The mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were, writes Karen Armstrong, like "the astronauts of our own day.
The thrilling inte.
They broke into a new religion, blazed a new trail to God and to the depths of the self, a trail far from the beaten pilgrimage paths of Chaucer and Langland." Mysticism is a spiritual mystery shared in some form by all faiths; it has a supernatural quality that extends beyond the given boundaries of religious creed and may be experienced by any lay person.
The mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were, writes Karen Armstrong, like "the astronauts of our own day