Socialism— has been employed more loosely than Mysticism. … The history of the word begins in close...

No word in our language — not even Socialism— has been employed more loosely than Mysticism. … The history of the word begins in close...

No word in our language — not even Socialism— has been employed more loosely than Mysticism. … The history of the word begins in close...