William Penn: Mystic: As Reflected in His Writings
Enthusiastic, altruistic, confident, almost a classical example of the extroverted type of psycho-physical organization, Penn would appear to have been wholly an activist. His own works included the creation of a commonwealth in the new world, a plan for a league of nations in Europe, the first outline proposed for the federal union of the American colonies, two voyages across the Atlantic, untiring trips in England and Ireland, the Netherlands and the Rhine country in the ministry of the Society of Friends, a demanding friendship with King James II, and the writing of a very large body of books, pamphlets and letters. The surviving letters alone number 1500, of which fewer than forty-five per cent have been published. Influential far beyond his time, Penn has been valued even more by the world than by the Society of Friends, which tends persistently to overlook him.
Yet this activist, this busy and burdened statesman, pioneer, courtier, preacher and writer, was also, like his contemporaries, Fox, Barclay and Penington, a mystic. He wrote about mysticism out of his own experience. In spite of his proclivity to ready and copious speech, he understood and valued the Quaker silence and he gave suggestions for its use that are valid today and too good to be lost in the mass of his voluminous writings or dropped out of the treasury of Quaker wisdom.
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Yet this activist, this busy and burdened statesman, pioneer, courtier, preacher and writer, was also, like his contemporaries, Fox, Barclay and Penington, a mystic. He wrote about mysticism out of his own experience. In spite of his proclivity to ready and copious speech, he understood and valued the Quaker silence and he gave suggestions for its use that are valid today and too good to be lost in the mass of his voluminous writings or dropped out of the treasury of Quaker wisdom.
William Penn: Mystic: As Reflected in His Writings
Enthusiastic, altruistic, confident, almost a classical example of the extroverted type of psycho-physical organization, Penn would appear to have been wholly an activist. His own works included the creation of a commonwealth in the new world, a plan for a league of nations in Europe, the first outline proposed for the federal union of the American colonies, two voyages across the Atlantic, untiring trips in England and Ireland, the Netherlands and the Rhine country in the ministry of the Society of Friends, a demanding friendship with King James II, and the writing of a very large body of books, pamphlets and letters. The surviving letters alone number 1500, of which fewer than forty-five per cent have been published. Influential far beyond his time, Penn has been valued even more by the world than by the Society of Friends, which tends persistently to overlook him.
Yet this activist, this busy and burdened statesman, pioneer, courtier, preacher and writer, was also, like his contemporaries, Fox, Barclay and Penington, a mystic. He wrote about mysticism out of his own experience. In spite of his proclivity to ready and copious speech, he understood and valued the Quaker silence and he gave suggestions for its use that are valid today and too good to be lost in the mass of his voluminous writings or dropped out of the treasury of Quaker wisdom.
Yet this activist, this busy and burdened statesman, pioneer, courtier, preacher and writer, was also, like his contemporaries, Fox, Barclay and Penington, a mystic. He wrote about mysticism out of his own experience. In spite of his proclivity to ready and copious speech, he understood and valued the Quaker silence and he gave suggestions for its use that are valid today and too good to be lost in the mass of his voluminous writings or dropped out of the treasury of Quaker wisdom.
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| BN ID: | 2940151498746 |
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| Publisher: | Pendle Hill Publications |
| Publication date: | 04/28/2015 |
| Series: | Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #167 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 105 KB |
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