The Nature of Mysticism
THERE is a saying of the ancient Greeks that Wonders are many and nothing is more wonderful than man and this thought has been worked out in many a philosophy tp reveal to man that the highest elements of manhood are of the nature of God, while the dearest elements of the Godhead are of the nature of man. The study of man becomes a spiritual exercise if we seek in man the God;: it little matters of what nature are man's activities that we watch, for man is the shadow while God is the light, and in all men's. deeds, good and evil, a World Soul strives for self-realisation.