by David Torkington | Feb 5, 2019 | Mystical Theology
It was after Quietism (1687) was condemned that the faithful were left with a spirituality that was primarily a moral teaching, without the love derived from mystical contemplation that would enable a person to live that moral teaching. It was in the words of...
by David Torkington | Feb 28, 2017 | A Sideways Look at the Christian Faith
When Helen, said to be the most beautiful woman in Greek antiquity fled with her lover to Troy, she did not receive the reception that she expected. Although her lover was Paris, the son of the King, he and his courtiers were reluctant to admit her. One look at her...
by David Torkington | Aug 18, 2014 | Contemplative Prayer
The final stage in the mystic way is usually called the Transforming Union or the Mystical Marriage. Now it doesn’t suddenly begin because God does something other than what he’s been doing all along – it begins because what he’s been doing all along finally destroys...
by David Torkington | Jun 22, 2014 | Contemplative Prayer
Thoughts and Reflections Some years ago I had lunch with friends in London. On my way out they introduced me to their father who was busy working in the garden. Without thinking I asked him what he was doing and he replied –“I do be digging the garden.” Some months...