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Mystical Writings of Rulman Merswin: The Four Beginning Years and the Book of the Nine Rocks, Whitefish, Montana, USA: Kessinger Publishing, 2004
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and each is more difficult to reach. While most men do not escape
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uses the metaphor of jumping from rock to rock to illustrate the
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Index

Rulman Merswin
Christian mysticism
Germany
Religious text
a series
Christian mysticism
Transfiguration of Jesus
Apophatic
Ascetical
Cataphatic
Catholic spirituality
Hellenistic
Mystical theology
Neoplatonic
Henosis
Monasticism
New
Silence
Asceticism
Mendicant
Spiritual direction
Meditation
Lectio Divina
Invoking of Mystic Saints
Contemplation
Hesychasm
Jesus Prayer
Quietism
Stages of Christian perfection
Hesychia

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