Found Mystic: Thomas Traherne
Sep 25, 2019
3 minutes
By Rick Hamlin, SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
London, 1896. A dusty old bookstall overflows with piles of tomes and manuscripts. Fog rises off the Thames as a book lover stumbles across an unsigned folio, filled with ancient handwriting, a masterpiece of mystical revelation. He buys it and rushes home with his treasure— and a mind-boggling question: Who wrote this gem of spiritual wisdom?
The folio exchanges hands several times over the next dozen years. Each new owner is baffled by the mystery of its creator. The author was clearly educated, capable of impressive
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