Confessions of a Mystic: There is No More

By Màrk Gerard Craig

The Tao that you can name is not the true Tao. The perspective that you think is ultimate truth is not “The Truth.” Like a slippery fish it wriggles free from our grip and returns to the deep from whence it came. Can a person catch the wind and hold it in their cupped hands? Of course not. It is foolish to even contemplate doing so. Yet, the wild and uncontainable impulse that is God, some optimistic individuals and groups attempt to contain within the flimsy and ineffectual words of a particular religion or spirituality. This book explores the mystical quality underpinning life and helps the reader appreciate the inescapable mystery enveloping their life-situation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Màrk Gerard Craig
• Release date: Dec 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370691098

Màrk Gerard Craig

Mark Craig is the author of several books on the topic of spirituality. His special interest is in the conversation to be had between science and religion, particularly quantum physics and existential models of spirituality. However, in more recent books, Craig explores the essence of reality from a more philosophical perspective giving religion a broader context from which to distil meaning. Craig is currently a school teacher in Brisbane, Australia but did serve as a Catholic priest for several years prior to this. He has a Bachelor of Theology, a Graduate Certificate in Religious Education and a Master’s Degree in Education, specialising in Religion. To date, Craig has seven book publications and five published articles in academic Journals, including the Australian Journal of Religious Education (JRE), the Journal of Catholic School Studies (JCSS), now defunct, as well as the EJournal of Theology. His website religiousandspiritualbooks.weebly.com provides further opportunity for spiritual reflection and discussion, hosting a blogpost as well as various other features.

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