The Contemplative Journey, Volume 2: Contemplation and Transformation from Christianity's Mystical Tradition

In the darkest hour of the darkest age, Christian monks developed a meditation tradition unique in the Western world. A 14th-century author described their profound mystical experience as entering the cloud of unknowing. Yet during the 500 years after this great monastic flowering, this precious tradition-and the direct path to union with God it described-was virtually lost.

For decades, Father Thomas Keating, together with other monks, examined this great question: Could anyone enter the cl...