The Mystical Captive

By Marilynn Hughes

THE MYSTICAL CAPTIVE (An Out-of-Body Travel Book): The Mystical Captive attempts to lay out a comprehensive Mystical Theology based on the mystical experiences and studies of Marilynn Hughes. With the simple premise that a soul which has been taken captive by the fiery love of God will undergo a series of expected and vital processes in its journey to ever widening union with God, ‘The Mystical Captive’ sets out to ease the journey and make it more meaningful, understandable and easy to follow as the different stages erupt in the life of the captive.
Being captive insinuates to some extent that there is no choice in the matter which is precisely the point. Once a soul is taken captive by God, their lives will never be the same. Prepare then, to enter into the bridal chamber of the Lord for once it begins, the journey will never end. You will become a captive heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781105273728

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The Mystical Captive

The Mystical Captive

By Marilynn Hughes

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

http://outofbodytravel.org

The Mystical Captive

By Marilynn Hughes

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

http://outofbodytravel.org

Copyright © 2012, Marilynn Hughes, Mary Hughes

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Having worked primarily in radio broadcasting, Marilynn Hughes spent several years as a news reporter, producer and anchor before deciding to stay at home with her three children. She's experienced, researched, written, and taught about out-of-body travel since 1987. 

Books by Marilynn Hughes:

Come to Wisdom's Door

How to Have an Out-of-Body Experience!

The Mysteries of the Redemption

A Treatise on Out-of-Body Travel and Mysticism

The Mysteries of the Redemption Series in Five Volumes

(Same Book - Choose Your Format!)

Prelude to a Dream

Passage to the Ancient

Medicine Woman Within a Dream

Absolute Dissolution of Body and Mind

The Mystical Jesus

The Mysteries of the Redemption

Prayer Book

The Mysteries of the Redemption

Devotional

GALACTICA

A Treatise on Death, Dying and the Afterlife

THE PALACE OF ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE

A Treatise on Ancient Mysteries

Touched by the Nails

(Watch and Wait)

A Karmic Journey Revealed!

Principles of THE WORLD BEYOND Death

Books of Terror

Evil Exists, it's Closer than you Think

Based on the Visions of Mary Hughes

By Marilynn Hughes

The Mystical Captive

Evergreen

The Autobiography of a mystic

Michael Jackson:

The Afterlife Experiences

A Theology of Michael Jackson's Life and Lyrics

Michael Jackson:

The Afterlife Experiences II

Michael Jackson’s American Dream to Heal the World

Michael Jackson:

The Afterlife Experiences III

The Confessions of Michael Jackson

Comparative Religious Mystical Theology

Out-of-Body Travel in World Religion

Forgotten Mystics in World Religions

Lesser Known Out-of-Body Experiences

Selfishness and Self-Will

The Path to Selflessness in World Religions

A Life of Cultivation

Near Death and Out-of-Body Experiences

(Auspicious Births and Deaths)

Of the Prophets, Saints, Mystics and Sages in World Religions

The Voice of the Prophets

Wisdom of the Ages - Volumes 1 - 12

At the Feet of the Masters

Teaching Stories of the Prophets in World Religions

World Religions and their Prophets

Miraculous Images:

Photographs Containing God’s Fingerprints

Suffering:

The Fruits of Utter Desolation

We are all Shadows

My Lady Wives Lives

The Continuing Oppression of Women in the Modern World

The Overview Series

The Oral Transmissions of the 52 Soto Zen Buddhist Ancestors

The Doctors of the Catholic Church

The General Councils of the Catholic Church

Marian Apparitions in the Catholic Church

Heresies in the Catholic Church

Miraculous Phenomena in the Catholic Church

Fascinating Figures in World Religion

Practices, Prayer, Ritual, Liturgy, Sacraments and Theology in the Catholic Church

Writers of the Philokalia

Protestant Reforms

Bridal Mysticism

Mystic Knowledge Series:

Out-of-Body Travel

Ghosts and Lost Souls

Spirit Guides and Guardian Angels

Reincarnation and Karma

Spiritual Warfare, Angels and Demons

Death, Dying and the Afterlife

Heaven, Hell and Purgatory

ExtraTerrestrials

Destiny and Prophecy

Initiations into the Mysteries

Visions of Jesus and the Saints

Ascension

Suffering and Sickness

Mystical Poetry

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

The Former Angel! - A Children’s Tale

(Ages 2 - 8)

The Mystery of the Key to Heaven!

