How can we die to self & become alive in Christ? In these unique translations of Meister Eckhart's meditative sermons and tracts, Meister Eckhart elaborates at length upon how we may sever our attachment to ourselves and our possessions and grow in divine things. He points out that we are not called to merely believe, but to have our belief change & transform us in every way.
The following teachings are included in this volume:
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
On the Equality of All Things
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul
(Revised)
Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.
Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.
"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart... Show more