Mysticism: The Ultimate Experience

by Cecil A. Poole

An experience is more than just a sensation, a feeling. It is an awareness, or perception, with meaning. Our experiences are infinite in number, yet they are limited to certain types. Some are related to our objective senses; others, to dreams and inspirational ideas. But there is one that transcends them all— the mystical experience. It serves every category of our being: it stimulates, it enlightens, it strengthens; it is the Ultimate Experience. 

 In this book, Mysticism: The Ultimate Experience, Cecil Poole, former Board Director of AMORC, explores the inner experience of mysticism and defines it in simple and inspiring terms.

Table Of Contents:

Introduction

The Essence of Mysticism

Mysticism Stands Alone

The Appeal of Mysticism

Lives of the Mystics

The Mystical Experience

Types of Mystical Experience

Perception of Mystical Experiences

Mysticism a Basis of Idealism

Theism and Pantheism in Mysticism

Reason and Experience

Mysticism and Ethics

Personal Illumination

Mysticism as a Metaphysical Solution

The World of the Inner Self

Beyond Mysticism