(Ages 2 - 10)

Streams in the Willow

The Story of One Family’s Transformation from Original Sin

Compilations

Out-of-Body Travel and Near Death Experiences: Compiled Works through 2006

World Religions and Ancient Sacred Texts: Compiled Compiled Works through 2006

The Voice of the Prophets:

Abridged Lesser Known Texts

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation Journals

Journal One:  The Importance of the Seven Virtues and Vices in Understanding the Practice of Out-of-Body Travel!

Journal Two: My Out-of-Body Journey with Sai Baba, Hindu Avatar!

Journal Three: The History of 'The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!'

Journal Four: A Menage of Wonderful Writers and Artists!

Journal Five: The Stories of Cherokee Elder, Willy Whitefeather!

Journal Six: Discerning your Vocation in Life by Learning the Difference Between Knowledge and Knowing!

Journal Seven: When Tragedy Strikes

Journal Eight: Comparing the Buddhist Avalokiteswara's Descent into Hell with that of Jesus Christ!

Journal Nine: Huzur Maharaj Sawan Singh - Sant Mat  (Sikh)  Master Guru and Grandson Maharaj Charan Singh - Sant Mat  (Sikh)  Master Guru

Journal Ten: The Great Beyond

Journal Eleven: Ghosts and Lost Souls: Our Responsibility

Journal Twelve: The 800th Anniversary of Jalalludin Rumi, and the True Spiritual Heritage of Afghanistan and the Middle East

Journal Thirteen: Pensatia – Forgotten Rosicrucian Mystic

Journal Fourteen: Reverend John Macgowan – Forgotten Protestant Mystic

Journal Fifteen: A. Farnese – Forgotten Mystic Amanuensis (to Franchezzo)

Journal Sixteen: Comte St. Germain – Forgotten Immortal Mystic of the Mystery Schools

Journal Seventeen:  Franz Hartmann – Forgotten Mystical Adept

Journal Eighteen:  SA’D UD DIN MAHMŪD SHABISTARĪ –Forgotten Islamic Sufi Mystic

Journal Nineteen:  Dionysius - Forgotten Christian Mystic of the Early Church

Issue Twenty: Acvaghosha - Forgotten Buddhist Mystic of the Mahayana Path

Issue Twenty One: Bishop Shelemon of Armenia – Forgotten Nestorian Christian Mystic

Issue Twenty Two: Abú Sa‘íd Ibn Abi ’l-Khayr– Forgotten Islamic Mystic

Issue Twenty Three: Rev. G. Vale Owen - Forgotten Christian Mystic

Issue Twenty Four: Swami Abhedânanda- Forgotten Hindu Mystic

Issue Twenty Five: Moses Maimonides - Forgotten Jewish Mystic

Issue Twenty Six: The Bab - Forgotten Baha’i Mystic

Issue Twenty Seven: Shinran Shonin – Forgotten Mystic of Pure Land Buddhism

Issue Twenty Eight: Bustan of Sadi – Forgotten Persian Islamic Mystic

Issue Twenty Nine: John Bunyan – Forgotten Protestant Christian Mystic

Issue Thirty:  Ixtlilxochitl and Nezahualcoyotl – Forgotten Aztec Mystics and Myth Bearers

Mystics Magazine

Issue One – Christian Mystical Theology, Conversations with Jacob Boehme

Issue Two - Buddhist Mystical Theology, Conversations with Charaka and Acvagosha

Issue Three – Islamic Mystical Theology, Conversations with Imam Ghazzali

Issue Four – Egyptian Mystical Theology, Conversations with W. Marsham Adams

Issue Five – Hindu Mystical Theology, Conversations with Sri Ramakrishna

Issue Six – Jewish Mystical Theology, Conversations with Rabbi Simeon

Issue Seven – Sikh Mystical Theology, Conversations with Guru Nanak

Issue Eight – Zoroastrian Mystical Theology, Conversations with Charles William King

Issue Nine – Bahai Mystical Theology, Conversations with Bahaullah

Go to our Web-Site:

