Review 2025.07.010
Reviewers Note: It is the middle of 2025 and I am not doing a good job of keeping up with this desired goal of mine to write book reviews. I do not want to lower my expectations but I am going to so that I can catch up. This will mean short reviews on the books I read.
Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill
363 Pages
This was a much slower read than I anticipated. Many times I just read her words and had to stop and process. I had 43 highlights on my Kindle. I probably should have highlighted a lot more but it was a bit overwhelming. This was the book I was reading in the morning for my prayer book and there were several days I had to take a break from it and pick it up later. Some of those breaks were only a day but one of them was three days long. I thought the book was brilliant and I’m positive that I only gleaned a small bit of what I could have and should have gleaned.
It started off quite broad including more than just a Christian perspective in the area of mysticism. Then later in the book she narrowed the focus to just a Christian perspective. I appreciated this.
For those studying mysticism, I would recommend this book but I would recommend it after you have read shorter and more accessible books like Thomas Merton. I don’t think I would have finished it apart from my foundation from other books and deep desire to grow in this area of my life.