High Mysticism

Appreciate these publishers making rare books available now.

I've not read an early new age tome quite like this. Very Christian, very Hindi, very pagan but all pointed to the One High Name. Very poetic, very enlightened, very cognitive. Very spiritual.

We are reading this book in our book club. Quite interesting and thought provoking.

Enjoyed reading this excellent book, an original in the New Thought movement.

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I've only read a few books worth reading over and over because there is so much wisdom in the content I feel fed every time I read. High Mysticism is one of those rare books.

Emma Curtis Hopkins has changed my life for the richer and easier through her teachings. She is like none other.

Emma Curtis Hopkins was a pioneer in the 19th Century new thought movement. Her work influenced both the Unity School of Christianity and Religious Science movements. High Mysticism is arguably the "centerpiece" among her writings on religion. Ms. Hopkins, like all the best of the New Thought writers, was a synthesist of orthodox and heterodox Christian ideas, ideas from the eastern religions, and a number of ideas seemingly spawned anew in the "can do" America of the late 19th and early 20th Century. High Mysticism, as its title suggests, advocates a mystical and metaphysical approach to problems of faith. The language is almost self-consciously "religious", as Ms. Hopkins tries to clothe her ideas in a spiritual language appropriate to their serious purpose. Unfortunately, while the result is always readable, it sometimes seems a bit stilted and high flown, in the way that 19th Century novels of the fantastic could be. Ms. Hopkins differs from other advocates of new faiths in her era, though, in that Ms. Hopkins advocated an intersection between the metaphyscial ideas with which her work is preoccupied and the mundane everyday in which we all live. In some ways, her work, though it speaks of arcane mysteries, is trying to communicate an accessible spiritual practice. In this way, Ms. Hopkins arguably deviates from the "secret initiations" of theosophical and other similar movements. Later writers, Ernest Holmes and the Fillmores in particular, would take Hopkins' ideas and express them in much more reader-friendly language. But High Mysticism is a must read for anyone who wants to see the "missing link" between Quimby on the one hand, and the modern "positive thinking" faiths on the other hand. I give this 3 stars because it is not for everyone,but it is consistently interesting, as Ms. Hopkins' ideas dance across the pages.

A tough book to review. If you have been searching through many systems of belief, eastern and western, and are able to digest an antiquated style of writing (1888), this book is magic. She is considered one the founders of New Thought or Higher Thought, which became New Age and in its latest incarnation became the movie "The Secret". This book is not for the beginner - it will just confuse and turn off the truth seeker. If you've been at it for years, but still don't feel like you've wrapped your head around the central core of truth, this book could be the one.