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The Mystical Captive

By Marilynn Hughes

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: Mystical Captivity -

CHAPTER TWO: Mystical Vision -

CHAPTER THREE: Mystical Abandonment -

CHAPTER FOUR: Of the Great Luxury, Might and Madness of Forgiveness

CHAPTER FIVE: The Emptying

CHAPTER SIX: The Void

CHAPTER SEVEN: Oh, Everywhere

CHAPTER EIGHT: Putting to Sleep the Karmic Self

CHAPTER NINE: So the Demons Roar

CHAPTER TEN: Despair Blossoms at Times Like These

CHAPTER ELEVEN: A Discourse on Happiness and Joy

CHAPTER TWELVE: The Lord is Chastising my Will

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: There is the Need from your Sinful Self

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: They Search for her in the Classic Indigo

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Arise, Stand Back, Step Forth, Captive Soul

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Forgetting                

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: In the Quiet

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Echoes of Discernment

CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Scattering   

CHAPTER TWENTY: Holy Laughter

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: The Grand Awakening

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: Predilection and Penetration

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: The Penetrating Eye of God

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: He Robs us of the Security of our Previous Beliefs

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: Vision of the Royal Bridegroom

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: The End has no Beginning and the Beginning has no End

The Mystical Captive

INTRODUCTION

By Marilynn Hughes

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

http://outofbodytravel.org

It is my wish to set down in writing those things which are closest to my heart due to the intimate union that the Lord has humbled Himself by giving me; and the Blessed Virgin Mother, who with great condescension has honored me in her presence. It is not my intent to cover every possible subject regarding Mysticism and Out-of-Body Travel, but rather, share the dispositions within which the Lord has placed me as a result of my lifetime of journeying.

If my words mingle with the words of other mystics who have gone by take no heed, for it is by our sheer union with one another that our words become similar and our path becomes directed. It is in mystical captivity that each of us understands the other, and our paths become one-pointed towards the all holy God whom we all serve and wish to remain true to till the end of our days.

This will be a difficult task for me to place in words that which has been emblazoned on my heart through years of mystical experience with Our Lord. But He wishes it so, and therefore, it can be done, although yet I expect imperfectly.

In my fallible and sometimes wretched condition, the Lord has made use of me. And amidst great sufferings, the Lord so reveals His majesty, goodness and truth.

Perhaps it is only when we have been reduced to the ashes that we enter into truth, in that the Lord Jesus can reach us with greater perfection and clarity. Because of the earnestness in our misery and the desire to overcome our condition, our ability to hear the Lord becomes almost second nature. And in this depth, He then speaks to us . . .

And suddenly, we hear.

Perhaps despair is yet a catalyst, an instrument of the almighty Lord to diminish our significance enough in our own eyes that perhaps we become small enough to again listen to the words of the All-Holy God.

For when we are puffed up, of what is there to listen? Our own internal noise is so loud that there is nothing beyond it we might hear.

But when the Lord makes us small again . . . a door opens. And through that door comes holy wisdom. And holy wisdom speaks. 

If there were one thing that I would speak to those who wish to know my heart, it would be obedience to rightful authority. In our quest to become independent and self-important, we have lost the most basic of spiritual axioms which is absolutely inseparable from the mystical path.

None of us can be assured of our steps in life unless we walk them with proper obedience.

This is such a difficult thing for so many souls to swallow in today’s world because vice has become identified with virtue and virtue is no more. But if we are focused upon our own importance, we can be assured of achieving nothing in the mystical or spiritual journey.

It is obedience to proper earthly and heavenly authority that the Lord may walk into our hearts. Without such obedience, we have become our own God and the Lord has nothing to say.

Perhaps this is one of the least understood aspects of humility, the greatest virtue we must achieve if we wish to know the Lord. Humility lies in our ability to recognize that we are nothing without God, and that if we wish to come closer to the Lord, we must obey Him.

The Lord places proper authority in our lives in many ways. He does so through our parents, our natural superiors in life, those who have come before us . . . even in the writings of the ancient sacred texts. Those ancient sacred texts are like footsteps to us from the great masters who have gone before containing maxims and axioms which are essential points of knowledge we must be willing to contain if we are to approach the mystical banquet.

They are the