A Most Surprising Song: Exploring the Mystical Experience

by Louann Stahl

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871591065
• ISBN13: 9780871591067
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Unity School of Christianity
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Inspiring Book

I was intrigued by this book after seeing what Victoria Moran (author of Creating a Charmed Life)said of it. Here are her comments: "A Most Surprising Song is the most readable, easy to understand, informative, and inspiring book on the mystical experience and the teachings of the mystics that I know of. Stahl explains how these mystics---many that we've heard of, from St. Theresa to William Wordsworth to Rumi, and many who remained virtually unknown---are just people like us. They did, however, stumble onto an experience of Truth, of the oneness of all life and the reality underlying it: a Love beyond conscious comprehension. This is one of my favorite books."

Clear, informative, inspiring

When I was a little girl, I said I wanted to be a mystic when I grew up. It hasn't happened, but reading Louann Stahl's wonderful book was the next best thing. She shared insights from the mystics' own experiences and chose from a wide range of people, well known and unknown, from different times, places, and religious traditions. I go back to this book again and again. When I'm feeling glum, it offers such an uplift because it takes me from the limited reality of my ordinary life into a bigger Reality. I love this book.

Excellent book about the subject of Mystical Experience

Many years ago I had a mystical experience which completely changed my life and my way of thinking. Since then I have read many books on the subject. Many have been good scholarly works. One of the best books was Richard M. Bucke's, "Cosmic Consciousness," written about 1901. Louann Stahl's book is the first book I have read that I feel explains adequately the feelings experienced and knowledge gained from having a mystical encounter. She clearly understands the mystical experience and captures, as well as can be captured, what they are, how they occur, and what a person feels like who has had one. This is a modern day, "Cosmic Consciousness." I highly recommend it to all people who are consciously moving along the spiritual path. They will find this book most enlightening.